The Globe-republican., 1892-06-06

juvenile class at the Catholic church was
resumed on Monday. There are twenty
five candidates preparing for the sacra-
ment of penance to be administered on
Friday next.
DR.. Williams, of Bucklin, was in the
city last Friday and paid his respects to
the GLOBE REPUBLICAN,. The Doctor
has only been in Bucklin about one year,
but has already built up good practice
and is doing we'll in the drug business.
VIM. Hartong is having quite neat
and cOmmodiOus addition built to his
dwelling across the river in the south
part of the city. We noticed some red
clover. blooming out in his front yard,
while fruit and ornamental! trees are
making thrifty growth.
Miss Harmon, who is canvassing the
state for funds on behalf of the Home of
the Friendless, at LeavenwOrth. Kansas
called Oh us to-day and solicited sub
scriptiOns to her paper. The good lady
enforced her request for patronage by
shOwering anathemas upon our devoted
head in great profusion.
1t is not often that our citizens have
the opportunity of hearing a speaker of
national reputation. such as Rev. John
A. Brooks, but we are pleased to an
nOunce that he will speak at Kelly's
opera house next Monday evening. He
will give you an exposition of the great
and good work being done by the An
cient Order of United Workmen.
II. 3. Henderson is doing nice job of
work on the Al. Helm residence property
on Avenue G. He Is finishing an addi-
ton, with stylish porch and bay window,
also hardwood finish inside. Our enter
prising railroad people show a growing
disposition to make permanent and beau
tiful homes in Dodge City. which will
materially help to hasten the time when
this will be what they now confidently
expect, great railroad center and dis
tributing point for southwest Kansas.
Clay Crawford made settlement on a
quarter section of school land. six and
one-half miles east of Dodge City last
week. 1t is Il beautiful piece of land and
will make a magnificent farm. Clay
Crawford is the youngest SON of our es-
teemed fellow citizen, j. Ii. Crawford.
He is breaking up the ground and will
no doubt put IN crop of that never fail
ing western Kansas crop, hard winter
wheat.
George AppersOn. a brother of Frank
!AppersOn, of this city. took control of the
st. LoHis Star .>aJ1ngs on Monday. Six
or seven years ago George was running
the Ivanhoe Times, in Haskell county. and
was afterwards Topeka correspon-
dent for the Kansas City :foarnal, but for
the past five years has been Washington
correspondent for the Chicago Herald
and St. Louis GIo4c- Democrat. He is one
of the brightest newspaper meu in the
west and his many friends here wish him
abundant success. ''-GGJdeu City Herald.
Sheriff Beeson, Mr.. Ballard of the
Dodge City Roller Mills, II. Dorset and
E. d. Baxter, (the latter two gentlemen
of Speareviile), went down into the Ger
man settlement and shot five Coyotes
last week. Sheriff Beeson says the farm
ers down there are flying high. Many of
them having several hundred acres of
wheat and a man who has not at least
100 acres is mot in it, while an unusu-
ally heavy yield is assured. They are
not figuring on less than thirty or forty
bushel to the acre. Next week harvest
ing will begin on much the largest crop
ever raised in Ford County.
From gentleman connected with the
L. S. railway mail department we are in
formed that parties at the north end of
the proposed Omaha, Dodge City &
Southwestern railway line have succeed
ed in interesting heavy capital in the
work and that it will be again taken up
and construction commenced at an early
day. Whether under the old charter or
by new Organization throughout, we
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and constantly increasing harvests it will
not be surprising if some outfit will take
! hold and put this through.