The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-07-28

Young Kidder is recovering from the dog
bite under the careful treatment and faith
full attention of DR.. Shelly. The wound has
been lanced and the swelling largely re-
duced.
A fine job of grading has been done on
south Boulevard. The streets are in better
condition than eyer before. THE REPUBLIC
is pleased with this feature of the city mana
cement.
Charley O'Brien has a new driver for his
oil wagon, Berry Tomblin. He takes to the
merry gingle of the bells, and there is fuss
in the family unless he can ride on O'Brien's
oil wagon.
Five engines have been sent from this
point to Texas, aud five more have orders
to go. Engine ers Meneary, Ferguson, Head
~ and WOlcOtt are under orders to take
their engines there.
E. w. Russell, travelling, travelling sales
man for the United States School Furniture
company, returned from Una, Colo, Tues
day. He reports the country very dry out
in northeast Colorado.
The Sons of Veterans band was reorgani-
zed on Tuesday night. They will get a new
set of instruments and will practice at regu-
lar meetings. The other band is improving
rapidly in their music.
There was horse race Saturday on the
Goodland track between Irwin's Antelope
and CullinS' Prince Albert quarter of
mile. After little scoring Antelope got off
in the lead and was never headed.
Quite good deal of sickness is reported
among children, teathing and dysenterry is
the prevailing complaint. w. l.. Whites
child, Conductor Reeds little boy and sew
eral others are reported i'll Of this desease.
II. Hutchinson, one OF the Rock Island
ralnmaksrs, was in GoOdland on Thursday
a. m. Sherman county was nicely wet down
this week but we would like to have the
rainmakers around handy for an emergency.
Joseph Hutchinson of Sedgwick county,
!, hale xR7 o Z
w. w. Dustin Monday, consideration 81 900.
He also bought quarter in the same Sec
ton of Rev. E. E. Goodrich, consideration
$3.50.
If you desire to open bank account give
the Farmers and Merchants bank cali. A
general banking business transacted. AS
liberal terms extended to our customers as
is consistent with sound conservative bank
ing.
Drowth is reported in Minnesota and
North Dakota as damaging the wheat seri-
ously, so that there will be only about 40
per cent Of an average crop. Extreme hot
weather caught the wheat in the milk and
shriveled it.
elbow is it with you?'' asked the editor of
a subscriber who was dying in arrears. 'All
looks bright before me, gasped the SUBJ
scriber." 81 thought sos said the editor.
- In about 10 minutes you will see the
blaze. "-Exchange.
John Arendt, an old-time resident of
Sherman county, returned from Weiser,
Idaho. Monday, where he has been for
couple of years. He says times are hard out
there and there is great discomfort among
the people on the money question.
The Rev. w. Taylor Douglas of Clay
Center, will conduct Episcopal service in
Goodland as follows: Saturday evening in
the Methodist church at 1880. Sunday
holy communion at 1890 in the
hall over TOmblin's bank. Everyone come.
Several dwellings and a business block
are IN process of erection in GOodland. A
business man of Il ebraska remarked with
surprise this fact. He said it was the first
place he had struck in the west where the
universal hard times and panic had not
stopped all improvement.
j. B. Mcfarland and wife, 81. Hartstein
and wife, William Rutherford and wife and
several young people Of KanoradO, start
soon en- an expedition to the Rocky noun
tains to be gone some six weeks. They
will hunt and fish and have a good time
generally.
Northeast Of st. Francis, on Monday,
July IL, there was a fearful hail storm
which killed some seven head Of horses, be- !
sides calves, etc. The unploWed prairie |
was beaten until it reSembled an old
ploughed field. Nearly one week afterwards |
people froze Ice cream with the remaining
hail.
Parties returning from other sections of /
the country, Colorado and Kansas, call Sher-
man county Goodland and Gods country. |
We hear from those returning from the /
worlds fai= that between Kankakee and 1
Chicago the locomotives set the prairie on
ire. We are beautifully cool and moist
here.