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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-08-11
On the Smoky.

A little dry down this way, and the sum-
mer blowing has stopped on account of no
rain.
j. S. Taylor has moved onto his timber
CLAIM where he has just completed house
and stable.
Ole , nderson has just finished new
frame house on the northeast quarter Of
&c. 1879, which he recently bought.
Our neighbOr, Mr.. Knight, will move soon
to Sharon Springs TO take charge of the
Touring mill that he recently bought.
Mr.. Robert Dunbar and family from Wal
lace county are making Mrs. Dunbar's faith
er and mother visit, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j.
Wilkinson.
Otto Schroat land wife start next Mon
day for the mountains for their summer
pleasure trip, and will be gone six weeks or
two months.
The hay harvest of alfalfa and the blue
stem are almost here, and now look out for
wet August as you never "seed" and spoil
all OF the precious articles.
Van Agee has gone east to see his wife's
people in Missouri, and left home and
homestead and says that he twill no more
trod the fine soil of the far west"
Mr.. and Mrs. K. A. Painter spent last
week visiting their son, S. E: Painter, at
Monument, Logan county. They report
the crops not as good as in Sherman county.
Gustav Creole killed seven wolves this
week all in one day and 1t was not very
good day for wolves either. Their scalps
called for, in Wallace county, 81 all the same
though, however.
Albert RoJidoux made flying trip over
to Benkelman, Neb., to visit his broi her Joe
and familV. His brother owns large dry
goods and grocery store there, and is one OF
the pioneers Of the west.
Elmer Mills and family will start for Fur
mace county, Nebraska, next week, where
he intends to gather corn this fall and rent
q farm for the next He and Western
Kansas is little OF, and he says goOd-b
to the sunburnt state.
w. II. Conally moved his frame house
over a cellar he has just completed, and
repairing his house generally. That looks
TO step into the employ as cook. That is
right William, you have patched long
enough.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-08-11
CI9PY And COUNTY NEWS.
The Kahn.

The Kahn.
Read the Kahn ad.
Ball's corsets 70 cents at BOurne's.
Go to George Hess for Hardware.
Dry goods ut panic prices at Bourne's.
The Kahn Shoe and Clothing company.
Clothing almost given away at BOurue's.
shoes cut(the prices}all to pieces Bourne.
George Hess keeps the farmers hardware
store.
Wittelshofer is selling out his entire
stock.
Come in and see the goods and prices at
Bourne's.
Even lower thar bankrupt stock at
BOurne's.
For life insurance call on Thomas p.
Leonard.
Dawson Bros. & Co. have the latest styles
In soft hats.
L. F. Murphy got back from his trip east
Sunday night.
Low prices and good goods at the farmers
hardware store.
RuletOn base ball club plays the Good
land club today.
Board and lodging at Mrs. K. C. Herron's
north Boulevard.
Jake Solinger, the fat travelling man, was
here Wednesday.
B. F. Woodrow of Bird City, was in
G0odland Friday.
The Caldwell's are building a residence
on their addition.
The normal is progressing finely with
about 100 students.
Call and examine the Hollinger lister drill
at Ennis s. Walkers.
All the novelties in ladies footwear at
Dawson Bros. & Co.
DIR. Maiken and IA mily returned last week
from the worlds fair.
Everything in the hardware line at
George Hess hardware.
Wittelshofer is closing out his entire
clothing and shoe stock.
j. n. Thompson left Wednesday night for
the state of Washington.
Tom Hiskey of Oberlin. was visiting
friends in the city last week.
List your wheat in with HoIlinger lister
drill for sale by Ennis & Walker.
Brakeman Hubbard, woo for merly ran
out of Goodland, is here this week.
Cass Hogeboom has returned from an abb
sence of several months In Missouri.
Miss Maude h. Parker of Manhattan, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. G. II. Perry.
w. II. FOskett of Rexford, Kan, was
visiting friends in the city this week.
S. J. Hartman, representing the Topeka
Paper company. was here yesterday.
Ennis & Walker have placed their orders
4OT cSEIoAu % hOA4lnScE Hster dLltts'
A herd Of 200 burros were stopp ing in
GOodland this week on their way east.
There was q dance at Charley Porter's.
southwest Of town, last Friday evening.
WittelShOfer offers his store room for
rent one OF the best locations in GOodland.
See our line of carpet samples before you
buy your spring carpet.-Dawson Bros s. Co.
j. Fl. Carhn of Fairbury, N eb., arrived in
GoOdland last Saturday on visit with his
son.
Hoyt Andrews, E. j. Scott and B. F.
Brown were at Atchison this week on busi-
ness.
Watch for Wittelshofer's adj next week
fas it came in to late for publication this
week.
The operator at the depot has been laid
en-. The train difpatcher attends to the
work now.
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Edison Echoes.

Dir. johnson has tore down his old sod
kitchen and T ut up new one In its place,
and Dir. Leydig has had a sed henhouse
built the last week.
Dir. Wenger of GoodIand, was in Edison
Sunday. We think he has his eye TN our
school house with view 10 papering it, as
we understand that is what the school
board contemplate having done.
Last Friday evening church festival was
held in the Edison school house for the be-
nefiL of Rev. NTH. A very comfortable
number OF The neigbbors met together and
held a genuine old fashioned social over
cake and ice cream, and $40 was IealiZed az
the result.
A half grown pig, belonging TO Mr.. Allan
Bennett, broke out of his pen several DAYS
il was found at Lew Clark's. In tying TO
ca ch II, the parties engaged III the chase
ran II SO hard as TO cause its death, and Mr..
Allan Bennett is minus pig.
Last week Thursday, Dir. Babbitt ca me
very near losing 'sne OF his eyes. He was
try .ng to pat halter on a young COW he
had bought of Sir. Harris, to lead her home
by, when she threw up her head and ran
her horn into his cheek within haf-inch
of his eye, Ihfictiug severe wound. Had
It struck him III the eye, there Is no doubt
ii would have put il out
Last week Thursday, Aug. 3. at Mr..
Littel's grove, there was held The pioneer
picnic OF Sherman nnty, from the fact
that grove large en- ugh TO hold picnic
in, Is alb ut as scarce an article IN western
Kansa-, as ssshiIIings on The bushes in IIii-
moi - but this grove of Dir. Littel's is an as
s1red fact This grove Is composed OF
Locust and Box Elder, and is situated SIX
and a half miles southeast of Edison. The
picnic at this grove was a BOn-paTtisan
gathering Of friends and neighbors, who
spent several hours together IN mutual in
tercourse, inseTspersed with singing, and
instrumental music and were also entertain
ed with speeches by MIR Goodenough and
MF. LitteL A table was spread after the
old time custom, loaded with all the good
things thai comforts the inner man. which
was paFtaken Of by all, who gathered around
this board as one family, and after all the
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-08-11

lin. She is "a bright good looking girl of II
years of age and has, we believe, taught
school. ''Dec" Miller is not relative,
though the name is the same. We under
stand he has Il wife and four children living
down on the Smoky, and that he is a
brother in law of the Armstrong; living in
the same locality. He has been DOWN in
Decatur county where they formerly came
from with a team and movers wagon en-
pOyed in some way, and enticed the girl
letter from the father of The girl, James
NJ Her, which led to the arrest of the girl,
and the warrant for Miller'S arrest. Tn
charge is grave one as she Is under age-1T
and the penalty isiimprisonment in the peni-
Tertiary when proven.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-08-11
NotIce-TImber culture No. 11o7I
First published August II.)
Limited States land Office


Oberiin, Kan-s August 4, 1893.
Complaint having been entered at this office by
Fred A. Blake against Phillip Irwin for failure 70
comply with law to fimber-cultUre entry No.
67zs dated September 4, 1888, upon the southeast
quarter secton 10 township south; range q
the cancellation of said entry; alleging
that said Phillip Irwin wholly failed during the
fourth year after entry OF said land, to-wit from
September 4, 1891, 10 September 4, Te9z, 70 plant
or TepIant any part of said land TO trees, tree
seeds nuts cuttings, and entirely failed during
SAID time to any way cultivate any part of the 10
acres broke out upon said claim as he was by law
required 70 do and all of such failures exist up to
andoned by said entTyman since January I, 1891,
and suffered 20 grow up 10 weeds and grass. The
said parties are hereby summoned 70 appear at
this Office on the zznc day of September, 1888, at
10 O'Clock A. N. 20 respond and furnish testimony
concerning said alleged failure. The testimony
IN this case will be taken before n. D. Cuthbert-
son. notary public, at his Office in GoodIand KAN
September IS, 1895, AZ 10 o'clock a. N.
CyEUs AEDEKsoa, Register.
Service BY publication.
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HE.norARrERs OF

". S. ROBERTSON, w. K. C. No. 161.
Whereas, The loving Father in His inini-
tie wisdom has entered the home of our
sister, Cora V. LaRue, and taken to Him
self her little daughter, and when we re-
member that His chasIisements are sent in
mercy. Be it
Resolved, That the members of this corps
extend their tenderest sympathy to her in
her time of sorrow, and commend her to
the love Of Him who is able to wipe way
all tears. LAURA f. FINLEY.
ELLEN DARLING.
FANNIE DICKEY.
Committee.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-08-11

exercises were concluded. departed to their
several homes, feeling that it is good to meet
in this way. Ii is safe to say that this grove
will become favOrite resort for picnicker's
and speech makers, as other groves in the
county, are still in their childhood.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-08-11
NotIce to Purcnasa s 7nooI Land.

The undersigned gives notice that he will. on the
zsth day OF August 1885, make application TO the
Probate Court OF Sherman county, Kansas, to
purchase the following described school land situa
ted in the organized county of Sherman Kansas viz
the northeast quarter, northwest quarter, south
west quarter, southeast quarter of the northwest
quarter OF section 90, township south, range 81
west. He names the following persons to prove
his settlement, continuous residence and improve
ments, Wis: William w. Russell, residence North
field Kansas; and John F. Heston, residence North
field, Kansas Done at Goodland, county of Sher-
man, Kansas, this 9Th day of August, 1893.
HARRY NJ. COVER, Petitioner
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-08-11

1t is recommended that the primaries be
held on Thursday, Aug. "a, between the
hours of and 3 p. m. at the usual voting
place unless Otherwise ordered by commit
teemen of precinct. The central commit
teman will act as judge of primaries and
see that the same are properly conducted.
By order of, w. A. UMBARGRE,
Chairman Peoples Party Central Com
miCtee.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-08-11
PeopIe,s Partx Countv Convention.

The Peoples party of Sherman county,
Kansas, will hold delegate convention in
GOOdland, Saturday, August 26, 1898. at 1
O'Clock p. m. for the purpose of electing
delegates to attend the judicial convention
for this Thirty-fOurth district to be held at
HOXie, Sheridan county, Kansas, on August
81, 1898. The basis of representation is l
delegate FIR each 10 and major fraction
votes cast for r. ). Osborn, for secretary of
state, at the election of 1892 The precincts
will be entitled to the following number of
delegates:
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-08-11
VoItaire ToWnshp Caucus.

There will be township caucus of Vol
t9ire township, Aug. q. to elect five dele
gates TO the county convention 10 be held
at GoOdIand, Aug. 26. Caucus TO be held
at the Pepper school house.
B. c. SMITH. Chairman.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-08-11
Died.

Monday morning, Aug. I, at O'Clock,
Ella Aileen, infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. w. LaRue. The sympathy of their
many friends and neighbnrs is extended to
them, in their bereavement.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-08-11
Grant Township Caucus.

township Aug. y. 10 elect eight delegates
to the county convention u be held At
GoOdiand, Aug. %. Caucus to be held at
the Grant Center school house.
ALBERT REED. Chairman.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-08-11
Curious Freak of Ligbtu,Dp

About six weeks ago lightning struck the
house of H. B. Antrim, living on section 49,
40 near Warren posgofice. 1t was about
80 p. m. the family being all IN bed. The
lightning came down the stoVtpipe, struck
the floor and weLt upward through the bed
on which two boys, aged and s were Sleep
ing. 1t went up he lett leg from the knee
of the older boy, across the abdomen up the
left side and tore a hole In the left arm
above The left elbow nearly TO the bone.
TIE hair nf both boys was singed, and with
some difficulty the older boy was brought
to. sir. Antrim was thrown out Of bed and
stunned somewhat. The house was filled
with sulphurous smoke.
On Saturday, July %, lightning struck
Mr. Antlim's granary, which stands near
his barn, there Ueing a feedwaY between it
and the stables, filling two OF the managers
with Splinters. Dir. Antrim had but few
minutes EefOre led his i've horses out of the
$ able, and probably saved their lives by so
d ing. Lightning seems 10 have made fire.
qHent Wits in nearly the same locality.
The little boy who was struck said he
knew what was going on, but could not
spe.k, breathe or move. Dir. Antrim him
self could MT speak, bur lighted lamp and
went TO work TO resuEci. ate Inc boy. The
wound in the boys arm has not yet fully
healed.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-08-11
DIasoIuIIon MotIca.

lFirst Published August ~
BY mutual consent the firm of A. & C. Wittel-
shofer is this day dissolved, G. Wittelshofer re-
firing from the firm, A. Wittelshofer assuming all
liabilities of the concern. A. WITTELsRoFER
Dated August 7. G. WITTELsEoFEL.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-08-11

Paving purchased the Russell & DOnCar-
los abstracts, have them completed to date
and ian give yOE correct abstract TO any
lot or farm Ia Sherman county.
T. 2. LEONARD.
Hon. G. Borber of Chase, Kan. will sneak
at CiaytOn's Grove, RuIeton and GOOdlaBd
on the following dates: AT Claytsn's Grove
Tuesday, Aug. y, at 1 p N. RuletoH on
Wednesday. Aug % at p. m GoodIapd
on Wednesday evening, Ang. 3. 1t 1880 D.
N. At (layton's Grove snd at RuIgton It Is
proposed 70 hold farmers picnic All are
Invited.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-08-11
Notice..

Parties wanting irrigating bitches, level.
ing, lost corners restablished, drafting and
plating of towns should call and see me at
the court house on my regular Office days on
Friday of each week. Room with probate
judge. BY ID A. LONG, Deputy.
F. V. Paddock, County Surveyor.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-08-11

Ennis & Walker are unloading car of the
cele brated Studebaker wagons.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-06
TOPICS or THE TIMES.

1t is we'll enough for the railroads
to reduce the time to Chicago, but
what the people want is reduced
rates Atlanta Journal.
If the lynchings in X ansas, Mich
igau and India Ia are kept up, there
may yet be plenty of work for the
returned missionaries when China
drives them home. ---Blrmip CHAM
News.
A New England wooden manufac
turer who recently called on Score.
tary Carlisle says he was told free
wool would be in operation within
six months of the c,lling of con-
gress. Springfield Republican.
The Texas plan of working it's
convicts ON state farms is one of the
best solutions yet found of the C On
vict problem. 1t does away with
convict leases and it does not bring
convict labor into competition with
the labor Of wage.workers. The
act of the twenty-third legislature
authorizing the purchase of more
state farms and the ex ension Of the
system is one of the mary good
pieces of legislation enacted at Aus
tin since the year began. st. Louis
Republic.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-06
BRIGHT AND BRIEF

Hicks: Did YOU hear about
Brash's deathp He died quite
suddenly. Wicks: 1t was like
him. He always was SO impulsive,
YOU know Boston Transcript.
Boy contemplating the heavens)
"Was Mars once such a great
fighter, MAJ" Ma-''Yes my SON.. ,"
Boy-"I suppose John Sullivan will
look as small as that som day -
Pack.
900 you know whether or not
Miss Riteverse was ever dress
maker" ono; why?" 1.-The
thoughts in her last book were
clothed SO beautif ully." - Inter
Ocean.
Mandy (twisting the corner of
her APRON: ! don't b'lieve we'd
agree in politics, Josh. How do
you stand on the tariff? Josh:
Pm for hevin' you only. chicago
Tribune.
Miss Penstock-I am going over
to Paris this year to see if | cannot
get something decent to wear. Miss
Pinkerly-You nave never been
there before have you?-Detroit
Free Press.
He-"A widow? When did her
husband die?" She-"Last week"
He-"But she is in half.morning."
She-"Yes it has come to light
that he bad another wife in Chica
go. y Life.
"Do you you have much trouble
getting servants in the country,
Watkins?" ono, indeed. We've
had eight cooks, five mattresses and
three laundresses in two months"
-Harper's Bazaar.
"Your daughter looks pale; is
she over-working?" 81 am afraid
so. She has been studying for the
last month about how to make her
dress for commencement. -
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Broke the Record. -"You are
dying" sailed the preacher to the
ancient otlicerholder. "Have you
any request to maker" eyes"
gasped the sufferer. "NVrite out my
res gnationw ATLANTA O Constitution.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-06
The emperor OF Germany, who is

The emperor Of Germany, who is
IS compasess, rudderless and erratic
AZ is Brann of the Express, recently
declared, that the French republic
70 menace TO all the monarchies in
Europe" which was the cuckoo
song of Prussia, Russia and Austria
in 1898, when the first republic was
started in France. The mass Of
The population in Europe has lost
all reverence for monarchy, and has
become tired of its pomp, preten-
tions and expense. This feeling
will show itself when least expected,
and the despotic sayings and designs
of the German emperor will largely
strengthen and develop the latent
republican sentiment and disinte-
CRATE the odds and ends of which
the German empire was constructed.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-06

When DR.. Briggs expressed opin-
ions not sanctioned by the creed of
his sect, he should have abjured
Preibyterianism and have started a
peanut stand on his own hook.
! hat would have been honest, manly
and straightforward. Every sect
must sail by its creed, until it is
changed in due form. The same
rule applies to political parties.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-06

The strongest plesder at the
bar is our irritable little cousin from
the Tehuacaua bottoms. lie is very
successful in habeas corpus proceed
ings. His singing rebuke makes
The most hide.houn1 criminal vince.
But he is a regular Shylock and
when he presents his bill will take
nothing but blood money.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-06

If the converts, made by profess
sional evangelists, prove, on trial,
TO possess staying qualities, then
those evangelists performed a work
of inestimable value; otherwise they
nave nothing to show for their work.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-06

Waco might have shown a little
more hospitality to and helped along
financially the "Refugees" theatr;-
cal troupe. These talented young
ladies' and gentlemen came from a
neighboring city ard are giving their
time and the best that is in them to
81 worthy, patriotic enterprise.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-06

The only wise plan is to remoneti1e
silver-coin all the silver bullion
now on and-coin all the output
from our domestic silver mines, and
let the government both receive and
pay out silver as il was wont TO 40
for ninety years.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-06

The laws of Texas give too gleat
a latitude for the continuance Of
criminal and civil cases, and not
only clog the wheels of the courts,
but defeat the ends of Justice also.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-06

" Prescription ever fails to benefit or cure
pains, internal inflammation and liberation
weak back, and all kindred ailments are com
pletely cured by it. It's marvellous remedy
FOR nervous and general debility, Chorea, or
st. Vitus's Dance, Insomnia, or Inability to
Sleep, Spasms, Commissions or Fits, and has
often, by restoring the womanly functions,
cured cases Of insanity.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-06

In footing up the returns it APP
pears that the governors sugar
county veto met the approval of al
most every democratic newspaper in
the land.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-06

Judging from the way things are
going with advanced females the
coming woman will try mighty
hard to be man before she arrives.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-06

The keynote of the gospel is that
God is Love-" and this truth
should be the keynote Of every ser
mon that is preached.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-06

For more than 25 years, DR. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy has cured the worst cases Of Chronic
Catarrh in the Head The makers OF this
medicine are willing to promise that they'll
cure your case or they'll pay you $500
cash. BY all druggists