The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-12-22

J.W. Rush is building good two
DOM addition to his dwelling on Fifth
avenue.
Miss Alma Busser returned home w ed
nesday night from Bethany college to
spend the Christmas vacation.
A. Haight, who has been in the Rock
Island employ at Caldwell, is here be-
quilting himself with holiday festivities.
Gissell and son have just received a
fine lot of fresh Italian chestnuts and
other nuts. Their apples and grapes, are
oranges, bananas and candies
are fresh and nice for the holiday season.
Frank Aiken badly wounded woman
in San Francisco saloon last week and
then shot himself dead.-CalifOrnia paper.
Wonder if this is the Frank Aiken of
Cimarron and Dodge City fame?-Cimar-
ron New West.
Rev. G. A. Waller writes from Pratt
that he will return home and hold SER
vices at the Christian church next Sum
day morning. Mr.. Waller has been as
sisting Rev. Smith in successful reli-
gious revival at Pratt.
BoRN-On Sunday, December 18th,
1893, at 2 80 a. M, nine pound son, to
A. H. Hudson and wife. This is the
first event of the kind in the young ben
edict's household, and Healy quite nat
urally feels little elated over so fine
boy.
Next Sunday is the third Sunday in Adj
vent. Rev. S. E. Busser will preach
special sermon next Sunday evening on
"John Baptist" He will moderinize him.
In the morning his subject will be-"Pre-
pairing for a guest.'' Sunday school at 10
O'Clock. Every body made welcome.
The beautiful and majestic1 Knights
Templar Christmas service will be held
Christmas morning at IL o'clock at the
Episcopal church. This service is au-
thorized by the Grand Commandery,
Knights Templar of the state of Kansas.
It is service that all Christians will en-
joy.
Three kids were caught shooting craps
last Sunday and were brought before
Police Judge Cord. The boys made a
plea for mercy and promised to shoot no
more craps. The Judge then relented
and after giving them a profound lect-
ure, told them to 20 and sin no more.
Some of the parties who bought real
estate at the Merchants State Bank auc-
ton sale have already been offered
handsome profits on their investments.
One was offered the purchase price with
500 added by one party, and $3.50 more
than cost by another party who wanted
to pay installments of 500 each.
Rev. F. f. Sheldon and wife left last
Tuesday for Atlanta, Ga, where they will
spend the winter with their daughter Mrs
J. G. McIntire. We regret to say Mrs
Sheldon's eyes are no better, and hel
physicians have advised this trip to the
balmy south in the hope that benefit may
be derived from the change.
Special Christmas services will be held
next Sunday morning at st. Cornelius
church. The choir is preparing appro-
pirate music and the rector will preach
a sermon on ''The Manager of Bethle-
hem;" in the evening the subject OF
sermon will be, Evolution and Christ
ianity." A cordial invitation extended
to all.
DIED-The son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Burns, of the Soldiers Home, on December
l6, 1898, of typhoid fever, at the age of ten
years, nine months and Twenty-Five days
The funeral services were conducted at
the Home school house by Rev. J. H. Rob.
bins, pastor of Free Methodist church, or
the 18th. The little boy was baptized in
the faith, and lived the life of true
christian.
J. D. Yeiter was found guilty of en-
bezzling over $4,000 from the Ingalls,
bank. He will be sentenced to the pen
itentiary by Judge Abbot on the 3Oth
inst. Sutton & McGarry were for the
prosecution in this case. 1t was hard
fought trial on both sides, as Yeiter had
Milton Brown and an eminent Colorado
lawyer. Sutton & McGarry rented an off,
ice in Cimarron while looking after thu
prosecution.
Governor McKinly will almost surely
be the next president. Then the fire.