The Globe-republican., 1894-01-19

Railway checks came Tuesday. Auca
rejoicing thereover.
Prof. Hicks promises us moisture at an
early day. We need it.
Hon. j. n. Churchill returned from
Kansas City last night.
Col. Hardesty is recovering from seri-
GUS illness. He was very low at one time.
The side walks could be improved on
the Front street corner Of the R.M. Wright
building.
The ladies of the w. r. c. will give a
ball and supper at G. A. r. ball Friday
evening, February I'd.
Light fall of snow last night. Still
cloudy, but Observer Todd thinks the in
dications poor for further precipitation.
LOsT.-A silverine, open-case. STEM
winder watch, between W. c. Shinn's
residence and the Santa Fe depot. Re-
turn to this Office and secure reward.
PHOToGRAPHs.-Anyo one desiring cop.
les of photographs from negatives taken
by w. II. Sherer can obtain them by leav-
ing orders with L. Martin at Central Gro
Gerry. Cash must accompany order. l4tf.
Miss Cornelia NeltnOr is one of the
most winsome. talented and successful
entertainers before the public.-Chicago
Daily Inter Ocean With Chicago Lady
Ouartette next Friday night.
Hon. d. NJ. Frost made this city a
brief visit this week. He will be through
his job as register of the L. S. Land Of
flee on the 18th inst, but will continue
to live in Garden City and give his at
tention to the question of irrigation from
the underflow.
The Sociological Club held a very we'll
attended and interesting meeting at the
Christian church building last Tuesday
evening. j. NJ. kirkpatrick presided
with his usual felicity. J.D. Bush made
the principal address of the evening, and
won the admirati on of all on the subject
of restricting immigration.
Some of our Wilbur neighbOrs were
there, and seemed to enjoy the exercises.
Gov. dwellings, proteges are getting
rather thick in this part of Kansas. Last
Wednesday night clerk, named Harvey,
at the Central Hotel, whose bowels of
compassion were moved by the governors
manifesto, took two Of them into his
room. One Of them was One-armed man.
Next morning Mr.. Harvey was in gamb-
ling house Of our city watching them
shoot craps, when he noticed the one
armed tramp gorgeously arrayed in Har-
vey's SWEETEST necktie. To make sure it
was not duplicate he went to his room
and found the necktle and some ornamen.
tai trinkets missing. The tramp was ar
rested, the jewels and necktie recovered
and the prisoner languisheth in Jail.
Ben Oldham, an engineer employed in
the Santa Fe yards in this city. who
lives over L. r. Millers feed store, UNDER
took to get on top of the roof early Thurs
day morning. to fix his stove flue so it
would not smoke. He thought he could
make it by climbing on the ridge pole of
the skylight, over the south end which
is one story, and from thence to the
second story at the north end but slipped
off the ridge pole and falling on the
glass, crashed through into the feed store,
a distance of some eighteen feet. Miller
had not opened up yet, but there was a
key inside, which unlocked the north
door and gave Oldham chance to es-
cape, and he is now at large, but uses |
Mr.. VIM. Kindred is in great danger of |
totally blind from the effects of
the shooting through his window. Three
shot are now lodged around his lett eye,
one at least of which passed directly be- |
hind the eyeball. He has never been |
able TO see particle from that eye since
The shooting, and the other eye is con-
;iderably affected, in sympathy with the
injured optic. Mrs. Kindred is getting |
along as we'll as could be expected. Miss |
Ferris is doing we'll. Occasionally shot
Dr. piece of glass will be taken out of her |
lace.
The shot used were mixed sizes from
No. down. We are informed Joe Wal
ger, the prisoner, had been inquiring the
he day previous to the shooting as to
yhar distance No shOt wOu1d kill a |