The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-28

Lie UulJeu OCaGeS supreme court de-
elares that man is not obliged to
avoid danger by running away. The
assailed need not turn the other cheek
nor wait until one is punched. On the
contrary, he is, in the opinion of the
court, justified in sailing right in at
the first scent of trouble and doing his
enemy with all possible celebrity.
The United States land commissioner
has rendered a decision in favor of the
heirs Of Charles S. Phillips, deceased,
in the contest case of Smith VS.. Phillips.
This case has been in litigation for
several years, having had eight trials.
A Philadelphia paper speaks of the
human cruelties of warfare" This is
a common piece for the Montana jury
which discharged an assassin because
1--WE find John Doe was mercifully dis
posed toward the deceased"
The administration is seeking to de-
pose State Labor Commissioner Bird,
Popullst, because he has always sought
to promote labor unions. The pluto
cratic parties have no use for union
labor or its sympathizers.
The Brotherhood of Railway Train.
men which met at Galesburg, Ills, re-
Gently, decided to act together in poll
tics, so the report goes. That is the
only way union labor can hope to save
itself,
It is said that the highest point ever
reached by oil was in January, 1860,
when it went to $40 a barrel. The low
est point, 8 cents per barrel, was
reached in November, 1861.
Geographers will be interested to
know that Heaven" is about to be re-
moved from Chicago to Estero, Fla.
That is, Cyrus B. Teed, the self-pro-
claimed Messiah, says so.
Bird City, one of the land marks of
Cheyenne county, has so decreased in
size that the postoffce officials are
thinking of disseminating the post
Office Such is fate.
The Kansas Knights Templar are al
ready making preparations for going
to Boston to attend the triennial con-
clave Of the order. Goodland will send
several Knights.
William Smith, the man who. was
shot by Frank Williams at st. Francis
a couple of weeks ago, passed through
GOodland Sunday on his way to Grip
pie Greek.
D. NJ. Frost, of the state irrigation
board, was in the city yesterday on
business connected with the accept
anoe of the state irrigation plant east
of town.
The Harper Sentinel says the picnic
of the "Fat Women's association was,
from necessity held outdoors. All
present agreed that they had big
time"
Samples Of cherries and new potatoes
from the Simmons place are finer than
anything seen on the market that have
been shipped in. They we're irrigated.
Professor Killion gave a steropticon
lecture on the Hawaiian islands at the
courthouse Monday night. The lecture
was very interesting and instructive.
There will be an irrigation exhibition
July 9, to show outsiders what can be
done by deep well pumping plants. A
big crowd is expected to be present.
Considerable wheat that was thought
to have been beyond the danger line
has been badly blistered by the ex-
cessive heat the first Of the week.
W. E. Douchy, superintendent of
Rock Island maintenance and con-
struction, went through here Tuesday
on his way to Colorado Springs.
Experiments at the state agricultural
college prove that the best results are
obtained from corn that is cultivated
once in every two weeks.
In southern New York the farmers
are cutting brush to feed their stock
as the pastures have ali died out on
account of drouth.
Some of the eighteenth century
tables and chairs very popular in Eng
land are said to be made in and shipped
from Connecticut.
Marve Tomblin and George Mont
gomery ran across three badgers Mon
day while out hiking, and killed the
batch with clubs.
Charley Rule and Albert Shelley
was ever Kanorado Monday.
J, ". Cobbey was down from Denver
this week on legal business.