The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-04-26

Melt Hawkins has throttled his am
b1tion to be Thane of Goodland, and
has applied for a position as wiper in
the.rOundhOuse.
Here's hoping that the man who
stole a setting hen from the editors
hen coop Tuesday night, broke his eye
teeth on the wish bone.
a Kansas City mans face was good
enough to get two years board on a
stand off" A tintype of those noble
features ought to retail at about six
bits.
Several GOodland mining men think
they have made big strikes at Cripple
Greek. It is hoped their supposed
good luck will not turn out to be an
''ignis fatuus."
A girl student at Ann Arbor has
been forbidden to wear boomers. If
the glorious spirit of '76 is still alive
Ann ArbOr may be expected to become
the scene Of a revolution.
At the reunion of Uncle Andy SCOTS
family at Blue Rapids, Kan, the pho
tOgrapher got % children and grand
children under the baneful eye of the
camera, and everyone looked pleasant.
Kaftir corn is becoming an impor.
tant factor In Kansas agriculture. The
yield IS not so large as other corn, but
1t IS always a sure crop, as it stands
drouth much better than other crops.
The Lee nine played the Teagarden
nine Saturday at the ball grounds. The
score stood SO to II in favor of the
Lee sluggers. Batteries-Lees, Lee and
Adams, Teagardens- Teagarden and
Dickey,
Last Thursday J. w. Vining and R.
b. White went up to GOOdland to be
made Knights of the Red Cross, and on
Friday d, BToquet and J. w. Handley
followed in the same pilgrimage. When
these gentlemen get their swords and
uniforms they will rival the Crusaders.
Norton Champion.
A Wichita Kan preacher said re-
Gently that there is d girl in that town
who refused to go down street with a
Jug in the morning and in the evening
she went down street with jag. The
young lady preferred to carry the load
inside.
A. Cure and family leave about the
middle of May for the San Juan val
ley. They viii travel overland, having
five teams and wagons. Mr.. Cure was
one Of the early settlers of Sherman
county, and host of friends will re-
greet his departure.
There will be a farmers institute
held at the Pepper schoolhouse on
Thursday evening, May ,, at which
time paper will be read by James
COrkii on Deep Flowing and Subsoil-
ing" also one by John Bray on "Con-
structing Irrigation Ponds" After
each paper there will be a discussion.
Sam johnson, the man who sodded
up the walls of the Montgomery irri-
eating reservoir, made use of a device
for cutting sod that was very ingeni-
Gus. He had a sled arranged with
knives attached so that the sods were
cut into even lengths one way. He
then plOWed the other way and he had
his sods cut in even lengths both ways.
By this means he saved the trouble of
cutting with a spade.
An old steamer was sunk in the Mis-
souri, river near Elk Point, above Sioux
City, before the war. Included in the
cargo we're 100 barrels Of whisky. The
river has since shifted its channel, and
the wreck is buried % feet under a
sandbar near the banks. Two young
men recently leased the site and have
just sunk a shaft and reached the
deck. They expect to have a choice
lot OF old whisky in a short time
u. L. Calvert, immigration agent for
Sherman county, has received word
from John Sebastian, general passenger
and ticket agent of the Rock Island
that four excursions have been ar
ranged to Texas, and the Pecos valley
New Mexico, starting Arpil % and So
May q aud June Il. The rate and
limits on tickets for the excursions is
one far plus 8 for all points east OF
the Colorado line. No doubt Mr.. Cal.
vert will have a good party for all these
excursions.
Charles Johnson has invented a pat
ent hens nest that is a very great con.
venience to Biddy, and is an automatic
persuader for her to do good work
When the hen approaches the nest q
wicket door gently opens and after she
passes IN it closes and the hen bas pri
vate apartments ali to herself. The
egg Of its ewp weight opens a tFaE
door and rolls nGiselessly out of sight
Then, when the hen arises, puts her
hands IN her pockets and gets ready
to walk out, not seeing the egg. think.
she made a mistake and lays another
This sort Of thing is repeated until the
heft Of the chicken buds IN the box be
low touches of a spring and Biddy /:
fired out of the apartment
From the great number of chickens
, missed the past winter, it would b
safe to deduct that someone had No
suffered a dearth of potpies. Nearly
every night some chicken faneier ha.
i written missing against a LARGE pei
cent Of bis brood, and the end is no.
! yet. 5erTy's coon was at first supposed
+ to be at the bottom Of these mysteri
Gus disappearance, but the cunning
/ little mammal indicated Itself by hi
9erneting during the heaviest losses
! v hsEeger or whoever it IS that Ia.
I been making these raids should curl
/ tae5 appetite that Graves. for the theft.
haze ceased to- BE q Joke witk the ma
] iezit7 of those who have been Iosins
flislr Esatheged property