The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-02-14
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

! Wednesday was LlncOln'S birthday.
If you need anything in hardware go
to Books.
All kinds of nursery stOck.-V. W
Goodrich,
The early boarder catches the thick
est cream,
Fresh pork at j. B. PENIS, . cents
! per pound.
Thomas P. Leonard, abstracter and
! insurance.
Today is st. Valentines day. Did
you get one?
Fitzsimmons or Maher will get very
valuable valentine to-day.
For handmade harness go to ]. W.
Book. All work guaranteed.
Just received a lot of wire netting
for chicken fence.-JOhn W. Book,
Don't try to stop the wind, but get
your windmill in shape to take advan-
tage of it.
The G. A. R. will celebrate Wash
ington's birthday by giving an enter
tainment.
See those samples of tailor made
suits at Dawson Bros. & Co. Fits
guaranteed.
Saturday was pay day for the liquid
dealers, aud the city put down S72OO
to its credit.
H. H. Auer lost his prize Jersey cow
by death Sunday. The animal was
valued at 575.
County Clerk Adams has TeaFrauged
his Office and now has things in a much
handler shape,
The hen and the COW are the money
makers of the farm and should receive
more attention.
The actual wealth Of Kansas is 81 800
100000. The aggregate state and county
debt is 100000
Business was rather slack around
town Saturday owing to the blizzardy
indications and the cold wave.
A militia company was organized
Wednesday evening. Application for
membership to the state guard will be
made.
This month should be popular with
the school children, it being the first
February in % years that has had five
Saturdays,
If America were as densely pOpu-
lated as Europe it would contain as
many people as there are in the world
at the present time,
The city schools are making prepare
tiOns to appropriately pay tribute to
the memory Of Washington on the
22nd of the month.
Where creameries are located the
farmers are getting a monthly income
of $3.50 from each COW. How about
that GOodland creamery?
Several carloads of horses Will be
shipped from GOodland to Cripple
Creek where Col. Bradley has blazed
the way and established a market.
The reports from Colorado Springs
and Cripple Greek show mining stocks
in reliable properties advancing and
the wildcat stocks rapidly declining.
To Rent-If you wish to rent any of
the American Investment Co.'S. land or
Mckinley & Lanning's for 1896 you
can do SO nOW.-M. Robinson, Agent.
Of the 100000 inhabitants of Lon
don more than 100000 have to live
on less than So week for each family
while more than 100000 are in chronic
poverty.
AS an experiment, every farmer
put in a small patch of Kaffir corn for
is the half of what is told of it is true,
it will prove a life preserVer for the
plains people.
February 10 the state school fund
commissioners will distribute S225,O00
to the various counties, the same being
accumulated interest on the perman-
ent school fund It will be the semi
annual distribution and prOpOrtiOned
to the school population.
Gloom is cast over the lot Of the
schOolbOy who rejoices in holidays.
He has discovered that not only Wash
ingtOn's birthday. but Decoration day
and the Fourth Of July fall on SatuT-
day. Two of these make him lose days
off. and even the Fourth" he would
rather have on some other day.
A congressman was reminded of the
irony of life on a recent cold day ia
Washington. When passing along one
of the principal streets Of the city he
noticed a boy thinly clad, with no over.
coat to shield him from the bitter cold,
bearing a banner on which was en-
blazoned this pathetic sentence, which
certainly appealed to every thinking
man: Bianket your horses. Humane
society The thought occurred to him
what an swfuiiy good thing Il would bs
i the Humane society had arst taken
fhs pains % bianksE IL BANNER be5rer.