The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-11-20

an Eighth congressional district with
all advantages to the p0pulists. Such
proceeding would beVeTy natural and
consistent with good politics. Where
The hurt comes lies ia the fact that the
republicans calculated upon doing the
JOB themselves.
D. P. Bailey, the Rock Islands agent
at this place, returned with his bride
from Heitmsns, Mo, last Thursday,
and ia the evening the customary chart
yari party paid him the honor Of q
musical (!) seFenade. With commend
able assiduity melodious sounds we're
coaXed from the Instrumentation. The
horse violin, the maniac maker, the
horns, pans, plOWshiTes and other de-
vices of auTicular torture we're kept at
their tiendish work until late ia the
evening, when the serenadeFs discover
ed they had been misled and that the
objects of their attention were probably
peacefully slumbering far from the
post-nuptial revelTy. The Havanas,
however, have since appeared.
Those people who are spreading the
rumOT that the machine shops may be
moved to Colorado to escape taxation,
should post up little on railroad tax
alton. The fact of the case is that all
railroads are taxed by the mile, and no
taxes, additional, are paid for company
property on the right of way. Should
the Rock Island remove even the
wbistling posts from GOOdland their
taxes would be lessened only by the
reduction of mileage due to removal of
the sidetracks. But there are other
| reasons why the shops will not be re-
moved. Itasca township issued bonds
for the privilege Of having those shops
! located at this point and a removal
would be violation Of the implied
| contract.
The case of the State VS.. NJ. B. Tomb
| lin, of GOOdland, Sherman county, at
present a member Of the state board of
irrigation, was fled in the supreme
court this morning, as an appeal from
the decision of the district court of
Sherman county. TOmblin was presi.
dent, director and manager of the de-
funct Sherman County bank of Good
land, and was charged with receiving
deposits at time when he was aware
that the bank was insOlvent. The fiud-
ing Of the district court of Sherman
county was guilty as accessory" on
four counts, and on each count be was
sentenced to one year of Imprisonment
and a fine of $500, making in all four
years Of Imprisonment and $1,000 fine.
Tomblin received his sentence Satur-
day, and Joe Waters, one Of his attor-
neys, Immediately gave notice Of ap-
peal and filed the papers in the supre.
me court this morning. TOmblin's
bond was placed at 5000, and he is
now in custody awaiting the filing of
the bond.-State Journal, November 16.
"A fact we'll known to farmers is that
| the rows Of grains on an ear of corn
are always even in number" said A. D.
/ Catlin of TOlorio, I'll. "There may be
eight, ten, twelve, fourteen, or sixteen
rows, but never nine, eleven, thirteen
or fifteen. This fact and the knowledge
/ Of it cost several men in my neighbOr
hood very dearly few days ago. A
farmer who raises a small crop of corn,
and who has always been regarded as
Of rather weak intellect, concluded
that he saw a chance to make some
bets. Early in the season he carefully
scraped from a dozen ears Of corn just
formed one of the rows. The corn rip
ened aud the remaining rows grew to- |
gether, so as to hide the evidence of
the one removed ever having existed.
Then the farmer offered to bet either
that the others could not or that ne
could find ears of corn with odd rows.
He had no trouble in getting some very
good bets on the latter proposition,
but, of course, none on the first. He
then found the ears he had fixed, and
made as much money on the dozen
ears as he did on the entire crop of
corn. Now, any suggestion of corn
with odd rows is prOvOOatiOn for fight
in that neighbOrhoOd.
This is WOman's century. In the late
campaign Elder Cannon, one of big
guns of the Mormon church, was the
republican nominee for state senator
in the Sixth Utah district, and, owing
to his supposed pull with the faithful,
his election was looked upon by the
politicians as a Cinch. However, Mrs. !
Matte Cannon, one of the elders bet
/ ter sixteenths or Whereabouts, signified
her willingness to 60 against the old
man, and the silVerites gave her the
nomination. When the elder heard of
Mrs. Mattie's nomination as his oppOn- |
ent he was surprised, but when the am.
bilious lady took the stump for an act
i've campaign against him, he Wilted
and retired to his country seat and the
consultations of the numerous other
Mrs. CanuoDs. Matte, having the field
to herself, made a winning campaign
and was elected to the Office by a very
handsome majority. Senatress Matte |
Cannon now rules not only the other
dear things in Cannon household, but
is said to occasionally call the old man
down on point of order. Thus, even
in Utah, is mans forbeaTs heightened.
Woman, you have the call.
"The low price Of products was attri-
butable to the fear of a deprecated
currency" remarked 4. II. Ellis, late
republican candidate for congress from
the Sixth district, Tuesday night to a
small knot of hearers who happened to
be in the Ennis & Walker drug store at
the time. swell, then, what keeps
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