The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-02-28
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I W DUH s.
All kinds of nursery stOck.-v. W.
Goodrich.
Fresh pork at J. B. PENIS, 3 cents
per pound.
Thomas P. Leonard, abstracter and
insurance.
The ducks and geese are beginning
to go north.
The setting hen and the incubator
are being loaded up.
The thermometer stood at 70 in the
shade Wednesday.
For handmade harness go to j. W.
Book. All work guaranteed.
R. j. Jones has moved into the TAFT
residence in North Goodland.
Just received a lot of wire netting
for chicken fenee.-John W. Book.
Mrs. Hanlon, mother of the Hanlon
boys, died at Colorado Springs lately.
See those samples of tailor made
suits at Dawson Bros. & Co. Fits
guaranteed.
Broom corn is commanding better
prices now that the brokers have the
crop in hand.
Someone raided the hen rOost of
@. B. Stone Thursday night and took
all the fowls but two.
The G. A. R. gave an entertainment
at the opera house Saturday evening
which was well attended.
The pessimist on the Kansas City
World force has discovered that the
"friend in need" generally touches one
for loan.
"a cruel liquor war was narrowly
averted this week. White winged
peace, however, now roosts upon the
inner walls.
Ed Penny and family and Frank
Jones and family returned from Ne
braska Wednesday where they have
been for about year.
The friends of G. B. Jewell of this
city are working for his selection as a
delegate to the national republican
convention at st. Louis.
For sale cheap, one 10-foot Gem
wheel, 20-foOt steel tower and 6-inch
Cause pump, or will trade for barley
or Wheat.-P. I. Lancaster.
To Rent-If you wish to rent any of
the American Investment Cos. land or
Mckinley & Lanning's for 1896 you
can do so noW.-M. Robinson, Agent.
A good many patrons of the city
schools attended the Washington birth
day exercises, Friday, and all expressed
pleasure at the entertainment afforded
them.
In spite of the great quantity of
vegetables grown in Kansas, the state
pays out over two millions and a half
annually for imported garden sass.
The hot house and irrigation should
cover this deficiency.
Attorney Knight was out to Buriing-
ton, Col, and returned Friday. He has
instituted legal proceedings in the Kit
Carson county courts to compel the de-
livery of team of horses belonging to
client, which we're stolen and sold to
Flagler man who refuses TO give up
the animals.
The little son Of H. S. Percival met
with what might have been a serious
accident Wednesday. While playing
near a barb-wire fence, he ran against
a barb which cut in dangerously near
the eye ball. Had the inIisiOn been
a fraction of an inch higher the child
might have lost his sight.
The farmers are beginning spring
work and report that while the ground
is in good condition as yet, some mois-
ture will soon be needed to vigOrate
the winter grain that is now coming up
nicely. Those that intend to irrigate
are already getting their lighthouses in
shape for the starting of plants.
DR.. Edison, whose cure for consump-
ton is one of the reigning sensations
in the medical world, writes: "To such
practicing physicians in good standing
as will follow my directions to the
letter, / shall be glad to send two ounce
bottles for purposes of experiment. I
must add that my lRbrat0ry and its
output are as yet small"
4 man in the western part of Ne
braska having bunch of horses, the
market being oveFst0cked, wrote to a
friend in Washington City to ascertain
if he could not help him to sell car
load or two of his stock. The answer
was very brief and read as follows:
'sThe people of Washington ride bicy-
cles, the street cars are run by cleo
tricity and the government is run by