The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-10-23
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

postal service last year.
Down at Atchison apple orchards are
yielding the second crop.
A small-sized scrap lent interest TO
the days events Saturday.
The good are not always good, and
the bad are not always bad.
Hon. J. J. Hit of Topeka will speak
at the court house October 26.
There is a whole lot Of difference be-
tween character and reputation.
Wanted, eight clear quarters in town
ship 9, range 39.-B. r. Brown.
The United States has 800 mountains
which exceed 10000 feet in height.
Any man who is a slave on election
day will be a slave on the other 1854.
An Oregon farmer raised 40 pounds
of pumpkins from one vine this year.
A carload of potatoes was shipped in
this week and sold for so cents per
bushel.
A carload of Ben Davis apples was
sold here this week at 60 cents per
bushel.
For abstracts, all kinds of notary
work, farms to exchange, ETC., see NJ.
Robinson.
See those samples of tailor made
suits at Dawson Bros. & Co. Fits
guaranteed.
Charley Irwin will winter bunch of
horses at the old Bagley place north
east of town.
The small boy has begun to calculate
on how much deViltry he can aecomp-
lish Halloween.
W. M. Sylvester of Garden City was
here Saturday with another wagon load
of sweet potatoes.
Since the irrigation craze set in in
western Kansas there has been nearly
5000 wells put down.
A Sunday school convention was held
at the Methodist church Wednesday
afternoon and evening.
1t is funny that when confidence is
most lacking brokers are most eager to
buy government bonds.
The White Cloud Globe is putting
up a long range fight against the Off
Gals of the Colby land office.
The ladies of the Methodist church
gave a pound party to their pastor,
Rev, ShakelfOrd, Friday evening.
Z. S. Knight sold a REIMBURSEMENT
of a homestead Monday. Realestate is
evidently on the edge of boom.
1t is getting along toward the time
when the campaign lie can be expected
to make a grandstand play. Look out
for it.
Huskers in the corn country are
getting one cent per bushel. Growers
can pay no more than this with corn
at nine cents,
Gen. A. B. Campbell, once adjutant
general of Kansas, is back at Topeka
after a short sOjourn in a California
insane asylum.
"In God We Trust" first appeared on
the copper twO-cent issue Of 1864, and
is the first use of the word Sod" in
any government act,
Two Smith county men who recently
went to Alaska have been hung. Any
one who would leave Kansas for Alaska
deserves such a fate.
All kinds of signs point to a hard
winter but the greatest of these is the
scarcity of kindliug wood and the in,
creasing price of coal.
The Kansas State university football
team defeated the Denver Athletic
team club last week. As kickers Kan
sas people can't be beat.
The Swarts butcher wagon team ran
away Friday afternoon, and smashed
up the running gear of the wagon. Nc
other damage resulted.
The free silver forces of Sherman
county are preparing to make clean
sweep in this county from electors
down to road oYerseers.
A careful poll of the state by the
populists, democrats and free silver re,
publieans fixes Bryan's majority in
this state at not less than 10000.
Pete RObideaux sold a large bunch
of cattle last week. One lot of steers
brought an average price of over SAC
per head. Cattle is what pays in this
country,
A Thomas county farmer named
Charles T. Fiickenger committed sui
eide Tuesday morning after attempting
to kill his wife. Financial troubles are
supposed to have unbalanced his mind
II. fl. Auer was thrown from his de,
livery wagon Monday at the freight
depot and severely bruised. 1t was at
first thought that he was seriously In
jured, but he is now rapidly recovering
from the accident.
The "Coon Hunters club" of Atwood
has disbanded, but the members are
still confined in the pest house. A
festive pOlecat and young dog that
didn't know any better were response
bic for ali the trouble,
Mary Ellen Lease is the most popu
lar spell binder, outside of Bryan, cam
paigning in the east. As an orator
Mary Ellen can give most speakers
cards, spades and little casino and yet
come out an easy winner,
The record Of pOpullst administration
in this county proves that taxes have
been reduced; and expenditures, ever
in the face Of. increased demands fol
aid brought about by crop failures
have been greatly lessened.
In several towns east of here The
schools have been closed on account o.
an epidemic of diphtheria. This dis
ease is caused by rotting rubbish snj
unsanitaTy conditions, and can be pre-
vented by q general clean up.
Ewing Herbert Of the Hiawaths
World has accepted the position of ad
ysrtisiag manager of Truth at q sal
airy OF sa,099 per aunum. Good luoh
occasionally strikes Kansas news
paper man, but only occasionally.
Frank Jones has been put upon th
republican county ticket by the com
mittee To fill the place Of s0perintend
emf Of public instruction made ysean
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