The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-04-23

to death by a qusrrelsome husband,
allowed herself to be convicted of in
sanity in the hope Of securing rest and
peace in the insane asylum.
When Capt. George Fraser serves his /
80 days in Jail for beating a Council
Bluffs hotel bill. the New York Journal
viii take a fall or two out Of him for
obtaining money on false pretenses.
The towns along the Missouri that
have not seen the "airship" are report |
ing sea serpents disporting in the
waters of the Big Muddy. This is evil |
IDENTIFY a great year for the western
liar.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is
going into the free delivery of seed
business which was discontinued by
his predecessor. 1t is hoped that the
seeds he distributes will grow, an ele-
meDt that is usually deficient in the
seeds.
Mrs. Aljinidke Corswinlefbosy, of
Topeka, has just sued her husband for
divorce. She is a Russian, and to sim
plify matters she Americanized her
name to Catharine Snider after her ar
rival in this country, but her real name
had to go on the legal document.
Fred VANDERBILT of the Kansas City
Star rises to remark that the Mr.. Wal
ters, who is charged by one Mr.. MOad
with having made such pile of boo
die, is the same Christian statesman
who introduced bill in the Kansas
legislature to enact the ten command
ments.
An Oklahoma Judge has ruled that
husband can force wife to pail the
COW without fear of an action for d.
vorce. The woman who is foolish en-
Ough to demonstrate that she knows
how to milk COW deserves no better
fate than TO play the milkmaid to the
end of her days.
In her farewell to suffrage agitation
and agitators, Miss Phoebe Cousins
"advises every girl to marry a hus-
band" Miss Cousins means well, but
her advice if needed would give this
old world a heap of fresh trouble.
Girls bent on marrying should avoid
husbands and buckle on to single
man.
"Comanche" Jack Stilwell, one of
the scouts who was in the fight with
the Cheyennes and Brules, under Ro-
man Nose, on the Arickaree in 1868, is
now police Judge at Anadarko, o. K.
Stilwell was the man who crept
through the Indian lines and went for
relief to Fort Wallace. The old rife
pits dug by the scouts are still in ev-
idence at the scene of battle.
The state supreme court has recent
ly decided that a man may hold two
offices at one and the same time. AS a
gentleman of this city has two certif-
icates in his pocket attesting to his
right to two distinct city positions, he
can rest easy in the knowledge that
no court can compel him to vacate one
of the same. As neither, however, are
connected with salary provisO, it can
not be expected that he will go wild
with joy over the decision.
Webb McNall has been indicted by
the federal grand jury on the charge
of interfering with the administration
of justice in the HiIlman insurance
cases, and for intimidating the defend.
ant insurance companies. If Webb is
capable of "intimidating" an insurance
monopoly he is deserving the unan-
imous support Of the people of Kan
sas for any Office he wants. These Sin
timidating" fellows are just the ones
the people need. Mr.. McNall volunta-
rally surrendered himself and was re-
leased on his own recognizance, and
will probably be ready to go to trial
long before the other fellows.
| The fact that the "airship" has been
reported from so many different parts
of the country simultaneously, lend
color to the curious idea that there is
feet of them from some planet on a
voyage of discovery in American at
mospheres. 1t is suggested that If they
become satisfied that America is of
sufficient Importance they will land
and establish commercial relations
here, provided the tariff is not too
high.
A traveller in Mexico has discovered
a tribe of blue-eyed Indians, and was
much puzzled over the matter until be
ascertained that a party of Scotchmen
some $50 years ago had spent some
time in that region, and the blue-eyed
Indians, he concludes, must be Scotch
Indians. A parallel case can be found
in the sbundancy of red headed Mexi.