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The leader., 1897-08-11

Texas now spends 81, 600, 600 a yea,
for schools, or four times as much
as in 1881. In that year there
are 46S, while its university, which was
not in existence at that period, has
now 752 students, with A. profe ssors.
The leader., 1897-08-11
A Negro Declines Office.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 7.-E. S. FL
bert, the colored physician of this city,
who has been offered the appointment
as consul at Bahia, South America,
said that he would not accept DR..
Ebert declined to give any reasons for
his decision
The leader., 1897-08-11
Increas, in speIter Production.

WAsHINGSes, Aug. IA preliminary
statement OF the production of spelter
for the first sir months of. 1897, made
by Agent Kirckoff, of the United States
geological survey shows a total of
44,713 short tons At this rate the
years aggregate will surpass that for
any of the past five years except 1885,
The leader., 1897-08-11
Killed an Objectionable Caller.

Grundy Hughes and Green Darden,
farmers, fought an impromptu duel
near Cedar Hill, Tenn. Hughes had
forbade Darden visiting a member OF
his family, but Darden paid no heed
and went to Hughes home. Hughes
met him at the door and difficulty en-
sued, both men drawing revolvers
Dardeu firing. Ills aim was bad anc
he was instantly killed by Hughes. who
surrendered. The verdict of the coro-
ner was lustifable homicide.
The leader., 1897-08-11
Admitted to Ba II.

Joe Chandler, charged with the muir.
der of his brother-in-law, Joo Stephens,
lad a preliminary hearing at Fayette
last week and was admitted to bail in
the sum of 81, 900 to await the action OF
the grand Jury.
The leader., 1897-08-11

, DIR. FRED w. D'EvELYN, of San Fran
cisco, has just made public the results
of Is years experiments, by which he
claims to have found certain cure by
incubation of horse blood for drunk
snness, as we'll as for transmission of
hereditary faint of alcoholism. lie as
serts his cure will not only kill the
craving for drink, but it will relieve
the children of drunkard from hered-
itary faint, which he calls constitu-
tional alcoholism. The substance
which he obtains by injecting alcohol
into the blood of a horse he calls
equisine and it is this he introduces
into the human system.
The leader., 1897-08-11

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug. 7.-Officers
of the Florida Fruit exchange, who
keep themselves posted ON the condi-
ton of the orange crop throughout the
state, now estimate that the crop this
fall will amount to between $50, 900 and
400 O0O hoxes
The leader., 1897-08-11

NICOLA TESLA has announced the
completion of his latest discovery-thc
simultaneous transmission of messages
by means of the earth's electrical cur
rents to as many scattered points on
the surface of the globe as may be de-
sired without wires
The leader., 1897-08-11

Isaac Isenberg, one of the oldest citi
zens of Greenville, Miss, and highly
respected by all, died in Philadelphia
whittier he had gone for his health.
The leader., 1897-08-11

DIR. w. ID. MARROW, coroner of El
Paso county, Col, has just given out
an astounding record of violent deaths
at Cripple Creek. The record covers a
period of 3lS years, ard shows Cripple
Creek to be the toughest town" in
the United States. 1t gives total of
247 recorded violent deaths in Cripple
Creek alone since January, 1894. or an
average of more than 20 a year, and
this for an average population of less
than 5000 people.
The leader., 1897-08-11
A Fatal Fight.

King Mcllvain and Ed Tate fell out
over game of ball at Summerfeld.
Ala. A hand to-hand combat resulted,
and Mcllvain struck Tate on the head
with a hickory club, crushing his skull,
fatally injuring him.
The leader., 1897-08-11

ANOTHER proposed wonder for the
prospective Paris exhibition of 1900 is
an immense Dussand microphono-
graph. 1t is said to be now in course
of construction and is expected to
make the voice heard by 10, 600 persons.
This form of apparatus is claimed to
be especially favorable for the deaf,
and for the study of the feeble sounds
given out by the organs of the body in
health and disease, magnifying the
voice much as lens magnities objects
tn the eve
The leader., 1897-08-11
THE Ford Divorce Case.

Rev. Sam Small, the father of Mrs.
Loretta Ford, has, he says, employed
United States Senator George w. Dan.
iel TO defend that lady in the divorce
suit which her husband has brought
against her at Richmond, Va.
The leader., 1897-08-11
CURRENT COMMENT.

DURING the year ended July so, 81
s79 mortgages were filed and only TO-
oil Cancelled on Ohio farms.
The leader., 1897-08-11
A Campaign OF Education.

The Commercial club of Mobile has
appointed committee of 30 to conduct
campaign of education on the prop
osition for municipal control of water
works and sewers.
The leader., 1897-08-11
Bad Man CaDtured.

George Henderson, the negro wanted
for the murder of Joe Carr about three
years ago, was captured at Webb last
week and is now in Jail at Charleston.
The leader., 1897-08-11
Reagan . Candidate.

Judge John Ii. Reagan, of Texas, the
sole surviving member of the confed.
crate cabinet, has announced his can
didacy for the senatorship in opposi-
ton to Mills.
The leader., 1897-08-11
Drowned In the Tombigbee.

Lem Word, a young man about 2.
years OF age, and two companions, were
bathing in the Tombigbee river several
miles above Aberdeen a few days ago
when young Word made a dive into the
river, jumping from boat. His head
struck a large rock about three feet
under water, producing conclusion OF
the brain, and he died Immediately.
The young men who were with him re.
port that he came up at once. and noticed
that be acted strangely, but thought
nothing of 1t until he sank. They at
once pulled bis body from the water &c
find It a liieless corpse, which was q
great shock 10 then.
The leader., 1897-08-11

THERE Is n scarcity of cents in To-
ronto, Ont, caused by the $4,000 Ep-
worth leaguers who were there short
time ago carrying off about $4,000 of
the copper coin as souvenirs.
The leader., 1897-08-11

The new standard postal card will
he a trife smaller than the card now
in use, so that il can be inclosed in
business envelopes of ordinary size.
The leader., 1897-08-11
Coal Oil and Fire,

A nine-year-old son of Joe Appold,
OF Fort Worth, tried to light the kitchen
fire with coal oil. He was fatally
burned, and his parents home is a
ruin.
The leader., 1897-08-11
Illicit Still Raided.

A 1O0-gallon illicit distillery was
raided in Polk county, Tenn, and de-
stroyea. After an exchange of shots
one man named Mathes was caught.
The leader., 1897-08-11

A SECRET and armed expedition is be-
ing fitted out, Tacoma, Wash. dis
patch stated the other day. to start at
an early date with the avowed inten-
tion Of succeeding by armed force, if
the exigencies of the occasion require,
in making thorough and systematic
prospect of Copper river, Alaska, 500
miles northwest of Sitka- This local
fty, which has long been guarded from
encroachment of civilization by 300 ma.
tiyes, composing the Copper river tribe,
has been looked upon as a source OF
great wealth of gold and copper, which
occasional visitors to that section have
Eeen In posse ssion of natives.
The leader., 1897-08-11
Mrs. Nancy Alexander

Mrs. Nancy Alexander, aged rs, moth.
er-in-law of Dr. w. Godfrey Hunter,
the Kentucky republican politician
died at her home, huntsville, Cumber
land county, Ky.
The leader., 1897-08-11
Terrible Wind Storm,

A terrible wind storm swept east and
west of Perry county, Ala, the other
day. doing considerable damage to
growing crops and leveling fences.
The leader., 1897-08-11

REV. JosEPH ABBOTT, colored, was
nearly choked to death the other Sun
day by mosquitoes swarming into his
mouth while praying in Sussex county,
NJ
The leader., 1897-08-11
Found Dead in His Once

b. I. Cox, editor of the Union Eagle.
published in Union county, Tenn, was
found dead in his Office. He came to
east Tennessee from Boothbay, Me.
The leader., 1897-08-11

THE greatest waterpower plant in
the world is 70 be in operation within
. few months IL is intended TO take
power from the ST. Lawrence river and
- ,aeans Of turbines OF 5000 horse.
power each operate an electric plant
81 almost inealcuiable strength. The
liant y 70 be an immense building
t>sf Nssesps. \. X.
The leader., 1897-08-11
Serious Epidemic Of smalI-Pox.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug. -Four
more smallpox cases, all negroes, were
taken to the pesthouse yesterday.
There are now about 800 cases there
and about So persons at the house Of
detention,
The leader., 1897-08-11

Farmer Badly Injured.

Harry King, who was shot by Joseph
L. Cough, near Paulding recently, died
last week.
The leader., 1897-08-11

Enos Collins, who shot and killed
Will Hampton at barbecue in Mar.
shall county, KY, surrendered, a few
days ago, to officers at Benton, XIV.
The leader., 1897-08-11

John Parker. of Pewaukee, Miss, has
received word that his son, John, Was
murdered recently by Indians at his
home in Idaho.
The leader., 1897-08-11

Daniel Gregg and Stephen Sadler
were crushed to death by coal while
timbering the roof in the Ishkooda
mine, near Birmingham, Ala.
The leader., 1897-08-11
Stretched His Neck.

Jesse Perryman, colored, aged 10,
was hanged at Hattiesburg. Miss, for
criminally assaulting white woman,
near Eastabuchie.
The leader., 1897-08-11

Deputy Jailer Frank Grady, of Pa.
ducah, KY. died of injuries sustained
In runaway, In which his entire fam.
uy were hurt
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-01-22

vonIan age. The Silver Glance shaft
Of so feet shows the vein to be almost
perpendicular with a slight dip to the
eastward and is between walls Of lime
stone and porphyry or greensboro.
These gentlemen own in connection
with this group Of claims, water right
and town site of RoundyYille which
makes this one of the most desirable
points IN the Apache mining district
for the erection of a smelling plant to
treat the large amount of ore nov In
sight and which a be developed with
a very small amount Of capital and
labor. Your correspondent does not
hesitate In saying that this property
has the scar marks" of a mine and is a
very very good property.
In the same neighborhood is the
Sailor Boy owned by Joe Oliver which
has considerable development work
shows a strong vein Of lead galens ore.
Your reporter did not investigate this
property as the hour was late, but
from what he had seen in the other
workings has no doubt that the pro-
perty is valuable and worthy of the
attention of capital.
Your correspondent is under obi.
cations to MI. Oliver, one Of the
pioneer prospectors and miners of this
district, for plotting him around.
There are many other deserving pro-
positions IN this vicinity which will be
mentioned In due course.
j. D. BONE.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-01-22

pauy have over one 100 men at work.
They have seventeen men at work In
their iron mines at Edwards Camp in
the Cuchillos: tweyle men are at work
In the Denver mine In the Cuchillos
east of Fairview. and twenty-three
men are working in the Cliff mine on
Byers Run south of Chloride, besides
thirty teams hauling ore to the smelter
and numerous men employed burning
char coal and hauling coke.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-01-22
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The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-01-22
At & S. F. Time Table.
METAL MARK EFT.

New York, Jan. 20.-Copper, brokers
price, S12. Lead, $3.50. SILVER, 844.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-01-22

The WAY TO CURE catsrrh is to
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best way to purify the blood is by TAX
ing Hoods Sarsaparilla, the One True
Blood Purifier.
HOODS PILLS are prompt, efficient,
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The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-01-22

The largest and most Interesting week.
voted to Fascinating Stories, Sketches, AM
tiers relating to Masonic, Grand Army, and FIN
The New York Dispatch. in addition bears1
claims to be the most aggressive in its politid
can ideas in politics, and is.the only newspat
sistently and fearlesslY advocated
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-02-05
TIE ASSISTANT.
Rrisron Plckups.

Ruleton items are sccare on account
Of the cold wave.
Mrs. Laura Long has been absent
from cur city as assistant examiner
Of teachers Of the examining board.
Mr. Hobbs has moved of Of Main
street and is nov Sixteenth and Michi-
gan avenue.
Our city was thrown into quite an ex-
citement the other night. As young
man living west Of GoOdland was retur-
ing home he claims he was held up by
band of masked men. He drew his re-
vOlver and says he shot one man three
times or three men one time, or it was
his heart beating loud, he don't know
which. But there was lots Of confusion
The dance at Mr.. Dimmits was a
grand success. All report a good time.
D. A. Long has quite an assortment
/ OF mountain scenery 10 MS show case,
tt is equal to trip to the mountains.
Mr.. Stevens spent Sunday with his
sons Jed and Elmer.
Mr.. 0. NJ. Fee returned home Satur-
day from the east where he has been al
work all fall and winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher visited with
friends in the country Sunday.
Mr.. Simmonds is putting up ice as,
sisted by his son Willard and Mr.. Mel
son.
The threatening storm Of Saturday
kept many RuletOn folks from going tC
| GOodland.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-02-05
PIeasnnt Home Items.

From Our Correspondent.
John and Bide Lister were helping
John Bray to put up, ice the first of the
week.
Mr.. Emmett Lister started to Davis
county, Iowa, Monday morning; he ex-
poets to be gone about three weeks.
A cattle man from Phillips county
has been bnying cattle in this vicinity
this week; VIII Stone and Witten
Townsend have been showing him
around over the county.
Messrs. Bruce Lister and David
Robinson went to Brewster Tuesday.
It makes a person think that spring
has come to go to Mrs. Stones and
hear the music of the young chickens
A quilting at aunt Polly Listers last
Tuesday was most enjoyable affair
it was a cold day but the ladies showed
their appreciation of such occasions by
turning out in full force.
David Robinson was a GoOdland Wis.
itor Friday.
Mrs. Frank Edgert0n has just rec
eived the sad news of her fathers death
from heart failure, at the home of his
son in Washington, where he had gone
to spend the winter
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-02-05
RAILROAD NEWS.

Three children, whose names we
could not learn, came near being run
over this morning by the west-bOund
passenger train, Peck Lawless, engin-
eer. The children we're on their way to
school, and took the railroad track for
a short cut. The train was late and
making good time, but when midway
between Agra and Dana, the engineer
discovered the children on bridge and
sounded the usual alarm. One of the
children. boy, got off the bridge and
rolled down the bank, while the other
two, a boy and girl, remained. The boy
with wonderful presence Of miud, laid
down on the bridge, outside of the
guard rail, and pulled the girl down
beside him just as the train passed
them. The train was stopped and the
crew started back expecting to find two
mangled bodies, but the children es-
capped uuhurt.-PnilIipsburg Herald.
Hank MaGuire, formerly a section
boss in the yards here, but lately on
the west end, was in GoodIand Monday
enroute to his home at Mcpherson.
John McCIoud, who has been helping
the hostler at Limon for some time, is
back here again.
The railroad boys on the extra list
are not getting worked to death at
present.
Charley Sharrah and Paul Mcbride
are down at Topeka,
&C. Stevens has taken the Roswell
switch engine.
Nick Soallion is laid up with bruised
wrist.
1888. Before you see your tailor see
the Wizard.
Before you see your tailor see the
Wizard. s8.8S,
S888. Before you see your tailor ses
the Wizard.
Before you see your tailor see the
Wizard. 58.SS.
A Burlington man manages to keep
the pot boiling by practising medicine
teaching school and holding down the
Office Of county attorney.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-02-05
PERSONAL NOTES.

J. E. Rule, of KanoradO, was a Good
land visitor on Wednesday.
J. D. Wareing, for several years a
resident of Kanorado, has moved to
Goodland where he and his family will
in the future reside. Mr.. Wareing is
on old soldier and suffered the loss Of
limb in defense of the union. 1t is
hoped he may find as pleasant friends
and as many of them as he left at his
former home.
County Attorney Hartzler is at To-
peka this week representing the state
in the Tomblin hearing before the su-
preme court.
L, Rich, of the Colby land Office
force spent Friday in GoOdland,
Dan Sullivan, of Chicago, is visiting
here this week with his brother, John
Sullivan.
Miss Ella Buckley, daughter of Dad
Buckley, who formerly resided here
being employed on the Rock Island as
a locomotive engineer, was married
at Pueblo, Col, January u, to Clyde
E. Miller Of Denver. The lady has
many friends and acquaintance in this
city.
Murray Headley aud wife of Fort
Worth, Tex, we're in GOodland this
week visiting among friends. Mr.
Headley is a Rock Island engineer and
worked out of Goodland prior to his
going to the Texas line.
ON. Whitney, Of Syracuse, N. Y,
secretary of the Peoples Building and
Loan association, was in the city this
week looking after the association;
property interests here.
| Messrs. Teagarden and Austin were
Topeka visitors this week.
Frank Robidioux ane family left thi;
week for Rock Island, ILL.,, where they
viii make there future home.
A. B. Montgomery returned from al
extended stay at Topeka Sunday morn
ing.
B. W. Finley returned Saturday from
Topeka where he had spent a weel
watching the legislative grind,
Mrs. Ed Denney has a new bicycle
and has already acquired the art Of rid
ing it. Ths genial Ed has also taken Z
few falls cat of the machine.
R. J. Jones returned from a TOpekl
visit Saturday morning.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-02-05


the needed viFgiis q the-sgaseh. aud
ready TO sound the coming tray
Ex-Chief Justice Horton elso spoke.
He declared the people Of kansas the
most intelligent, the most honest and
most yiFtuous people ia the United
States, and added:
"To-Right we ought to dedicate our,
selves aud or commonwealth anew ia
the name of labor. without which men
cannot live; aud of liberty, without
which mans life is worth nothingi and
of law. which binds yet holds men to-
gether in safety aud peace. Kansas
should mean all these and more.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-02-05
LaBIanohe Items.


From Our Correspondent.
AS the regular correspondent froze
up last week, we grasp the pen to Chro-
nicle the most impOrtont events this
week while he is thawing out, after
which We will throw up the job.
We ask all to subscribe for TIE Re-
PUBLIC and keep posted. It is the best
paper published at the hub or in the
county.
AS the weather has moderated 100
degrees in just one day, we figure it out
a weather breeder, and advise all short
on compressed gasoline" to get hus
tie on them.
This season will tell the tale as to
whether this is an agricultural Coun-
try as we'll as a stock country. Our
last theory Is that the soil must be wet
and we'll frozen in the winter. As We
have it to our notion in that liue, we
will abide by the results next harvest.
The man whose cOsttsil and boots SO
closely meet, brags of mastering a
crowd of four around the last living
coyote stamped to death by boots in
this vicinity, and did so without any
up-to-date Missouri bear hunter advice
either.
The stock barons of township 10 40
last week called a picked crowd Of the
township 1O-41 boys over the line tC
help them vote a free stoCk-Iaw range
on the balance Of lO-41, it seems. Now
1G-41 lets stock run in day time only
while 1O-4O lets 'em 60 Galliger both
day and night, week in and week out
! We learned their plan did not seoul
| with even one from 10-41 as we lack con,
siderable of being prepared to receive
a raft of stock and from seven to fl
teen head of mules and horses after
night that no fence will turn in day
! time.
Miss Myrtle CritchheId has JUS
completed afour months term of schoO
at LaBlanche. Saturday being the
last day, the neighbOrhOOd was invited
to bring out their best and surprist
her with a winter picnic dinner. Every
! body was invited, and most all turned
out, especially the young men anC
children. But there we're enough mar
ried ladies Of the vicinity there viii
baskets Of cakes, pies, chicken, sauce
ETC., TO conviece the sksptic that west
ern Kansas Was well able to produce
! genuine picnic dinner. After the feast
speeches and songs we're over, Mis-
| CritchfeId called her little flock up ant
gave them a nice treat Of candy, pea
nuts snd other presents. This is Mis-
CritehfeId's first term and she crown
ed it with success, and was tendere'
| the DOerfer school Of this vicinity 70
two months without 2 days rest
Mr. Allerton has recently put