The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-01-08
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Say not vhsa spring has flown.
3oyr5oy is oYerpsst, the year outWoEH
FarEg not thou TO mourn,
Nay ge3 remembering that JOY vas shown;
Late oleaneer and pale eoIumbine
Flora leaves by for latter wreaths Of thine.
Weep not when love is dead
All, rather be more dear and tenderer breath
Blown from his place OF death;
And be the memorial tomb with rose leaves
spread
Nay, gods can never die with mellowsd eyes
Heshall move golden through autumnsl skies /
Pail Mall Gazette
WAYsrDE GLEANINGs.
The county commissioners we're in
session this week.
The county officers elected last fall
viii be inaugurated Monday.
"Jerry" Coffin is running the Mer-
chants hotel at 0skaloosa. Ia.
Only one mile Of railroad was built
in Kansas during the past year.
The @littIer" some people get, the
bigger" they think themselves.
Hon. Bob McGonigal has the refusal
of the Colby postOflce, it is said.
Rev. shackleford was at Brewster
last Thursday officiating at funeral.
Watch night services were held at
the Congregational church Thursday
night.
Topeka is the Mecca of many an
Office seeker and the higera has just
set in.
Kansas has 496,387 school children
who are taught in 9,342 different school
houses.
In this section of the globe, 1897
started off in a very chilly manner,
being biizzardy and cold.
The Iowa Mortgage company has
gone into the hands of a receiver. The
company did some business in this
county.
Some people are so alfred smart
that the law could get action on them
under the maintaining nuisance"
statute.
Lots of men in this world strut about
Ga their wife's reputation. A smart
woman is very often handicapped by a
fool husband.
The Kansas Farmer has placed NJ. B.
TombIin, OF this city, on its list of
Hons. It is the Hon. Marve, now. 1t
pays TO irrtgate.
The st. Francis branch of the B. & NJ.
railroad runs its trains on the tri- week
IL plan-get train in one week and
try the next. The local papers are
kicking.
Harry Lands has been appointed
warden at the state penitentiary. Those
who contemplate a stay at Lansing can
rejoice that Harry is one of the good
fellows.
Topeka is to have "Pure Food
Show" It is possible enough pure
food can be scraped together at Topeka
to make a fair exhibit, but the same
cannot be said Of its whisky.
Mrs. Lydia NJ. Barnes, postmistress
at Hooker, Decatur county, is e sister
of the late wild Bill" Hickok, the
noted scout. 1t is said the lady resem-
bles her brother in many respects.
The state board of irrigation thinks
the appropriation Of $4,000 has been
prohtably spent, and will ask that the
work be continued. The state might
put the stations in the hands of the
agricultural department with profit.
January % is Kansas day, and every
man woman and child should celebrate
the event in such manner as to show
the world that they are proud of Kan
sas, and rejoice to claim residence
in the grandest state Of all the states.
a New York policeman in being ex.
amined for promotion was asked to
tell what he knew of Lincoln. This is
the result; "We have sertinly had very
few like unto Lincoln, as far as I can
find out he was a tall lathey man q
great rail splitter true to principle
true to his country true to his God"
The Kansas City Journal speaks of
Hon. Bill Street, the Sixth district
candidate for speaker of the house as
"a newspaper man by profession, 6
politician by instinct and farmer fol
fun" With this Endorsement the Hon
William should run well with all
classes.
There are rumors afloat that the
B.& NJ. is about to build its long talked
Of line to Pueblo. In such g case the
road will probably come in through
the Eustis toynsite to Goodland II i,