The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-02-11

Charles CongdOn has gone to Pueblo
Billy High returned Monday from 3
visit east.
Engine 4ss Of the Pueblo run is in
the shops.
Liuemsn Nike Curran was down
from Colorado Springs Tuesday.
Engineer Ed Price and wife have
gone to New Mexico to spend 3 few
weeks.
Officials ". L Allen, ". h Stilwen
and F. c. Smith were visitors at the
depot Friday.
c.. NJ GeYrez, the Rock Island agent
at Stuttgart, has been transferred TO
Burlington, Colo
Engineer c. E. Biddison is on the
sick list, snd Dave Pringle is running
his engine, the 313.
Superintendent Of Construction ".
z Douehy passed through in his pri-
vste car 200 Tuesday.
Conductor Ed Young will now have q
regular car on account Of F. A Beer
being given a passenger run.
Passenger Conductor Prick has re-
signed and will move to his farm in
Iowa. F. A. Beer has been given the
run.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". Stephens are at
Onaga, Kan, in response to a message
that Mrs. Stephens mother was seri-
Ously ILL
Fireman Frank Kline came back
from Roswell Wednesday. He has been
there on a visit while his engine was
undergoing repairs.
F. Y. King, formerly a train dis
patcher here, is now located at Kalis-
pei, Mont. If Frank keeps a going be
will probably land in the Klondike
country.
The ball to be given by the locomO-
tive firemeu will come of Monday even
ing and will be the finest that has been
witnessed in western Kansas for many
a long day. The supper will be served
at the Commercial.
Master mechanics answer to En-
gineer DOnahue:
Engineer Donahue
OF engine 2
Plug up the fuey
And come on through.
Master Mechanic Drew.
George Usher is trying to make the
boys believe that the PhillipsburR
beaut took him out for a spin behind
the black team Sunday, but the regular
on that particular run says he will have
to show him, as be thinks Shorty" is
prevaricatinR somewhat.
Engineer A. F. Keith will shortly
resign his position with the Rock
Island and go to Colorado and engage
in mining. Burt is one OF the original
railroad men here, having come to
GoOdland with the road, and his friends
will regret this intended move.
The firemen running in and out Of
GoOdland are arranging for big ball
music will be furnished by an orches-
ira from Denver. GoOdland railroad
ers always do things right when they
undertake q job Of this kind.-Phil-
lipsburg Dispatch.
The shack" shop and tin shop were
on Tuesday cut to eight hours day.
Hereafter the whistle will blow at 7:3O
a. %. and 8 a. M, instead of Z a. N. and
8 a. m. and at 4:3O p. N. and 3 p m,
instead of and $50 p. m. The boiler
shop will continue to work ten hours,
while no change will be made for the
present in the working hours Of the
other Horton CONNER
cial.
Brakeman James Cullen met with q
serious accident at the freight house
Sunday night. Mr.. Cullen came in on
81 and the crew were showing some cars
in on the house track and while per-
forming his duties he in some way got
iroIled" between a car and the plat
form, breaking several ribs and squeez-
ing him badly. He is getting along
nicely and will be able to be out in a
few days.
It was reported the first the week
that the Rock Island would resume the
fast trains, q and ., to compete with
the fast train service recently put on
BY the Burlington between Denver and
Chicago, but it has been given up by the
officials, as the patronage would not
warrant so many trains, and it is doubt
full if the Rock Island could make the
time. They will, however, reduce the
time Of Nos. 3 and 6 several hours.
GOMFR IFWFIRY : STORE