The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-20

Basil Horton wishes to send his
children to the Hayden school, which
is one-fourth Of a mile further than the
home one.
J. B. Moore and Herman Doerfer
we're up to GoOdland on William KiR-
gins homestead proof last Saturday.
Higgins went back to Frankfort, Kan,
On the evening train, taking Jake Hor-
ton with him to work.
Since the school house case decision
has been reversed, Basil Horton pub
licly stated that We had bought Judge
Smith with 800 and HOyt Andrews
with another 800, making 500, and
that was the way the case was reversed.
We hope no one believed it, and ex-
planned that Judge Smith, We thought,
was out Of the case before the appel
late court It looks as If he had hunt
ed q poor excuse, and had now sOured
on the judge and county attorney, who
TO our view Of the law, all the way
through, and We think the reversal BY
the honorable appellate court viii
plainly show it. His statement saEors
Of libel, and should be be brought be
fore Judge Smith be may have a chance
to try putting up the spondulix he
claimed We did for reversal He fur
Their threatened We should be gnaWed
or annoyed; he refused to define which.
There are people everywhere and
here, too, it seems, who want some
thing for nothing. Now, there is no
compulsion about it, OF course, and If
they don't do better we should say that
it would be about the correct thing for
q dozen or more persons whom We
might name, to subscribe for this
paper, whether its politics suit or not,
and We don't exclude any Of the shame
less spOnges, either
o. Q. Wileman had his four wagon
tires set at J. B. MOOre's Tuesday, so
he could 60 east corn husking.
&C. Wilemsn is author OF this item:
''Mr. Buck Of Wallace county had twin
babies and twin calves, and his neigh
Dor triplet calves, all the same night,
and says the whole batch were boys
but one Of the triplets."
E. Hulstrom got back from a visit to
Neb-, just in time to be
made happy by learning the school
house removal case wherein he was in
terested. was reversed. I smilingly
winked at him; and you'd ort'er seen
i'm grin.
Jack Frost, last week in the morning
hours, sneaked around and nipped our |
flowers.
Charles Babb says he sold his farm
to his father for sI25, and will bid
Sherman county adieu in three weeks. |
We learn that Grandma Kellum died !
at her home in the east September %. !
Also the father of Thomas Mccoy died |
at his home in Iowa. Thomas has been
back there since the middle Of last |
month.
There was q surprise dance at Fred |
Wileman's Friday night, Il couples be-
ing out.
OdM UOnuSOu moved MS 6lOQReGB Il
house on the place he bought Of Charles |
Corder, last Friday.
Central George said he "seen the |
old hound that put that lie in on him,
up town Saturday" But the hound /
failed to see him.
Fred Wileman moved his mothers /
goods from the old postofice /
building last Wednesday.
E. Hulstrom met a sheriff between |
here and Oberlin after five men in a |
rattletrap buggy, who were headed |
toward GOOdland, that had been hold
ing people up and robbing them, on
Tuesday, week before last. We learn
such rig camped at Mr.. McKenzie's I
Do Thursday night, and claimed their
team left them, but somehow their
buggy moved out or on and an old plug
team was left in the neighborhood, and
that same night we learn Pearl Hardy
and J. ". German each had four year
Did teams that was missing. Perhaps
they got hitched up to the buggy.