The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-08-11
from Over the County.
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EIuIdroW.
Herman Upton Of GOOdland and
Miss Anna Mcdaniel spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs G. A. O'Neal-
Harve Robinson returned home Sat
urdav. He vas working north OF Colby
and reports the wheat crop IN that VI
einity good
A vicious looking cloud full Of hail
and electricity formed over this neigh
borhOOd Wednesday, and its electric
display caused the loss OF calf pc
longing to J. ". Bennett, also one be
longing to Mr.. Stsndish- The ram ana
hail spent its force east Of here
The normaIites from this vicinity re-
turned home Wednesday, and each one
presented a sad. careWOrn cOunbenence
as they proceeded to live IN a STATE OF
suspense until the result OF the exam
ination was made known However, on
Saturday they were relieved Of their
mental state. and it was found that
Mrs. r. A. Smith and Anna Mcdaniel
received good secOnd-grsde certificates
while Fannie Albright and Lew Rooln-
son failed to get third grade.
A dead rattlesnake was found cOiIed
mon one Of the desks Of the MuldroW
school house Thursday, and the stencil
was so horrible that the desk had TO be
removed and the windows left open for
several days before it was habItable.
The deed was done by some mlscreanC
who has a bigger bump Of develtry than
common sense.
John johnson commenced threshing
Saturday at q. B. Ackerman's. He will
soon finish the threshing in this neigh
borhOod, as the jobs are all small
Tom Crum, a former resident and
land owner Of this place, is back IN the
county again, having came mp from
Garden City. Mr.. CrUm has Travelled
extensively overland during the past
two years, and is now on his way TO
Phillips county.
Miss Lucy Zeigler has been engaged
to teach the school in district No
during the next term, and Miss Anna
Mcdaniel has taken the contract 20
teach the Odell school.
The Kansas Creamery company has
had a representative in this part Of the
county for the purpose Of working up
interest in a proposed skimming sta
ton to be located at Brewster. The
venture IS a good one, and consider
able interest is being taken by dairy
men in this neighbOrhOOd, although
the proposed plans Of the company are
such that it leaves them no possibility
Of any thing but gain, while all the
risk and possible failure will be borne
by the patrons. Several hundred dol
lars have already been raised, but at
the present writing not more than half
the bonus has been subscribed Eleven
hundred dollars is the price demanded
TO build the plant and put 1t In run
ming order, and the subscribers are
given the privilege of paying their sub
scriptiOn in three different payments,
while they are to receive the regular
wholesale price for their cream, less
the cost Of transportation to BelleVllIe,
Kan If the scheme is ever developed
and brought into successful operation,
it will be a great relief from the con
servative state people have got into Of
thinking that there is no other way Of
making success OF dairying, only the
old mOnOtOnOus round of skimming
milk, washing jars, chUrning, working,
and packing butter, and then the tire
some trading process with some schem-
ing merchant who smells and tastes
and grUmbles, and finally gets even by
keeping any fraction of a pound or
cent to his own credit
F. NJ. Koontz returned from Iowa
Saturday where he has been several
weeks. His mother died while he was
there.
Volumes have been filled on the fad
ideas Of the "gOldbug;" enterprising
reporters are filling the press about
the danger in the bite of p kissing
bug" Uncle Fuller has his hands full
in coping with his "straddlebug," but
why don't some one write q chapter
about the worst bug Of all-the "bed-
bugH-WhO, after a night Of wrestling
with his sleepless victim, creeps away
in some snug retreat a little snugger
than any other bugger.
William Shrader Of Cheyenne county
was in this vicinity the first of the
week trying TO buy cattle. He bought
three calves from Roy F'reelsnd.