The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-07-26

Fresh fruits and vegetables daily at
MEL s SwINEHART-s
Do you want Hammock or Croquet
set. go the Racket and Novelty Store.
a good. large Galvanized Iron Wash
Boiler soc- at the Racket aud Novelty
Store
Sims Sc Sims shipped w F. Prather's
wheat 1t weighed 81 pounds to the
bushsI.
Special attention given to the fitting of
speetacles add eye glasses
P H YOUNG. Jewe1er s. Optician.
DR.. Milton says he had eleven acres of
wheat which made yield of $50 bushels,
and tested 63 pounds to the busllel.
just received big invoice of harness
which it will pay anyone TO call and see.
SIMS & SIMS.
U. L. Shelly. of SpearviIle. raised the
car of wheat shipped by III. w. Dorsett-
Mr. Shelly had 300 bushels from $50
acres The wheat tested e29 pounds TO
the bushel.
fine rain fell here Monday evening.
and it will do much good to feed crops
The rain extended southeast many miles.
Observer Todd reports the rainfall "a of
an inch.
Good hay can be cut anywhere on the
prairies from buffalo grass, says J. H.
Mullendore. The ssshort grass region
will soon become known as the .slong
grass country
A. G. Bower, the roof painter, will be
here couple of weeks yet, during which
time he will receive orders for roof paint
ing. He has just finished painting a
roof on H r Bell q ranch
In New Mexico conditions among stock
are frightful. owing 70 the long drouth.
and cattle and sheep are dying by the
hundreds. The percentage of losses will
be greater this year than ever known.
Threshing of wheat is going on in the
county rs fast as the few threshing ma
chimes can do the work, and many farm
ers storing the grain. The grain is
in good condition and is of the best
quality. 1t is all above the standard in
weight.
Mrs. 1. F. Dawson, with her two
children, of Canon City, Colo, arrived
Saturday morning, and will remain here
month visiting her father, John S.
Martin, and brothers Geo. L John B.
and Roy Martin. Mrs Dawson is stop
ping at the home of John B. Martin.
Leon Jodry, Matchmaker and jeweler
who has lived here for few years past,
left Tuesday, for Salina, where he has a
place in one of the finest jawelry stores
in Kansas Mr. Jodry is of the best
workmen in the country, aud his friends
in Dodge City wish him success in his
new home.
A. j. Anthony and D w. Sturgeon
| were thrown out of the buggy in which
| they were riding, Monday, and sustained
| somo injuries. Mr.. Anthony has badly
disfigured nose and Mr.. Sturgeon has
bruises on his body. The horses became
frightened and ran away. The buggy
| top was badly mashed up.
! The delinquent tax list of 1899 occu-
pies good portion of space this week.
The list is growing less each year.
| Treasurer Martin says in 1899, So, 800
more was collected on the second half OF
! taxes, than i'll 1898. Collection of taxes
is growing larger each year, and Ford
county pays cash on all expenses.
| w. B. Smith has been appointed post
master at Wright, in place of James B.
Martin, who goes TO Washington state.
Mr.. Smith is a good Democrat but he
does not object to holding office under
the Mckinley administration, and if we
were going to venture guess we would
say that Billy would not be recognized as
an ssoffensive partisan, by Mark Hanna.
Cy Leland and Nike Sutton.
DR.. NIcCarty was called to Denver
some days ago, TO attend to Mrs H. NJ
Beverly, Mrs. w. E, Teare, Miss Fan
ME Fraser and Miss Fannie Policy, who
were injured in an accident to the carriage
| in which they were riding. The occu-
pants were thrown out on the ground
and seriously injured Mrs Teare is
severely hurt She a visit to heI
father and mother. None of the parties
are dangerously hurt.
A large grading outfit was unloaded al
Liberal last week, and the graders will
| follow the work of the surveyors, who
| are pushing the line of survey into New
Mexico. The construction of the line OF
railroad into New Mexico will not change
the amount of business on other railroads