The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-06-06
BUCKLiN BRIEFS.

6OONIlN 6hiEf y.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Geo. and S. E. Gresham are loading
a ear OF wheat here for the Kansas City
market.
Weather hind cast. Cool and dry;
warm and dry, hot and dry; calm aud
dry; windy and dry; dusty aud dry and
getting dryer.
Mrs Clara Dawson of Dodge City,
is here, beiug Instructed in the intricacy
OF the mercantile business by her brother
in-Iaw, ). E. Coons.
Mrs. z. H. Melia, who has been vis-
iting with old friends ia Michigan and
Canada, returned to her old houle east of
Ford. last Friday evening.
Mrs. ). w. Ellis and daughter, Leila.
left on the train Tuesday evening for
Hutchinson, Kansas, TO attend the musi-
cal jubilee AT that place.
Mrs. Greenleaf and little son. Green's
burg, came over on the train Saturday,
TO visit with her sister, Miss Margaret
Kane She returned TO her home Monday
evening.
MIR VIM. Darby left on the Rock Is
land for his home in Pratt county Tues
day evening. He goes TO look after his
four hundred acre wheat crop over there
and will return i'll a few days.
l.. NJ. Taylor shipped another car of
hogs don'r all hunt for hole in the
ground when they see Mort coming.
P II. McCaustland, our wide awake
real estate agent, has shut up shop aud
gone for short visit with the wife and
baby in old Missouri. He will return
Wednesday.
The Buckiin Banner launched
last Friday aud Judging from the num-
ber of extra copies called for she will
float like d duck. Milford is to be con-
graduated on the neatness and newsiuess
of the first edition. Success to the Ban
ner; may it be able to weather all of the
storms that it will have encounter in
its course. and may the editor grow fat
on the good things of the land.
-Bucklin had its first fire last Saturday
evening, when the stable of Mr.. A. L.
Day, in the southeast part of town, to-
gether with chicken house which stood
ad joining the stable were burned to the
ground Mr. Day not only lost the
uildings but his harness and feed were
destroyed; but some of the boys started
a subscription and in very short time
replaced the harness with a new set. The
origin of the fire is not entirely unknown
1t was a small girl. a match and a dry
straw. either enc harmless by itself, but
combined, played the mischief.
Mrs. S. d. Aulls and daughters,
Misses Carrie and Marion. left On the
Rock Island for Mrs. AulIs' Old home in
New I orA Stale. Ihey Will take III the
Dig show at Buffalo, n. Y, aud proDa-
bly, spend the summer visiting friends i'll
the east. Miss Jessie Strait, who has
been staying with Mrs. r. A. Williams
for the last ten months, accompanied
them far as her old home i'll Indiana.
Decoration day was observed at
Bucklin, o May Both, and notwithstand-
ing the day was cloudy and thu eatening,
there was good attendance; in fact there
was big crowd here at ten O'Clock when
the parade was formed; it was sprinkl-
ing rain, but that did not deter many
frnt rho a
dedicated TO the unknewn dead, was
strewn With flowers by the children,
under the direction of comrade j. H.
De1linSer- After the usual cere ~ onieS at
the cemetery were completed the crowd
returned to town-and dinner OF the
exercises at the pavalion in the afternoon.
l can only speak from hearsay, as L was
unavoidably prevented from being there,
but from what others say who were there
that Notwithstanding the wind annoyed
them somewhat, all who took part
performed the parts assigned TO them ex-
ceedingly we'll. Hon. j. w Tout sns-
tanned his reputation by making a rattling
good speech. The principal feature Of
the remainder of the program was flag
drill performed by ten Misses viz, Misses
Nellie Deiiinger. Octa Fisher. Rilda
Davis, Mary Clark, Leila Davis, Goldie
Pruett, Elsie Davis, Rena ButtolplI.
Myrtle Williams. Gertie Dellinger, under
the direction of Mrs d. w. Haynes
we'll that they were called back to give
it the second time. They say the girls
with their red white and blue, caps and
sashes and their starry flags, did look
Just too cute,'' The pantomimes The
star spangled Banner,' and The con-
quered 3anner,'' were well rendered. In
fact every piece was well given and
showed that all were interested and de-
termined to their best. The choir under
the direction of D. Fisher, with Miss
Handy. presiding a the organ, and the
Bucklin Band under the leadership of c.
2. Frazier, responded promptly to every
call made on them and furnished plenty
of good music both vocal and instrument
tai. The untoward event that took
place at night Will pass by. leaving those
responsible for it alone with their con-
science Now in the name of Bucklin
Post, No. 466. G. A. r., under whose
auspices the day was observed, we most
heartily thank every one who took part
helped in any way to make the obser-
vance of the day success