The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-03-22
RAILROAD SPIKES.


Conductor Tyler is at home u Res
well sick with the humps.
Engineer Tom Kelly returned Fri
day from visit in Denver.
Engineer NJ. Stanton, Of the Roswell
Pueblo run, was here Saturday.
Fireman Peterson was on the sick
list the latter part of last week
Harold Neville, agent at Burlington,
has returned from visit to Kansas
City.
Bud Coots, of the store house, is in
Denver to receive treatment for his
eyes
Conductor Denney is on passenger,
Nos. 8 and 10, in Conductor Highs
place.
Mrs. John Williams, wife of Engineer
Williams, arrived here Saturday from
Rock Island, Iii.
The 97's, west of PhiIlipsburg, were
annulled Wednesday on account of the
bad storm west of Omaha.
Superintendent Smith, OF Colorado
Springs, accompanied by his wife,
spent Tuesday in GoOdland.
The dispatchers' ball has been de-
claTed off aud the loco motive firemen
will hold their annual ball next month.
Mrs. Charles Randall, wife of Con-
ductOr Randall, has been quite sick
and Mr. Randall is laying off to take
care of her.
Robert berwick, a machinist of Hor-
ton, is a new man in the Goodiand
shops. He Is a nephew Of State Sena
tor BuschQE, of Colby.
Machinist Theodore Rribbs and fam
lily left this week for Cheyenne Wells,
Col, where Mr.. Kribbs has a position
with the Union Pacific.
The Colorado Flyer was nearly four
hours late Wednesday morning. The
delay was caused by the storm in the
eastern part of the state.
The railroad boys recently quaran-
tined think the professionals put mp a
jOO on them to keep them away from
their girls and then took advantage Of
their absence.
Conductor William High, of the
Colorado Flyer, was renewing acQuaint-
ances in GoOdland Friday. He is of
on vacation aud left Saturday night
for a trip east.
W. d. Gamble moved his family this
week onto his farm south of Rose
Greek. Mr.. Gamble will continue in
the empty of the Rock Island as before
-Fairbury Journal.
T. NJ. Taggart, a maehinist in the
shops, was seriously injured by piece
of steel striking the corner OF his right
eye last Friday morning. He went to
Denver to receive treatment.
Mr.. aud Mrs. P. X. Ryan, of Pueblo,
were IN GoOdland this week the
guest of friends. They had been to
Fairbury, Neb., where they we're called
by the illness of Mrs. Ryan's mother.
Eric Erickson, daycaller, is attending
the store house in the absence OF Bud
COOts and Night Caller Brinker is in
EricksOn's place. George Sherman is
calling crews nights in Drinkers place.
Conductor RazeIbaker, while wash
ing in his cabOose recently, was thrown
from his feet by cars being shunted
into the waycar, and falling over a
chair g ;tured q rib He has been
off q !, owing to the injury.
John Boyle, trainmaster of the Rock
Island with headquarters at GOOdland,
was in the city on Tuesday of this
week, consulting with Mr.. HaFdman
about the telephone exchange for
Goodland:-Phillipsburg Dispatch.
Engine 9O7 was turned out of the
shops Thursday as good as new. She
had broken frame which was renewed
aud a coat Of paint was put on in the
meantime, Jim Boyle is the engineer
of the 907, which is in passenger ser
vice on the east end.
Engine No. 54S met with serious
accident at the yards Tuesday. While
backing into the switch past the coal
chute one of the aprons feh down and
tore the engine cab from the engine.
No one was hurt.-Phillipsbur Herald
81, n D.
way Conductors will be held in st.
Paul, MINI, May IA d This years
gathering promises to be one Of the
most largely attended IN the history
Of the organization - The order has a
of 10000 in the Uuited !
States, Canada and Mexico aud the
three countries will be strongly repre-
sented.
Yesterday morning a continuous
whistle of a locomotive at the depot
alarmed our people and caused them
to hurry to the north end of town, pre-
pared to fight fire, Injuns or FilipIuos,
but arriving at the depot 1t was learn
ed that an accident had befallen one of
the locomotives and the valve which
shuts of the steam from the whistle
was broken and there was nothing for
it to do but whistle. The locomotive
had just brought a train In from the
west and as it was backing alongside Of
the coal house one of the aprons fell
aud the force Of the engine caused it
to take the cab entirely off the engine
aud with 1t several of its necessary at
tachments. Fortunately nobody was
hurt.-Phillipsburg Dispatch
Death or FOIksrt simmsrIng.
: Folkert Simmering, aged A years,
died at his home, south Of town, last
Death was caused by
diabetes, from which he suffered for
nearly five years. Mr.. Simmering was
a native Of Germany and had lived IN
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