The Globe-republican., 1902-04-10
BUCKLiN BREEZES.

From our Regular Correspondent
D. Fisher shipped hogs Tuesday,
l. III. Taylor shipped cattle Tuesday.
DIR. Fannon visited the county capital
Tuesday:
Wanted, about a dozen real estate
agents Apply to the commercial club.
j. E. Pendleton, of Ford, was visible
on our streets for a short time Tuesday.
we see w. P. Inman, Dwight and
Jesse Handy on the street again after
ten days tusse1 with the mumps.
Mrs. L. o. Elder made a trip to
Dodge City last Tuesday. Business and
pleasure combined was the incentive.
Sam Prewett, of Pratt, was shaking
hands with old friends in Bucklin, last
Sunday. He is as fat and saucy as ever
Some wandering artists were decor
ating store windows here the first of the
week. We have been there and prefer
home talent.
The Dodge City limited failed to
reach Bucklin Tuesday night in time to
make connection with the through train
on the main line.
&C. w. Boedecker is renovatirg the
st. Charles hotel from cellar to garnet.
New paint, new paper. new furniture,
and general overhauling all through.
"A. w. Guerin returned to Bucklfn
last Sunday morning from Illinois. where
he has been for several weeks. visiting
friends and incidentally learning to ap-
preciate our Kansas climate.
The NJ w. A. and Royal Neighbors
that gave the entertainment here, will
give the same play, s'The Wives of
Woodmen, or What Insurance Did for
MeIvina,'' at Ford, on Tuesday night,
April 10.
The mumps have ceased to be joke
and have come to be a serious matter in
Bucklin. In L. w. Handy.s family there
are five down with them at this writing
and we do not know how many more
cases are scattered over town.
w. H. Woodham sold his residence
to J. w Gates. Mr.. Woodham is build
ing another house near by. We under
stand Mr.. Gates will use the house that
he bought of Woodham for bath rooms.
w. G. Gesslee came down from Her
rington last Saturday, and has gang of
men at work taking up the old pipe line
from the water tank to the depot, and
pnttin in larger pipe. The old one was
too small and did not supply water
enough.
H. NJ. Thompson, of Greensburg,
came over to visit home folks in Buck
lin, last Sunday. H. NJ. returned to
Greensburg Sunday night, but Mrs
Thompson remained over until Monday
evening, when her sister, Miss Myrtle
Williams, accompanied her home.
Mr.. Jerome Wilcox of MullenyiIle
came in Tuesday and took charge of the
Williams cottage. Mrs. Williams will go
to Gree sburg the last of the week where
she will visit with her daughter, Mrs. H.
NJ. Thompson, but Mrs. Williams says
that Bucklin is good enough for her and
that she Will come back here and make
her home here
II. J. Brick els family came in Tues
day from Blue Island, ILL.,, and are look
ing for location which to build, as
they cannot rent a house here to suit
them. Mr.. Brickel is passenger con-
ductor and his run is from Bucklin to
Santa Rosa, and he wants his family
here. We don't blame him for that, as
most anybody would like to live in Buck
lin.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Alkire have the
sympathy of their many friends here in
their bereavement in the loss of their
only child, their little baby girl, only
two or three months old. She died last
Friday, April 4, after an illness of only
an hour. The funeral was held at the
house on Saturday. She was buried in
the Bucklin cemetery.
B. E. Taylor is back here from Cali
fornia where he went a month or two
ago to try the effects of the climate. He
thinks that lie is benefited by his stay
there and will ONLY remain here lopo
enough to close up his business, when he
will return to Southern California, where
he has bought an orange grove, and he
will make that country his future home.