The Globe-republican., 1904-04-28
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Roy Stofer Is on the sick list this week
Dan Kabls was a Bucklin visitor last
Sunday.
Mrs. Ellen Lewis has been sick for the
past few days.
SD Aulls made a business trip h
Dodge City Wednesday,
Conductor G. T. Sewall and wife are
of on trip to the old home.
Attorney Kirkpatrick Of Dodge City
was a 8ucklIn caller Wednesday MORN
Ing.
Mrs. ]. Il. McBrayer has been suffering
with the asthma for the past week or ten
days.
W. J.. Houston, the G. R. l. & P, agent
here Is off on a business trip to Kansas
City. His family are with him,
DR., j. G. Bredehoft left Tuesday night
for Sweet Springs, Mo-, where his family
have been visiting FOR some weeks past.
Some beautiful lakes on Main street
since the rain, but 1t looks good to see
some water on the surface Of the earth
once more.
We are Informed that Elias Bridge.
water, one of the old settlers who lived
south of Ford, died at his home Sunday
night about nine o'clock.
Rev. J. B. Stark Of the Christian
church gave a lecture at the M. E.
church Tuesday evening. Subject, The
Divinity OF Christ,
Geo. Sharp, the blacksmith who has
been working In l.. W. Haudy's shop,
left Wednesday for Klnsley where he
thinks he has better job.
Karl Baruahelm, who left here q few
weeks ago and said that be was shaking
the dust Of this place from his feet for
aye, could not stay away. He Ia back at
bis old job with DR.. Fannon in the drug
store.
Well the drouth 10 broken and the
wheat crop Is saved once more. On last
Friday this portion Of Ford county was
treated to some very welcome and gen.
erOus showers Of rain. The ram fall
amounted 10 about-wcll enough to make
every body feel good for while.
A number Of our citizens were invited
to be at Dodge City last Monday. The
invitations were delivered by the con-
stable and requested them to attend the
trial of one VIM. Metcalf who through
Observation-Disclosures or some other within
got bold of a watch that did not belong
to him, Now william WAS Just lately
married and that may have caused his
mind to wander. AT any rate the Jury
after hearing all about it concluded that
the county should do something for him
and gave him thirty days free board and
lodging.
On last Friday night In accordance
with the call issued the Bucklln CONNER.
cial club met In special session, Present
every body that wanted to DO there aud
perhaps a few others. The meeting was
called to order promptly when the
chairman got ready and at once proceeded
to business. We Were not present for
reasons best known to ourselves and
what we think we know about what took
place there we have learned from other
parties, some Of whom were there, The
business before the meeting took a wide
range consisting chiefly Of hot air which
Is not without precedent, we have heard
of the like before. The principal speak
ars Of the evening were II, P. McCaust-
land, 5. e. Coons, G. W. Hartman,
Henry Watkins ct al (what ever that
means). The speakers held the attention
Of the audience from start to flush, Go
not know just where the applause came
in, but knowing all of the gentlemen and
of their eloquence we are
sure that applause could appropriately
come 10 most anywhere The most I'M
portant business really transacted was the
appointing of a committee to find a
dumping ground for the rubbish that
will accumulate in the alleys and out Of
way places. In live town where the
people are compelled to live principally
IN canned goods, old tin cans are getting
80 plentiful and common that The boys
, nun n nnt n,it nnpnviptr fhnm IN tha