The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1904-06-30
News From
THE STATE SOLDIERS HOME
At Fort Dodge, Kas.

Cr0p VI WHodt cVtT sO"h III Ao'Poa oV""
ty. That insures us light bread for an
other year.
Willis Utterback, 20, CT Iowa Cav
airy has just returned from furlougll to
Lawrence county, Indiana. lie snid he
Jould not be hired to live In that country
again.
NJ. R. Abbott. Co. G Doth III. Inf. Ia
visiting Pat Sughrue who was In the same
company and regiment. He came from
J Wood River, Nebraska just to see Pat,
: and goes home the 18th. He appears to
be an interesting and intelligent gentle
man.
Mrs. Austin futile reports everything
quiet In the hospital. She has heard no.
thing from daddy Mays, that 7lst Ohio
man who went to Toronto to gee Q, N.
Dickerson's folks.
good rain Friday night with much
thunder and lightning, and rain nearly
all day Sunday.
Mrs. Trip, wife Of Jonathan Trip,
died last week and was buried Friday in
the home cemetery. Jonathan r.
Trip, K ia 0. Inf. was admitted from
Morris county, March 10, 1901.
Visitors at the home. June 20. j. j.
Dolson, Alalthus, Kansas; June 81, j. i.
Pieson aud wife, Parsons, Kansas; Mrs.
Mills and daughter, Dodge City, Kansas;
Mrs. Samuel Slubbs, Dodge City, Kansas;
II. NJ. Pierson and wife, SaplIlpa, Indian
Territory.
Harry Thomas went back to Trego
county, Saturday, or started rather, for
we learn that bis train was three or four
hours late. A fellow can't tell when he
will get home, at the present writing.
Commandani Thomas also intended 10
start on the same train to 60 10 Els
worth, where the Widows home is To-
Gated. This home and that are both I'm.
der the same management
The members Of the board while here
with Commandant Thomas, Mrs. and
Vera Thomas took dinner at barracks
presided over by Mr.. and Mrs. Sponsler.
Comrade Sponsler says everything is
moving along nicely in his barracks,
which Is the first new barracks construct.
ed for old people.
They will put in the floor in the End
new barracks us soon as plumbing Is
completed.
Goodrich has almost completed shing-
lug 3rd barracks. Then hear another
will be started east Of the 3rd which will
be four new barracks for the old people.
The old parade ground will then be coy
cred by buildings. We did not like the
idea at first Of blotting out the old gov.
enmenL parade ground, but then we
won't need 1t any more for our paradng
days are past and gone.
Furthermore, I find that Gus has moth
Ing to do with that Ice cream. 1t Ia
side line managed by Mrs. Arnold and 1t
proves TO be 4 success. 1t is the only
place nearer than Dodge City where we
can yet the bona.hde cream on ice to cool
the interior department. But Gus gets
part OF the Ice cream OF course.
Speaking of those Russian names re.
minds us of the time the Russian fleet
was anchored 10 N. Y. harbor. There
was in Harper's Weekly pictorial ac-
count of the big ball, gotten up in honor
Of Cox and Magog. There was the pic.
ture of one of The sons of Uncle Sam all
dressed up in the uniform of Russian
officer with great big sword banging by
bis side, and who tried to gain admit.
tance to the ball room under the euphou.
lous name Of Roastpigsky, When Stan.
ley found Livingston, a paper printed
that he did not find him at Ujipjl, but
ut Xvxyxv. However Americans need
not laugh at such names. In southern
Indiana they have smothers creek, Hard.
scrabble and Postum Hollow. In south
Illinois they have Golconda, Mudsock,
roadsuck and Hellsneck. Along here
somewhere Is where two rishmen were
walking on the ties Of the Illinois Central
Railway. They came to mile post and
one of them said "Tread aisy, Pat; here
lies the silent dead-3O years Of age and
3 miles from Cairo" Further west they
have the DEVILS Thumb, The DEVILS
Backbone, You Bet and Yuba Dam.
"1hlnk Of that Master Brook"
Joseph Tlmmons, g l55th Pa. Inf.
with his wife has gone on a hurried trip
to Washington, Pa. Mrs. 1immons sis
ter died some days ago, but we hear they
did not get there before the funeral We
look for them back soon. Joe is our as
sstant N. D. and we miss him much
when be Is absent He can fix up our
qulnlne and tIncture Of iron so that 1t Is