The Goodland News from Goodland, Kansas • 1

Henry Frerlchi The Wews! MEWS, 1 JriiH, A dv in A QOOLANO a IS THE COUNTY Official Paper) voii. vn. no. ra. GOODLAXD, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JUXK42r.

LAI UAMM A1 SL'ICIDE. hi. i i rift BanI E. Chittman Driiiko Half Ocnce of berman Coimty nmsi i THE EXCHANGE BANK Capital and Surplus, $27,500. A.

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ciias.g. ghaiiam. t.t-t. YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED. l'uison and Lics.

About half past eiht it was discovered that II. E. Chittnian hae taken some kind of poison and was in a dying condition being found in his room over Auer's restaurant on the Boulevard. About five o'clock the cook at the restaurant. George, passed by Chittnian' door and saw him lying on the bed and not undressed, lie thought nothing of the circumstance, but when 1 saw Lini in the same positsou at 8:30, lie went into the room and shook him by the shoulder.

Failing to arouse him he at once gave the alarm and it was at once discovered to be a case of suicide. Dr. Smith was summoned and after working with 1 1 fetS'tj-. g.tJH i rh "rti1 IV 13) 4 I ti.s.',-;i.r 3 'b ti i 1 i him quite a while pronounced the case The Commercial IKiotel hopeless and death resulted at about half past ten. Vv 'b "ti S'i-4u- 4 i) The Best in Town.

For some time past Chittman had ber keeping company with Miss Mollie O'Brien IVK A CAUL Kates a day. -t 1 o.ooo.oo Gap! and had been in her company in the early part of the evening. He was despondent LITTI.K 1'atiSc I 1 Mi and told her lie intended to kill himself, A See Thos. P. Ironanfs n-L Circuit court convenes next Monday.

J. (. Bourne is on ft tulcr trip 2 im KIIMDS li Aphu and taking a small bottle of laudanum from his pocket took a portion of it and Kansas City. started for his room. She followed him ii.4i? 11 It "2 iM 1 jM.ia rttiin.Mn 4 I).

D. Stone went to Denver to part of the way but he would pay no at visit hi son. tention to her solicitations to stay at her Li ft W. W. I.aKue got back from It! tain- II.

1. I4l. Ai'1 Lome. In a short time she felt so un making Friday. easy over the matter she went to hisnxui Blind Tom ill be at the opera boueto and found him halt asleep and prevailed morrow evening.

Kni.nrrt J. Ka tn4 jt'f in at i-utvL upon Inra to take a walk with her and ViTstJt jn-rf mn.i,tiu S( awi tiMtij jsu lomii. Judge F.llis held a republican tncctlnc fc! walk the effects of the drug off. This Le did and after a time let Miss O'Brien at Edson Monday night. Itra-k I rS'btirk.

A. Bower rode Id wheel IVby her homo and went away. In about an Saturday and returned Monday. nour ne returned to U'Unen bought a The $3 poll tax is being worked but attd day aa piim ttM4 cigar ana tastea some, irom there it is supposed lie went to his room and that and the streets put in better Miapc. in p.

Ite vUlt In IW Dr. VanDon-n went to Bird City Satur tjtMiwt-ivs "v3s 4 23 B-V pila! to wrrl. was the last seen him until found. Miss O'Brien says the reason she did not day and will bring bis wife back with bin. shows signs of no Irrigation Is the only thing that ill fare speak of it to anybody about it was that boty.

the duek crop of Sbtrman county. K. Mt4r X'lHMiH, W.iot.lA Still SrtU ft i jl.Bl fl.Hi,- V4 Klip ii-t Wit 9.i rurman Tatrr Is i Iv-wvrf UXif la after their walk and his returning seemingly all right, she supposed he had not Star. The season trade. People moncv and tliev have little tLc town.

very The Norton Champion ref oTt the iVath taken enough to hurt him and she did Jnl at HrKt th at Jtet 4 of an infant child born to Clan-new C.Skiu- not want to expose him. cal, lUi brsK but t. Ml t.lirfl uer and wife. want it to go The bottle he had drank from in the C. A.

Brannon has bought the water early evening was me lie had bought, as he said, for his mother, which held on mill on the Smoky s.nd will ran it tihU He is now ready to do work. r'- ounce. In his room was found a half mover's wagon passed through town Tncs-Liy TUtelsa ftr lt li borne of Mnbaie I1'4, liviof Ut Tborwity. UtltV Mt 3itti 4 K.wii. City Mr.

W. IL 34v. Mr. and Mi. J.

I. tVrr llijeiis ae Mi. J. lVt.f. ounce bottle empty and which had had 13 Strt'l SSmiH'g ttftiitnl; tr Km, U'tif lni Hittk: Sunday morning with the igulfkat wotd "Busted" painted ou the lde of tie FULL LENGTH, Hence I will cut prices below any linn in Goodland.

laudanum in it. It is supposed that after leaving O'Brien's he either had tue half ounce bottle or procured it and drank uvmmi mmmm: cover. G. I Calvert. Win.

McUtland nd s4 lVt3.vt,-n. ti'n'k that before lying down, and tnatthefmt dose was not sufficient to have causid Tennant left this morning for Springs etrrdjf. tlitt' 5itNiU'4 5 5 u. to attend the democratic Congressional ron death. ventien.

Young Ciiitman was a brother of Mrs. ii The G. A. 11- boys went to Kanorado (i.J:H!.lS!i Imi Til tiuH ii; jujiflr. Hfi E.

II. Fitzgerald of this city, lie came here some two years ago, and had for Saturday and mustered a camp of that order. There was a good number of charter 'If f- ll -v1 -i4rt Mj. merly been a locomotive fireman but had Tltrie Wrre ArHl by IUbUix in a i ati frooi dr4 ha4y. Im t4 IV tola lmt 1.

A AtiriM batlecnotrii'-r4 lt and tV 0.mv t.t fur. Tb one bnndmL All tis-5)r are to fcrVti.iji. member. Your lonef a After. became tired of the road and while here lit fc ft SlHU IKl ItsrU; 'i Sli'- 4i S'K tit Str' I'-tltt! tl rmnH.

The fixing of the streets In the nrntb end GO Vi hud worked for Mr. Fitzgerald until he bought out the city oil wcgon, which he of town stopped up the drains and the water came near drowning out IVuny was running at the time of his death. 5J 31 I MM 'I He was a member in good standing of and II. M. Hailer.

AVe have never known a week Muee we have been in the country when "iuitat-tbiug the B. of L. F. although not on the f.o It Is tst'ru road. He would have been 21 years of All 318 suits at All 15 suits at All 10 suits at I 0.

rovr.L to write about was as bard to Rcl Lot of I t'tf fc-iA' tsns th -'llit age next month. He was a bright and Tl-r Iowa of im i I vim it nii 1 3 i 1 coaiily Uird to tr tbe lrk ft energetic and was considered a "'rustler" at his business. He was genial and ac 6.75. trains tbctv and arr-'W 11 ta'V commodating and was the last person one Will tHX.j (u'H rfU-V'B Sin I Mri, ioB 4 iinini would have thought who would take such And so on all down the line. in drrilon was lrt4rtr4 by fc r-i." a step.

Just what the cause of ms act as the present one. Sunday evening the depot caught re from electricity in a closet where the batteries are stored. The firco in tLe trb graph office extingul-lied the blaze. Will Thompson of near Itulcton, wore out a complaint Tuesday, again-l Boon Stalwortli fur assault and battery. The fight occutcd on Thompson's farm.

11. It. Auer made a good trade the other ll 'A 11 was no one seems to know. lie was buried here yesterday. PJew aiUktVij 'ist IU PMlMl ik.t 11 Two JIoi-i: Gootl Unlit.

SHI. 4 a 5 Since our last publication two good rains have fallen over the county. Thursday de.ir 4 Km trim. 1 day when be lit his raif ami gallons of in return. A a fi4 tie tv liii foe Sols Time i 37 pants go at 5.

6 pants go at 4. 5 pants go at 8.50 All others in proportion. drink this cow production is to l-c sneezed at. 4 I'Mll't, MD-iwa vJ t.H(.b 1 Rllf M'tyiiL, "M- s'i isa iut Mrs. Mann, formerly of DatHnjctna, i trains at rli tfst town In Ki.i wbrte kmal a4 ks W- ttrd in cssi'iVa to fwvl.

To frtil lt i.at Mi jA tat tra. Ul li''S "frimu 3w i-t- Colo but now at ber father' Lome in Missouri, Is scriou-dy ill witb potion. Her Mstcr, Mr. Geo. Traeatd n.

I I I evening there was an inch rain fell over most of the county and with very little hail, except at Kanorado, where it fell to a good depth. On Sunday afternoon about five o'clock, after a miserably hot day, the clouds from the north began to move over the town and in a short time rain began to fall in torrents wji'teh lasted until nearly seven o'clock. There was some hail, but not enough to do much damage.a few windows being broken. Again during the night a heavy shower fell. The afternoon shower did not extend south more than 'M4' IN ilttg S4tU SM ftn HM-1 left yesterday for ber bedside.

re The frogs gave an open air concert Sun 3 I i. l-WJ ft I a7 s4ll4 nf tws h.H mdJ Kit. a-l Sit siMJu i()utiH day evening after the rain. The next min tl IU Ittoi mm r. la a 4 iixsv le ol4 a wri4jt tt5is.

fl rai'ruid kJ iist, mIs VJiM asu 4 i lions: im obrr cU cf la IV r4 lrj f.t S3. 50 underwear at 2.00 underwear at 2.50 1.50 2i t- 4 ing, however, thry were hunting thtir holes as a regiment of boy with Un cant fwwij iter, uw 4iuiit44ny1.H4 s(4irj bum were in the jHjnds catching them. rfW ft CO four miles. The streets of Goodland were covered, the water reaching from one gutter Monday morning Drayman Piewilt att VTfcrn a s4i i. 4t2 4 be dr r4 Our- I 'M us the cheerful information that firlebt to another and covering the high center of tes had gone up.

In Incmslnj the Boulevard. The side streets were re The best 1 suit of underwear in town. sponsible for this as they draiu into it and it t. and cutting down the men the road oul.t to be able to declare a Urgrr dividend. the water came in faster than it could be ifie oiitl'ti -i'a jiU- -ii aHltiiJ 4tlii tlitt a' -4( ilfJU' Stf a Ahh ifl stid Met.

14. Kt4 ate al I's as4 Sl-e I 'm ttry tay at -s4i4 ltrU4 if im tife.a;K4b Tbie r.s I 4 a tutiai We have always admired Cob IVttny for carried off. The north and east parts of the county have been deluged and the rows of listed com filled. We have heard of no two reasons. One is that be came tn-tst I- I V.

4. 'tit damage to crops from the hail. Indiana and the other that l.e wa the kind of a soldier that any government on ratth could feel proud of. The war ln.Uuet '4 'J i4i An) i4 if i 4 I-' rtt jew fra li m4 u- jj Our Giant. 41 is still hi the old soldici's heart and tir Sherman county has a giant.

11 3 Is 7 feet is H'Jirj hv id ti sound of a 4th of July antll wake bis" IV id hw.t and 4 inches tall. His name is Wilson llogan ami and lie runs a small stock ranch near Good' laud, lie is single. Kausas City Times. lu i il fc Sillg UIi.iiH I 44 4ii 4M i)H l'i'( 'f -Hll 4' 5 blHMl run like an irrigating anJ we know that wbru be reads the following be will be mad enough to have the ba; soucd All of our hats at marvel-ously low prices. The grandest line of shirts at prices beyond conception.

lion. A ftti tM ljun, a s-rfM, I im btcnov a roiiarW. A t.5sa Yes indeed, we know Hogan like a book but he is eight feet four instead of seven. G7 Ilogan has been lure many years and has Seen a great number of calamities that be an t4 im tm I4sm rbif tft iMf of a lhcH iLe Ims iJS4 iffim 3 i 4-ia" an itis4iv KtiB'uti st i'i4. i.tii ml til' 4Mi li'fj, jlfl il'4IHH- it kt ii4)ij t( 1.M ftiJ JitH4 4 ii4'lll iii (i' li 1 lu "llili'4Hti and the drum beat, buckle bis sword around him and with the Ujs uarrii on the Hays City Sentinel.

iJMeti to thU: The hearts of the C.ood'.and soldirr bn beat with that same hlich and lofty ratrtut ism which often turned the liittrtncs vt defeat Into the clash and clangor of Rl (-nificient tict4ry. Toiby, as jetcrday. fall this western couutry.aecording to the eastern press. In the year 'SI he was out GfOGEftBS? We 3i SJ in a blizzard three weeks walking in a cir cle. When he got home the wolves had muLlne A )sdta C-saf mrttt aj )4oW m4 injur of IV tuiy twrnfiK a It tl 4fist0t a4 trsi a 1 dL.in wt4.t.i.

11V 'M eaten np his dugout, and Ilogan froze to they build in the arches of their ntrnitry 4k tiiiiH 3 the treasurel boon of freedmii. and the op mm pressor heel cats no cruel caiHPS In rtr linritt'iu'd necks. The other day Hie sltrr- fictxbtreodMtof. 4 im a ttt ttt4m4. Ir 1 5k a death.

put in wheat and the wind was so hot it burned alt his crop up, and he starved to death. In "84 the rattlesnakes were 90 bad that he was bitten In 42 places before lie could die. In '83 there was no rainf ill for three years and Hogan died of thirst In 'SG he shot 5S71 wild dogs 3 1-1 iff hired the ctdlar ot the (i. A. 11.

ball lo store away 3 SCO bottle of berr whUh I had captured from a Coudlatid joint, and 5 -n It 'It l.iVS'"4,i wnl s1mi irt (it, itu fjj S4 til -4i(4nr '(a St-4 fins St HK i Sn i nielli () It '141 II )1 I I A when he explored the datk rrr--s te fonnd 427 Uittles or t-oer that didn't belong to any joint. S'H 4i''l i. Mi xy tot- iw v.4 that had been eating up all the children: Wirt afw tKAaV t4 In 'S7 he rescued the 7-year-old child that fell in the 4-inch bored well. You bet he IitateuMn it lvmm i 4 fr" 1i is a giant and he is now making rain. ElsflsIS 65 VALiEE, Mrs.

V. K. Go of -Minneapolis. gives lessons in pastel at low dwn prices. You will Mud ber tndk mrr Sharp's store.

Call and see ber work. The Wizard for bard llines prices. I.ot Iiunrii id krys, with ta nm li Jliss Flora Green will go to Norton to '4id i'li- remain until fall. rd wtta by tf n- -fl- ifwi' 1 1 11 A recent poll of the county shows that 1. it.

r. ttiw 9l Wlllf 4.I44VJ 1' IT'tlf When we have rains you hear people tell how much water fell and generally sire it up anywhere from one to six inches. They nearly always get it wrong. An inch of rain means a gallon of water spread over a surface of two square feet.or a fall of about one hundred tons npou an acre. I Stl '4il there are 200 straisht democrats in the 4.

IP rl ed E. Nicking." Leae at Smith's drug The recent r.iins are making the corn come up by the roots. The amount of corn that has been planted since June first with that that was alreatty in the ground, will make the largest acreage ever planted in the county and if we are favored with late rains thousands of bushels will be raised. There has aiso been many acres of cane and millet planted. rwp ra 4j a store.

r. a ik4'V W'4 11 n-pttih i Bower Son fur wall yaper. i' ii I 4. 3 surtirml 4 UmS lt 2 4-t Una .4 -s IU I bcX its, so. patent Medicines at county.

Albert l'cterson, the 7-year-old boy who fell forty feet from the platform of the water tank at the yards, is well enough to run around. A boy that has nerve enough to climb that high is awful hard to kill. The Iowa military band in Sunday Ilasket meeting at Austin school house All kinds of Smith's drug store. 7.l'lll fM s'f; fryt.vT: Farm loans made without any delay. IIUI.

HUKmi Itar IkU V. Hal.l.l.M. Come and order a lovely piecture in pastel, Mrs. Cos, or take lessons. Over Miaip's stre.

fc I--- on the 7th and Sth of July. Come early, brins bibles, gospel hymn books and jour dinners. Kev. D. 11.

Dillon from North Kausas, will be. with us and a frood time is expected. fruot 14 a4 til t. f-'H, u. 1 tv i morning over the Great Hock Island.

They a ttteisiiofer, the aanarr Alw hit! liti tt (a.tw arj4 a w- hw ratronlze clothier. Thc Wizard had breakfast at the depot hotel and also gave several pieces of music which was en fonnd at A f.m line of drns ean be Smith's drmr tore. Has the largest and lest assorted stock of K4HmIs ii western Kansas, fall and see about it. You will find useful bargains in every department. La lies' Oxfords, a complete and assortment at MUlisaeU's.

loyed by a large crowd that had gone to the depot. i.CtU I. i IM "ill Ijoi-. II. r.

fj.H. I S(i4-4 fc 4 jil Ladies' vests at the Wiaid's. Ilitstctter vt Halter have sMie small dwetlinirs to reni at verr low rent. Wasted Your butter and egrgs at Harper's. 1st door south Sherman county bank.

A. II. I. U. Ask YVittelshofer.

iiiw mr- n. .) imiHKi IliSlJa For fine i rfumery go tn Smith dri store. Go to the lt-r Company all kinds of buiMine inatrri ib Tly hr R-ood grades and prices as low as Soviet. Prescriptions accnratvly eonipocnjrd 1 Wittelsh.ifer, the square P.tronurt eloltiler. I ir Go to Harper's cheap cash store for everi thinij in tlie grocery Kne.

Genuine Glidden wire and the best oak posts the market at the Foster Lumber Company's yard. Farm loans made without any ilelay. IIoSTKTTKlJ IIA1.I.KK. (let prices on wall pspr TT i Iilt tr. im a4 i t.

ni 111. 111 a'im. 4iii. v. iiftumm 4- 1 il tii'44.

4, 5 I Get 1 1 Come and look at the nicest line of price at Foster I.umVr Cmr raf 1 wan cvi in fnr vimr toes! WiftelUefi CotUlni sales may fall on tUeuu iK-i-r iiujm- IMy tr. The very bel of eiuars alw.iy: in s'iocU at 1. '1 1 5 1 1- Sox. a 4 i i II J4H nn. j.

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