The Verdict from Girard, Kansas • 1

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13. vmvvvvvvvvvvvvvwvvvvvi PERSONALS. etc LOCAL PARAGRAPHS 1 A shipment oinl new typewriters has been mailo to General" Otis to aid him In keeping the situation well in hand. Attend Miss llilliker's opening sale and goi a souvenir. City Attorney Gregg, P.

P. Campbell and F. M. Farrel), all of Pittsburg, were hero Friday last on biz. Remember tho K.

of P. minstrel show at the opera house, Monday night, April Kith. All homo talent and tho best. Burglarized. Dan Woolley made a pretty run for' the indorsement of his county for a con- gressional Humiliation, but that race was not in It with the hot race he gave a burglar at hishouso early Tuesday morning.

Mr, and Mrs. Woolley havo Uieir bed room down stairs and the little girl sloops -up stairs, and a light is always burning on both floors. The burglar entered with a dark lantern and blew out the light down stairs and relieved Dan's pocket of his knife and $4.35 in cash, and then removed tho of his watch chain from the button hole of his vest so Garden and grass seeds of all kinds in bulk at 11, Riling'. The populists put a cily t'iekoi out lust Friday night. With the exception of one or two men they nominated the same ticket as the Tho registration closed last Friday night with 713 names on tho books.

This is 27 names loss than were registered last year, the loss being duo, no doubt to the shutting down of the smelters. Of those registered 214 aro ladies. As we go to press the Peoples Party Central Committee of this county is in session at the District Clerk O'lteilley's ollice at the court houso for tho purpose of catling a county convention State and congressional convention, James Watklns, an insane man became almost unmanageable Tuesday morning at the jail, and before lie could" bo got under control had upset tho stove. The stove set lire to the door of the ollice, but was extinguished without much damage being done, The citizens ticket is in every respect equal to the republican ticket, and on tho electric light question tho citizens candidates are pledged to, stop the extortion practiced by the company, the consent of (lie present administration. Vote tho citizens ticket.

that ho could lift the watch quickly as I Max llol.er has a very sick baby. R. J. Crawford was In Chanute Friday on biz. Jack Andrews wont to Chicago early Initio week.

Howard Vanlirunt was up from Pitts-biirj Sunday. Birdie Slall'ord visited friends here this week. J. 15. Millington has secured employment at Pittsburg.

Rev, Father Verdun was in from Greenbush Monday. Mrs. Marion Coulter was a Saturday visitor in Pittsburg. Isaac Nixon Is the new clerk at Mrs. Funis' hardware store.

II. Phillips has added a now coat of paint to his store front. Dwighf Corning complimented Pittsburg with a visit Tuesday. Harris of Pittsburg, was a Saturday visitor in Girard. Dr.

Ingles reports Mrs. Henry Holzer among those on tho sick list. Wm. Archer, and sou William were from Walnut Monday, George Crawford spent part of the day Tuesday in Pittsburg on biz. Hi Adsit.

.1. 1). Braley and John Deets were in Carl Junction Saturday. Miss Georgia Lee. of Cherokee, was among Girard's Saturday visitors.

V. A. Phillips has gone to Cherokee and put In a branch establishment. R. T.

Fox called Saturday and left, us a year's subscription and a lililo taffy. Speuco Wicks is employed in a Pittsburg wholesale produce establishment. Mrs. J. C.

Ramsey camo up from Chanutc and spent Saturday with friends. Rev. S. F. Stevens and family have arrived and are at homo in the parsonage.

The Commercial Club will meet at the city clerk's ollice tonight, when it will be decided what action will be taken in regard to the county high This is a very important matter and we hope our business men have the welfare of their town and county at heart sufficiently to turnout to this meeting. Marshfield, charges $1,000,000 for saloon license. The druggists must be tho bloated plutocrats of that town. "I Aint got no Happy home to Leave" as sung in thoK.of Pt minstrel is a laugh provoking song and no ono should miss it. There is no belter evidence of Bryan's popularity needed, than the desperate ell'orts of tho republican papers to belittle Remember, that W.

15. Riling on the east side of the square, is the place to take your poultry, eggs and hides, and get the cash for the same. General Davis writes that the Porto Ricans are starving. This would seem to call for a set of resolutions of sympathy from our congress. Tho Democratic county central committee met yesterday afternoon at tho olfice of Attorney L.

II. Phillips. Tho populist committee also mot in town yesterday evening. The K. of P.

minstrei is an assured thing and an entertainment that no ono can well afford to miss seeing. A male chorus of twenty trainee) voices is not heard every day. April Kith. The papers tell of a Connecticut woman who had been dumb for years who spoke when a mouse ran across the room in front of her. It is not stated what she said, but presumably her words were: ''()! isn't it cunning.

The Charcoal quartette is an original blaektown production and the barber shop minors that they' will present at the P. minstrel, April 10th. should not bo missed. The quartette expects several encores. 1 I Miss Dayse Fessenden, of Cherokee, was a visitor with Girard friends Sunday.

1 She fastened the kIIsU-hIuk skates to her And row up as blithe an a lurk, Ami started will) maidenly kwo for a cruise O'er tin1 hurd fro.t'ii luktt In the. piirk, Jlut soon with a tliudness that Jolted her Jaws She down on the lee took a seats Not graceful, hut painfully awukward, because She eouldn't keep up with her feet. Stolen. Vote tho Cltizeim ticket, and thus put yourself on record agahnst partisanship in municipal affairs. St.

Louis asks for a government appropriation of for her worlds fair. There is nothing small auout. St. Louis except her opinion of Chicago. A New Orleans man who married a girl on one day's acquaintance has been declared insane.

In that instance the insanity was not all on ono side of the deal. While removing a boiler at the Appeal to Reason ollico last Friday evening, Henry "Watt, the popular city drayman suffered the loss of one of his thumb nails. It is well for England that Emperor William's play was not presented and hissed in London as it was in Berlin. That would be a casus belli that would mean war to the hilt of the knife. It.

F. Blankenship. of Parsons, was a caller Friday last. He was here to visit the populists who wished to contribute to the state campaign fund. lie is also an organizer for the anti-trust league.

The government is to begin a war against the green goods men. It should first pick the mole, out of its own eye by ousting the man who looks after ils own green goods in the otlice of the national treasury. A New York "schoolma'am lost $1,200 worth of jewelry the other day, in" the lot being forty-seven gold rings. What a lot of fellows must have quit her before she gave up hope and become a school-ma'am. It is said DeWitt Talmage has dropped his fuss-and-feathers acrobatic style of preaching and has become a quiet pulpit talker.

Graduated from the vaudeville into the as it were. W. D. Carshner, who resides six miles northeast of Girard was a caller at The Vehdict ollice Thursday of last week. He is one of our solid farmers and we enjoyed his visit and was pleased to make his acquaintance.

A Maryland girl was ejected from a theater for tickling the bald head of a man who sat in front of her. She should never have encroached upon the divine right of the girls upon the stage to look after the bald-head tickling business. A St. Louis paper expresses the fear that the water which comes dowli there' from Chicago will be contaminated with dead cats and dogs. The editor seems to have'lost sight of the fact that Chicago is a great sausage manufacturing center.

At the Baptist church next Sunday morning the pastor will preach on Marriage. Evening subject, "The Great Teacher." Teachers and students are especially invited to this service. L. 0. Hudson, Pastor.

The Vkkdict and Kansas City Semi-Weekly Times, both for $1.23 a year. The Times is a first class newspaper and coming twice a week to your address gives you all the news in the outside world, while The Verdict will try to cover the local field. 7 i George W. Wlieatley, of Galena, was nominated for congress by the republi-cans-of this district Thursday at Chanutc. He will be compelled to consume a great deal of time explaining away some pretty severe charges brought by his own party.

Tho Columbus Courier, the most vindictive republican paper in the district, barring possibly Tho Press of this city, supported Mr. Wlieatley until last week, it came out with a full pa go editorial, which if true, places Mr. Wlieatley in iho criminal class, and which, if not true, should place the editor of the paper in jail, lint that is a republican row, and tho democrats should make it a point to place a man in opposition who has no record that needs explaining. A smooth Individual struck town Wednesday night. lie would go into a store and ask for live cents worth of something and fumble around hi his vest pocket, remarking "I have a nickle somewhere, but seem unable to lind it," would throw down a $iT bill for -the merchant to change.

When tho merchant would throw out tho change the fellow would quickly put tho silver dollar in his pocket and as suddenly find his nickle which he would put down saying, "Here is my nickle, give me back my $2, "taking chances on the merchant overlooking the fact that the fellow had the silver dollar in his pocket. He tried the game on Finical, Tom Gregg and Dee Decker but all he got was a fine largo roast which Deo Decker gave The gamo is an old one. BLOCKED THE OFFICE. FIRST SATURDAY. There Is a custom in many counties of dill'eient suites of having one day Set apart In each month as "Slock Salo Day." The most of these towns are wideawake county seat towns and this special sale day has in every instance added to the prosperity of the town, and consequently made monoy for Its business men, and caused tho fanners and stock men of the county to feel more friendly to the town.

Several of our citizens in town and others from tho county have complimented us on tho suggestion. It has been suggested by some that the question bo brought up before the Commercial Club, and by others that, the merchants bo canvassed and some concerted action bo taken. Among others who seen tho advantage a Stock Sale Day would bo to the town was that old time all-around hustler ami auctioneer W. 0. Colborn.

After talking the matter over wo concluded that wo would appoint, ourselves a committee of two, to try and start the ballrolling. With that object in view we willdonato some space each week to push along a gxid thing. In another column of this issue of The Vkkdict will bo found a largo advertisement for W. O. Colborn in which many of our readers can not help being interested.

Mr. CJolborn will bo in Girard tho first Saturday in each month commencing Saturday, April 7, 1000, and he invites correspondence from any one and every quo in the county who has anything on earth they want to sell, from a drove of cattle to the most insignificant household article or farm implement, and he will, if given sufficient notice of what you have to sell, advertise tho same for you at' his own expense. On our part we have promised Mr. Colborn to do all in our power to encourage our people to make it a point, when possible, to be in Girard on this day. It is not the object of The Veudht to get ono class of citizens hero for the benefit of any other class.

But we do expect Stock Sale Day to prove of great value to both tho farmer and the merchant. A good crowd in town is always of more or less benefit to the business men of the town. And to havo a placo to go once a month to sell your stock where you aro suro to have a good crowd to bid on tho same, and an experienced auctioneer who will bo on hand to sell it for you is certainly of great benefit to tho farmers and stock raises, or other person who has something to sell. We hope our people will encourage the project, especially as no one is asked to put up a cent to carry out tho scheme. We have asked both tho other papers to pusH the thing along a little, and we aro confident they have the welfare of the town and county at heart enough to put their shoulders to the wheel and help make Stock Sale Day, a big day for everybody.

Debs Speaks at Pittsburg. Eugene V. Debs, the leader of the great A. II. strike in .1801, and now the candidate for president on the Social Democratic ticket, spq at Pittsburg lastMondoy night to a large audience.

Intact tho opera house would not admit the crowd that wanted to hear. Whatever we may think of Debs political ideas, there is no question in the mind of any one who has followed his career, of either his ability or his owner. He is the only labor leader of any prominence, who has not sooner or later betrayed his organization for office or riches. And when the A. 11.

U. strikers was called off by tho defeat and bankruptcy of tho organization, and although the strike was called against his advice, he was thrown into jail at the dictates of the corporations who hated him because they could not buy him, he went to jail without a protest beyond a simple statement that his incarceration was unjust. Not only did ho servo out his time without complaining, but at the expiration of his jail sentence he took upon his own shoulders the debt of tho A. U. U.

and has for tho past six years devoted his whole time to earning monoy lecturing and paying oir these debts, that were no more debts of honor against him than against any other individual member of the' order. We feel that it is unfortunate that Mr. Debs could not see his way clear to support Mr. Bryan's candidacy this year, but we are confident that his contrary action is at the dictates of his conscience. Therefore we honor the man foF his manhood, and aro sorry for his mistaken judgment, because we sincerely bolieve that four years, more of trust rule will bring our laboring men'to a Chinese wage basis, and our small business to financial ruin and many of them to suicide.

And every vote Mr. Debs polls is one vote lost to Mr. Bryan and consequently aids You take a load of grain to market in a big farm wagon drawn by a pair of big horses. You add to the same quantity of grain a little of your own labor and let the hens manufacture- it into eggs and you can tako the products to market in a basket in your buggy and get enough more money to pay you well for your extra labor. The hen factory is one of tho most profitable part of farming.

The Kansas City Times is now one of the ablest edited papers in the United Slates. Thk Vekdict and Twice-a-week Times, both ho came bifck, and passed on up stairs, Arriving up stairs ho blew the light out there, and in fumbling around the pillow of the bud placed his cold hand on tho little girl's face, waking her up. She gave a cry that woke Mr. and Mrs, Woolley, and also caused the burglar to say, "Hush, honey, bo, quiet." With that the little girl thought she recognized the voice, and calling the name demanded that ho leave the house. The party then Wished down stairs, and Dan after him so closely that when the intruder went out the door Dan was within four feet of him.

In tho chase the burglar dropped his dark lantern and Dan's knife, but got away with the $4.35. Dan says ho wants the fellow to bring his money -back amlget his lantern, Nearly Drowned. Yesterday afternoon John, the year and a half old baby of John and Anna Ilislap, living on the southeast corner of Joplin and Sixteenth street, in playing around the yard, stumbled and fell into an uncovered cistern containing about four feet of water. As luck would have it, Mr. Ilislap, who works at tho Arnott Co.

mines, was at home and as soon as tho alarm was given by his wife leaped into the cisten, caught his baby fromivhat might have been a watery grave, and held it aloft until assistance came to help him out with the littleone. So disastrous was the effects of the fall that it was fully a half hour before baby John was resuscitated, yet today he does not appear the worse for his narrow escape from death but in his infantile way in panlomine show, explained to a Headlight reporter who visited the family home, where it had been injured in fall. Tho escape was a miraculous- one and is another warning to parents to look out for tho coyerings of their cisterns. Headlight. Burglars Busy.

The burglars were quite active Monday night in Girard, and besides their entrance into the home of Dan Woolley, mentioned elsewhere in this paper, the home of Jo E. McNaught was entered and robbed of about $100 worth of jewelry and money. There was between' $0. and $7 in money, and the jewelry taken was a diamond ring, a long solid gold nock chain, a pocket looking glass and a silver The burglars unlocked Uio door and went in and helped themselves, locking the door after them as they went out, and it was late Tuesday evening before Mrs, McNaught discovered tho loss) They also went to the home of F. M.

Smith but were scared away before gaining an entrance, although they had a window partially raiseil. They were also heard prowling around the home af Night Police Kistler. A Close Shave' Is what you get at tho Palace Barber shop if you call for it. And you get a smooth one whether you call for it or not. Killed In an Accident.

Thursday morning of last week Wm. Matthews, a popular railroad engineer whose home was in Pittsburg, was killed at Mena, being run over by the cars. Mr. Matthews was out of employ- ment for a time before his death. He was a member of the I.

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Mr. Matthews has quite a family and his-widow resides at R501 North Joplin, street, in Pittsburg, from which place the funeral occurred last Friday evening. Where Do You Get A good bath? At the Palace Barber shop, of course The Army of the Philippines. The members of the 20th Kansas have organized a county association of the Army of the Philippines with officers as i'! The" Kansas City Times wants tho country editor to be accorded a prominent seat at the Democratic convention and why not? Has he not been the bulwark of support of the great party during past decades? Is it not througli his The Government Should Give Postmaster Wasser Help. Chief Clerk Wilcox of the railway mail ell'orts alone that plutocracy does not control the parly as it does the Republicans? Then why should he be denied a seat of honor at the great gathering of the old party? Mrs.

Mary Vanlirunt, of Cherokee, visited relatives hero ealy in the week. Mrs. (Jus Goodkind and daughter Irene has gone to Chicago on a visit to Bessie Deets spent Sunday in Galena, the guest of her friend Miss Bessie Brooks. a J. E.

Raymond, Joe Leonard and Tom Lauhlin were in Galena on business Tuesday. J. X. George, of St. Paul, was in Saturday and left the price of a year's subscription.

James Carey and wife of Grant township were guests of Pat Rowan and wife Saturday. Miss Grace Bridgens, of Pittsburg, was among tho fair sex who i spent tho day in Girard Sunday. Say ie Corn well has resigned her position Pintail's' and returned to her home in Pittsburg to live. John Smith, of Walnut was here Monday, being called here by the death of his sister, Mrs. Woolley.

Prof. Hall, of Cherokee, and Prof. Russ, of Pittsburg, were Saturday visitors who looked at Girard. Miss Sarah Smilio, of near Mulberry, called Monday and left us a' couple of subscriptions for Thk Verdict. I).

C. Woolley arrived home from Ossawatoinio Sundav, being called here by Ihe death of Mrs. L. T. Woolley.

Mrs. D. L. Ryan, of Fredonia, was here Sunday and Monday, attending the funeral of her sister, Mrs. Woolley.

Walter Potter is adding to the convenience, beauty, comfort and value of his residence, by building on a new Dr. Alice Ingles returned home from her visit in the Territory last week, ami reports a splendid visit, and a most pleasant lime. Mr. Mrs. Chas.

Johnson, of Monette, wero guests of Mrs. Nolia Blakey, Tuesday, on their way home from Galveston. Tex. Nicholas Linden, of Greobush, was a visitor to our saticlum Saturday. He says the farmers are all moving around at a lively gait in his section.

Mrs. Fred Sciber, of Fleming, sperft Sunday in Girard, tho guest of Miss Ethel Iliggie, at the hospitable homo of the hitter's father in the park. Miss HaUie Goblo, Mrs. Gooding's trimmer, arrived last Friday and the ladies are working over slime to get ready for their opening day sale, Ed. Lane, a former resident of Girard camo in from the west Sunday night and was around shaking hands witli old friends tho first of the week.

He settle in. Galena. Miss Pearl who has just closed a six month's term of school in Grant township, has gone to her Cherokee county home, leaving many friends in Crawford county. Walter Falwell, who expects to make the race on the republican ticket for county superintendent this fall was in from Farlington Saturday, accompanied by his better, half. W.

P. Newman, of Idell, landed in our sanctum Tuesday with a couple of yearly subscriptions. if everybody in the county should do that how happy we would be. At fie Loitzel came in Sunday night from Vinita, Ind. and visited with his parents three or four days.

His If The Masonic bodies of Pittsburg are contemplating the erection of a fine building in that town. That suggests to us that the different secret organizations of Girard might get together and erect a flue building on the public square in which could be a nice lodge room together with necessary ante rooms, for each organization, and renting the ground rooms out for mercantile purposes, for a sufficient sum to keep up taxes, insurance and repairs, and would thus save the continual outlay for rent, and be an ornament to the town and a monument to the lodges. service in this city, is just beginning to realize that he isln a dilemma when he comes to "working out" the Appeal to Reason, a socialist paper published at Girard. 'The paper has an enormous circulation and including the sample copies, the post-otlice is always Hooded with socialist literature, and often the postal clerks on the road have carried sack after sack into Kansas City without being "worked." A few days ago the management of the paper sent 179 sacks of papers to tho Girard post-otlice to be sent out. All were in single wrappers and addressed to all parts of the world, from Maine to Hong Kong and from Alaska to Capo' Town.

The papers were not separated in sacks by but were indiscriminately mixed together in all the sacks. The, post-office department allows the Girard postmaster no clerk hire, and to "work" tho papers Mr. Wilcox calculates yvill tike three months and attend to the regular business. The postmaster at Girard telegraphed Mr. Wilcox yesterday for instructions and ho immediately notified him to hold the papers until he had time to send theni out, Ft Scott Monitor.

It is said that the stingiest man in Kansas lives in Abilene. He married a home girl to save expenses. They walked around the block for a bridal tour He bought her a nickle's worth of stick candy for a wedding present and then advocated saving the candy for the children. Parsons Eclipse. j4 O.

E. Blake, custom shirt maker, of Baldwin Kansas, was around taking orders this week. He is no doubt a clever gentleman, but our people should remember our business men pay rent and taxes and sell shirts reasonable. They also have to go down in their pockets nearly every day for this or that church or charity, while the transient man gets your money and takes it' away from here where we never have a chance to get even an indirect benefit from its circulation, and the transient man is never called on to put up for any project for the good of the community." It is a safe proposition to support home institutions. Stock Sale Day, Saturday April 7, 1000, will be the first one of these days for Girard, but if the farmers are not too busy, there' will be a good crowd in town.

On the second Stock Sale Day, Saturday May 5, the crops will be pretty generally planted, and.it would be energy well invested for our people to give a grand and invite every A young printer in a country newspaper office fell in love with a clergyman's daughter who did not reciprocate his affections. The next time he went to church he was taken back when the minister announced the text: "My daughter is greviously tormented by the devil." A poor but worthy young man of Kansas City who has often boasted that he would sorte day rise to a position in life that would cause the doors of the best society to open to him has proven that his prediction was no dream of a "pipey I better half was already here, having been here several weeks. Flint Brown, and old time and prominent farmer who resides out northeast of Farlington was a caller Monday for a few moments and will probably Horse Horribly Burned. The Wash house at the Bock Coal Company's mines caught fire this forenoon from a hot stove pipe which had fallen down and was entirely destroyed together with the contents, consisting of the clothes worn to the mine by the workmen and left in tho wash house after exchanging them for their pit clothes until they were ready to return home after their day's work. A powder keg about half full of powder was in one corner of the building and was exploded by the heat and materially assisted the fire in its destruction.

A horse attached to a buggy, hitched by a chain to the corner of the house where the explosion look place had one eye burned out and besides was horribly burned on llie head, n'eck, breast and left side, Vid its recovery is doubtful. J. Jones a stone hauler, who happened to be passing by released the animal by breaking its chain fastening 6t it would have burned to dtfath, The entire damage is estimated at ahout $140. Headlight. flavor.

He has been appointed a letter Lthe trusts to that extent. carrier in a fashionable district. President Walter Hughes, Fronte-nac. First Vice President Lauren V. Harris, Girard.

Second Vice President V. T. Boaz, -Chicopee. Secretary and Treasurer F. A.

Ger-kon, Girard. These two committes were then appoint- ed: i Constitution and By-Laws Capt. II. W. Shideler, Lieut.

B. Woolley, and F. A. Gcrken. Hall and Program-rL.

V. Harris, Ed, Peas, Ed. McFarland, Charles M. Buchanan, and Thomas Kelley. The date of the next meeting has not been set, but will be in the near future.

I If you buy your spring millinery without lookinsr through the store of Mrs. M. A skeleton which resembles that of a man but with a skull three times as thick as the human skull and bearing horns, was recently dug up in Ohio, and some have an animal or two here irst Saturday. Mrs. Sarah Northam, of Kansas City, who was called to Pittsburg some three weeks ago to attend the funeral of her daughter Mrs.

Etta' Lane, was visiting relatives in Girard the forepart of the week. Mrs. Plumb, wife of A. Plumh, of Brazilton, called Saturday to look after their subscription to Thr She says they are much pleased with the paper and want it to come right along. Worth Hearing.

Come out to the First Baptist church Saturday evening March, SI and hear Miss Norris render her excellent elocutionary program. You will also have an I opportunity of listening to a few excellent selections of music by local musicians i The proceeds of the evening will be ap plied toward the new church edifice. Come and help a good cause, Admission and 20 cents. body in the county, in to see our town and take a look through "hur stores to see how Girard prices compare, with other places. We know that our merchants are more reasonable than any other town hi the county, and our merchants ought make" an opportunity for the people -throughout the county fo come and see for 'themselves.

of the scientists of that state are hinliug that it is the skeleton of satan. That cannot be, for his Satanic maj esty seems to be doing business' all over M. Arnold, you will be the loser. the land as usual..