The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-07-15

| Rush. Lacrosse. Sept A-26
Southern Kansas. Wichita........Sept 2S- Oct !
| Sherman....... ..Goodland. ...Sept ii
sumner. Wellington. Aug Is rs
| WILSON,. ..........FredOnia. ........ Sept 4
| Miscellaneous.
| The late high water did great damage
to the dixie constructed in the Missouri
river. opposite Atchison, by the govern
ment two years ago.
Corner, Farnum & Co, of the Royal
spice mills at Wichita, have assigned
/ in favor of their creditors. Liabilities,
SIS. 200; assets, &c., ZOO.
The house of Jasen Jones, at Sey ba,
town on the Rock Island, was struck
by lightning the other morning, and
his five-year-old daughter killed
On July 1. E. H. Snow succeeded
Cliff Baker as state printer. and w. H.
Mcbride took charge of the Office of
superintendent of insurance, succeed
ing Web Wilder.
Mrs. Jane Kuykendall, colored.
dropped dead in a street car at AtchisOn
the other night. She had just arrived
in the city from Everest to attend the
funeral of her daughter. She was
nearly 100 years old.
The contract for furnishing beef to
the state penitentiary for the next year
has been awarded to Voltz Bros, of
Leavenworth. They are to furnish
600, 900 pounds at such times and in such
quantities as may be desired.
Lloyd Kirkham, Is years old. was
frightfully burned while celebrating
the Fourth with several other boys at
Rosedale. The boys were firing small
cannon and had quantity of powder
in a basket that was ignited from fire.
cracker thrown by another boy.
E. L. Luther manager of the Leaven-
worth telephone exchange, is reported
to be 81, 500 short in his accounts. A
warrant was issued for his arrest, but
he gave himself up. waived examina.
ton and was bound over for trial next
September. He declared he would make
good the shortage, and it was said he
would not be prosecuted if he did.
The alliance lecturers, recently in ses-
sion in Topeka, are said to be preparing
to go into the fall campaign with the
intention of taking possession of every
county Office for which elections are to
be held. 1t is said to be their intention
to prepare themselves for the discussion
fore the public, and that they will have
speakers in every school house.
Arrangements have been perfected
for grand display of Kansas products
at Toronto, Canada, during the sessions
of the National Educational association
at that place. Prof. J. n. Wilkerson, of
the state normal, manager for the Kan
sas teachers delegation has the matter
in hand, and State Superintendent Win.
for the display, which will be the same
as that exhibited at Boston last August
by the Kansas G. A. r. during the ma
tional encampment
The Union Pacific railroad has made
an inspection of the crops in the coun-
ties along the lines of its system in
Kansas. The report of the inspection
is exhaustive and complete. 1t covers
twenty-six counties and shows the
acreage of small grain to be 1885, 900.
divided as follows: Wheat, so per cent;
oats, IA per cent. and rye, per cent
The total production in the twenty-six
counties is figured at 1900. 600 bushels
Of wheat, 6,s25, 900 bushels Of oats and
900, 600 bushels of rye.
The supreme court has rendered de-
cision in the mandsmus case against
the board of directors and the warden
of the state penitentiary to compel
them to enforce the eight-hour law. 1t
was decided that the law does not ap-
ply to state institutions. The state in
situations are held to be run by officers
on yearly salaries, whose hours are not
to be regulated by ordinary forms of
law. The prisoners are required to
work ten hours as a punishment, they
not having their time circumscribed as
a reward, or for division of labor with
other unemployed laborers-
c. B. Horton, of Omaha, assistant
superintendent of the Western Union
Telegraph Co., has found irregularities
in the accounts of Mrs L. NJ. Harker,
the company's local manager at Leav-
enworth. and has suspended her. Mrs.
Harker left some time ago on a sum-
mer vacation and during her absence
the discovery was made. Mr.. Hor-
ton says Mrs. Harker carried straw
messenger ON her books and was
paying an operator less than the COM
pany allowed her for his salary. Other
things were also discovered which were
not considered straight Mrs. Horton
is a widower and was highly respected.
DR.. Charles r Watt, leading drug
gist of Thayer. was found dead in the
back room of his store the other morn
ing. He had evidently been dead for
several hours as his face was greatly
discolored and several bruises were
seen on his face where he had probably
fallen from a table near which his body
was found.
Chancellor Snow. Of the state uni
versity, has received very encouraging
reports from Butler county as to ex-
periments in the destruction of chinch
bugs So far the white fungus" has
not failed to do its deadly work, and
the bugs are dying or dead in every
field that has been infected