The Globe-republican., 1892-05-16

The patrons of the schools are reques
/! ed to visit all the rooms.
Remember the annual exhibit OF
school work Friday. May 20.
Do not forget the South Dodge schoo
exhibit Friday morning. A short lit
erary program will be given.
LOsT:-Silver bracelet with places fol
ten bangles. Finder will return to post
Office where suitable reward will be paid
Hon. j. w. Jones. of Hutchinson, can
didate for congress before the Republi-
can convention, will be here week
from next Thursday. the Goth inst and
will speak on the issues of the day. He
is said to be great on the tariff question.
Next Thursday evening the city
schools will hold their closing exercises
at Kelly's opera house. We have a
grand system Of public schools and our
citizens will show their appreciation of
the work by crOwding the house on that
occasion.
Prof. E. d. Webb has bought the Pratt
dwelling for Sl,650.0O. He will move
in about the first of June. TaOse who
expect to reside in Dodge City will do
well to secure homes of their own soon.
1t will only he short time till rents
are double the present prices. and then
prices of dwellings will advance in pro-
portion.
The whole eastern part of the state is
Hooded as never before i'm the history of
the state, causing an immense amount
of damage. We are having an excess Of
moisture. but the superior quality of our
soil and capacity of our subterranean
reservoirs for receiving and storing water
prevent the possibility of any serious
damage.
The Dodge School of Theology is in
session. Last Friday evening Rev. l..
G. LOwther, 3. d., delivered "A lecture on
'Wby believe the Bible" 1t was a
rare treat for the students and others who
had the good fortune TO be present. as
Mr.. Lowther is Il scholar of profound re-
search, of pleasing address and marked
ability as speaker.
Last Saturday was circus day and
multitudes tlOcked in to see Cook and
Whitby's great show. The weather was
for once propitious. and the immense
thrOng were well pleased with the enter
:ainment. Everything was frst-class.
bnt the races were the great feature.
The horses were magnificent, comprising
a number of thorcughbreds.
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Saturday evening EX- Nc
Kinney and J. ID. Brennan had some diff :
ticulty over trespassing cattle. when the
former emphasized his side of the argu-
ment by shifting his opponent with a
clnb. Brennan closed in on him, took
the club away and got the best of the
belligerent eX-cOmmissiOner. who there
upon swOre out warrant for his arrest.
Brennan will have his trial Tomorrow.
Sam Stubs raised a crop of rye on bis
horse ranch east of the city last year.
IL was cut green and cured for hay very
early. This spr:1g he drilled oats into
the stubble, but though cut so green,
enough rye had shattered off to make a
stand and the latter started up SO thrifty
as to choke out the oats. Yesterday Mr..
Stubs cut off samples of rye which
measured 33I inches in length, all headed
out. He regards rye as a great crop for
this country
Mrs. Lulu Singer, formerly of this city,
now residing in Wichita, is here having
Il monument erected over her husband S
grave. She is stopping with her friend
Mrs. Ii. L. Sitter. She will return to
her home the middle of this week after
attending the wedding of Miss Libbie
Anthony, Of ingalls,, Kansas, to Mr.. JAS
Patrick. of Santa Fe. Kansas. The we'd
ding will be a grand affair, as several
hundred invitations have been issued.
They will start on the wedding tour
Wednesday night and Mrs. Singer ac-
companies them as far as Newton on her
way home.
Jno. L. Metcalf came into the Office
the other day seemingly excited and
much OverjOyed. We thought the great
success of the A. o. L. W. was the reason
of his happiness. but he explained by