The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-07-04
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
Hon. Eugene F. Ware and daughter
have gone to Europe to b gone about
two months.
Hon. ]. D. Snoddy, the well-known
politician and attorney Of LaCygne, has
moved his family to Kansas City, KS,
and will make that city his future home.
From Freeport: The shipments from
our town during the month of May, as
reported by our station agent, are as
follows: Wheat, As cars; stock, 9 cars;
emigrants, l car.
| Hanover Democrat: Corn has been
rolling INTO market rapidly for the past
ten days and the roads are taxed to their
utmost capacity to carry the surplus OF
grain and stock from Kansas to market.
Wichita letter: The Southern Kan
sas Deaf Mute association will be held
on July 2, 8 and at Riverside park in
Wichita. All the deaf mutes are cor
daily invited to attend. Come to the
Packer house.
Ellsworth Messenger: Some of the
Ellsworth suburban experts who have
been looking into the report that there
may be wild grapes, but that the plums
are pretty we'll blasted, and the goose
berries and currants are not worth
hunting after.
There was an unprecedented rush in
the treasurer's office of Shawnee county
during the last days of receiving taxes
before penalty was assessed. Monday
was the biggest day ever known by en-
| ployes in the Office, the business exceed
ing $4,000.
Nortonville News: Russell B. Rog-
ers has returned from East Tennessee
and reports very pleasant and profit
able trip. He went east to settle up the
estate of deceased uncle who died q
short time since, leaving his entire es-
tate, amounting to about $4,000, to
his nephew and namesake, Russell B.
Rogers, Of Nortonville.
81. P. vallee, route agent OF the Pa
cifc Express company, was taken sud-
denly and violently i'll while conducting
tho sale of unclaimed express matter at
the Crawford opera house building, To-
peka. Several other route agents Of
the company assembled at Topeka to
look after him, and he was carried by
them on stretcher to the Union Pacific
train and taken to Kansas City.
! Topeka Capital: Charles Manhart,
the division engineer of the Union Pa
cific road, was in town to see about the
survey of tho tract Of land on which
Thomas Page is to locate his mill. As
soon as the ground is surveyed Mr..
Page is ready to commence work on the
plant. The plans are all prepared and
contractors are figuring upon them.
In few days the dirt will begin to fly.
Emporia.- funeral of Mrs. E. G.
Gillette, wife of Hon. Almerln Gillette,
ex-railroad commissioner. was very
largely attended. Mrs. Gillette was
member of the Women's Social Science
club of Kansas and Missouri, and Of the
Western Authors association. She was
an author of merit and valued contrib
utor to large number of magazines
and periodicals. Her death was from
heart disease.
Baldwin, Moreland & Co., of Chero-
kee county, on the Galena land, contin-
ued sinking their big prospect last week,
and in the weeks sinking took out 1000
pounds of lead and five tons of chatz.
One chunk OF block lead was taken out
that weighed over 200 pounds. There
has been no drifting done in this mine,
and in two weeks sinking there has been
nearly $4,000 pounds Of lead taken out.
It is big prospect
Topeka Capital: A lady and three
children, riding in buggy, had a fright
full experience with live wire at the cor
ner of Sixth and Jackson streets. The
wire, which had fallen across trolley
wire, almost reached the ground. The
lady's horse first came in contact with
it. The shock made it attempt to run
away, but it became entangled in the
wires and was held. In the confusion
the wire came in contact with the lady
in the buggy, burning her arm severely
and giving her very severe shock. They
were then extricated without further
accident The woman refused to- give
her name. The wire was small one, or
the results would have been more
serious.