The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-01-07
STATE NEWS.
There are 252 children at the no,
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There are 252 children at the post at
Fort Leavenworth.
At Fort Scott the board of trads h.,d
special meeting to adopt resol 1t;ons
concerning the death of senato5 Plumb.
Wellington Mail: Six buqd,.d md
fifty seats for the auditoriuI {, ~ The
new school building have a1rr;ved anJ
are being placed in the room
North Topeka item: Xno,be- AZ.
tachment of Russians arf ;ved in fha
city Sunday. North Tobeka has now
quite a colony of them End still they
come.
Kansas City GazetteE VIM p Hip.
inbotham. formerly of Manhattan. goes
to the City of Mexico to inspect a
prominent and lucrative position offered
him by President Diaz.
ALI. H. Martin, brother Of the late e1-
Governor John Martin. who suffered
q stroke OF paralysis a year ago. ls dead.
he was Tor 9anv years business man
aser OF the Atchison Champion.
DodgeCity Globe Republican: The
assesse1 valuation of personal property
10 FORD county this year is $98,627.
X6is represents less than one-third of
the actual value of this property.
From Columbus: By order of the
mayor all the business men of the city
closed their stores and attended the
funeral services held IN honor of Pres.
ton B. Plumb at the Presbyterian
church.
From Washington. d. c.: The presi-
dent has appointed William M. Jenkins.
of Arkansas City, Kan, a special agent
to make allotments of lands in severalty
to Indians with compensation at the
rate of IS day.
Barnes Enterprise: The oldest piece
of money in the state, no doubt, is a
piece of Denmark money owned by A.
Cumbow. who lives three miles west of
this city. The money is 1874 years old,
it having been coined in the year 1907.
Pittsburg.- Fire caught in the grass
from an engine on the Santa Fe road,
in the south part of this city. The
flames spread to barn belonging to
Mr.. Smith and burned it and contents
two good horses, buggy and har-
ness and a quantity of feed. The fire
was beyond the limits of the fire de-
partment.
Lawrence Jos. Savage, one of
the first settlers of the state, is dead.
Savage came to Lawrence in 1854 and
has resided here ever since. He was an
enthusiastic geologist and has been sent
many times by the government on
geological surveying expeditions, being
one of the commissioners appointed
to make the first survey of Yellowstone
Park.
The exhibit from the state university
has been given one-third Of the space
in the Kansas building at Chicago. 1t
will consist of groups Of moose, elk,
buffalo, Rocky mountain goats. Rocky
mountain lions, deer, in fact nearly all
the larger animals of North America
will be in the Kansas exhibit. "Coman.
che," the war horse Of Custer fame,
will also he there.
Hutchinson.-Th Myton & Baldwin
block, one Of the finest structures in
the city, is burned. J. D. Weiner, dry
goods, one of the occupants, suffered q
loss of $4,000. The Knights Templar
and Masons also had lodge rooms in the
top of the building. They lost all
their uniforms, regalia, etc. The
building was valued at $50, 900, making
total loss of $4,000.
junction City special: The Masonic
order dedicated their elegant and spa
cious new temple in the city by appro-
pirate ceremonies and festivities. Colo
mel Woodruff, of Fort Riley, past grand
master of North Carolina, and Hon. A.
II. Wilson, one of the state lecturers,
delivered addresses. The best musical
and literary talent in the city was upon
the program. A banquet was spread
for $50 at the Bartell hotel.
From Garden City: Tho farmers o:
this county are dong well, and have
no room for complaint against the
present season; crops have been good;
the prospects could not be better for
the future; stock is doing we'll, and
within the past ten days there have
been: shipped from this place, east and
west, twenty car loads of stock, includ-
ing cattle, hogs and sheep. In addition
to this, there has beer shipped several
car loads of grain.
Mankato Monitor: No sooner is the
sign of prosperity seen than the country
is flooded With horde of quack doc