The Globe-republican., 1893-03-10
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

least eighty cars at this time, and not
one in sight.
At Centralia fire DESTROYED the North
elevator and contents of grain. Total
loss, $4,000.
Since the Lawrence High school wa
organized there have been 42l aradu-
ates, and their average age has been 16
years.
An Elk county doctor has been pres
emit at the births of 878 babies in
twenty-five years. Score another worlds
record for Kansas.
The engine house Of the city water
works at Girard is burned. The stand
pipe and reservoir were greatly dam
aged and the court house considerably
scorched.
Thomas county claims to have
shipped 1000 carloads of the last crop
of wheat, and yet her people claim
there are upwards of 500 carloads re-
naming.
Topeka Capital: The total enroll
ment in the city schools for the first
month of the first term of this year was
$3.50; for the first month of the second
term it shows slight increase, being
$3.50.
1t is said that person can stand on
section %. township 8. range 25, in
Graham county and see seven different
towns, viz: Wa-Keeney, Buffalo Park,
Collyer, Quinter, Hill City, Grainfield
and Hoxie.
At the Pittsburg encampment of the
state G. A. r.. Hon. Bernard Kelly, of
topeka, was elected department COM
mander to succeed Hon. A. R Greene.
Colonel w. H. Coulter, also of Topeka,
vas the next leading candidate.
Lawrence Jeffersonian: L. J. Wor-
den again got off his mental balanc,
ind his been taken to the asylum at
Topeka. This was a surprise to his
friends, as he had been feeling quite
we'll and his mind seemed entirely
Gear.
Parsons special: Masked robbers
sntered the little town of Chouteau on
The Cherokee division of the Missouri,
Kansas Il Texas south of this city. and
robbed the STATEN, securing about $50.
They afterwards robbed a number of
stores and fed.
Lawrence, February %: The big
ice gorge in the Kaw river, just above
Lawrence broke last night and all went
out the river without doing and dam
age. There is a feeling of relief on the
part of large property-owners along the
river, who have seen the possibility of
much loss from another lodging of the
ice.
Kansas City, Mo-, Star: Colonel
Bob Stevens, who was quite prominent
in Kansas in the territorial days, died,
the early part of this week, at his home
in Attica, N. Y. He was many years
ago the general manager of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas railroad, and the
larger portion of the line was built under
his direction.
From Fredonia: VIM. n. Bennett.
aged about IS, employed as farm hand,
was found dead in the road three miles
northeast Of here. He was driving a
team to a wagon, and was evidently
thrown out, as the team came home to
J. Holdren's door in q runaway condi.
ton, minus the driver and wagon. He
leaves a wife.
Arkansas City Traveller: Daily we
are besieged with inquiries for houses
to rent. There is very large demand
for houses just at present, and rent has
been going up. In some instances
houses are let to the highest bidder
We know of one case where the rent of
cottage was bid up from SO to SIG
per month.
Manhattan Nationalist: MI. Maxwell,
of Zeandale, was the victim of bold
highwaymen. AS he was going home
his attention was attracted by a couple
Of men, who permitted him to gaze into
the muzzles of shotgun and a revolver
while they relieved him of S1S and an
Odd Fellows pin. They have not yet
been captured.
At Pittsburg. in tho Methodist church,
memorial exercises were held by the
Kansas Sons of Veterans in honor of
Leland ]. Webb, late commander-in-
chief of the order. Speeches were made
by A. B. Campbell, Judge Johnson,
Clay D. Herod, H. w. Hoffman and
Others. The church was filed by men,
bers OF the Sons of Veterans, G. A. R.,
W. r c. and L. A. s.
Marquette Tribune: A farmer named
Brainard, living short distance from
town, had q wolf that he brought up
from infancy. The wolf last week be-
came mad. got loose, and bit one of Mr..
Brainard's children. and he at once took
the child to Chicago for treatment.
The wolf is still at large and has prob
ably bitten several dogs by this time.
Everybody should keep their dogs
tied up.
Topeka Journal: A well-known con-
tractor said to-day: From what am
able to judge think tho chances are