The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-07-25
HAPPENINGS IN KANSAS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO Dwell.
LERS IN THE SUNFLOWER.

The Weeks Review of Personal and Gen.
eral News Condensed to Short Para
graphs for the Convenience Of Hurried
Readers.
The mercury is reported to have reg
istered Ill in the shade at Topeka
last Wednesday.
The Humboldt Union says that CHG
gers have become almost as much OF a
pest as the Old Scratch himself.
The Leavenworth Standard thinks
hen has the best claim to immortal
tally because her son never sets.
If the Glow joints" in Leavenworth
are closed up, it's about time to begin
on the aldermanic and judicial saloons
Scamp PUSH" made up of Ottawa
people taking an outing, is a place
where there is great deal of pulling.
If Major Hudson finally loses the
state partnership he will be out sever
III dollars on two elegant new gilt signs.
The twenty-second annual meeting
of the Kansas Millers' association will
be held at Hutchinson, Tuesday, July
23d.
A severe electrical storm passed over
Ellsworth county about o'clock on
the morning of the Goth, doing consid-
cradle damage to property and killing
three men.
Fl. Leavenworth is very anxious to
secure the state encampment and uses
as its strongest argument that the SOL
diers and officers would all have the
opportunity of seeing regular army life.
IL. Webster of Lawrence, has had
hiccoughs continuously for several
days and every possible means for stop
ping it has been tried without success.
Medical men are puzzled. He is in a
critical condition.
An Allen county farmer employed
new method of making hay last sum-
mer He cut it with self-binder, cur
ing it in his barn in bundles very con-
venient for feeding out. The hay
cured is in most excellent condition and
is bright and fresh, more so than the
hay cured in the ordinary way.
A Topeka man who says he knows
says there are fourteen miles of Santa
Fe freight cars in Kansas to be re-
paired before the fall crop can be
moved. Another Topeka man who
works for the Santa Fe says the burn
ing of the repair shops at Arkansas
City and Albuquerque this summer has
given the Topeka shops about fifty per
cent more work than would have been
brought here otherwise.
A. NJ. Kennedy, of Delavan, Morris
county, has just died after fast of 6S
days. His case attracted the attention
of the medical profession all over the
State and was discussed at the last
meeting of the society in Topeka.
Kennedy was nearly 70 years old, but
until his last sickness was remark
ably vigorous man. He was taken i'll
several months ago, his malady baf-
fling the skill of physicians. Then he
became paralyzed and from that day
until his death he took no food, 6S
days in all. He was kept alive by NOR
phine injections, and although he slept
a great deal, his mental faculties were
alert during his waking hours.
The famous cannon known as "Old
Kickapoo," which was brought to Kan
sas from Missouri to be used in sub
jecting and terrorizing the free-state
settlers of Kansas, but which fred the
first shot which drought freedom to
millions of Slaves" at the sacking of
Lawrence, May 81, 1s56-virtual1y the
beginning of the rebellion-is now a
part of the State Historical society's
collection in the Capitol building at
Topeka. Captain Wallinshaw, adju-
tant of Custer post, Leavenworth, will
publish history of the cannon, and
distribute copies to the old settlers of
the State, accompanied by fac-simile
of the cannon in miniature, number
of which he has had made from q frag-
ment which was blown out when the
cannon was being used during the exc
cavation of the first coal mine in Leav-
enworth.
There is middle in the Twenty
fifth judicial district of Kansas, caused
by an act of the legislature last winter
reducing the number of judicial dis
tricts. The Twenty-ffth judicial dis
trict is, or was, composed of the coun-
ties of Marion, Mcpherson and Chase,
presided over by Lucien Earl of Nc
Pherson. Marion was added to Judge
Humphreys district (Geary), McPher-
son to Judge Martins Hutchinson,
and Chase to Judge Randolph's Uyon).
This act is to take effect October 1,
1895, Judge Earl's term for which he
was elected running until the second
Monday in January, 1895. There is a
grave question involved which is: Can
an officer be legislated out of Office be-
fore the expiration of his term? The
constitutionality of the act is being SER
iously questioned. 1t is said that
Judge Earl and his friends will test the |
law by holding an election in the abol-
lehe6 district <hiS fall Tn case the |