The Globe-republican., 1895-09-05

has returned from Chicago, where he
went to meet a buyer of large western
concern, and in spite of the strongest
competition MIR. Olmstead brought
back the order, amounting to over
$4,000. of shoes and rubber goods
The Des Moines Leader.
Some man at Lone Tree found time
to count the grains on an ear of this
years corn and found LAOS.
| The women of Atchison have COM
bined on a scheme to discourage the
habit in men losing their jobs.
The joints of Goodland have been
closed. which causes the thirsty to 60
all the way to Colby foS a drink.
The last crop report from Kansas
was the best. And when the shekels
begin to pour in it will be still better.
The Times says the distillery to be
erected in Leavcnworth will make al
cohol only, and that for lawful pur-
poses.
I A divorce is asked in the Wind fam
lily at Lawrence. The wife should be
patient. 1t is an i'll wind which blows
no good.
! The well on the Butler farm north
OF NeOdesha was finished last week
and will furnish 5000, 900 cubic feet of
gas daily.
A missionary society i'll Butler coun-
ty has already begun to raise money
to expose more missionaries to mas
sacre in China.
A Topeka man bought farm last
spring and paid $4,000 for it. Last
week he was offered $4,000 for one
half of the same farm.
Governor Morrill, has appointed Lare
Dean, of Smith Center, director of the
state penitentiary to succeed j. j.
Barnes of Pratt county.
Tom Richardson, the Galveston
boomer, has hired a stenographer and
settled down in Topeka to whoop up
the Western states conference.
Sol Miller says his idea of smart
woman is one who can spread newspa-
pers on her pantry shelves without
stopping to read every poem and story
in them.
The colored men of Baldwin have
organized. They call themselves the
Sunflower club and the only article
of faith is ''to vote together on all
questions"
Ed Hoch says the people who have
the old-fashioned freplaces in their
houses are now in luck. What fine
back logs the corn cobs will make
this winter.
Harvey county old soldiers have
formed an old soldiers association and
will arrange to have annual reunions.
Sedgwick county old soldiers talk of
doing the same.
The power of the press has been IL
lustrated at Coffeyville where a local
paper came out with long editorial |
headed evil play ball." and the next !
day the club disbanded.
F. C. Prescott of Saline county has
been elected to the position of as
sistant in the department of English
in Harvard university. H. L. Prescott
of the same county has been elected |
to professorship in the Indiana state |
university at Bloomington, Ind.
An old maid in Cowley county whc
tried carbolic acid for her corns laet
month is able to walk with crutches.
A long letter telling of the Improve
ment of Naill and Lynch at the peni-
Tertiary" is published in the Abilene
Reflector which would sseem to show
that as an institution of correction it |
was not yet failure.
It is announced in the Cowley coun-
ty papers that the county seat fire de-
partment was out trying their new
ing a fire company composed of wo-
men the statement is incomplete and |
ambiguous.
Gen. H. G. Wolf who owns a large |
farm at Maple City presented editor
Eckert, of the Traveller with several
baskets of peaches with the question
able compliment 81 thought l would
remember the Old devil as well as the |
young devil"
James McAdams, travelling spec
racle man, well known throughout the
state was found dead on the Rocl- Island
train on its arrival at Topeka, Fednes-
day evening. He was taken III On the
train and some medicine in his pack was |
administered tc him. An inquest was |
held.
Ed Hoch says he hopes eastern peo-
pie will not be deferred from coming
to Kansas by the report that it isn't
safe to travel along the common high
ways out here, least an ear of corn
fall on you and crush you. If people |
are careful they need not have much |
fear from this cause. We don't believe |
one death in ten out here is the result |
of such accidents.
The Manhattan Ma tionalist says: We !