The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-08-15

Cattle are affected with blaclleg
in Rush county.
It is said that some of the hens eggs
laid at Severance are as large as hail.
stones.
The short-legged corn husler will
have to take the ''down row" this fall,
in Kansas.
A Bendena man has a new ice cream
freezer and the neighbors are greatly
pleased with it.
L. II. Palmer of Topeka was serious
" injured in the passenger wreck 100
miles west of Albuquerque, N. NJ,
Thursday.
Rev. Alfred T. Burris, well known
throughout Kansas as one of the most
eloquent ministers of the NJ. E. church
of this state, died last Sunday at the
residence of his father, Judge John T.
Burris. in Olathe.
With laudable enthusiasm and tur-
gid language, the Bendena correspon-
dent of the Severance News says: IAN
the fingers of prophecy point radiantly
to the platform dance of Friday night
as one of the greatest events ever
pulled off in this town."
DR.. Chas. Pugh who so suddenly
and mysteriously disappeared from
Cowley county, writes that he. is COM
ing back to resume his practice. He
refuses to tell where he has been and
says it is no ones business but that he
is now more capable than ever to p1ac-
tice. It was thought at the time of
his disappearance, about one year ago,
that he had met with foul play.
w. R. Riddle, traffic manager of the
Santa Fe railway company, said last
| week: "In sixteen years there has
never been such general outlook for
crops along our lines. Kansas corn is
wonderful, both in acreage and pros
pect, and in its advanced state OF
growth. We are delighted with the
outlook, and expect plenty of business
handling the crops and stock"
According to bulletin No 40, issued
by the Kansas Experiment Station,
the average yield for three years of
wheat grown from famed seed was
2'.O7 bushels per acre, while the
yield from wheat not famed was 26.57
per acre for the same period under the
same conditions. Can you fan wheat
for a gain of one-half bushel for ev-
cry one and one-fourth bushels you
| fan?
It has just been made public that
first cousin of the eccentric multi mill
lionaire, Russell Sage, has for many
| years been a resident of Marshall
county. His name is Colonel John
Sage, and the place of his residence is
Barrett, small village on the line of
the Central Branch railroad. Colonel
Sage came to Barrett in the early COS
and from the day he first drove stakes
in the town has never been outside Of
Marshal county.
The Rev. Frank Rosebrook Mills
paugh, bishop-elect of the diocese of
the Episcopal church of Kansas, will
be consecrated at Topeka September
II. The bishops who will officiate in
the conservation will be the Right Rev.
Benjamin Whipple, D. D., LII. d., bish-
op of Minnesota; the Right Rev. John
F. Spaulding, D. D., bishop of Colo
RADIO, and the Right Rev. Daniel Tut
tie, bishop of Missouri.
A test of varieties of wheat which
has been in progress during the last
five years at the Kansas Experiment
station shows that the following va
rieties have yielded above twenty-nine
bushels per acre during the years 1891
to 1894 inclusive: Andrews No. 4,
Bearded Monarch, Democrat, Tasman-
ia Red, Valley and Turkey, all bearded,
and Emporium, Gold Medal, McPher-
son and Ramsey, all smooth varieties.
]. Fl. Choate, prominent Democrat
of Washington, Kan, has brought suit
in the district court of Cloud county to
recover 500 paid to W. II. L. Pepperill
and five others, composing the Demo
cratic committee of the Fifth Congress
sional district, for the appointment of
postmaster at Washington, and which
he did not get. Other claims have
been put in lawyers hands at Concor-
dia and suits ordered brought. 1t is
alleged that in 1892, following the ma
tional Democratic victory, the State
committee met at Topeka and pro-
ceeded to farm out offices except in the
Fifth district. The State committee
agreed to accept the recommendations
of the Fifth district committee, which
it is alleged formed a combine and lev
led assessments from Office seekers to
maintain expenses at Washington dur
ing the early weeks of the administra-
ton. Those in the committee were T.
NJ. Dolan, w. II. L. Pepperill, c. E.
Clifford, August Bondi and j. L. Stroth
er. The committee proceeded to look
after their own interests and captured
offices as follows: Dolan, deputy rev.
enue collector: Pepperill, postmaster