The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-10-29
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Almost all the babies born in Tope
Ia this summer have been boys
A married sister of Buffalo Bill lives
in the village of Denison, jackson
county.
A young married couple II Topeka
kept out of society two years and saved
enough money to buy home.
The Topeka base ball club closed the
season with its debts all paid. Its re
ceipts for the season were $4,000.
Nineteen men want to be fireman OF
the Salina public building, and if they
can't get that they want to be janitor.
The Republicans of Smith county
neglected to file their county ticket
and it will not be on the official bal
lot.
There was grand lodge election
held in Kansas this week and Atchison
got not single officer. There is some
thing wrong.
Morgan Caraway, who used to fondly
hope that he would be nominated for
something in Kansas, is now working
q scheme in Indiana.
The latest mutual admiration society
in Topeka is a whist club composed
wholly of men. That means another
exclusive set in the town.
The foot ball team of the Kansas
Medical college is the heaviest team in
the state. The average weight of the
eleven players is 16O pounds.
Dare Gear, Kansas University boy,
will play with the Cleveland league
club next year for $3.50 month. Thus
the college-bred man walks ON to for
tune.
Fort Scott and Neodesha had game
of foot ball and the latter won. Fort
Scott declares it was unfair because
two X. U. players helped the other fell
lows.
Topeka shoe merchants say that
their heaviest sales this fall has been
On shoes with a wide extension sole.
Some cork soled shoes are being sold
Also
The ladies of Ingleside are arranging
for the work of the Associated Chari-
ties during the winter. The work will
be conducted on the district plan as it
was last year.
The Kansas Medical college has re-
ceived consignment of twelve guinea
pigs from Ohio which will be used for
experimental purposes in the bacteria
logical laboratory.
Over at Atchison when a surprise
party has been arranged and the re-
porters don't get invitations they give
the thing away by announcing the
party in the papers in advance.
Jack Richardson could not render
any particular service in the campaign,
but there are people who would like to
know what has become of him, just as
there are people who are still wanting
to know who struck Billy Patterson.
A Topeka young man Who was mar
ried recently has all OF the letters ever
written his wife bound. They are type
written and in . copying book and
cover 800 pages. And his courtship
lasted only two years Will be burn
the book ten years from now?
A Shawnee county man bought BIZ
cycle recently. He didn't know much
about bicycles and one day when he
took it apart he found some little balls
in the wheels. ''Some idiot has been
putting up job on me-" he said, it's
mighty good thing found them bull
lets before they ruined the wheel;',
and he threw them away. The wheel
is in the repair shop.
Five Topeka girls wrote to their re-
spective honeyboys the same afternoon
recently, breaking the engagement
and sending back the ring. They had
just come from a train where thew
went to throw rice at a pretty bride,
but broke and ran when the bride
groom got ugly about it. They accept
ed 1t as warning that no matter how
agreeable man may be as beau, he
may not turn out to be SO sweet as a
husband.
The despised, common buffalo grass.
which used to cover the prairies and
which covers amending acres out West,
is now an aristocrat where it is becom-
ing scarce. Buffalo grass sod is the
only thing that will survive the drouth
on the high ground of the Abilene GEM
etery and it is being used to cover lots.
One farmer has patch and sells it at
Sl.50 load, three loads being reces-
sary for half a cemetery lot At this
rate he is selling his farm at about
5000 an acre when it is really worth