The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-10-23

mas been appointed receiver OF the Arr
kansas City & Southwestern railway.
There are 1000 members of the Bap.
fist church in Kansas and 3T5 Sunday
schools, all reported in good condition.
Capt. BirlSett, who recently shipped
cattle from Greenwood county to Liv
erpool, Eng, got $40 head for them
One hundred and fifty men are EN-,
ployed on the new bridge across the
Kaw at Topeka. and the job will last
year.
The old soldiers of Wilson, Woodson,
Allen and Neosho counties recently
held a well-attended reunion at Cha
mute.
It is estimated that 10000 head of
cattle will he iattened in Jewell
county this winter. Jewell led in corn
this year.
The Kansas society of Friends re
Gently held ten days meeting at
Lawrence. Next year they viii meet
ct Wichita.
The State University Athletic ssso.
citation elected J. w. Green president,
Tom Wagstaff secretary and R. z
Moody treasurer
Samuel Shaumberg, a tailor of Rose.
dale, was arrested charged with sys.
tematically stealing the material to
build new house.
The Kansas railroads are experience
ing a heavy business in wheat, corn
and other grains, and there is danger
Of another car famine.
Great herds of sheep will be fed in
Dickinson and Geary counties this
winter. Over 100, 900 bead were brought
from New Mexico alone.
The convention of the Central Evan.
gelical church at Abilene elected ]. Il.
Tobias president, J. K. Young secre.
tary and Charles Linge treasurer.
The Kansas State Baptist associa.
ton, in session at Topeka, refused to
pass resolutions censuring Gov Nor,
rills attitude on the temperance ques.
ton.
The Y. NJ. c. 4. state convention, in
session at Leavenworth, elected Bruno
Hobbs, of Kansas City, president and
George W. Fleming, Of Arkansas City,
secretary.
The Kansas City (Kan.I medical col-
lege has been chartered with $4,000
capital The directors are c. E. and
w. L. Seamen, G. W. Fitzpatrick, @.
2 Tead and ]. A. Smith.
The drill in an artesian we'll at Abb.
lene broke at depth of $50 feet. The
efforts to strike flow of water had to
be abandoned and the drill containing
diamonds to the value of 500 was lost.
During the carnival at Leavenworth
the other night three men entered Ne,
Cool's restaurant and stole 500 from
the cash drawer but officers nabbed
them a few minutes later, even before
they had.divided their booty.
3, R Potter, young man who,
while assistant postmaster at Abilene
embezzled $40 belonging to the gov
eminent, pleaded guilty in the federal
court at Lesvenworth and was SEN
fenced to one year in the penitentiary
An Italian named Torriaui, who
died recently in New York hospital,
confessed to having robbed the graves
in Topeka cemeteries last winter, for
which a number of officials connected
with a Topeka medical college were
arrested.
Rev. Don s. Colt, who recently re-
signed the pastorate Of the NJ. E.
church at Wichita to accept a call
to Allegheny City, Pa, is having
trouble about the matter Before Rev
Colt reached Allegheny City the Pitts.
burgh conference had designated
member Of its own body to take charge
Of the Allegheny City church.
The annual meeting of the Anti
Horsethief association was held at
Hutchinson recently It has 160lodges
and over 1900 members, the largest
lodge being at Humboldt. K. B, Gull
bertson, of Sterling, was elected presi-
dent; J. W, Newland, OF carlton, vice
president; George Kaufman, Of Gales
burg, secretary and treasurer
c. ]. Norton has compiled statistics
for the Kansas Farmer showing that
If 200 bushels Of potatoes are raised to
the acre, the cost to the farmer is not
more than ? cents q bushel. If only
half a crop is raised, the cost is I cents
a busheL If So so is allowed per acre
for the rent wear aud tear OF tools,
etc, the cost Of raising ten acres Of
potatoes viii be .Oss5 cents per busheL
By careful economy. the priCa caa Be
reduced to less than a eanta bushel e
tbega is q perfect stand OF potatoes,
18th Il, Go nils per acre.
y. G, SoutkeT. q veteran Kansas
newspaper correspondent and old-tims
printer, who claimed intimate friend-
ship with Abraham Lincoln, died in
Topeka the ether day.
Mre Mary Gintsr, Of Kansas City,
who had made four previous but M,
successful attempts to end her life,
aua1ly succeeded the other day in OBJ
tanning enough poison 70 shuttle her
of.
A railway man who had travelled
OFsr the stats said the ettendsnea
from Kansas to tbs @. a. 2. enoamp.
ment et St Paul would be very light,
the sssasans prefsrrihg te wait ana az
sead The STATE reunion ct Topeka