The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-04-09

Manhattan had corn banquet
but none of the juice.
Jerry Forncy of Marion has gone to
Alaska in search of gold
w. A. Harris calls Wabaunsee coun-
ty the Switzerland of Kansas.
Council Grove amateurs put on . le-
gitamate play but it did not draw rs
good a crowd as ''Deestrict Skule."
The water question at Newton has
been solved. An abundant supply has
found seven miles southwest of the
city.
s'Baby-Bliss the five hundred pound
cyclist, is travelling over Kansas exhib-
iting and advertising certain brand
bicycle.
Coffeyille fed 1872 tramps during the
winter, and for their keep" they
swept the streets and fixed the side
walks.
A Cimarron woman who recently was
divorced from her husband prints
column card in the local paper defend
ing his good name.
Francis st. Peters is the name of
9O-year-old man in Graham county who
farms 16O acres of land without assis-
lance from hired help.
The Wellington band has disbanded,
and the community is now paying the
penalty for not supporting it, by hav-
ing to listen. to the members practice
s;ngly.
The Belle PLANE News runs mutual
admiration column for Sumner county,
but although it cuts a great dash, the
dear girls who conduct the Wellingto
Postal Card refuse to join it.
Sometimes a Kansas newspaper
changes it's politics because it's owner
has experienced a change of heart, and
sometimes because a man of the OppO-
site party has bought it: but more Of
ten because the mortgage has fallen
into new hands.
A report of strike among the girls
of Topeka Bethany college caused
much excitement one day last week,
but investigation proved that it was
only boycott. There is a fuse to that
Joke. Wait,it will explode pretty soon.
Concordia Blade: A lucky fisherman
went over to lake Sibley Wednesday,
caught three pound carp and brought
it in and sold it to Harry Barton as
Black bass at II cents pound. 1t
takes an expert with the rod and line
to catch carp and sucker at the same
time.
it would be funny to jump Walter
Costigan few lines in the Ramona
Enterprise. The next week his hide
was on the fence. 1t was the case of
looking into the muzzle of loaded
gun.
The recent revival meetings at Ma
rion converted the entire population
and filled all the churches. This lifts
a great load from Z. w. IOch's shout
ders. and he mey now give his undi-
vided attention to the organization of
a band of willing workers in aid of
Tommy Potter.
Mrs. Lillian II. Picien. Kansas
woman. recently wrote a poem for the
New York Telegram on the Cuban
question that attracted much friendly
attention. Mr. Albert ID. Shaw, edi-
tor of the Review of Reviews, wrote
his cOngratulation to Mrs. Picken and
expressed the opinion that she had the
gift to write a song that would be
heard around the world.
Ewing Herbert thinks there is some
thing fascinating about big fat man.
He says big fat woman isn't half SO
interesting. but man who weighs
400 or 500 and can handle himself well
is the favored one in Uncle Sans do
miniOn. At Willis Monday an opera
troupe left the cars to take carriages
to Horton. Three carriages had been
provided. but one of the men was SO
large that no one could sit beside him
In contracting to carry the theatrical
party to Horton the liveryman had
agreed to haul twelve people. but he
didn't know that one of the twelve
was so large as three. so there the fat
man was-needing fixing. The people
on the train saw his dilemma and
yelled: Get hay wagon"
John J. Miller of the Santa Fe Mon
itOr slipped oyer to Gray county the
other day and married Minnie Newly.
He went about his business without
fuss or flourish and had landed the lit
tie woman before his friends suspected
what he was doing.
Hanging in the railroad commission
er's Office in the town of Washington
is portrait of Jim Lane, and there is
a little story connected with it. Years
ago, before Dave Ballard got his eve
teeth cut he was one of Jim Lanes
boomers. After awhile he concluded
that he ought to be rewarded for his
faithfulness and he went down to the
capital to pick out his job. ''Yes.