The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-02-13

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Topeka is preparing to go ON . hunt
for coal.
Sumner county pays more for lodge
dues than she does for taxes.
DIR. Smiths place on the state board
of health will be filed by DIR. Ochil-
tree of Hadam.
Sedgwick county has 80 white fam
lies and one colored living at the ex-
pense of the public.
Kansas pays sa.7.6s3 internal reve-
nue. to the government and draws over
Sc. 600, 900 in pensions.
Neosha county Will celebrate Wash
ington's birthday with a big wolf hunt.
1t is to be whole county affair.
The Cherokee Whist club. unable to
master the game of whist. is now
working on progressive eucher.
The mean tempaturc for Kansas.
for January. was 3l.9. There are but
four warmer Januaries recorded in
this state.
Margaret Purcell. daughter of f. b.
Purcell. of Manhattan. was married to
William Howard Prescott of Cleveland.
O.. last Wednesday.
Anti-toxine knocked out diphtheria
at Wathena. The old women of the
town protested and insisted upon the
use of onions and dirty stockings. but
the progressive physician in charge
Won and not a child died.
The residence of Byron Glen. west
of JctmOre, was consumed by fire
Thursday night. All their household
goods except an organ and bureau.
were consumed. together with fine
library. The fire originated from the
chimney. The loss will be over $15,-
600.
4 fire at Norcatur Monday night de-
stroyed the general merchandise store
of A Adkins and two adjoining stores
owned by J. f. Worrall and +. Castle.
Adkins loss will be $1,000 or $4,000.
fully covered by insurance, while Wor-
rails and Castles loss will not be so
great, though they carried no insur-
ance. 1t is thought the fire was set
by an incendiary.
Suit to test the cOnstitutiOnality of
the law passed by the last session of
the Legislature which. gave the right
to Western Kansas counties to levy u
tax to afford protection against prairie
fires, will soon be instituted by the
Santa Fe Railway company. The COM
pany paid the tax in several counties
under protest and will now sue to re-
cover the amount, about So, 900.
The Topeka Mail says that city has
struck new wrinkle in secret sOcie-
ties called the Ancient and IllustriOus
Order of Hayseeds. The Topeka
branch is Hayloft No. &c. and has for
its officers a chief haymal1er, assistant
chief haymaker, overseer, past chief
haymaker, boss driver, horn blower,
guard of barn door, guard of haylOft,
collector of straws and keeper of bun
dies.
At the last meeting of the city ooun-
ell at AtchisOn. it was decided to con-
struct new sewer at the cost of $S5.-
900. 1t will not only redeem great
deal of valuable private prop
erty. but will save the expense of
building new Fourth, Fifth. Sixth.
Seventh and Santa Fe street bridges.
The old ones are nearly worn out. 1t
will also give the city for a market a
valua BILE piece Of property on Fourth
street, SIS feet long and $50 feet wide.
The story generally printed to the
effect that murderer Clyde Mattox is
dying in the federal penitentiary is
without one particle of truth. His
prison physician states that instead of
dying he is in much better health than
when he entered. MattoX's mother
arrived in LeavenwOrth few days
ago. and it is thought she is response
bic for this publication, with a view
of securing her sons pardon. Warden
French has granted her many privel-
eyes. but it is thought that this may
break the camefs back.
The Kansas Woma n Press associa-
ton will meet at LeavenwOrth. Feb
ruary Is. Sara B. Lynch of the Leav-
enwOrth Standard will deliver the adj
dress of welcome and Emma B. Alrich
will respond. Matte f. Shawhan of
Wichita will read paper: The Fun
ny Efforts of Serious Woman to pub
lish Country Newspaper" and Luz
ellie Baker one, what Shall We
Write?" Afterward there will be five
minute talks. led by Belle Harbaugh
of Erie, Mary L. Ripe of Clyde and
Minnie d. Morgan of Cottonwood Falls.
Justice David j. Brewer. said the fol-
lowing nice things about Kansas. 1t
is evident that the Justice has not for
gotten the state he came from: &C
where yon will through Kansas and
there stands before you the open door
of the school house. in whose portals
stands the ever present Yankee school
marin, priestess of glory and prophet
ess of knowledge and glory: while the
spires of her thousand churches attest