The Globe-republican., 1896-03-19

Hundreds of acres of tobacco will bt
planted this year near Lane, Rush
county.
mo Big Sleeves is the party plat
form of a religious sect in western
Kansas.
United States Senator Lucien Bake.
has accepted an invitation to deliver
the Decoration Day address in Fort
Scott.
North Lawrence has been troubled
with a nocturnal clown; but long
legged copper, with double triggered
pepper, got after it and scared it GU,
of town.
Mennonites arc settling in Chey'
eynne county. They are class OF
settlers who, when settled, they stay
settled, and they make the country in
which they live bloom.
At meeting held few nights ago
at Pavnee Rock Il contract was made
for the location of a branch of the
Heller creamery. The county com
missioners have also decided to build
bridge across the Arkansas at that
point.
The STANDARD Oil companys prospect
drillers struck oil Friday night near
Uniontown, fourteen miles west OF
Fort Scott. and the people of that vi
cinity are much excited. The drillers
are working night and day and the
company's expert has been called to
make an analysis. Price of land has
risen.
EVA Clara Collins, WHO has been
boOkkeeper in Seneca bank for seven
years, has resigned and will invest
some of her savings in a journey
abroad. According to the Tribune
She is an up-to-datc young woman.
She is business, a leader in society, a
worker in the church, dispenser OF
charity and an expert in outdoor
sports.
In kingman county school district
where there are but eight resident tax
payers and the land is mostly owned
by non-residents, they pay the school
teachers $50 Il month instead of the or
binary $50. and he boards around among
the eight families, paving s. week
instead of s3, the ordinary price. In
this way the residents get their money
back and the nOn-residents pay the
bills.
Frank Peters. a little S-year-old boy
living at Fort Scott had his right hand
blown OFF Friday evening. The little
fellow had just started the fire and had
thrown a shovel of coal into the stove
when the explosion. which is supposed
was caused by heavy fulminat ting
cap. such lis is used in blasting. Oc-
Cured. 1t IS thought the cap was in
the coal which the lad had just put in
the fire.
The report of DR.. C. p. Carpenter.
secretary of the board of health at
Leavcnworth. for February, shows
there were 3, births and b deaths for
that month. The number of mar
riagc licenses issued was l.. DIR. Car
pcntcr says the number of deaths and
births was unusually large for the
shortest month in the year. There
were five deaths from pneumonia.
three from heart disease, three from
phtllisic and one from old age.
at the regular meeting of the his
torical seminary held in Lawrence
Saturday at the state university.
Ma jor Abbott. of De Soto delivered Il
lecture upon the subject Causes of
Wakarusa war Major Abbott was
one of the pro-slavery leaders in this
state. His lecture was from personal
experiences at that time. Professor
+. ii. Holder, the president of the
seminary. made a short address, as
did also Mr.. Il. w. Woodward, upon
early Kansas history.
A we'll dressed. smooth appearing
man has been working some of the
Eudora citizens the past week. With
a business like air he called upon them
representing he was government
agent looking for counterfeit coin.
anu TctiucStcs Lucu1 10 SNOW WHAT
money they had in their possession.
He then used a chemical which turns
the coin black. declares it spurious.
and takes it away with him. Several
of the citizens are looking for the
government agent"
At restaurant in Chautauuua coun-
ty, is Oh sale this week maple sugar
made on the farm of w. ii. jeff from
trees raised from seed planted by his
own hand. This shows what our farm
ers could be enjoying if they had i'm
proved the early opportunities. On
an adjoining farm John Burden has
cottonwood trees planted by himself
that measure over nine feet around
and John proposes to take one of
them to mill one of these days. tina: he
can have lumber to use that he has
raised himself.
The farm house of Mrs. S. D. Smith.
on Tuay creek. east of Ottawa, was
totally destroyed by fire early Satur-
day morning. Mrs Smith, who is an