The Globe-republican., 1896-02-06
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Spring blowing has commenced IL
the Arkansas valley.
! The mumps are raging in Pierson
and the whole town is on swell
The Star is new venture that tim.
idly shines in the Nemaha county gal.
axy.
McLouth will give $500 spot cash to
anybody who Will start a creamery
there.
If Colby will give forty acre of land
it may get one of the state irrigation
plants.
DIR. Brumbaugh is the latest divine
who has settled down to save sinners
in Atchison.
Balzac seems to be favorite author
among Kansas editors who affect
philosophy"
E. d. Mari, formerly claim a gent of
the Memphis road, has bought an in
surance agency at Fort Scott.
The county commissioners of Ford
county will sue on seed wheat notes
not paid on or before February LIST.
Ottawa is to have leap year party
in the near future and the young men
there are so excited over it that they
can't eat.
The latest ''card of thanks" is pub
lished by a Garnett man who thanks
his friends for a birthday party, Civ
ing honorable mention to those who
put up money to buy the beneficiary
an oyercoat.
A. w. Robinson will start the Nor
tonville Herald February z. Robin
son is a newspaper mascot. In his
younger days he had hard run of
luck, but that was because he signed
his name Lion"
The wife of Marion Arbell living
few miles west of Chetopa, committed
suicide Wednesday by shooting herself
in the ear. Grief over the fact that
her son, 1G years of age, had stolen
money from her husbands father
caused the act.
The creamery business at Victor
has increased. Additions are necessa-
~. Jensen Brothers are pushing the
work on their separating station. The
building, o0xeO feet. is being erected
Immediately south of the postoffice
building. 1t is expected that the sta
ton will be in operation by February
fifth.
The kingman county creamery has
paid out SIS, 416 to farmers for milk
since March, 1894. The number of
patrons increased in 1895 from H. to
1s5; 4,673,OOO pounds of milk were
handled, the company paying s35, 3O7.
The cost of operation was Sc, 500 and
the net profits S59S. Farmers aver
aged 81. L. per month from each COW.
Secretary J. Frank Smith, of the
state editorial association, has sent
out circular letter informing MEM
beers of the association that the people
Of Leavenworth propose to entertain
the editors and their wives ROYALTY
when the editorial association meets
there Monday and Tuesday February
II and Is. The editorial guests are to
be enter tanned in the homes of the
people of Leavenworth free of charge.
r. V. Bloom of Barber county is
among those who have Sustai ned los
SEES in cattle this winter. The total
of his loss thus far is ten head.
Stalk feeding and backlog are the
causes. Mr.. Bloom says he is almost
confident that the mild dry weather is
the direct cause of the effect that
stalk pasturing has on the stool, this
season. He says he has used every
conceivable precaution but in spite of
his efforts he loses occasionally.
Mrs. Collins. wife of conductor Col
Inns, lies dead at her home in Pittsburg
from an overdose of morphine. She
has been suffering with rhcumati
for long time. Monday night she
was suffering more than usual. and
she, having the opiate within reach
took dose of it. larger than she
thought. and when noticed bv those
in attendance was found in a comatose
condition. Physicians were immedi-
ately summoned, but were unable to
counteract the deadly drug.
The man who finds" gold spectacles
and offers to sell them chap is doing a
thriving business in Lawrence.
One c. A. Hall is going about the
state telling the people why they
should observe Saturday instead of
of Sunday. 1t does not take much of
a reform to maintain a man on the
road in Kansas
Lewis Porter. 10 years old. shot and
mortally wounded 16-year-old Mitchell
Taylor at 4-3O o'clock Tuesday at Ar
gentine. Lewis was left alone. Mitch
ell Taylor came around the house
which is situated on hillside, to the
rear window. He paused. looked in,
and wrapped on the window. Young
Porter was sitting in the room alone
when Taylor appeared. He got up