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

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neer.
The best part of John Speer's "Life
of Jim Lane is the stories he tells
when he is getting man to buy
copy.
! One of the lawyers in the Hillmon
! case was SO overcome that he nearly
tainted. But think of the poor jury
! men.
| Jim Hafer has been employed as the
! fighting man of the Oberlin Herald,
! with the rank and pay of associate ed
| itor.
Sells Bros. '.blg forty-seven car
| worlds biggest circus" is headed west
over the Frisco and will enter Kansas
June Bird.
The Montgomery county oil fields
! are considered equal to the best In the
| state. Chautauqua next and Cowley
will soon follow.
j. NJ. Hagaman of the COncOrdia
Blade is the old fashioned man who
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chip on his shoulder for a game.
Grandma Hedges of Monet, who is
&c years old. walked four miles on an
| errand last Monday, rather than have
her team taken from the pillow.
Colonel Winfield Scott Tilton has
bought the Downs Times, and once
more his keen squibs and sharp re-
torts will enliven the great northwest.
One man in Clay Center whipped
his mule and was fined $35. Another
whipped his wife and only paid So. 1t
is all owing to locality. Some time
ago, man at Smith Center undertook
to whip his wife and the doctor bill
was $50. Since then, no one has had
any experience in that town and there
is no fixed price.
The state boardof health has made
its eleventh annual report to the gov
ernor. The report shows that there
are 2,437 registered physicians in Kan
sas-regular, 1,S06; eclectic, 2.2; hon.
eopathic, 1.5; midwives, 121; physiO-
medical, 9: scientific, 3: vitopath, l.:
new school, ,: physio-pathic, L; indie
pendent. ,; not stated, 46. The gen
eral health of the people is reported as
good.
A woman in CimarrOn. who was di-
vOrced from her husband recently,
published whole column in a local
paper there defending the husband
and clearing him from faults which
had been attributed to him by busy
bodies. Now the question arises-what
on earth did that woman want of di-
vorce from man who was as good as
her late husband?
The body of an unknown cOlored
man, about 90 years of age. was found
in the cattle guard at the east end of
the Santa Fe yards, TT. Scott Monday.
The head. which was completely sew
cred from the body, was lying near by
1t is supposed that he was stealing a
ride on the trucks of freight train,
and fell on the track at the point
where the body was found. The body
was taken in charge by the township
authorities.
Several months ago the papers of
Fort Scott published accounts of ike
discovery of an oil spring on the lot of
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Crisp. The
spring is in pit from which coal has
been mined and the little stream Of
oil can be seen as it trickles from the
bank. Mrs. Crisp has been skimming
the oil off the water in the bottom of
the hole and secures about four gal
through flannel cloths and is then
ready for use.
On the Degraff lease near Galena
one of the big wonders of last week
is prospect developed by number
of colOred men. They had shaft
sunk by contract. white man doing
the work. and ore was struck two
weeks ago. They are now down to al
most solid ore and are taking it ont in
large quantities. 1t is both lead and
jack and very little waste dirt. One
of the partners is preacher in the
colored church and another an ex-Un-
ion soldier. They have refused $4,000
for their lot, which joins the Savage &
Ricksecker plant on the north.
The Topeka amateurs did not take
the ''MilzadO" to Atchison. 1t was a
choice between that and ank a dane
ing party at home. and as there is but
one up-to-date orchestra in Topeka.
legs won. Legs always win in Tope-
ka.
Mrs. Minnie +. Payne of Fort Scott
has filed suit in the district court for a
divorce from her husband, Albert Big
| Glow Payne. Mrs. Payne alleges neg
lect of duty. extreme cruelty and adul-
| terry. The last charge is not very spe-
citic, only stating that it was COM
mitted in New York City. The other
two charges are more specific, the
main point being that since his en-