The Globe-republican., 1896-09-24

"seige" of grasshoppers.
The Y. NJ. c. A. of Topeka now has
has membership of 675.
Topeka's festival dates are Septem-
Der % to October 3 inclusive.
The Finney county fair will be held
in Garden City October 6, 2. 8. and 9.
Mrs John A. Logan will be in attend
ance during the Reunion at Topeka
The citizens of Holiday, johnson
county are engaged in a "color" war.
The Star Milling company of Galva,
Mcpherson county has been organized.
with So, 900 capital
You can get shaved for a nickle at
| Agra, Phillips county. The barber is
| also an undertaken.
There is some talk at Fort Scott be-
| cause q white husband of a white wife
| objects to a yellow baby.
Lawrence has a business man who
absolutely refuses to to utter q single
word about politics. He is mute.
The electric belt fakir struck Lyons
last week and did the natives of that
burg up to the extent of SIC. Next!
The street railway between Cotton
;; wood Falls and Strong City has risen
to a dignity of having a damage suit.
In Leavenworth there is a PHYSICIAN
who, when he feels in need of recrea-
ton goes out to his farm and husks
corn.
The enrolment of pupils at the
state university is the largest in its
history this year. 1: will come near
the 1000 line.
Kansas now has go members of the
League of American Wheelmen, three
times the number at the correspond
ing period last year.
A policeman of Topeka has just been
fred because he could not resist
temptation" Temptation with froth
on it is indeed a terrible thing.
1t is true that one swallow does not
bring summer, bot Nettie Swallow will
make it warm for the mischievous boys
who attend the Stuart, Smith county,
scholl the coming term.
Herman Steele, a 9-year-old boy of
Reno county. was accidently shot and
seriously injured by n companion. An
other case of the gun not being
''loaded."
Citizens of Topeka were anxious to
know just how many good people they
have and accordingly arranged to have
a complete census of the churches taxi
en- in a single day.
A Sumner county man moved back
to Illinois. intending to live with his
wife's people, but soon returned to
giving as an excuse lit was too damp
for him in Illinois," That's another
name for it.
The prettiest girl In Atchison has
been found. She is Edith Rowan, and
she will represent Topeka in the corn
carnival parade. Topeka always gets
in the procession although sometimes
she has to borrow beauty.
The Methodist church at Manhattan
which has been enlarged this year,
Will be rededicated the coming Sunday,
the Rev. j. X. Miller of Junction City
preaching the sermon. The Kansas
next March.
Daisy Stafford, daughter Of q Santa
Fe shop man. of Topeka, made the
mistake on Saturday of starting .
fire in the kitchen stove with gasoline
instead of coal oil. She was terribly
burned. and died after twelve hours
of horrible suffering.
A man named Church was found at
Atchison, in a box car, with his ankle
sprained. A patrolman arrested HIM
and took him into police court to OK.
plain his condition. The Judge prob.
ably feeling fiattercd at having Church
held in his judicial sanctum, sent the
injured man to the hospital.
The creamerics of Salina county pay
annually to the farmers of that county
over SoO0,O in cash. During the
month of August over sec, 900 was paid
out. The average price paid is SEX
cents per hundred pounds of milk. The
payment is made however, by q test
system II has been in operation over
b year. and has resulted in a large in.
crease in the butter fat quality of the
milk received.
Lieutenant Alge Berry, the Ellis
worth county young man who is charR.
ed with ravish,ng I5-year-old farm.
er girl at recent Ellsworth. county
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