The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-02-27

!, Harper county's corn crop reached
l,147.6.5 bushels.
/ The base ball season has already
begun in Haskell county.
Goodland is reveling in ghosts, relig-
ious revivals and wildcats.
The state normal expects to get .
slice of the Fort Hays reservation
Concordia is said to become more ex-
cited over game of whist than oyer
rumOrs of war.
Kansas had cash in its fist to the
amount of Ss96. l52. 81 the first of the
present month.
A Topeka paper offered reward
for the return of IA small lady purse
which had been lost.
The energetic Kansas hens caused a
Chicago cold storage firm to lose $780,.
900 on eggs last week.
1t is said Ed Little of Abilene. Is in
love with girl who is travelling in
Japan for her health.
An editor in western Kansas an
nounces that he will take anything on
subscription expect parsnips.
Atchison will advertise for bids for
an S9J. 900 sewer as soon as the city en-
gineer can prepare the plans and spec
ificatiOns.
The recent pension payment at To-
| r,a1yo ho lar npoAa f1,ovo
! Of the 500, 900 disbursed, $3.50, 900 was
received by Kansans.
| The icemen in Kansas has one
hope. Two years ago there was
cold snap at the last of February and
a crop of ice secured.
| An evangelist pitched his tent in
Greedy county three weeks ago and al
ready Onetwentieth of the entire pop
ulatiOn has surrendered.
The newspapers have much to say
about the Ingalls, girls. but not ii
word about the Ingalls, boys. Johns
| boys must be all girls.
The cost of lighting Fort SCOTS
| streets by electricity is running about
$500 a month. and quite a vigorous
roar is being made about it.
The Topeka city council at their
last meeting condemned fifteen miles
of sidewalk. They will finish the job
at their next regular meeting.
1t is the newspaper fashion in Leav-
enwOrth to set names in the SOcitey
columns after the style of hotel bill
of fare. 1t is fat for the printer.
a farmer in Stevens county fed his
hogs on onions for three months. The
hogs ate the oniO,H with tears running
off their shouts but it made them fat
The Northeast Kansas Teachers
association is endeavoring to secure
Henry Watterson for lecture some
time during their meeting at Atchison
in April.
Mrs. Martin F. Conway. whose hus-
band was the first Kansas representa-
tive in congress, died at the home of
her daughter in Lawrence Monday
morning. Mr.. Conway died several
years ago in Washington.
1t is reported that Webb McNall
has been riding in second class coach
es ever since his return from Cripple
Creek. just to keep the boys out in
Sixth district from finding out that he
is a millionaire mine-Owner
b. l.. Glenn of HOdgeman county
has what is probably the only craft
berry marsh in Kansas. He started
last spring with a barrel full of young
plants shipped from Michigan. He
irrigated well and cultivated thorough
ly during the summer and his planta-
ton has thrived amazingly. Mr.. Glenn
gathere d few berries this fall and
the promise is for an abundant crop
in another season. !
A company of exporters of walnut
logs are purchasing in the vicinity of
Concordia. K. 5. Coughlin sold them
twelve logs that were from ten to
fourteen feet in length and fl ON eight
teen inches to three feet in diameter.
Mr.. COughlin received about $50 for
the logs, or as the rate of $50 thous-
and feet. The logs were shipped to
Russia, where they are in much de-
mand for furniture.
Jerome Pitney, who lives on the Red
Vermillion river. few miles from Wa,
mega, has ranch of o, 44O acres, upon
which he feeds 1000 cattle and 800
hogs. For grinding, he has twenty
five horse power engine.
AS the Rock Island freight was near
ing Woodbine from the south at 1890
Saturday. a two-horse wagon drove in
front of the engine on the crossing
about one-f fourth OF a mile south of
the depot and was capcized, injuring
Mrs. William Steckel who was in the
wagon and breaking up the wagon
considerably. The doctor was sum-
moned and Mrs. Steckel was placed in
the caboOse and taken to town. The
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