The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-10-01
KANSAS ITEMS Of INTEREST.

KANSAS ITEMS Of INTEREST.
It costs $500 and costs to be bold
bad man in Abilene.
Young Archie William is digging
for gold in Colorado.
How things have changed in Atchi-
son. Newspaper men now pay poll
tax
Mr.. Holyfield of Elk county ought
to feel at home in a Methodist camp
meeting.
Colonel F. NJ. Keith of Pueblo, Col ,
formerly of Kansas. has become deaf
and helpless paralytic.
Diphtheria is somewhat prevalent in
Leavenworth. Two deaths occurred
there Tuesday as result
Charley SCOTS boy, only years old.
knows his letters and talks like a
book. He gets it from his mother.
The Kansas Missouri Thanksgiving
football game will take place at Exhi-
bition park in Kansas City as usual
The net result of the criminal grist
in the Cherokee county district court
was five men sent to the penitentiary.
There is talk of reviving the Atchi-
son patriot The Patriot is like an
an abandonded ore mine-whenever
q man gets hard up he goes to work on
it.
A Seneca man who was confronted
with the necessity of making choice
decided that he would rather sing base
in a church choir than manage . base
ball team.
A bourcon councilman tried to bring
the old board sidewalk back to Atchi-
son the other night, but Bailey Wag-
gener chOked him off. Atcnison is in
the procession to stay.
The program for the Atchison corn
carnival says that no suspicious char
acters will be tolerated, and yet the
third name on the committee of ar
engagements is Rzoddizza Grahbla-
People who believe there is nothing
in a name ought to 90 down to Leroy
and take look at the row of bleed
ing hearts Miss Pearl Slaughter ac-
cumulated during one weeks visit in
Burlington
DR.. c. c. Allen of Topeka, was the
first man to discover that Tripoli stone
would absorb ink and could be used as
= blotter, but failed to patent his dis
covery. The man who secured the
patent is now a millionaire.
There is one thing about Abilene
which we have always admired, and
that is her ability to, tumble when a
brick house falls on her. She has Civ
en- notice that she will not be an ap-
plicant for any more state conventions.
The mayor of Lawrence refuses to
sign curfew ordinance. claiming
that it is in direct opposition to the
laws of the state and could not law
fully be enforced. We will bet that
mayor has n son who would be the
first lad to violate the ordinance.
last week on a bet that, should his
hat blow off, somebody would not only
run after it but return part way to
give it to him. 1t was windy day,
and in a moment he turned his hat
loose. Sure enough, a man started
after it, while he leisurely followed.
Two more men gave chase, and then q
couple of women joined in. He recov-
cred his hat safely, and then five chas-
ers were very happy. He says he has
had men wade into the mud after his
hat.
w. ~. DOlCOuTt OI near NORWOOD,
who has been conducting quite pros
porous dairy business in Ottawa for
the last four years, 'ast week closed a
partnership deal with Senator Taylor
whereby he will move to Edwardsville
in few days. Mr.. Taylor's big pota-
to ranch at that place will hereafter
be utilized for Jersey milk purposes
and they Will establish an extensive
creamery business in the city. They
will open up this month with about
100 COWS end xpect to purchase soon
abOut 100 more
At Belleville the other day Prof.
Gilbert, Elmer Fry and Wesley Henzel
got into q dispute owe. whether q
plant which they had found was a
mushroom or 4 toadstool. Frv and
Henel declared they knew mushroom
when they saw it, and to prove 1t ate
. portion Of the specimen ON hand.