The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-07-16

An evangelist is dong all he can for
Abilene.
Achilles lives in Mcpherson county
instead of Greece.
They are still planting sorghum in
Greeley county.
Even the fence posts are in tassel
down about Monett
The adm ission fee to John L. Wal
ler's lecture is only ten cents.
The Salvation Army at Blue Rapids
was used to make the bees swarm the
other day.
Atchison gets more good dramatic
companies than any other town in
Kansas.
Empty champagne bottles are Sc
ductive window ornaments of Topeka
restaurants.
Miss Nude of Bancroft is certainly
one girl who shouldn' feel any indeli-
cacy about putting on boomers.
| A Butler county bride has attached
her wedding ring to ribbon and hung
it around the neck of her pet poodle.
Ellsworth Ingalls, has shaved off his
chin whiskers. They were red short
stops, and did not fit the Ingalls, fam
lily.
How Miss Achenbach can stand it to
sit up all day in the Washington coun-
| ty normal is more than we can under
stand.
There are two first class brass bands
in Topeka, Marshall's and Wormley's,
and the town is kept poor supporting
| them.
Dr. Sippy of Belle PLANE never does
any of it. In fact his favorite song is
The lip that slipped liquor shall never
sip mine
Willie Gale of Atchison, whose faith
| er, Ben Gale, was . veteran soldier.
has been granted back pension Of
about 500.
Ed Howe says he has read the in
! scriptions on thousands of tombstoues
| and never yet has read enc which said
the man worked himself to death.
Captain links lives in Wilson coun-
ty. He always marches as distin-
uuishod c;<izon nm foot and xvorldp. z
know q horse marine if he saw one.
Topeka has a doctor who is crank
on ice water. He says ice water has
caused more cholera morbus than Gu
cumbers and green fruit put together.
Miss Carrie Flatter knew how to ap-
ply enough of it to the school board
to be reelected principal of the Ran
dolph schools at an increased salary.
The Allpin girls out in Wichita
county hadn't ought to have much
trouble in keeping their shirt waists
and skirts in a state of conjunction.
The story of that Logan county jack
rabbit chase has got into the Euro
pean papers and Kelsey Wilcockson is
getting letters from scientists in all
sorts of languages.
The Topeka cou.lcil have PASSED an
ordinance prohibiting the exhibition
of indecent posters" and will follow
it up with an ordinance that all ta bles
shall have their bare legs covered.
The county schools of Douglas coun-
ty graduated sevcnty-tive pupils this
year of an average age of 141a years.
Last year the average was 111s years.
For the first time in the history of the
county the boys took the high grades
and honors.
A swell wedding at Galena the 9TH
err day took place on the lawn at the
brides home. Everything went OFF
beautifully except for bad break by
the groom who tried to scratch a jig
ger off his right ankle with his left
toe just as the preacher was pledging
him to cherish and support.
There is no game on earth which
man will not try to beat Tho county
| commissioners of Cloud county pay a
bounty on wolf scalps, and so far this
| spriug the clerk has been euchered
out of bounty on one coon scalp. one
badger, two Newfoundlands and one
just plain dog.
| A Kansas City woman has sued the
American Biscuit company for $4,000
damages for injuries received by a
falling beam while the company was
repairing its building. If she gets
that amount of damages and will take
it in biscuits, she will surely not be
compelled to earn her bread by the
sweat of her brow any more.
There will be Del egate Convention
of the friends of Free Silver held in
city of Topeka On July 16, 1896. at the
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