The Globe-republican., 1896-07-09

DODGE CITY, KANSAS
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Abort Scott man successfully grow.
white blackberries.
A travelling peddler sold trunkfu
of imitation dirmonds to the people O.
Burlington.
caress Salvation Army officer has Z
broken nose.
The Lyon county girls at the Otta
wa Chautauqua were known as ''tht
shirt waist brigade"
The Lawrence girl who married a
Mr.. Rattle certainly took great chances
for her future happiness.
The normal intitute at Lawrence is
doing all it can to keep the town boys
occupied during the university yaca-
ton.
Two Kingman county citizens have
moved to Reno county. They will be
lat home for one year at the reform
atory.
The Atchison Turner's will celebrate
the completion of their new and hand
some hall on September "a, corn car
nival day.
Some of the farmers in Sumner coun-
~ are talking of shedding their corn
fields this fall instead of attempting
to gather and crib the same
White Cloud, which has been asleep
under its hills ever since Sol Miller
pulled up stakes and moved to Troy,
was awakened by visit from Thomas
w. Keene, the actor, last Saturday.
Harry SullivaI, member of Keene's
company. lives there. Later in the
day Keene spent few hours at Atch-
ison, calling at ST. Benedicts abbey,
where he has many friends among the
priests.
A Harvey county couple, old folks,
supposed to be married, got into a dis
pute about the ownership of a cow
The quarrel got warm and they took
it to court. The lawyers soon devel-
oped the fact that they were not mar
ried, having been divorced in the early
pos. The judge was little puzzled
over the case and took it under advise
ment for few days. 1t is safe to say
however, that the COW will come out
of the case the least damaged of the
three.
There is a dispute on at Atchison
between the sweet potato growers and
the scientific wise-acres regarding
sweet potato blossoms. The growers
say their vines are blossoming this
year and the scientists say there is no
such thing as sweet potato blossom.
A scientist who doesn't know that
sweet potatoes often bloom, does not
know as much about science-of sweet
potatoes-as Josh Billings ''mewl"
does about polly ticks"
Another account of e brother and
sister marrying and living as husband
and wife for years without the knowl-
edge of their relationship is disclosed
in the case of Peter Wrinkle and wife
of Mulvane. They were separated
and adopted iuto different families in
early childhood and as they grew up
accepted the name of their benefactors
When they reached young manhood
and womanhood they CHANGED to drift
to the same neighborhood, met, loved
and married. They have lived togeth-
or as husband and wife about thirty
five years and only by some strange
chance discovered their true identity.
They have four children, three sons
and one daughter. One of the sons is
blind, another is deaf, while the third
is cripple for life.
Chapman mas just put into practice
scheme that will not meet with favor
by the weary "Willies." Tickets have
been at every house by the city and
when a tramp calls for meal he is
given a ticket which is only good when
signed by the marshal Every one
that is lucky enough to be presented
with one of the tickets is required to
work on the street long enough to pay
for the same.
Three Troy men-Dan Sinclair, DIR.
Campbell and Lou Johnson-were en-.
tertained. while they were at St Louis
attending the convention, by Tom Al
len, who, twenty-five years ago, was q
champion prize fighter. Allen was
unable to get ticket into the conven
ton hall. why. that's easy" said
Dan; well get you in" So that af
fornoon thar osoor<ad <bo;. f-:orl g.