The Globe-republican., 1897-11-04

Baxter Springs and Gaiena are go
ing to be hypnotioed by IN electric
line. So
A baby living in Atchison has sir
| living grandparents and Eve toes on
each foot
The Law and Order league At Baxter
&Springs is all agog and fighting among
themselves.
Lyons is threatened with . woman
chicken thief and the authorities
threaten to end 'er.
At Emporia the young people enjoy
nutting parties They gather pretty
leaves. wild grapes, walnuts and cit
tie brown hands"
It is no longer possible in Kansas to
pick out . banker on the street by the
cataleptic glaze over his eyes and his
pale drawn checks
The average Kansas man wants to
become rich, 50 that he can have q
good brass band playing on his front
porch all through the day.
The county commissioners have pur-
chased the old Central hotel 1T Lyons
and will have it remodeled and used
for the Jail and sherihfs residence.
Those Cheyenne Indians who are
roaming over Oklahoma and southern
Kansas giving exhibitions claim that
they took part in the Custer massa-
ere.
The drinking of buttermilk has be-
come such fad in Kansas that joint
keepers are keeping it in their chests.
The profit on its sale is about the same
as on beer.
A Winfield man has fine collection
of Indian relics, among others the hat
of Ponca chief. 1t is . cowboy hat
but is painted and ornamented most
fantastically.
The parents at Ell Dorado are form
ing a league whose object it will be to
force young men to pay for Their kero-
sene and coal they consume while
counting their daughters
A Chinaman who lives at Dodge City
says that the Cinnamon deform their
women's feet in order to keep them
from gadding. He thinks the plan
would be a good one to inaugurate in
America.
If you take the work of the Kansas
papers you will discover that the high
est price for wheat is paid in every
town in the territory, that is, the price
paid in all towns is higher than the
price paid in all other towns.
The state Editorial association will
meet in Wyandotte February 2. The
in addition to the meat
and drink, will be q glimpse of the
stock yard, Whit of the packing
houses and pullman junket.
There is a woman living at Leaven-
worth who has been married five times !
in six years. She is now looking
around for the sixth husband for the |
seventh year. In all she has had thir- |
teen children and still claims te be of |
middle age.
The coroner of Cowley county is
making a thorough investigation of |
the case of the unknown man found |
lead in a straw stack near Arkansas |
City, but SO far no clue to his identity |
,r whereabouts of the parties who |
murdered him can lie found.
At Abilene recently man hired q
livery rig to drive out in the country,
Ind then went the other direction. He |
Kept the team longer than he expected |
md when he came back he found he |
lad to pay for lot of cards announc-
ng a stolen team and ten dollars re.
ward.
A visitor at the orchard of Robert |
near Chapman. says: Thirteen
men have been employed duriag the
past two weeks loading the teams
which were coming in from far and
near. There are about 125 acres in the
orchard. The yield this year will be
close to 5000 bushels. They are SELL
ng at 40 ard so cents bushel
Seven years ago Henry Ewing, q
,oiored man now IS years OF age, left
The city of Lawrence and located near
he little town of Loring, 20 miles east
IF Lawrence on the Missouri Pacific
road. He rented farm and put all
the money he had in seed potatoes He
sold his crop the first year for enough
70 purchase ana pay for 20 acres of
ground. Since that time he has rented
md purchased additional lands, grow
ng better off each year. This summer
ne sold IS, 600 bushels of potatoes at an