The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-07-15

It u reported that there are lou
new cases of scarlet fever in Butle,
county.
Harper joint keepers arc receiving
anonymous letters and are very indig
uant at the violators of law.
The grass is SO short in Western
! Kansas that it is hard for some of mex
years candidates to keep out of sight
A contract has been let for the build
ing of an addition to the high schoo
building at Wichita. 1t is badly need
ed.
The drouth in Sumner county wa.
broken on the Fourth Two cal load.
Of beer arrived on the night Of the
Bird.
A Ell Dorado checker game under q
big tree has been in progress three
ing for harvest hands.
The young men of McCracken went
to throwing water on each other for
sport the other day and several needed
baths were the result.
The good looking young men of
Tribune have gone away to harvest
and the girls are left without any
6eaux in ice cream time.
A gospel wagon has started from
Abilene to Oklahoma with six young
men in it who will carry the news to
the inha bitants Of that country.
The coroner's jury at Winfield found
a verdict which substantially charges
the conductor of the train on which
Will Bovpee was killed with negli-
gence.
The Prohibitionists OF Winfield pc
titioned the city council to enforce the
Prohibitory law. With only one man
Directing the council tabled the petit
ton.
The reunion association of Washing
ton county has decided to hold the Sol
diers' reunion in Riverside park, ad
joining the town of Washington, Aug
ust IS, 10 and 90.
The rainfall at Ness City for the
month of June was one inch and ninety
five hundredths, which was about two
thirds of the average for the same
month during the six preceding years.
Kansas has many a man whose am
bition has been satisfied by laying out
a town, calling it by his name, pub
fishing a paper with his name as editor
and writing personals about his own
family.
A new kind of gold bug" is report
ed to be destroying the cabbage fields
over on the river southwest of Pratt.
1t is fiat bug about the size OF a po-
txto bug and has bright gold spots
over its body.
The Fourth of July on account of the
confusion of dates and other matters
was very mild in Southern Kansas and
a number of groceries and book store
men have a surplusage of pyrotechnies
on their hands.
The date set for holding the soldiers
reunion this fall has been fixed for
October 4th, 9Th and 9th. at Smith
Center. 1t is proba bic that there will
be an old settlers reunion in connec-
ton on the eth.
A Newton miller has an order for
30, 900 bags of flour to be shipped to
England, part to London and part to
Hull, shipment to be made this month
and next. The -four will be from wheat
grown in Harvey county this year.
There will be twelve carloads in the
order.
The county commissioners of .Jeffer-
son county have appropriated $1,000
for a bridge across the Raw at Lecom.
ton authorized by the last legislature,
and the Douglas county board is ex-
pected to made a similar appropriation
in November, which will be followed
by work on the bridge at once.
In Harper the other day on the bnsi-
ness street the marshal tore up an old
sidewalk in front of business
house. A boy found a dime and great
crowd of youngsters with rakes and
hoes swooped down on the place and
examined the dusty old ground. About
"a in all was brought forth il ali con-
iitions of rust
The number of convicts at the Kan
sas state penitentiary has been stead
lily increasing of late and now numbers
500, of which SIS are males and II fe-
males. OF these there arc 63I white
males and 5 white females, 23S colored
males and colOred females. There
Are 10 Indians and Mexicans and 147
sent up from Oklahoma.
There are 43 prisoners under the death