The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-09-23

Twill go 20 q CLIO u OuSucL
The old freight depot of the SAINT;
Fe at Nickerson is being rebuilt TO
passenger use and will be occupied
Oct i.
The station at Hutchinson will b,
completed by Nov. 1. It is similar IL
arrangement and size to the Topeks
station.
Danuel Anthony is now % years o.
age, and he says he can not recall the
day when he did not do manuel labor
He began to work as soon as he could
walk.
Above all, the Kansas farmer love:
his children. Recently farmer wa:
taking bicycle home to his daughter
The wagon which he drove was worth
$50; the bicycle Sos.
The deposits in the First National
Bank at Kingman aggregate Sl6s. $685.
20. They have slO2, 1O4. 16 in cash and
sight exchange. 1t is almost double
what they had year ago.
Southern and central Kansas was
visited by a good soaking rain on Sep
TENDER 18th. This did much good in
general, filing up all the small streams
and freshing up the pastures.
Three young men, near Lyons, went
into a melon patch, gorged themselves
and then destroyed large number OF
melons and vines. They were arrested
and paid s2s and costs for their miser-
able meanness
The Rock Island road hauled out of
Lebanon in the month of August Ill
loaded cars of grain and stock, besides
did a business of nearly sll, 900 outside
of the express handled. The place
will celebrate its anniversary Oct l.
The registration of new students at
the university of Kansas is the largest
ever known at the beginning of the
fall term. At the close of the second
day it had exceeded by 200 all former
records for the opening days. If the
present ratio continues, the attend
ance will reach 1900 this year.
A pickpocket stole S175 from a
drunken man on train near Coffey-
vile. The marshal of that town was
on the train and arrested the thief.
He put him in charge of a guard and
went to interview the robbed man.
The thief slipped the money out of a
window, it is thought, for the marshal
could find nothing on his person and
had to let him 60.
In her lack of reference for the old
men of the state of Kansas is brutal.
The states heroes change rs often as
the moon and no man can hold the
hurrah of the people after he has fail
ed to be an active factor. This is why
the old men in Kansas are kickers.
They have to knock few of the ire
weren't youngsters down to maintain
themselves.
Joe Henderson. a farmer residing
near Wellington, sold his wheat and
got on a spree in that town. He scar
ed some ladies from a residence and
lay down in the yard. When some
neighbors aroused him he began shoot
ing and so did they. Nine shots were
fred. but no one was hurt. Hen Der
son was subsequently arrested and
fined $50 and costs.
A Kansas farmer ended his prayer as
fellows: ''And we return thanks for
the high price of wheat for / have
paid off half that mortgage, and while
we deplore the grievious condition of
the poor of Europe who have raised
nothing and thus made our wheat
high, it is our sincere wish that they
shall not suffer. Give us another crop,
we pray. next year, and keep the price
up and the whole mortgage will 60
Amen"
NJ. L. Workman is a sadly disappoint-
ed man of Summer county and he has
good cause. He had 3S1s acres, meas.
ed, of wheat, which only threshed out
1905 bushels of 81 yound wheat. Add
cd to this is the fact that his oat crop
only made IS bushels of 40 pound oats
to the acre and his only hope now is
the corn crop. which he is satisfied
will make no more than 60 bushels to
the acre That is the reason he mopes
and refuses to be consoled. Q.
Here is q true story without frills:
Into little Kansas town q year ago
last summer came q farmer He had
failed to make it 60 on the farm. He
and his wife talked it over and decided
that it was best for him to 20 into
town and get q job with salary.
Drouth could not find him there. He
went He secured a clerkship in . gro
Gerry store at SEQ q month. He was
new and awkward and was fred the