The Globe-republican., 1897-08-26

One man at Abilene shipped more
than 1900, 600 eggs to the East this
year.
The Ulysses boys will give dance
in honor of the school ma'ams attend
ing institute.
The attendance At the State Univer-
sity this year promises to pass beyond
the 1900 mark.
| Burglars secured ST. at Burton Aug
ust 18th. The main line of the Santa
Fe seems afflicted with toughs.
Young men and maidens of Burling-
ton find rare sport in chasing jack rab-
bits with horses and grey hounds.
Maddox, the escaped lunatic, is still
at large. He hides in the large corn
fields and lives upon raw roasti ng-ears
The Western Building and Invest
ment Company of Topeka has been in
corporated. The capital stock is $780,.
600.
The strained relations bctweed Lib.
eral and Hugoton, which began over
base ball, may yet terminate is blood
shed or windshed.
Material has been ordered for . tele.
phone line to connect Mcpherson with
Mound Ridge. It will be completed
in early September.
They are putting in skimming sta
tons at Goddard, Derby and Caldwell.
This will make several plants tribu-
tary to the creamery in Wichita.
A White Cloud young lady uses big
umbrella for a parachute and has lots
of fun jumping from high places to
entertain lady friends exclusively.
The new $50, 900 car shops erected by
the Santa Fe in Topeka have been COM
pleted. The car repairing work is
now being done in the new building.
A Topeka burglar entered house,
opened the pantry and ate two quarts
of apple sass. Had it been two quarts
of apple jack-but perish the thought
A Great Bend man while working in
an elevator was caught in the shaft
ing. He saved his life by clinging to
ladder, but his clothing was torn from
his person.
w. w. Moore is the name of one OF
Newton's bicycle thieves. He borrowed
a wheel for few minutes and was
caught in Emporia two days later: He
is in jail.
This is the season for purloined
pants to be found in the yard of morn.
ings. 1t is warm enough for the pro.
prietors of pants to sleep in them in
the yard for safety.
Lee Swanson and Clarence Williams
two boys who escaped recently FROM
the State Reform School at Topeka.
have been captured near Holton and
returned to the institution.
The fruit traffic, as well as the grain |
still continues heavy along the main
line of the Santa Fe road. OF late,
there scarcely has been day when q
fruit special has not gone east
An Ottawa married couple have fire.
quent quarrels. The wife often dreams
of mice and screams like q creamery
whistle. This awakens the husband
so suddenly that his nerves become all
crimped and jerlSy.
Hazelton has made proposition t.
it's eastern stockholders to compromise
the bonds issued ten years ago, and
maturing in 1897. for SIS, 900, declaring
that the city will be forced to repudi-
ate the debt if the creditors will not
let up.
The q. A. r. post at Sabetha is talk
ing of digging for the buried cannon
on the site of the old fort at Lexing.
ton, on the Nemaha county line. There
is an old we'll on the farm of E. NJ.
Brown, near the old site of the fort,
and it is supposed the gun was thrown
into it.
Lots of people do not know that the
buffalo grass is grain bearer, and
that the grain is better feed for stock
than oats, barley, corn or wheat, but
such is the fact says Western Kansas
paper. Down close to the ground the
seed grows and in q much greater
quantity than many people dream Of.
This grain is wonderful fattener OF
cattle, but can only be harvested by
grazing animals.
One firm alone of Ford county has
purchased $40, 900 worth of cattle, the
surplus of the farmers in the German
settlement of this county. This is a
rough estimate, bot is pretty near the
truth. The German settlement neigh
bors have sold cattle to other dealers,
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