The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23

Hepler, is only %, and is believed to be
the youngest mayor in the United
States.
The state board of Equalization finds
that there are 81, OO0pleasure carriages
owned in Kansas-sone for every 20
persons in the state,
D. A. Hook, of Leavenworth, was Sc
lected for vice president for Kansas at
the National League of Republican
clubs convention at Detroit
Women prisoners. in Kansas City,
Kan, will not be compelled to work
on the streets, the police board having
rescinded the order 10 that effect
The biographies to supply the Kan
sas schools for the next five years will
be printed in Chicago. and it will take
y cars to haul the first consignment
A Topeka telegram said Gov. Leedy
would not pardon Willie Sells, the
Neosho county murderer, nOtwith-
standing the state board of pardons
had recommended the pardon.
Three members Of the Nicely family,
near Emporia, became afflicted with
large carbuncles while treating horse
for a blood disease. Physicians thought
it was caused from blood poisoning.
According to returns made by county
clerks to the state auditor 100 Kansas
counties have 1,S15, Sg4 head of cattle.
Five counties had notreported. Green
wood county has the largest number
Of cattle, 7O,O92,
According to a statement prepared
by State Auditor Morris there is due
from about 70 counties in Kansas $685.
600 in state taxes The state auditor
is urging settlement, With some eoun-
ties the delinquency reaches back over
Is years.
In the Wyandotte county district
court Judge Alden refused to grant
Mrs. Ida Riney a divorce from her con-
Wet husband. The refusal was due to
the fact that she had married her hus-
band in Jail, after he had been sem
fenced to states prison.
The destruction of about half of the
potato crop in the Kaw valley by the
weevil and dry weather has made
those that are left bring a better price.
Potatoes are selling this year at 30 and
as cents a bushel, while this time last
year they were less than half this price.
Judge Webb, of Topeka, who has the
contract to revise audeompile the state
laws, says a great many laws that are
obsolete and have outliyed their use
fitness will not appear on the statute
books. Some lawyers dispute Webb's
right to use his own Judgment in the
matter.
j. Jucks, representing a Kansas City
firm, VIII feed 10000 sheep in Marshall
county, and he wants 10000 bushels of
corn, 10000 bushels Of oats and 900
tons of hay to winter them. lie says
it takes two bushels of corn, one OF
oats and six-tenths of ton of hay to
fatten one sheep.
Examiners Of applicants for teach-
ers' certificates in many counties de-
clare that the questions recently sent
out by the state board eff examiners to
be the most puzzling ever known and
say If the papers were vigorously
marked less than One-half the aPpA,
csnts would pass
John I. White, an experienced stock.
man Of Ottawa county, says there Witl
be a big collapse in the cattle business
| in Kansas this fall He says farmers
are paying too much for stockers il
/ theft desire to get them. In case Of
short corn crop, Mr.. White says the
collapse will be still more disastrous.
The supreme court, in a recent
unanimous opinion, held that the law
TO repeal "ceT tain obsolete and re-
dundant portions Of the general stat
utes Of 1883, but which inadvertently
abolished six judicial districts Of the
state, is unconstitutional and void.
! The decision was on an appeal from
/ the Eleventh district
In a case brought before it last week
on appeal the supreme court decided
that litigant has a right to depend
upon the mails and when correspond
ence misearries and the parties show
reasonable diligence a continuance
should be granted, if the failure Of
parties to appear was due wholly tC
the mistake in the mails
j Rev. B. F. Pugh, chaplain Of the stats
/ G. A. R., has prepared some interest
ing data regarding the recent Memo
rial day observance He says SS5 post
observed the day with Z, 044 vetsrani
in line. The graves OF 1918 soldiers
and sailors were decorated in s2T Gem
eteries. The amount expended for th'
days observance was S. 500.
/ A posse of farmers caught Bob Har
ris, a negro who broke into John Sut
| hefs house near Atehison, and strung
him to tree. Az officer arrived JUS
t jn time to cut him down alive
I State Fish Commissioner SRultz, o
Wichita, says tons of fish are taleI
daily from Kansas streams BY posea
I ers and he IS going to put a stop to it
Already lie has named 6sh Wardens Il
/ S. ceantiea
a. y Hubbard, of Topeka, ex-preE
j dent Ct the Kansas A. P. a. Rto va
! convicted OF en5ezzlsng $4,000 vail
1 receiver Of the Hamilton-Snow Print
/ ing Co. vas refused new trial -
vi appezi % s5s srpgene court