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

KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The readymadc clothing men ant
the merchant tailOrs are buclsiEg on
another in Harper.
The At:ica Exchange bank ha
A,13O.51 in individual deposits, will
total resources of SlO..1417.
In return for early closing the clerk
of the grocery stores of Wellington re
Gently entertained their employees.
The Harper State bank has S43. GAG,
"a in individual deposits, S14, 1896. 6s il
time certificates and total resources O
$s6, 335.2s
A Newton merchant has organized
q baseball club ON the side and is nov
looking for some one to come up anG
be slaughtered.
A Harvey county man started in in
Kansas by losing S., 900 in cattle. Now
he won't look at so much rs . very
small Jersey calf
Ia advertisements there is really a
crying need for phrase synonymous
and less monotonous than "LOok over
the following prices"
The last note has been sounded in
the Eiy-Walker fire sale in Southern
Kansas. but it did not become entirely
inaudabIe until last'week.
The shoe men at Wellington are
Dragging over the fact that the best
dressed girl in the Fourth of July par
ade there wore green shoes.
A barber at Attica has this humorous
advertisement: "Since there is no pro-
lection on wool, have a right to cut
mems and boys hair for - cents
The ice dealers of Hutchinson who
have been having 4 war of prices have
quit, on the theory that there is moth
ing in doing business for nothing.
The real estate men in all the towns
are beginning to push bargains in good
residences. This would donate q
steady immigration into Southern
Kansas
The j. V. Brinl1man Company's bank
At Great Bend has S62. 1863. O5 in indi-
vidual deposits, sos, o24. 50 in time GER
ti6cates and its total resources stands
At s1s7, 7s5 16.
The implement men of Southern
Kansas have been doing an immense
business this spring, but have received
little notice from the newspapers. As
. rule they do not advertise.
The village of Burdette, twenty
miles west of Larncd, is in state of
intense excitement over the finding of
the dead body of Mrs. Phillips on the
the prairie ten miles from home.
Silsbee & Scott's advertisement for
the Fourth at Hutchinson consisted of
this chunk of wisdom: Don't let all
your patriotism 60 Off in smoke. The
spread eagle is all right. but a good
spread on the table is better"
Farmers in the western part of Bar
ton county, especially about Pawnee
Rock, are complaining of grasshoppers,
which have appeared in large numbers
in the last ten days. 1t is said that
considerable corn damage has been
done, several whole fields having been
ruined.
Only few years ago the people of
Logan expended several hundred dol
lars in DISCRIMINATING the Russian this
tie, which threatened to take the coun
try. The pest is again making great
Roadway. In several places within the
city limits can be seen patches, which
should be destroyed without delay.
The law fixing the standard Of
weights and measures has gone into
effect. and the weight in pounds per
bushel is given herewith: Wheat, 60;
rye and shelled corn, Sc; ear corn, 20;
rice, corn and sorghum seed. Sc; buck
ssA~SeS SVs nos 0tSs 80 OA0us SOs
cornmeal, so; Irish potatoes, GO; sweet
potatoes, so; turnips, 81; salt, so; FAX
seed. Sc; onions, So: castor beans, 46:
blue grass, 90; Timothy, As; green ap-
plies. IS: coal 30; lime. so: kaffir corn.
Sc.
State Architect Lescher says an ex-
penditure of 500 will be necessary to
repair the damage at the state normal
school at Emporia, occasioned by the
settling of the foundation under the
west wing of the main building. Al
though Mr.. Lescher does not discuss
the proposition it is clearly another
case IN which the contractors have
taken advantage of the state in the
construction of buildings. The foun-
dation is crumbling. permitting the
entire wall to settle and placing the
building in great danger. were the diff
6culty not promptly overcome Mr..