The Advocate and news., 1897-12-22
What has become Of ]. R. Burton?

lOit.
Hard times" sOcials are still popular
at Wichita.
,R0sedale Is to become a city Of the
second class.
Allen county is preparing to refund
a lot Of bonds.
Brown OF Pratt was formerly farmer
boy In Brown county.
Newton wants an appropriation for a
government building.
The Court Of Appeals was in session
at Garden City last week.
Four bushels of corn gets the West
phalia Times for one year.
The State Poultry Association will
meet at Topeka January 4.
The bond proposition for new school
buildings at Ottawa was voted down.
The Bank Of Perry was robbed last
Wednesday. But 1880 was secured.
Hotel Houston, at Neodesha, which
was burned recently, will be rebuilt.
The Sterling Democrat thinks that
p. p. Elder would make an ideal Gov
ernor.
Pratt and Kingman counties have
doubled the last years average Of winter
wheat.
About 5000 head of cattlewere shipped
into The east side Of Smith county re-
Gently,
The dates of the State G. A. r en-
campnlent at Wichita are April 20, 81
and %.
Mr.. Bryan donated his share of the re-
Ceipts OF his lecture at Lindsborg to the
college.
The Greenwood County Farmers In
stitute was very we'll attended and
Instructive one.
The Democrat banquet, which was to
have been held at Topeka in January,
has been abandoned.
Ex-Representative Sutton, Of Russell,
has moved to Kansas City, where he dis
plays lawyers sign.
,tilRon county old soldiers will erect
an $500 soldiers monument In the pub
Tic square at Fredonia.
Judge Foster favors the division Of
Kansas into two Judicial districts. It
would tighten his work.
Maj Calvin Hood has given $1OO to
The Mother Bickerdyke W. R. G. home
and hospital at Ellsworth.
Taylor Riddle has been elected Secre-
tary OF the Interstate Association of
Live Stock Sanitary Boards.
The new text book law provides that
after the lst of next June no exchanges
Of school books can be made.
In 1896 the Justice of the Peace courts
cost Leavenworth county 81, 1888, but this
year 1t has increased to S4,514.
Tom Kirtley has sold the Cove City |
y Vlo0d n nV, 10 T. . rrln ho
verted into Republican paper.
The Ness City News should be added |
10 the list Of Republican papers which
are protesting against boss rule
An Uncle Toms Cabin company Is !
touring north central Kansas The pa
pers roast 1t at nearly every town.
Emporia business men have appointed |
a committee to secure revision Of |
freight rates to and from that city.
Ex-Warden Dick Chase has sold his
transfer business at Emporia and has |
moved back to his Cowley county farm.
Three buffaloes from Texas have been
received at Wichita They have been
kept on Texas ranch for several years. |
The Santa Fe has purchased the Ar !
cade building, which has been used for |
station purposes at Newton for some
years.
Judge Hutchlson, OF Garden City, is
in favor of depriving cities which do
not enforce the liquor law, of school
funds.
The Newton Congressional candidate |
manufacturing concerns latest product
Ia ex-Representative Glenn, Of Greeley
county.
The appointment Of w. w. Thomas, of |
Maine, as minister to Sweden removes
all possibility of Prof. Swensson being
favored.
s, r. Cowick, of the Lyndon Herald,
says that the impression that he will |
form law partnership with H. B. Fle-
harty Is erroneous.
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