The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-10-21

| in Ottawa for keeping house OF Ill re-
pute.
Every Kansas bank statement shows
a most gratifying gain in deposits and
cash on hand.
Thirty head of early spring steer
calves brought SIS apiece at sale in
Jewell county.
A Philadelphia syndicate has brought
the lease on the East Empire mine at
Galena for $4,000.
A concert company is to be organ
lied at Wellington and movement
| will be made on defenseless Belle
PLANE.
The Patriarchs of America now have
sixty-one lodges. Parsons lodge NO. !
has 3ss members and the membership
| will be increased to 1000.
The Kansas wheat raisers can invest
il state warrants and get per cent
interest. That will provide them an
investment for a couple of years
Forty head of blooded cattle OF
Haclxerett & Fifield's ranch, near AL.
ton, died recently from eating volun'
tasy growth sorghum sugar cane.
The Catholics of Marysville and vi.
cinity are making extensive prepare
%;one f~r &, <b.oe, J,rc, h, ~ q - a nd other
interesting festivities during Thanks
giving week.
Farmers of Western Kansas are be
ginning to give their attention to re-
newing their seed wheat, as it is evil
dent that the varieties being used are
losing their vitality.
The rush of Kansas farmers into the
banks to pay off their mortgages gives
people outside of the state right idea
of the integrity of Kansas people, and
their readiness to pay when they can.
Henry Blackford, a boy, shot another
lad in Galena in a kid quarrel, and has
been sentenced to Jail for three months.
He seems proud of the sentence. He
has the elements of dime-novel hero.
John Lane. the singing preacher,
writes from Abilene to Dewitt Tai
mage, requesting him to deliver a short
lecture to be reproduced by the vinti-
scope. He guarantees Mr.. Talmage
$40, 900 for Kansas alone.
Bill Fliclsers of Butler county has
quit work and gone hunting for two
weeks He put blast in d well and
it didn't 60 off. He says two weeks
must elapse before he will poke his
nose oyer the brink of that well.
Clearwater woman will consent to
let her husband 60 to the Klondike in
the spring if he will draw us a paper
to the effect that if he hasn't returned
in three years it means that he will
never return. and that she is at liberty
to marry again.
In the closing months of last winter
farmer, near Syracuse. bought eight
calves for SITS. Last week he sold the
same bunch for S1S5, making him a net
profit of S11O, as they required no par
ticular care, and have had no feed ex-
cept the buffalo grass that grows on
the range.
A. A. Glenn, who once acted as Gov.
ernor of Illinois, is now 80 years old
and a Justice of the Peace at Wichita.
The other day he issued a warrant for
a pickpocket and had him tried and
sent to Jail in exactly thirty minutes.
Judge Glenn may be old but there is
nothing slow about him.
Many Kansas farmers are rejoicing
over the rain which fell on October 16.
It visited many of the dry regions OF
the state and started all the small
streams to running which have been
dry for several weeks. Stock water
is plentiful since the rain and is was
just what the recently planted wheat
needed.
A report from Independence says:
A we'll developed plan of the gang OF
outlaws said to be headed by AL Jen.
nings to make raid upon the town
and rob the banks and business houses
has been unearthed. This gang has its
rendezvous in the Bastou mountains
southwest of here, and it is claimed it
had preparations all made about two
weeks ago to make raid upon thi.
city. They had sent two of their mum
Der up here to reconnoiter, and afte,
remaining here several days and taking
in the situation they returned and re.
ported that a gang of eight or nine
men could enter the town, hold up and
rob the banks and business houses anG
escape with the booty with compare.
tive safety. Everything had been got
ten in readiness, but the day before