The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-17
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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Newton, Hutchinson and Paola each
had big poultry shows last week.
Of the 2,3s4s4O shares Of Santa Fe
railway stock, but 81 are held in Kan
saz
TOpelfa,s-f first wooden mill is now in
operation, and 100 wOrkmen are en-
plOyed-
A Reub, Of Butler county, made $50
gallons Of wine from fhree-fo1rth OF an
acre Of grapes
/ Congressman Curtis has introduced
bill TO appropriate 500, 900 to enlarge
! TOpela's public building
Abraham Edwards, a resident OF
/ North Topeka, went Insane because
his little farm was sold for taxes.
Clay Center sOcietyEEas shocked BY
the suicide, without known cause, OF
Dr. Harry Deal, leading young den
/ tist- 49,
The Douglas county commissioners
( refused to contribute IS, 600 to help
build bridge across the river at Le-
/ compton
Gov. Leedy personally redeemed an
old s. state bank note, issued in Kan
sas over 80 years ago. It was held by
an eastern miser-
The heaviest woman in Kansas is at
Fort Scott, her weight being 4l2
/ pounds. During the summer she
travels with a show.
/ A New York man who refused to al
low his name to be printed recently
paid of $500 mortgage on the EpiscO-
pal charch at Dodge City.
The police force in every city in
/ Kansas viii be reduced to comply with
| the law which permits only one police
man for every 1,50O inhabitants.
/ 1t Is confidently stated that negro
/ Baptists of Kansas will erect a fine
( college building in Atchison IN the
/ spring. There are Il, 600 negro Bap-
! fists IN the state
A sensational story from Topeka said
/ Jerry Simpson would not ask for a
denomination IN the Seventh district,
/ IN accordance with an agreement made
/ to the democrats last year.
/ Arrangements have been completed
for the annual banquet Of the Kansas
| Day club, at Topeka, January % Edi-
/ tor Wy. Morgan, of the Hutchinson
| News, viii be POSTMASTER.
The state viii bring suit against the
I city Of Lawrence for 500, 900 bonus the
| city pledged to secure the state uni
versity. No part of the principal or
interest has ever been paid.
It is estimated that the counties Of
/ Geary, Dickinson, Saline, Ellsworth,
Ottawa, Clay, Riley, Marion, McPher-
son, Cloud, Washington and Republic
/ have rs, 500 acres sown to wheat
Over 200 guests attended the golden
wedding anniversary Of DR.. II. B. Horn
and wife in Atchison recently. They
came to Kansas IS years ago. Mrs.
/ Horn is a sister of Gen J. B. Weaver,
of Iowa
William Aultman, Cheyenne coun-
/ ty farmer, was sentenced to the peni-
/ Tertiary for stealing harness He said
/ it was a mania with him. He stole
! dozens Of sets, but never used or dis
/ posed of them
In the recent trial Of a case in the
| Usage county district court John Will
I iiams, farmer, acknowledged in an
/ affidavit that he had three wives liv-
\ ing, from neither Of whom had he been
legally separated
William MargraYe, Of Fort Scott,
who has been a justice of the peace A
| years, declares that the new salary
/ law leaves a lOOphole whereby justices
| can charge up fees about equal to
/ those now realized
The greatest water famine ever
/ known was reported in the western
part of Crawford county. Citizens
were compelled to use water that was
absolutely filthy. The NeoshO river
was practically dry.
James Marts, who stole some silver
ware at Hutchinson and pawned it to
/ buy bread for his family, and upon
cOnfessing the crime was sentenced to
/ ten years IN the penitentiary, has been
| pardOned by Gov. Leedy.
At Independence, recently, A. J. Ha-
| german, aged So, was married to Mrs.
/ Mooney, aged Il They had made pre-
viOus attempts to wed, but relatives
/ always succeeded IN thwarting the
plans Of the giddy couple.
Fort Scott merchants recently with
drew from the trading stamp asso-
/ citation, fearing prosecution by the fed
| eral authorities The local manager
was arrested for violating an ordinance
prohibiting gift enterprises
Senator Harris has introduced a bill
in congress to appropriate SO, 600 to
the state university to pay a war claim,
I
Lawrence. THEN owned BY the New
England Emigrant company
Rev Warren APplebee, said 70 be a
member Of the Northwest Kansas con-
ference, was arrested at Boston, while
travelling with a young woman, on the
charge Of theft Applebec was said to
be victim Of the morphine habit.
Mrs. NJ E. Ross. a half-demented
woman at Nickerson, satuated her
clothing with coal oil, set fire to it and
was burned to death. Her husband
and daughter were probably fatally
burned in their efforts to save her
In defense of his advocacy Of fewer
and better schoOl-teachers in Kansas,
State Superintendent Stryker has
gathered statistics from 90 counties
which show that the average price
paid teachers Is only SO per month
Stryker says teachers have been under
bidding each other
A Topeka telegram said Cyrus Le-
land, Congressman BrOderiex and w.
J. Bailey had formed a cabal to defeat