The Globe-republican., 1897-12-09

A man named Vaughn has been ar
rested and taken to Pawnee for hors>
stealing.
No wonder the earth qualzes, from
the way Kansas has been taking mon
ey away from it
The six plate pages of the Wilsonton
Journal appeared again this month te
cheer old Constant Reader" on his
way.
! A great many more Kansaus would
sail off for Klondike If some one would
discover . process for canning pump
kin pie.
The big man in St Marys just now
is the local sport who shook hands
with Fitzsimmons while the latter wa
in Topeka.
A few weeks ago the commissioners
of Sumner county offered q bounty OF
cents each for rabbit scalps. More
than 5000 of them have already been
received and paid for.
Perhaps the most awe-striking spec
tacle in Kansas is the gorgeous quiet
ude in which every Kansan wraps him
self when he has once got inside of .
postofice and buried his fangs in .
quarterly salary.
A funeral service was held in Usage
county the other day In commemora-
tiOn of five members of one family who
had died within space of three weeks
OF the dead three were young men
aged 80, % and 10, and two were girls
aged IL and IL. Malarial fever was
the cause of their taking of.
Here is an illustration from Cowley
county showing how the Kansas farm
ers are gettin rid of their Indebtedness
During last month the mortgages re-
leased amounted to .S62, 2,91l.I7; mort
cages filed $e7, ,61e. O3: making a total
net reduction of S35, ,299.1 IA. The re-
lease for November of last year was
l3,6se. "a; SO that the gain in releases
this month over the corresponding
month of last year amounts to S2l, l,616.
The Santa Fe Railway company on
December l. changed the name of its
Southern division to Oklahoma divis-
ion. 1t will embrace the main line
from Newton to Purcell, the Pandan-
die branch from Wellington to Pan
handle, the Florence branch from
Florence to Englewood and the Au-
gusta branch from Augusta to Null
vane, comprising over 900 miles of
track.
The premium list of the Mitchell.
county poultry and pet stock associa-
tion has been issued. The dates fixed
on are January 4, ;, 6 and z, and will
be held in Beloit This is the second
exhibition made by the association,
the one held here last year being one
of the largest and most successful ever
given in north central Kansas. Liber-
al premiums are offered, while special
premiums are given by most of the
Beloit business men.
The youngest wedding on record in
Reno county is that of Emmett b
Wall and Minnie B. Shepherd, two peo-
pie of Hutchinson, who cut short their
school days and surprised their school
mates by their marriage December l.
Young Wall will not be OLD enough to
vote for four years, icing only II, and
the bride has not yet celebrated her
18th birthday, and is in appearance a
mere child. The consent of the par
cnts on both sides was given to the
The finest lot of sheep that has been
shipped from Scott county for long
Time were loaded Dec. l. There were
10, 900 head of them and it took forty |
i've double-deck cars to ship them. |
They were shipped to Stafford county
10 be fed for market. They are all |
Ene grade Shropshire wethers aud are |
excellent condition. They are the
property of A. j. Knollin, the great
feeder and shipper of Kansas City. Mo.
The sheep industry is becoming one of |!
growing Importance in some sections |
Of the state. and capitalists are COM
Ig to see great advantages in this |
class of investments
1t has developed at Leavenworth |
hat the inspection being made there
Of coal mines by State Mine Inspector
McGrath is for the purpose of furnish
ing foundation for big suit to be
by the state against the
coal companies for royalties
came here several weeks ago !
and began an inspection of the Leav. |
Coal compauy's mines. He
,oS had a n ovnort n lourr ,v;<l, l,;,~, o.l !