The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-08
KANSAS STATE NEWS

An epidemic Of cholera has killed
thousands Of hogs near Independence.
c. J. Judd is in jail at salina for hav-
/ ing more wives than the statutes pro-
| vide.
In Norton county the republicans
nominated Kate Williams for county
treasurer
Rev. Charles Titus and wife, Of An
thony, have gone to China to labor as
missionaries.
The senior class Of the state univer-
sity elected J. c. Buttermore, OF
Olathe, as president
Prohibitionists OF PaWnee county
want AttOrney-General Boyle to help
them close the joints.
A fire Of unknown origin at Canton
destroyed four houses. two livery
stables and II horses
Among those who pleaded guilty at
Fort Scott to liquor selling were three
leading hotel managers.
Ex-Gov. Morrill, has presented the
Congregational Sunday school at Hia-
waths with a new library.
Liquor sellers under arrest at Fort
Scott aIlege that District Judge Simona
is prejudieed against them.
International money order Offices
have been established in Kansas at
Coffeyville, Ness City and Scott
a glee club has been organized at
the state university to make the an
nual mid-winter tour Of the state.
Fire destroyed barn at the Kansas
state reform farm at North Topeka
Two horses were burned to death.
Rev. j. W. Wright, a leading Meth
odist preacher of Kansas, will soon be
transferred to an Ohio conference,
A car load of young fish win soon be
shipped by the United States fish com
mission for distribution in Kansas,
Miss Flora E. Merrihew, of Kansas
has been appointed seamstress a
Rainy Mountain school, Kiowa, Ok.
Gen. Hugh Cameron, the Lawrence
hermit, recently returned from al
eastern trip, He said he walked 400
miles.
An electric railway will be bull
from st. Joseph, No, to Wathens
Troy, DOniphan, Whitecloud and Hia
watha.
James Broadhurst, a wealthy Craw
ford county farmer, was attacked by
vicious boar and received probably ia
tai injuries
| There were robberies galore at To
peka during the carnival last week
DR.. Joyce, Of Clay Center, had SIS
taken from him.
William and Margaret Kelly, pionee
settlers of Lincoln county, worried
themselves insane over religious AM
financial matters.
It is becoming quite common to Sc
q Kansas farmer leaving town in
new buggy or carriage with bicycle
strapped on behind
Ex-Speaker Lobdell has resigned a
a member of the legislature from Lam
county. He is now publishing pape
at Kansas City, Kan.
Jack Freeman, a wealthy saloon
keeper at FortScott, is accused of hav
ing robbed ana'set fire to Whiteside 4
, | StrOud's store at UniOntOWn,
Mrs. Birdie Sprague- Waggoner, o
Atchison, an elocutionist and reader
has signed a contract with Rev. San
Small to travel with him the comini
season.
Hutchinson, Topeka, Wichita, Ellis
worth, Mcpherson and Salina are eae
working for the new Odd Fellows Oh
phans' home. The site will be selecte
October g.
William Byrnes, near Belle Plaine
has three acres planted to celery an
onions, which yielded him this seasOl
1000 lunches of celery and ZOO bush
els Of onions.
An inmate of the national soldiers
home at Leavenworth named Dow
was run over by an electric car an
terribly mutilated, his head being tor
from his body.
During the session of the A. NJ. T
conference of Kansas at LeavenwOrt
, last week Rev. w, ]. TOlliver, Of HiS
watha, was suspended for writing a.
!, fectionate letters to women Of his fOcl
j The state fair at Wichita last weel
was a great success, the exhibits bein
especially creditable and the attend
ance far in excess Of expectations, "
]. Bryan addressed 2 great crowd a
the fair grounds on Friday.
! Judge Myers, of the LeavenwOrt
district court, recently decided that th
Kansas law prohibiting work on SUI
day was constitutional. The decisiO
was IN the case Of a barber who was a
+ rested for keeping his place open o
Sunday.
]. A. Hammond of Smith county
has a niRe-year-old daughter VIII
c weighs 1913 pounds, At birth sh
weighed less than eight pounds, an
/ not until a few years ago did she b
I gin to manifest inordinate growth
If her present growth continues 81
/ viii easily be the largest woman
the world.
a sharper recently represented
4 two residents Of Chetopa, this stat
!, that they were heirs to. the Ward
estate" in England, The United Stat,
consul at Manchester investigated an
found there was a magnificent esta'
4 near Manchester by that name, but
was owned by another family who ca
trace title for 100 years.
Gus Peake, while attending theat'
: performance at Fort Scott the Oth'
night, accidentally fell from a balloon
window to the pavement 80 feet belo'
receiving fatal injuries.
In Ellis county the republican
d populists and one faction Of dem
@ Gratis have fused to defeat a tick
9 composed Of Russians.
e Isaae Lightle, q wealthy merehaI
! ~ A-oodfo hos hpan suad for SO o