The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-04-15

Cattle buyers are numerous IN Stan-
ton county.
Anex-Empc ria man was sent to the
city council OF Colorado Strings
The police board at Leavenworth
met on the lot, and made several sp
pointments.
The Harper boys will take their
their lives and horns in hand and give
. concert ut Anthony.
Wichita gave Leedy 1.4OO majority
last November and elected the straight
Republican ticket this spring.
Barton county farmers are damning
the draws. The draws are filled with
water and are not the draws that don't
s.6ll.'
A prominent Kansas paper notes
that this is the time of year when the
Ancient Order of Hen Shooers are call.
ed to order.
A western Kansas man said the de-
scription of the prize-fight sounded ia
miliar enough except for the omission
of the usual '.s5 and costs"
There is a merchant in Logan county
who sold goods payable when Bryan
is elected" You can guess who he il
in favor Of for president in 1900.
The Wichita Beacon has received
warm letter from the people of Chand.
Ter. thanking Wichita people for do
nation of SOL. 80 to the Chandler relief
fund
A man who never reads the papers
except when he can borrow them read
an ad headed: ''How to Make Pants
Last" He sent so cents and received
the reply, "Make the coat and vest
first"
An Atchison man complains that so
many poor, worthless kin hold down
jobs in that town that really meritor-
ious men have no chance. He says too
many high-up men have runty rel
atiyes to suit him.
Six weeks ago an Atchison woman
announced to her friends that she had
decided to move to Chicago. Since
then the local papers have kept cases
on her daily and she likes it so well
that she has not departed yet.
A Garnctt woman got ratified when
she went to vote the other day and
handed the judges letter to put in the
ballot box instead of her vote. When
it was handed back to her she said:
''Oh, did forget to put stamp on it,"
A heavy rain fell in the vicinity of
Larned on the night of April 4th. Also
at Burdett, Garfield, Jetmore and Paw.
nee Rock. At least two inches of rain
fell. Wheat prospects have advanced
at least 50 per GEN. in the last two
weeks.
During the past winter, Walters and
Ackers of Denver, Colorado. fed and
fattened about 1000 sheep and 200
head of cattle on the Prairie Dog, ad-
joining Almena. 1t took over 10000
bushels of corn and 1 800 tons of hay
to fatten them.
Bob Fitzsimmons telegraphed ex-
ingalls, denying the published
statement that he had called Mr.. In
gals liar. Mr.. Fitzsimmons states
that he had no Interview in relation to
any such matter, and that he had new
er had occasion to apply such term
to Mr.. ingalls,.
The prairie grass is exceedingly for
ward this year and only needs 4 few
more warm days to push up and con-
ceal the brown stubs of last years
crop. Grass-short. curly buffalo grass
is the most valuable crop ever raised
in western Kansas if harvested right
ly: and the only way to properly har-
vest the same is through the medium
of the cow.
A superintendent of public schools
says that country children are better
fitted for the business of life than are
their city cousins. He draws his con-
from the answers which chi.-
dren of both kind have given to this
question: IF should give yom dol
lar what would you do with it?" The
country children have better business
ideas. because they hear their parents
their business affairs of the
They know how much the
COW brought and the prices of eggs
and butter. Town children seldom
hear business affairs discussed.
The Emporia Gazette says: ''All the
truck that Kansas raises, her wheat,
her corn, her broom corn, her beef, her
hogs, her timber, her Sleeps wool, is
dumped raw into box car and ship
ped out of the state-often a thousand
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