The Globe-republican., 1897-08-19
salin. is to have big harvest eele-

handsome uniforms.
The Big Arkansas river is trying to
fJl its misfit bod again.
Work on the big round house at
Newton has commenced.
Two Greenwood county men have
been arrested for stealing honey.
A man ont near Garden City. will
have $500 bushels of apples this year.
The Emporia band has been desig-
mated as the First regiment band OF
X. n. 6.
Pardo Rawlson, one of the Dickin-
son county cattl, thieves has been
arrested.
A Wyandotte man has invented an
anti-snorer. What Kansas needs is IN
anti-snorer.
There are SO many prisoners in Jail
at Ottawa that new guard has been
placed in the corridor.
Horses are so cheap in Kansas that
there are more harness thieves than
any other specles of criminals
Wellington has voted to abolish her
city high school for one year. This
was done in behalf of the county high
school.
A Mcpherson man got bug in his
ear and nearly went crazy before it
could be chloroformed by a doctor and
taken out
Fort Scott papers deny that Bourbon
county lost $50 population last year.
They say the assassins made a botch of
the figures.
A Pratt man attended an K ray ex-
hibition and with the aid of a furo-
scope had four chiggers in his leg re-
vealed and taken out
The Methodists are holding a camp
meeting at Bonner Springs, and camp
ing parties are there from all the sur
rounding neighborhoods-
Alfred Gilman, the Syracuse cream
cry proprietor, has received a standing
order for 100 pounds of butter each day
from Los Angles, Cal, firm.
The editor of Kansas newspaper
runs laundry in connection with his
paper. and takes in washing and sub
scriptions over the same counter.
A farmer in the south part of Sum-
ner county harvested $50 acres of
wheat, and the yield was 10000 bush
3s1s bushels to the acre.
An old man in Leayenworth got on q
spree some days ago and in a desire to
fight something. attacked an electric
fan. 1t famed him out in one round.
Bennett of Cloud has been pardoned
from the per itentiary by the governor.
was convicted of burglary on
evidence, which is now
held to be insufficient proof of guilt
The Leavenworth Soldiers home is
full and no more applications can be
received. At least fifty men are await
ing admission. There are 3,116 MEM
bers, of whom 9, 392 arc actually pres
emit.
Paola has a pretty park, and among
other attractions has it stocked with
squirrels. The squirrels have their
pretty little houses and their nut boxes
in the trees and are said to be perfect
ly tame.
At Ell Dorado it is proposed that the
constitution be changed to read that
it thall be unlawful to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors in this state except for
medical, scientific and
fish-bait purposes.
Secretary of War Alger has issued an
order to troops at Fl Riley detailing
them to attend the Topeka Fall Festi-
val, September 81 to October 2. They
will camp during the week and give
daily exhibition drills
SCCACC0Ny SOOuA VA Vic SoCs1 lC IO0IO
of Agriculture calls attention to the
wheat yield of Sumner
county. The total amount of winter
wheat was 1855. 96O bushels, worth at
so cents = bushel, $2,752, O76.
The gradual advance in the price of
of wheat is encouraging the farmers
to hold their wheat Even
the advance that has already been real
lied will bring many extra thousands
of dollars into the Kansas farmers
pocket.
Sherman county has a6,939 acres
sown in wheat this year and it is said
that an average of eight bushels to the
acre is low estimate. The county
alSO has 16 134 acres nlanta6 in corn