The Globe-republican., 1898-10-13
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Chanute has a new mantle and laml
factory.
For q week at least Rose of Hilo ka
been queen, jack and the game.
T. A. Benjamin of Salina has painte,
Twelve farm houses in the last tw,
months
William Price, colored minister q,
Tapeka, has married Anna Pate, . 49,
year-old white girl
There is less lying in politics tina.
there used to be, but all the poll-boolx
still show heavy gains
Miss Miriam Ingalls,, daughter o
John J. Ingalls,, will make her debu
In Washington society this winter
She Is q blonde.
A thirsty Horton man stole ''saw
dust ham" used as sign in front of 9
butcher shop and pawned it for drink
Of whisky, the liquor dealer thinking
It was the real article.
]. e. Meeker, . business man q
Ohanute, and leading democrat OF
Eeosno county, accidentally shot him.
self. He was the fusion candidate fol
Dounty commissioner. The accident
occurred in his jewelry store while
making preparation for a hunting
"Trip. He leaves a wife and child
At Emporia q child knocked the wad-
ding out of a case. A whole lot OF
witnesses testified to the presence OF
the accused at a certain place just after
The curfew blew July 4. Just before
Ill the testimony closed the child,
B young boy, turned to his father
Ind said: ''The curfew didn't blow on
July 4; we children stayed out and
played as long as we wanted to that
hight. Investigation proved him right
Ind impeached the witnesses.
The officers arrested man at Arkan-
ms City. giving his name as ]. L. Mar
tin for whipping his wife. They were
travelling overland from the eastern
part of the state and camped in the
city. In the afternoon she aroused
his temper and he began choking her
and beating her. The officers were
notified and arrested him. He was
fined S. and costs in police court. His
money was taken away from him and
given to his wife, and she went to
South Haven. He worked out his fine
pn the city's rock pile.
Brigadier General Houston is now in
command of the second brigade of the
second division of the fourth army
corps, now at Huntsville, Ala. Briga-
der General Hall, commanding the
second division, has been granted leave
Of absence and this gives the command
Of the second division to General Hous-
ton. During General Alger's recent
visit to the camps of Huntsville, Gen
eral Sternberg, who, by the way, is ,
Don of the late Rev. DIR. Sternberg, of
Fort Harker, Kan, pronounced the
brigade hospital of General Huston's
brigade one of the best in cleanliness,
order and system that had come under
his observation.
As an employee of the Santa Fe rail
way company at Emporia was passing
the depot at the junction he noticed a
couple of colored men following him.
He waited until one of them came up
close enough for action when he turn
I'd and made a swipe at him. Achorus
Of screams greeted the assault, and the
gentleman stopped in amusement.
They were women dressed up in mems
clothes. He compelled them to come
up under the light of switch lamp and
recognized them as couple of white
girls of his acquaintance who had
dressed themselves up in mems clothes
and blackened their faces to play foot
pad and have q laugh at him when he
ran. The laugh was on the other
side.
Atchison Globe: Speaking of the
sanctity of law and sworn testimony,
IN Atchison man lately came home
from Kansas City with sprained foot.
He said he had been injured while
stepping off cable car. A lawyer
friend wrote to the manager of the
cable company demanding damages,
whereupon the attorney for the cable
company sent back the affidavits of six
witnesses to the effect that The Atcti-
son man had stepped off the car back
ward, and that the company was in no
wise to blame. One of the affidavits
was signed by formerly of Atchison
woman who knew the Atchison man
well. The injured man afterwards
confessed that he had not been on a
cable car at all, and that he sprained