The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-11-03
KANSAS ITEMS OF INYEREST.

Western Kansas was visited by a
snow ON the night of Oct. "a.
There is but one criminal case on
the Mcpherson county court docket.
Some mighty fine hogs are now be-
Ing fattened for the markets a little
later on.
Part of the equipment of Marys-
vile cigar factory is a complete cleo
trio lighting plant.
Pawnee Rock, which has been with
out q newspaper for some years, will
have q new one soon.
There is an excellent deposit of fire
clay at Thayer awaiting some one to
come along and work it up.
The shot gun pulled from under a
wagon seat muzzle first is now out
chasing the corn harvester when it
comes to making bloody record.
Neodesha voted bonds to the amount
of SIS, 900 for the purpose of putting in
waterworks. The plant has just been
completed at a total cost of S17, $50. AZ.
A Wichita girl who went to Chicago
q year or SO ago and married a printer
has just learned that she is not her
husbands onliest own by long shot
He has another wife living in Chicago.
On Oct. 27th stabbing ARRAY occur
red betw wen two Missouri Pacific en-
ployes at Horace, Kan, which result
ed several hours later in the death of
Ambrose O'Donnell, conductor. O'Don-
nell's cousin, Brakeman Perry Day,
who did the cutting, in now in Jail,
charged with murder in the first de-
gree.
The Kansas man who disappeared
recently showed up few days later
with the statement that his mind was
blank from the time of his disappear
ance, and that he did not know where
he was or what he had done during
his absence 1t would be interesting
to know how this explanation is re-
garded by his wife.
Every farmer should select his seed
corn for next year without delay. The
best percentage of termination has
been secured from seed corn gathered
when quite green and kiln-dried. For
the majority of farmers, this method
is not practicable, but nearly every
farm house has garnet warmed by
the kitchen chimney, where seed corn
could be stored to cure" The enter
prising farmer will make use of the
facilities at his command.
Secretary Coburn says: In Kansas
the hog finds the favored zone-his FL
dorado. Here he attains the qualities
which make his flesh deiicacy sought
OF epicures in Ocident and Orient, no
less than fit and staple ration for men
of heroic undertakings, iron nerve and
cool brain, like those who at Manila
and Santiago fired the unerring shots
that wrecked loose the props of
throne, revised the worlds map, and
replaced tyranny's flag with "Old
Glory"
The State Labor Commissioner has
made a report from which it appears
that there are now 2.4s5, ST acres of
land for sale or subject to homestead
in Kansas. He says there are 1884,,
500 acres of government land subject
to homestead or presumption. All Of
1t is west of the sixth principal meri
dian, which runs close to Wellington
in Sumner county, and Clyde in Repub-
lie county. There is not an acre of
government land in the district of the
Topeka land Office.
The Kansas Agricultural college has
taken up a new line of experiment.
says the Boston Cnitivator, and we
shall watch with much interest the re-
suits. They have purchased herd of
good average Kansas COWS, weighing
from 1000 to LOO pounds. and not
particularly of the dairy type as it is
understood. but such as many good
farmers in that state and others must
rely upon for their principal stock.
They will try to see if good food and
good care will enable them to produce
the dairy products at profit from
such cows, and, if there is profit, to
see how it compares with the profit
from cows of the true dairy type, ami
mails from stock bred for generations
for dairy purpose. This will consti-
tute . valuable object lesson for stu
dents and for those who read the bull
letins of their experimental work or
the papers which republish them. But
to make the experiment complete they
should take the best Of these cows and
mate them with good bulls of dairy
families, raise the heifer calves with