The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-02-03
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A photograph is entertaining the
people of Stafford county without
price
A few more postofice appointments
are expected in the Seventh district
before long.
Norton is without q mayor, that Off
cial having resigned to qualify rs coun-
ty commissioner.
Bounties ar paid for rabbit scalps in
Pratt county, but that county is not
overrun as Sumner county is.
A Jackson county jointist, found
gailty of eleven counts, has been SEN
fenced to pay q fine of 81, 100, and
spend eleven months in jail He is out
on $500 bail and will carry the fight on
up.
About one hu ndred people in a circle
hunt near Pratt last week surrounded
= big coyote. The coyote was 50 scared
that he fed from the scene and left
several people holding blindly to q vel
low streak in the atmosphere.
The green goods men are after their
share of the wealth of Kansas, and are
distributing circulars over the state in
their search for suckers. But in this
matter Kansans are like MissourianA
They "will have to be shown"
R. D. McCliman, county treasurer
elect of Nemaha county, while work.
ing with a sawmill near Granada, Jan
nary 22d, fell across the log carriage
and as quick as thought he threw
himself from his perilous position and
saved himself A seconds delay meant
death.
The greatest hallelujah shout over
the recent rains and snow comes not
from the western ''desert end" of Kan
sas, but from the eastern and southern
portion of the state, where for weeks
most of the wells and creeks have been
dry, and water has been hauled long
distances for stock.
George Koepfinger, . farmer near
Atchison, choked himself to death by
tying q shawl about his neck and
drawing it tight Previously he had
assaulted his wife and daughter and
severely cut farm hand who inter
fered. Koepfnger has for some time
been showing symptoms of insanity.
Out in Ness county one day recently
lot of boys followed an old wolf,
which finally took refuge in a well.
The boys secured a rope and let one of
the crowd down into the well. He was
shortly afterward drawn up without
any wearing apparel on. But the boy
was mad, and taking another rope, he
went down again, dropped the second
moose over the VOLTS head, came up
and drew the beast to the surface alive
and kicking.
Probably the first prohibitory law in
Kansas was put in operation by the
Ottawa Indians in Franklin county
more than sixty years ago. One law
prohibited the selling or giving away
of Intoxicating liquors Another law
provided a fine for drunkenness, SIS for
the first offense, $40 for the second and
II the offense was repeated the bibul-
Gus Indian was then turned oyer to the
United States government for punish
ment. Other laws adopted by the
tribe prohibited theft and SANDER.
The Kansas railroads are now wrest-
ling with the proposition concerning
the issuance of passes to sheriffs.
Under the old law sheriffs were GLOW
ed mileage no matter whether they
had passes or not The roads always
furnished them passes then. The new
fee law only allows them actual expen-
ses paid while conveying prisoners to
the penitentiary or in making other
trips on official business. They can
not therefore now charge mileage if
they have passes and would not be
benefited by carrying passes. The
roads are figuring on giving them
transportation for personal business
but not for official business.
Recently a club of $50 Sedgwick
county farmers organized 70 settle in
the Canadian Northwest territory.
Agents of the Dominion government
were present and offered free trans
portation from the Canadian line to
any part of the territory and free
homestead. It all went smoothly un-
til the agents iaformed them that be-
fore q patent could be issued for their
land they would have to become ma
turalized citizens of Canada. This
caused q disruption and the colony
from Sedrwick county will he very