The Globe-republican., 1898-07-14

A Labette county farmer with on
machine harvested 200 acres OF wAea
In ten days. i.
Leon bought $500 fire engine tw
years ago. They used it twice an
sold it the other day for ses.
Lewis Phillips writes from Klon:iik
to Lawrence friends stating that h
has seen few Indians up there.
Within the last six months Dickiu
son county implement dealer has dis
posed of twenty-one car loads of goods
A girl in Republic county lived thir
ty minutes after drinking a bottle O
carbolic acid. Her name was Addi
Rudolph.
Besides running the Liberal News
Abe Stouffer has a bunch of cattl,
putting meat on their bones out in tn,
short grass country.
An Ottawa soldier at San Francisco
writes home saying that the Kansa:
boys hope to get away to Manila or
the third expedition.
| The amount of damage done to crop:
and bridges in Coffey county during
the late big rain storm is estimated a,
all the way from $4,000 to $4,000.
Within just few days after the nee
tions were filed at the Cloud county
bank in Concordia for S66. 900 worth oj
government bonds.
Two Cowley county men fought owe,
which way a hedge fence should run.
A hedge fence should not be corraled,
as it generally runs and grows just
where it is not wanted.
The Phillipsburg Dispatch is very
sore on the dirty buns who have been
seeking handouts in that town. but
who will not take job in the harvest
field at S1.50 a, day and board.
In Atchison the war is lost sight OF
in the quarrel over the salary of city
attorney. The state law allows sal
ary of 5000 a year but the council
doubled it by allowing 5000 for ''office
rent" Afterward the council repealed
the rent end. and Bale Waggener.
who was mayor. and just retiring from
Office, vetoed the repeal.
A Wabaursee county farmer is crow
ing over Il field of hard wheat which
he says will go &c bushels to the acre
Out in Mitchell county there is man
who swears that a field Of wheat just
harvested will pan ont 30 bushels to
the acre. The only proper time to
brag about a yield OF wheat is after
the separator has had a chance to get
in its work. The old separator fire.
quently knocks great deal of wind
out of the claims made before and dur
ing harvest.
4 Wyandotte county farmer walked
into the Kansas City. Kan. postoffice
the other day and made application for
$500 worth of the new issue of war
bonds. Postmaster Barnes took his
money and the mans application was
made out. Barnes counted the money
and found that there were $685.
Haven't you made Ii mistaken he
asked. "Think not" said the farmer
I f<,,
five years" This was too much for the
postmaster and he gave the man hi:
change.
Assembly Of all Indian Tribes.
Congress has just set apart 4 specia
fund of $4,000 to be expended in ere
ating at Omaha the rarcst ethnologica
exhibition ever attempted in this o.
any other land. Situated in the hear:
of the great American union. within
easy reach of all the remaining grea'
Indian reservations. it has been posi-
BILE, at comparatively slight expense
to gather upon the Exposition ground.
. show which would be possible no
where else in America.
Delegations from every tribe in The
Union will be on the grounds at ons
time or another during the Exposition
Each type will be exhibited in appro-
pirate costume with weapons. utensils.
industrial appliances. ceremonial OBJ
jects, burial structures and handiworl.
Their games, their solemn festivals
their peculiar customs and their ma
tural surroundings will be reproduced.
In connection with these illustration.
of savage life. of aboriginal habits anc
customs and the paraphernalia of the
plains, mountains. lakes and forests
their homes. exhibits of their indus
trial advancement, their school work
and other incidents of their slow but
sure movement towards civilization
and enlightenment will be prominent.
Captain w. A. Mercer. L. S. A., has
been detailed to take charge of the