The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-01-27
KANSAS ITEMS OF IxrERrsr.

4 female jointist at Holton was last
week sentenced to Jail for 240 days and
to pay fine of $500.
Morton county has the smallest en-
rollment of school pupils in Kansas
The whole number is ninety-five.
Reports of Kansas present wheat
prospects are all of most encourage
ing nature from all quarters of the
state.
At Jackson county public sale COM
ing two-year-old heifers sold at $40,
and COWS brought from s45 to s52
head.
The Hugoton literary society has de-
cided in favor of the annexation of
both Hawaii and Cuba. The United
States senate may now 60 ahead
Mollie Barton runs the county super
intendent's Office in Gray county, and
Clay Barton runs the sheriff's Office
The Barton family seems to be strictly
in it.
Kansas people bear;y love toy. At
Eureka man has a cream pitcher in
the shape of a COW. You use the tail
as a pump and the COW coughs up the
cream.
If times tn m out still better in Kan
sas this year, by next fall the tho Kan
sas man will have his chin in the air,
and will be wading through autumnal
sunlight clear to his eyes and splash
ing prosperity all over himself at every
step.
The Kansas farmers are Just now
turning their fat stock on the market.
Many thousands of head of cattle and
swine have been fattened from Kansas
farm products during the past year
and there is abundant food for many
more.
The late decision of the Kansas su-
preme court touching the bequest of
devout Catholic woman to her priest
fo- prayers, which will was contested
for years in the courts of the state,
has been creating no little interest in
religious and other circles.
Fred Beeler, the cattle king of the
northwest, who lives in Jewell county,
has 4O4 head of cattle almost ready for
the market, and will put 500 more on
feed the first of February. This shows
what Jewell county people do with
those big crops of corn. and it beats
selling it in the ear all hollow.
Luther Dickerson, one of the old time
residenters of Atchison county moved
to the city couple of years ago. He
thought he had earned his rest, which
he had, and proposed to take it. But
the old man can't stand it, and he is
going back to the farm where he can
watch his orchard and tell the boys
how and when to put in the crops.
Walter Gray, winner of the Inter-
state Cakewelk held at Wichita re-
Gently, is making money selling his
own photographs. The idea was in
jected into Wallace's head by an Ok
lahoma newspaper man. He had six
dozen photographs taken and has dis
posed of all of them at so cent each.
Nearly four dozen went to parties in
the East.
A census which has just been COM
pleted of Lost Springs and Ramona,
two Marion county towns, shows an al
most ideal state of existence. They
have a population of 200 each There
is not vacant house in either place,
not an idle man or boy, not a tippler
and not dog. The claim is made
that there never was drop of intoxi-
eating liquor sold in either of these
towns A crusade against the use of
tobacco will be the next move by the
women of Ramona
Baker university, the oldest college
in Kansas, has just entered upon its
fortieth year. The Kansas and South
Kansas conferences will hold q grand
jubilee celebration in honor of the
event on the 10th of March. Eminent
speakers will be present, including
Bishop Fowler, Bishop Cranston and
Drk. Payne and Palmer, of New York
The faculty of the university is also
planning extensive celebrations to
take place in connection with the
commencement exercises. Monday,
May 3Oth, will be known rs Pioneer
day. There will be an old settlers re-
union picnic. Tuesday, May 31st, win
be Patriotic day, when it is expected
70 have present all living ex-govern-
ors. congressman, senators. the pres
emit state officials and other promineut
statesmen Wednesday, .ynne lst will