The Globe-republican., 1898-08-25

Leavenworth boasts of a fve-year
old newsboy.
Winfield society people have water
melon parties.
Marysville accommodated Il, 900 PEG
pie ut the Modern Woodmen log roll
ing.
Bonner Springs gas driIlers have al
ready got down !. 1000 feet, and still ne
gas.
Ground has been broken for a new
depot for the Memphis route at Pitts
burg.
The Santa Fe has put in a new sys-
tenn of block signals at Fort Leaven-
worth.
In Atchison the city council has
made fat rate of $50 per month for
saloons.
Green Kaffir is getting in its work
on stock; the usual thing at this season
of the year.
A Kansas farmer says there will be
more wheat in Kansas this year than
Secretary Coburn figures on.
A southern Kansas man does not
drink water because he says that he
has cast-iron constitution and he is
afraid it would rust it.
A girl living at Hutchinson in an
swering a note from her sweetheart to
call, closes it with the timely advice to
''come early and avoid the rush."
In Ottawa when one merchant gets
it in for another he circulates q story
that he is Spanish sympathizer. The
unlucky merchant at once loses all of
his trade.
If girls are made conductors of Law
renee street cars, their sweet voice of
fare please, will always startle man
in the midst Of an interesting newspa-
per story.
Have you ever thought about this?
In reading letters from the Kansas
boys in the front every one expresses
an opinion that is different in regard
to the conduct of the war. Kansans
are free thinkers if nothing else.
Westmoreland has new public
school building, and it is said that ow-
ng to bad weather while it was in
course of construction the contractors
will not make cent out of the job.
This is something new under the sun.
It is said that Wichita county will
nave more good corn this year than at
my time in its history. Do you know
where Wichita county is? 1t is so far
vest that if it was very much farther
t would be over in the state of Colo
ado.
Mcpherson county teachers will be
better paid this year than they were
asst year. Judging from what Supt.
Stryker says of the poor pay received
~ Kansas teachers this ought to be
he case in a good many other Kansas
DR.. Quayle, the well-known Kansas
ity Methodist divine, is a Kansas
nan. He was raised on farm in
shawnee county, where his father still
esides. When he was boy he gave
10 promise of being the vineyard
yorker that he is
A Kansas man predicts that Dewey
will be the nominee for president in
9O4. Quite probable in 1904 Dewey
viii not be able to converse fluently
n the English language, having been
o long accustomed to living on a |
make farm in the Philippines.
In the midst of tales of suffering
which come from the troops in Cuba,
What do you think of this from Cor
oral William Schaeder, Kansas boy,
With the regulars at Santiago: This
S very rich country and has a very
lealthy climate. All kinds of fruits |
row wild. We have been having a |
title rain, but not enough to amount |
o anything.
A letter addressed to James Kindip.
Scranton boy who is with the regu-
ars in Cuba was returned to Scranton |
he other day with the information
hat the young man is dead. His COM
ANY took part in the battle of Santa
%, but Kindig did not participate in it |
limself, as he was one of a detail |
which was doing guard duty over sup
lies This is the first intimation that !
le had suffered harm. and the suppo-
ition is that in yellow fever he met !
lis fate.
This is the way northern Kansas
looks at it: Whether John I
Collins is proven guilty of numbering !,
lis father or not, he has already suf- |
cred a punishment worse than death. |