The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-10-27

The superintendent of the Chautau-
qua county poor farm wishes to find
homes for a couple of lads now In his
charge
Ghosts are seen in the Emporia court
house. This is the newest scheue to
get the tax payers to put up Cor . new
court house.
People generally, do not know that
Gay Rhea, who is doing Kansas this
season, is a Kansas girl. She was
born at Winfield.
It ought to be easy for residents Of
lola to get next to Godliness, since the
rival laundries have commenced such
q hustle for trade.
The Civic Federation of Lceven-
worth, Kan, was admitted to member
ship in the National Municipal league
in its convention at Philadelphia re.
Gently.
F. D. Coburn says: Kansas IS corn
orchard parked with grasses Nowhere
else do corn and grass grow in greater
opulance. In such region, with such
an environment, the hog and his col.
league, the beef steer, are twin chief
alchemists Who transmute the bulkier
products of the soil into gold and sill
yer equivalents wherewith to buy bet
ter homes, added lands, luxury and
leisure.
President Ripley of the Santa Fe,
has issued circular abolishing the
land department of that road on No
vember 1. On that date all lands be-
longing to the Santa Fe, except coal
lands, will pass into the hands of John
E. Frost, the present land commission
er. The lands which Mr.. Frost has
bought aggregate about $4,000 acres
and are distributed throughout eigh-
teen counties.
Since the farmers of Mcpherson
county have finished putting out their
wheat they have started in to getting
their wheat on the market. Colburn
Bros. at Mcpherson are buying at the
rate of three or four thousand bush
els day. They have received thirteen
thousand bushels within the past
week. Very little of this has come
from the bin. 1t was threshed and
hauled to market at once.
This season Leon Herman will in
troduce all new and startling novelties
and Adelaide Hermann will give for
the first time on any stage, her latest
invention "Ancient and modern Fash.
ion Plate" in which she changes her
costume fifty times in ten minutes,
also "a Night in Japan" in which she
introduces special Japanese Magic.
The Herrmann's will be at the Craw.
ford Grand, Wichita, Oct. 25th.
An Atchison band appeared on the
street the other day with the leader
beating the bass drum. The regular
man could not get out, and SO the
leader look his place. A great many
people think that any old thing can
beat bass drum, but it is quite q
trick to do it correctly. One of the
best bands in the state of Kansas had
more trouble in finding a competent
bass drummer than it did in getting
men to handle the heavy brass and
reed parts.
The Ellsworth paper mill has ship
ped q car load Of egg case filters to
Kansas City. This was the industry's
first shipment and the forerunner Of
many more to follow. In this ship
ment there were 200 cases of filters or
enough to pack three million eggs and
ship them to market The new mill is
now running very successfully and
employs sixty and seventy-five hands
all the time. The machinery is in ex-
cellent order and the mill is doing
splendid work.
The corn lie appears every year, and
is now on the rounds: A young man
climbed a cornstalk last Monday to see
how the ears were getting along and
now the corn is growing up faster than
he can climb down. Three men have
undertaken to cut down the stalk, but
owing to its rapid growth it is feared
they will not succeed in time to pre-
vent the young mans death from star
walton. He is subsisting on raw corn
and has already thrown down four
bushels of cobs and it is now thought
that his supply is almost exhausted
Kansas produces successfully q great
or variety of crops than any other state
In the Union. The standard grains all
do we'll In winter wheat it excels
any other state. The eastern half pro-
duces large crops of corn. Barley, rye