The Globe-republican., 1898-01-13
1.-THE BROWNIES" IN WICHITA.
The W0Dderfal New York PfodUetioQ
Thursday Matinee and Night, Jan. II.

HE Wopderf.l New York Prodsetieo
1h14sday Matinee and Night, Jan. -.
One of the greatest theatrical attrac'
tions in the country. c. b jefferson,
Klaw & Changers big New York pro-
palmer Cox's Brownies
will be seen at the Crawford Grand on
Thursday, Jan. 18th. A matinee at
2:30 p. m. and . night performance
will be given. The railroads offer
cheap excursion rates for the big pro-
duction, for which matinee prices are
75c for adults and soc for children, the
night scale being 25, so, 75c, & 81, nc
higher.
Seventy-four people, including Eva
Tanguay, Gertie Carlyle, Budd Ross,
Chs. Hagan, Sol. Solomon, and other
favorite artists, will be seen, and II
scenes of the most elaborate nature
will be shown. Palmer Cox. the fam
GUS Brownie Man." will appear, and
draw Brownies for the audience. The
marvellous flying ballot from the Fol-
les Bergeres, Paris; the troupe of beau
tiful Oriental dancing-girls; Newhouse
and Bunts, 1.-THE wandering minstrels;"
Eddie Pinaud, the phenomenal Brown
ie trick bicyclist. and other novel spec
ialty features that made the big pro-
duction the talk of all New York, Chi
cago, Boston and Philadelphia, during
the long engagements of 1.-THE Brown
les" in these cities, will positively be
presented. The storm and shipwreck
at sea, the earthquake and volcano,
the destruction of the magnificent PAL
ace, and other wonderful spectular ef-
fects will be shown in their entirety,
while the grand transformation scene,
1.-THE Break of Day in Brownieland,"
it is promised, will surpass in beauty
and grandeur anything ever previously
exhibited on the Wichita stage
Scarlet fever is making its appear
ance in several places in Mcpherson
county. Several deaths have resulted.
One case is DOW reported at Marquette.
Wolves are SO numerous in Pawnee
county and their depredations upon
poultry, pigs and sheep SO destructive
that the county commissioners have
placed bounty of So per head upon
their scalps. and will ask the commits
sioners of Barton, Stafford, Hodgeman,
Rush and Edwards counties to do the
same thing.
The required number of tax payers
have petitioned the city council OF
Pittsburg to submit to the voters the
question of the establishment of free
public library. The present city hall
is being converted into headquarters
for the paid fire department and the
city will be compelled to build large
public building. The plan now is to
build building with an auditorium
seating 5000 people and have the pub
lie library and city offices in the same
building.
State Labor Commissioner johnson
desires to know the sentiments of the
people concerning his department.
There has been at times an effort to
induce the legislature to abolish it but
it has not proven successful. Attached
to the many blanks being sent out for
information from the varied classes of
business and manufactures is ques-
ton asking if q continuation OF the
! work of the department is desired by
the people. In his annual report Mr..
johnson will make whatever recon-
mendations are demanded by the re-
plies to this.
The mayor of Cimarron is Mrs. Cur
tbs, one of the very sharpest business
women in KansaG She keeps store
and does q thriving business. She
| conducts the business of Cimarron
with q master hand, and while her
election was regarded as joke. she is
now regarded as the best mayor that
tho city Of Cimarron has ever had.
Cimarron at this time is weighted down
with q large municipal Indebtedness
contracted in county seat war. Mrs
Curtis has taken the matter in hand
and is handling it to the satisfaction
of the bondholders and taxpayers
Articles of incorporation for another
Oklahoma railroad have been flee
with the secretary of the territory
The capital stock is fixed at $500. OO(
divided into $4,000 shares of the value
of S25 each. The proposed road. whic!
il to be called the Missouri, Oklahoma
and Texas railway, is to be built from
Henrietta, Clay county. Texas, in
uortherly and easterly direction
through the Indian and Oklahoma ter
ritories to q point on the north bound
ary line of the Indian territory. to b