The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-09-23
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

EE4NaNE - ~ lle-lEL1AG "a tic a
6rst Kansas, died Of fever in camp az
Lexington, KY.
Newton now has telephone eonnee.
ton with every town, large and small,
within a radius Of 1OO mile
Ed RouseIl, of Lawrence, secretary
Of the Frsternal Aid association, Is ale
legged to be short about s., 800
The enrolment at the state agrieul-
fural college at Manhattan this year
Is over 500, the largest in its history.
The St Louis, Kansas & Southern
railroad, running from Anthony to
Arkansas City, 60 miles, viii be sold
under mortgage October -
Ex-Congressman Calderhead was
thrown under a passenger train at
Garrison, POttawatomie county, and
had very narrow escape from death.
The boys OF the Twentieth Kansas
at Camp Merritt, Cal, were paid on
the 18th for July and August. 1t took
S5s. 600 to pay the PriVates and officers
A Rice county farmer sold = load OF
100 watermelons the other day, the
weight Of which was s, T40 pounds, an
average Of 81 pounds for each melon.
At Fort Scott, a warrant was is
sued for the arrest of It. L McDer-
mott, one Of the oldest lawyers Of the
city, charging him with embezzle-
ment.
The finest fruit orchard in Kansas
is said to be ! = miles south Of Larned,
on the Arkansas river. It consists Of
25 acres and the trees are about Is
years old.
CoffeyviIle's new paper mill and
straw board factory has begun opera
tons 1t uses natural gas for fuel 1t
employs $50 people and requires IS tons
Of straw every "A hours
Secretary COburn, of the state board
of agriculture, thinks that fully as
good melons can &c raised along the
Arkansas river in Kansas as in the
famous Rocky Ford coGntry in Colo
RADIO.
Samuel Newcomb, in Jail at Wichita
for larceny, made the fifth attempt at
suicide, nearly cutting his arm OF
with a razor. Other attempts at self
destruction were made by swallowing
glass
In many country districts no atteR-
ton is being paid to the new textbook
law, SCHOOL boards and teachers using
the cid books. State superintendent
Striker threatens to make several ar
rests.
About so Of the soldier boys OF the
| Twenty -secOnd Kansas regiment were
given q reception by the citizens of
Manhattan on their arrival there.
Capt. Lester was in charge Of the com
pauy-
DR.. Hogoboom, Of Topeka, formerly
chief surgeon of the Santa Fe railroad,
i
side. He believes the transatlantic
trade will make HOnolulua city Of 1OO,-
600 population.
In 1898 Kansas produced &c, 911 acres
Of Kaf3r corn. The acreage Of the
present year IS 535, 743. In 1891 the
state grew 81, 34S acres of alfalfa and
this years returns show an aggregate
Of 81, 53s acres
Albert Emmett, a private Of the
Twentieth Kansas, in camp near San
Francisco, resisted the provost guard
sent to take him from a saloon, knock
ing the captain Of the guard down
Emmett was arrested
The NeOsho conference of the United
Brethren church, embracing all Of
southeastern Kansas. was held at Gar
nett, about so ministers attending.
Bishop Mills presided and Rev. J. c.
Chambers, Of Yates Center, was seere-
tary.
Gen. Miller has recommended Maj
John A. Rafter, surgeon Of the Twen-
tieth Kansas, to be surgeon for the
First brigade. Maj. Rafter's promo
ton is the fruit of his constant work
TO have the condition Of his camp the
most wholesome on the PresidiO.
Harry Mcclure accidentally over
turned a gasoline lamp in a salt mine
at KanapOlis, the liquid saturatinR his
clothes and igniting from the miners
lamp ON his hat The skin was burned
from his entire body, leaving him IN q
pitiable condition. with no chance Of
life
Chautauoua railroad bonds for s4O.-
600. voted IN 1887, have been refunded
at FIVE per cent The bonds were
voted to the D., n. & A. railroad.
which was originally designed 70 run
between Denver and Atlanta, Ga, but
alas for the boom the road reaches
neither place
The largest corn crop in Dickinson
county is 100 acres on Charles Ku bach's
farm. which, despite the short corn
wear in that locality, viii yield 90
bushels TO the acre Kubach listed It
ten inches deep, then subsOiled 10
inches below that giving the roots %
inches Of loose earth.
Surgeon Duncan, Of the Twenty
second Kansas, who was convicted by
:. eourt-martiaI for alleged careless
ness in permitting the desecratiOn Of
graves near Manassas, Va, IS free
Gen. Davis set aside the verdict and
made uneomplimentary references 70
the action Of the court
Although great crowds Of people
from OsaVvatomie searched the conn
try. for the negro fend- who assaulted
q little white girl there, even securing
bloodhounds to aid IN the hunt. he
could not be found His victim is in q
serious condition and could not give
an accurate description Of the brute
It sTas said that three inches Of rain
fell IN Kansas on the 18th, and not q.
foot Of soil In the state escaped q vet
ting. 1t put the ground IN excellent
share for sowing fail wheat