The Globe-republican., 1899-03-16
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTFREsC.

tertalnment, playing Romeo and Ju
liet
A gospel car is working along thu
main line of the Missouri Pacific rail
road.
The Hanover Modern Woodmen wit
erect large building by means of th'
lottery plan.
Linn county jointists are jumping
sideways on account of the prospect O
grand jury.
Reduced rates of interest" Thi:
IS a line in the ads of all loan agent,
in Kansas today.
A Dickinson county farmer haul:
hay to town on a rack that is painted
red, white and blue.
There will be three renditions o.
"The Messiah" at Lindsborg this year;
March 90, March 81 and April 2.
City elections are now SO close at
hand that many papers are offering to
print announcements at reduced rates.
Mound City's high school goes on
the list of those whose graduates are
entitled to enter the State University.
Several papers in Kansas are offer
ing life subscriptions to the Oldest cit
izen residing in the county where the
paper is published.
One of the men staked by Billie Y ag-
gener for the Klondike, when the
craze was fresh, is now cierking in a
Chicago drug store.
Ever since 1885 Miss Frances Wilson
has held the position of assistant treas
urer of Allen county. This long term
of service tells how we'll her work is
done Miss Wilson is the daughter OF
prominent farmer whose home is near
Humboldt
Leavenworth women are selling
tickets to a scheme similar to that
worked in Kansas City to raise money
for the auditorium. They want money
to build library, and the tickets are
chances on prizes which have been do
mated
An amusement hall is to be built for
the soldiers at the home at Leaven-
worth, to cost $4,000. The stage will
be about the size of the auditorium
stage in Kansas City, and the hall will
have seating capacity of 1,4oO per-
sons
William S. Richardson and Stella
Baker, Of Corners, near Leavenworth,
were married a few weeks ago. They
got their marriage license in Wyan-
dotte county, were married in Leaven-
worth county, and found out that the
marriage was illegal and were married
over again.
The Bulletin says that it begins to
look as though certain Florence min
lister would leave the town with a
good portion of his salary unpaid. If
he has followed the ministry for any
great length of time, the experience is
probably not a new one for him. A
good many people appear to think that
ministers should work for nothing
just because salvation is free.
The state of Kansas was visited by a
general rain on the night of March 10,
and the following day by wet, heavy
snow, which has completely soaked
the ground with water and filled every
stream bank full. It has put the
wheat in the best possible growing
condition, and everything has the ap-
pearance of spring The farmers will
not have to delay their work on ac-
count of moisture.
Hogs In Osborne county are afflicted
with disease, that, for want of bet
ter name, is called "rotten ear" The
only cure known is to cut off the ear.
This is trifie hard on the hogs, but
it is the only way to save their ba-
con.
Jewell county Methodists have been
holding week night services. 1t is
probably not much of an exaggeration
to say that the Methodists put in more
overtime in efforts to save souls than
any other organization engaged in the
work.
'Comanche Bill" an Indian doctor,
lis working the people in western Kan
sas He isn't after scalps, but he does
want dollars; and the Suckers have I'M
dertaken to see that he is not disap-
pointed in his search for them.
Henry Van Leeuwen, the butter and
cheese expert of Eifinghem, is now
giving instruction in the dairy depart
ment of the Missouri State university
at Columbia and will be so engaged
for about month. It is only recently
that he returned from Minnesota,
where he was similarly engaged.