The Globe-republican., 1899-08-03

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Plenty of water at home always
makes it easier to float Kansas bonds
in the east
Irving's merchants have put up for
band concerts which will be held every
Saturday night
Flush is the name of q new postof-
fee which has been established in Pot
tawatomie county.
i Commissioners of Nemaha county
have decreed that prisoners in the
county Jail must work.
| 1t is reported that there will be
big shortage of school teachers in
Sumner county this fall
Sheriff Croco shut out prize fight
that was to have been pulled on in
Norton county last week.
The Santa Fe is feeling good and
painting things red The last thing
touched up with this color are the
/ cars
/ During the month of June the Jen-
sen Creamery company OF Beloit made
10000 pounds of butter and 10000
! pounds of cheese.
| In Shawnee county a peddler was
bitten by vicious dog, which seemed
to take it for granted that the man
! had come for dinner
A tardy application Of the principle
that every disease brings its remedy is
the intention by Kansas man OF q
device for killing flies
! 1t is seldom you see a Kansas farmer
plowing his field but that he has a
large umbrella over his head to pro-
tect hiLl from the hot sun.
! The ways of an assessor is beyond
the ken of man. In DOniphan county
mules are valued at $ls.27, while in
Cove county they value them at So. %.
1t will be the proper thing in the fu-
ture for wedding party to prance up
! the isle of the church in cakewalk
style, while the organ grinds out some
ragtime air.
A Pratt county cattle man had to
pump water for his stock recently
with a traction engine because for two
weeks there was not enough wind
stirring to move his mills.
Kansas six per cent mortgages sell
like hot-tamales in the east now. A few
years ago a man could have had 81. .OO0.-
600 worth of such securities in his
pocket and starved to death in New
York
Some ignorant person, says a Kan
sas exchange, had the nerve to assert
that Noble Prestis is no longer Kan
san because he resides in Kansas City,
Mo. Prentis is a typical Kansan and
would be just as much a Kansan if he
! lived in the wilds of Africa.
Not a story has appeared this year
of horses being lost in corn fields and
starving to death because the ears of
corn were SO high they could not reach
them. and the stalks so large and firm
that the animals teeth could not make
an impression.
A gentleman attending the Ottawa
Chautauqua went swimming few
nights ago and got caught on hook
attached to trot line The water
was shallow, but he had to stand out
in the river with the hook sunk in
one of his arms until fisherman came
along and liberated him.
Adjutant General Fox has received
from Washington official notification
that ordinance supplies sufficient to
fully equip the Kansas national guard
which is now reorganizing have been
shipped to Topeka Difficulty has been
experienced in bringing about this
settlement, as deficiencies in the sup
plies had arisen owing to poor book
keeping and bad records kept by COM
pany commanders before the ordinance
was turned over to the government at
the outbreak of the war with Spain.
Recruits are joining the Thirty-sec.
ond at Leavenworth at the rate of
about so day There are now at the
Fort 4s4 men and % officers for this
regiment
A Saline county young man, after
trying various schemes to overcome
obesity. finally concluded to work off
mis- flesh in the harvest field. He had
no difficulty in getting a job: worked
hard, ate good, wholesome country
grub-and at the end of the third day
found he had gained three pounds
He quit the job.
The Chautauqua at Ottawa ought to
be made q movable event, to be called
whenever there is danger of drouth in
Kansas
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