The Globe-republican., 1899-12-21
KANSAS ITEMS OF 1xrEnEsE
Rossville will put in system of sew

Rossville will put in a system of sew
The Smith county district court con
victed five jointists at the present tern
giving them heavy sentences of FIRE
and imprisonment,
Olathe will probably make an attemp
to secure the Baptist Theological Sem
mary which it has been decided to 10
cate in some town in the west.
The Kansas Medical college at Tope
ka, will have the largest graduating
class next spring that has been grad
uated since the college was started.
1t is quite probable that F. ". Zools
the Winfield young man who Is trying
to secure position as officer in the
regular army, will have his ambition
gratified.
Wendell Mclaughlin, once stenogra-
pher for Senator Plumb, has sailed fol-
Manila to,act as stenographer and in
terpreter for the navy. He sprung up
at Wichita.
A newsboy on ''Katy" train cheated
passenger few days ago. A special
officer of the road happened to be on
the train, and at the next station the
newsboy was put off.
One firm in Topeka has refunded ST.
600, 900 worth of Kansas school and
township bonds inside the last year.
In every case the interest has been re-
duced to per cent.
A Smith county man who had to quit
shucking corn for half day while he
picked a load of shot out of the hide of
one of his horses thinks that the hunt
ers ought to be more careful.
A burglar robbed the store of r. A.
Kier in North Lawrence and he was
found unconscious with his face bruised
and swollen and covered with blood.
He had been struck with an axe.
Warden Tomlinson, of the state peni-
Tertiary, has made arrangements to
start the binding Irvine plant this week.
1t is the intention of the directors of
the penitentiary to keep the plant GO
ing all winter.
Shawnee county has lost S127.1441 10
this year by computations on fractions
in the figuring up of taxes The loss
is unavoidable. When there is a frac-
ton of a cent of taxes due on a lot, the
county loses it
Mrs. Mary Folk, who died in st.
Marys last week, was probably the
youngest bride who ever lived in Kan
sas. She was married at the age of IL.
She was the mother of Mrs. George
Huycke, of Ellsworth.
Governor Stanley will endeavor to
get the next legislature to make an ap-
preparation for a home finders depart
ment, to work in connection with the
state reform school, the BelOit indus |
trial school for girls and the Atchison
orphans home.
Goodland News: The Rabidoux bows |
tell us that they never saw the equal |
of last weeks rain since they have been
in the country, and they have been
here over twenty years. The ground |
was wet down two feet and will not |
dry out this winter, which will give
the fall wheat good start.
The Santa Fe has perfected ma
chine for the easy handling of coa.,
which is worked by compressed air.
1t is used especially for loading coal in
to cars. 1t is practically an endless
chain of buckets. The coal is shovel.d |
into the buckets and the air machine
hoists them into the car and they are
dumped.
Notices have been received in Tope-
ka from Frank H. Peters, of Leland. |
Texas, asking for information of the
whereabouts of Landon c. Peters who |
was last heard of in Kansas. The mis-
sing man has fortune waiting for
him.
Joe Besser, formerly a sergeant in
company c. Twentieth Kansas Volun- |
teer infantry, prides himself as the
owner of a bottle Of whisky which he |
carried with him from Leavenworth to |
Manila and which he brought back |
with him without being opened.
Almena's city council has offered $50 |
reward for every conviction of an I'M
lawful sale of liquor.
The stockmen are seriously thinking |
of asking the legislature to build a Sc
ries of good dirt roads through Kansas
that may be used for driving cattle.
Along these roads would be placed tcle-
phone lines and at certain places feed
ing yards. The cattlemen of the state
say that the only loss would be in the
matter Of time that IL takes the cattle