The Globe-republican., 1899-11-23
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST

Five Wellington men are ready to
put up cash for wholesale grocery
there.
The Twenty-eight Annual meeting of
the Kansas State Grange will be held
at Olathe, December II, IL and IL.
There is q contest in view in Atch-
ison county over the Office of sheriff.
It will cost the county about 81, coo.
The commissioners of Sumner coun-
ty have decided to advertise for the
building of three steel bridges and one
pile bridge.
Miss Ada Bryant, Lincoln girl, has
been elected leader of the choir of a
big st. Louis church at salary of
$1,000 per year.
Lieutenant Sam Hopkins of Leaven-
worth, may return to Manila as he has
been rendered a position on General
Funston's staff.
Several hundred head of cattle are
being fed fol the market near Bur-
lirgton. They eat about $4,000 pounds
of corn chop a day.
NJ. A. Low, the Kansas railroad man
lived in Missouri, back in 1870, and
practiced law and had half interest in
weekly newspaper.
The proposition to establish court
of common pleas in Cherokee and
Crawford counties carried in the last
election there by 700.
Grant Gillett and Mrs. Gillett are
reported out of danger. His sister
who went to Mexico to nurse them.
has returned to Woodbine
Daniel Hileman, who died at Oswego
recently was a delegate from Ohio to
the convention which nominated James
K. Polk for president in 1874.
Joseph II. Dohner, who died recently
near Peabody, was the father of four
teen children, thirteen of whom were
with the mother at the funeral.
People who own lots in Leavenworth
continue to sue the coal company for
the value of coal taken from under
their property. The last suit is for
500, 900.
Members of the State Board of Edu-
cation visited Fairmont College and
Friends University at Wichita to de-
eide upon their right to issue certifi-
Gates to teachers.
Rev. vHerrlich has resigned as
rector of st. Johns Episcopal church
at Wichita. He says he has PROPOSE
tions from five places from which
to choose his field of work.
Two masked men broke into the
Parker state bank, bound and gagged
Cashier Slaughter who slept in rear
room, blew open the safe and got
$1,000. They then stole two horses
and skipped.
Mrs. Ellen Kelleher is register of
deeds of Graham county. Two years
ago she was the only one on the re-
publican ticket elected. This year the
populists refused to nominate anyone
against her.
Ex-Governor G. w. Click has sold
his famous Shannon Hill stock farm
near Atchison, to John w. Knight of
New York for 100000 The deal in
cludes the we'll known Click herd of
Shorthorn cattle.
Germany wants our beef in spite OF
the embargo she has placed on it. A
representative of the German govern
ment has been comforting with the man
ayers of Kansas packing houses with
the view of stocking the German army
with American beef.
Henry L. Woods, Burlington attor-
ney, lost his barn by fire. His fine
phaeton was cut to pieces in front of
his house.
The Oketo bank people are erecting
a stone bank building, and the pros
poets are that several merchants will
build stone business blocks next wear.
"There will be no need of charity
ball in Burlington this winter" re-
marks the Jeffersonian. eff there is
man in the town or neighborhood who
is out of work it is because he will not
work"
Capt. Adna G. Clark of Lawrence.
commanding the Lawrence company in
the Twentieth Kansas, will draw
pension of $50 a month. He was
wounded in the shoulder. and the ex-
aiming board rated him as half dis
abled.
Wellington's refunding bond deal
has been finally closed. The city's $780,
600 of railroad aid bonds bearing six
per cent interest have been taken up
by the state school fund commission
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