The Globe-republican., 1900-06-07


The leaf roller is injuring fruit trees
in Greenwood county
d. S. Shook, of Topeka, is with Asst.
Atty Gen. Bristow in Cuba
A hailstorm did damage in Rice
county, especially near Miles.
Winfeld-s population is given by the
assessor at 6.o59, a gain of 33e-
A brother of Senator Beveridge of
Indiana, is an auctioneer at Marysvi1le-
Ellsworth county farmers have char
tered bank with a capital of sa5, ,ooo-
Last week the Arkansas river was
higher than it has been for six years.
Fireman Hereford, of Wichita, had a
leg broken by a falling wall at a recent
fire.
Assessors returns show a gain for
Wellington of 1s7; the population being
4.a4e.
The Kansas State Bankers Associa-
ton met at Abilene this week, June q
and z
A convention of Kansas letter car
riers was held in Topeka the last days
of May.
The ladies of Parsons have begun a
movement for the erection of coneen-
ton hall.
]. r. Harrison, postofice inspector
in Kansas, has gone to Havana to help
Bristow.
Presby terians of Parsons have dedi-
Gated their new $4,000 church free
from debt.
The Epworth League of Kansas will
hold its state convention at Topeka
June 1921.
The McLain farm in Harvey county
sold last week for s7,65o, or s4,7oo a
quarter section.
Soon, very soon, the old cry of car
famine will be heard echoing over
Kansas stubb1efelds.
The First Baptist church of Yelling
ton has called Rev. c. I'll. Stull, of FL
Dorado, and he has accepted.
The railroads give free transporta-
tion for the additional 35 cars of Kan
sas corn for India from Topeka to New
York.
David Wear, section boss at Abilene,
was the first reported victim of the
season; the first to be overcome with
heat.
Aurthur j. Bunce, one of the victims
of the ST. Louis strike, was young
Topekan. His remains We're brought
there for burial.
j. @. A. Norton, who has been pro-
bate judge in Douglas county for a
quarter of a century was defeated for
denomination.
An Oslxa1oosa minister asked his con-
gregation for 1925 for repairs on the
church The congregation put up S24o
on the first round.
The cut worm, army worm is at
work on weeds and alfalfa in Saline
county, and around Cambria have en-
tered the wheat fields.
The Mcpherson waterworl1s are to
be sold, and the people of the city held
a mass meeting and decided that the
people wouldn't buy it.
Lieutenant Elliott of Coffeyvi1Ie,
brother to the Kansas editor who was
killed in the Philippines, died of sun
stroke in Manila last week
Judge Nelson Case. president of the
board of directors of Baker University,
and Miss Georgiana Reed, for some
years a teacher there, are married.
The conscience fund in the state
treasury has received since 1870, 81. 200;
the last item being a remittance from
Chicago of S24. 80, with no signature
George Russell, of Clay county, has
made his third escape from the insane
dSy dU topeka lie IS a Oan gerOuS
man.
During May the Wichita fire depart
ment was called out only six times;
only two of the fires We're of any i'm
portance.
Inspector Rising, of rural free de-
livery systems, is talking a great deal
about his work.
VIM Devereaux, the defaulting treas
urer of Doniphau county has been To-
Gated in New Zealand
The third congressional district is
pouring letters in upon Governor Stan
ley asking him to take action on the
location of insane asylum at Par
sons Delegations from each county
are visiting the governor
At a Wichita fire, two young women
employed in Dold's packing house lost
all their clothing save what they had
on in bed The men who We're asso-
ciated with them in their work chipped