The Globe-republican., 1900-05-10
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.


clear 81, 500 at a church fair
PhilIipsburg complains of the water
which is furnished to consumers
The graduating class in the Fort
Scott high school has six boys and IS
girls.
The Kansas State Social Science Fed
Grafton held three days meeting ia
Winfield, beginning May l.
During a recent storm at Fort Scott
lightning damaged the Catholic church
and several other buildings
Work On sinking a new coal mine
has commenced between I4eaven worth
and the penitentiary at Lansing
Evelyn Louise Lease, late of Wichita,
won the prize at the annual debate in
the Normal college in New York
The penitentiary report shows that
81 convicts were received during April
and 25 prisoners were discharged
The board of education of Emporia
has let contracts for the new school
house, amounting to about S1I ,ooo
One train1oad of cattle have reached
the pastures of Wabaunsee county and
10000 are expected there by May TO-
Oalzdale park at Salina is naturally
one of the finest and a whole lot of
work is being done on it this spring
Owen Sawyer, II years old was at
the old boy trick of jumping NOV
ing train in Pittsburg and lost his foot
Seven Germans of Greenwood county
have filed the required affidavits to ex-
empt them from bearing arms and from
all military duty.
Vim. M Kilbure, a Reno county
farmer, has an automobile which he
uses in his trips to town. 1t is assessed
as being worth 5000.
Fifteen girls graduated from the St.
John high school. A banquet of the
Alumni was addressed by Frank Mel
son and Claude Duval.
In little less than thirty days after
the total destruction of their plant by
fire, the Arkansas City electric light
company was enabled to turn on their
incandescent circuit.
William Waite, a Missouri Pacific
fireman, while crossing the Flint hills
was working the cinder lever of the
engine and fell backward off the ten
der. He was severely bruised
F. d. Coburn, who is the official
treasurer for the India relief fund,
received $50 money orders in one day,
all from points in Kansas except one
from Idaho and one from Texas.
crops that are practically unknown
in the states east of the Missouri river.
These crops are: Kafir corn, $50. 900
acres; fodder sorghums, 449, 600 acres;
alfalfa, 27s, 900 acres.
farmer near Guelph. Cowley coun-
fy, lost cows and calves from hydro
phobia- Stock in the neighborhood
which are supposed to have been bitten
have been quarantined. Dogs We're
killed. by the wholesale
Stillwel the promoter general of bi g
enterprises, has taken charge of the
completion of the big lake in Barton
county. When completed, together
with its outlet irrigation bitches, it
counties.
a convention in Topeka May 21 to %;
les object being the betterment of the
postal service in this state
The Santa Fe in putting down a deep
well at Lakin, found two-foot vein of
1bituminous coal at depth of 100 feet:
considerable oil appeared before strik-
ing the coal.
The Arkansas rivers second freshet
reached Kansas on April 80 The heavy
rains in Colorado found Kansas wet
and the water moves along. Bridges
were said to be in danger.
Five negro miners are under arrest
at Pittsburg; a farmers pork to the
value of $50 and other stolen property
was recovered
w 1. Etherton, of Wellington. was
struck in the eyebal1 with piece OF
wire hanging from tree, putting out
his eye. He will sue the city for dam
ages
Ex-Governor George w. Click has
been nominated for congress in the
First district by the Democrats Baltic
kWagoner was his opponent in the con-
vention-
Lee Monroe is the presiding Judge in
Wallace county; his father, Cyrus Mon
roe has a suit against the county for
money advanced on county scrip and
his wife. Mrs Lily Day Monroe is the
attorney for the father: all eonstit utinp
queer case.
Secretary 4, I Anderson has S<.f,,re7