The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-22

peka-s paved streets this season, mostly
of brick
At Highland Station live Chas Crane
and mis- wife, whose united weight is
66e pounds
There We're 1886 medical cases treat
ed at the Santa Fe hospital in Topeka
during 1899
The chicken business is booming in
Topeka Chicken farms in the suburbs
are numerous
Postmaster Griee. OF Gage. is under
arrest charged with buying goods with
postage stamps
Preparations are being made for the
general observance of May i as Pro
hibition day
George Baker, aged 10, was drowned
in Neosho river near Burlington, while
hunting ducks
The Do1d Packing company is about
to install d complete machine shop at
its Wichita plant
A Kansas fair and racing circuit has
been formed including Newton, Sa1ina,
Eldorado and Wichita.
George Day, a colored of Mont
gomery county, realized S93-ao from
three acres of cotton
Methodist annual conferences occur
ministers attending at Wichita.
Walter johnson, who lived with his
parents west of Galena, accidentally
shot himself and died Instantly
Farmers of Dickinson county have
contributed $500 for the India Famine
Relief Fund, and more is coming in.
Dickinson county's poor farm almost
pays expenses of maintaining the poor
den
Four deaths have occurred in Mont
gonery county since January l. caused
by blood poison following gun shot
wounds.
Judge Phillips of the o.. S. circuit
court ordered Mrs. G. A. Duel1, of Gar
den City, committed for contempt of a
referee in bankruptcy
An undertaI1er's ambulance was up
set in Topeka and a casl1et containing
a dead baby was smashed, the body
rolling out in the mud.
Charles L. Wilson has been arrested
in Oklahoma and George Morris was
arrested in Hoyt, charged together
with selling mortgaged cattle
James NJ Dunn, aged 90 years, is
dead in Butler county. Mr.. Dunn
came to Miami county in 1853 In pio-
neer days one of his sons was killed by
the Indians
For years the school district Just
south of Preston, in Pratt county, paid
for the schooling Of its three or four
pupils in Preston This year the dis
trict has its own school with twenty
two pupils.
The Atchison college, a preparatory
school, large two story brick building
owned by Miss johanna Parker, who
in connection with Miss Helen Scofie1d,
operated the school, completely
wrecked by fire. The loss is SO, 1000
partially insured.
Mrs Rebecca Mayo, an aunt of E.
+ Dawson whose home is in Miami coun-
ty, is one of the eight widows of the
war of the Revolution whose name is
on the pension rolls. Her husband.
Stephen Mayo, fought in the battle of
Bunker Hill. and was present at the
surrender of Yorktown.
On the Santa Ee system Nudge, who
started out to find job from a farm
near Sterling, has been water carrier
assistant operator. brakeman, train
bagga german, conductor, train master,
assistant division superintendent, divi-
sion superintendent, general superin-
| tendent and general manager.
/ Cort Brown, a cattleman of Liberal,
| shipped load of white-faced bulls
from Nebraska, and shortly after I'M
loading they got to fighting and % of
them were killed They We're valued
at from $3.50 to $3.50 each
Turkey bnzzar6s were unknown in
Kansas during the eaSly years of its
settlement After they came hog
cholera made its appearance Old set
tiers believe the buzzards brought the
| infection and that they have since been
a factor in its spreading. Make war
on the buzzard.
The Kansas river was full of floating
ice last week. and it damaged the work
on a new bridge to the amount of 5000;
just east of Topeka
J. J. SCHNEIDER. a Topeka society
Young man. was doing fancy step in
| a calxewalk when he struck a slippery
place in the floor. He fell and broke