The Globe-republican., 1900-01-04

county was thrown from a buggy and
killed.
The quarantine against the Cuban
chicken pox in Lawrence is now re-
stricted to one home
Charles Curtis is the only member
from Kansas that was appointed chair
man of a committee
Records show an average of 20 car
loads of stock shipped out of Onaga
every month of 1899.
A leading merchant at Geary City,
Kansas, is a woman and is generally
known as tsAunt Mary
The Topeka ministerial union viii
establish a circulating library for the
benefit of it's members
Drs- J. Longbridge and r. F. Bry-
ant, OF Lincoln, have been appointed
pension examining surgeons.
Frank Mobiles, farmer of johnson
county, died last week of hydrophobia.
He was bitten a month before he died
Tt takes eight days for the
teria1 to be changed into binding Irvine
at the new plant at the state peniten-
tiary-
Delegates to the State Horticultural
society are agreed that present condi-
tions are favorable to a good crop in
1900.
Six store buildings at Westphalia.
Anderson county were destroyed as the
result of defective fue; with a loss OF
S25, 900.
All trains leading to Topeka on Dec.
&c were crowded with teachers who
were on their way to the state teachers
meeting.
c. j. Devlin, the Topeka coal mine
operator. now carries S415, 900 in life
insurance of which $3.50. 200 is in one
company.
Congressman Charles Curtis makes
the prediction that Secretary Root will
not be the Republican candidate fo1
the vice presidency.
Governor Stanley has issued a par
don for Isaac G.. Reed, who was a muir
der convict Reed was taken to hos
pita1, but is hope1essly sick.
Stephen Balsh, who has large vine
yards in Sedgwiclz county, has sold
three carloads of grape cuttings to
nurseryman of Cow1ey county.
The Shawnee county treasurer uses
an adding machine which cost $3.50. II
is stated that the machine saves the
county the salary of one clerk every
year.
Sta+e Fish Commissioner George
Wiley of Meade, is promised a liberal
supply of fish and asks persons who
want black bass, rock bass and croppy
to communicate with him at once.
And now the turkey-go1d nugget
story comes from the Missouri Pacific
eating house at Gypsum 1t is stated
that the place where the turkey picked
up the nugget has been located and
that company has been formed to
develop the mine.
Thirteen months ago a buffalo was
killed by the Do1d Packing company
at Wichita, and the meat has been in
cold storage ever since. Some of it was
sold for Christmas banquets at the ratd
of So a pound and was found to be very
tender and in first class condition.
Catholics of Alma dedicated a fine
new church last week which takes the
place of one burned less than a year
ago. The building cost Sc, 500, and the
debt on it amounts to less than $500.
Father Ramp is given credit for the
major portion of the work which waa
necessary in getting the building put
up so quickly, and in such satisfac.
tory manner.
Edgar Bates, of Smith county, has
sold his 80 acre farm for 81 900. He
bought it 2 years ago and went in debt
for every dollar of it. He had it clear
when he sold it. He has bought a
larger farm.
A Kansas girl, Miss Evelyn Louise
Lease, won a prize at the New York
city Normal school on three act.orig-
ina1 drama, used at the annual Christ
mas entertainment at the school There
were d large number of manuscripts
submitted from which the prize drama
was chosen.
Aunt Nancy Rice, of jefferson coun-
ty, presided last week at the birth OF
her fiftieth grandchild. She has been
first nurse for every one of the fifty.
besides having the care of five great
grandchildren
1t is said that as soon as the state
house is completed movement Will be
cut on foot to have the old east wins
which has stood thirty-fve years, torn