The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-10-11
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Old students of Garfield university
Wichita, held a reunion carnival week
The Northeast Kansas jubilee, at
Eortonville opened with an attendance
of 6. Goo
The Masons of Independence oeeu-
pied their new temple for the first time
ON. October 2.
The youngest freshmen ever enrolled
in Kansas University is Chester E
joss, Of Brown county
There are 25 or 80 gasoline engines
in at Garden City and vicinity,
pumping irrigation water
"A larger acreage of wheat than
usual is being planted is a common
item in the Kansas weeklies-
One hundred men are wanted by the
Rock Island to take places on the sec
ton work and other positions
Miss Alice Spradlin. the Twentieth
Kansas nurse, writes that she will re-
main in Galveston until November 1.
The Union Pacific hotel at Abilene
is having a general overhauling for
REPAIRS about $40 is to be expended
The Rock Island handled $50 ezzcur-
sion passengers from points in Illinois
to Kansas and Oklahoma on October 3.
The Topeka city physician h as caused
the arrest of d prominent doctor there
for failing to report case of smallpox.
One hundred and fifty Reno county
farmers propose to spend a day at Kan
sas Agricultural college on October 20.
The north central part of Neosho
county had total of 90 inches of
rainfall in six days, ending September
%.
The premium for the tallest stalk of
corn at the Wilson county fair was won
by a stalk which measured II feet, s
inches.
Volney Hoover. of Independence,
was leading a horse by a wire when
the horse jerl1ed and cut two of his
fingers off.
The Burton car works buildings in
Wichita have been contracted for by
Pawnee Bills wild west show for win
ter quarters
A wreck occurred west of Strong City
on the night of October 3, in which
cars of cattle, two of hogs and one OF
wheat were smashed
An SO acre field of sorg'l um sovvn for
forage in Saline county, measured six
feet high just 60 days from the time the
seed was put into the soil.
George Dorsey, a machine worker OF
Wichita, was found dead in one of the
cars of wheat which We're ditched on
the Missouri Pacific line in Chautauqua
county.
Corporal James Richie, of Augusta.
a soldier of the Spanish war, passed
examination with a percentage of 81 y
and is given place in the u. s. treas
ury department
The Rock Island railroad ran special
trains to the Wichita carnival, one
from Harrington and one from CALDWELL:
the last named, on its return trip go
ing to Ponca City.
Miss Grace Riggs was shot by her
young brother, in Wichita. The shoot
ing occurred while both were in a play
full mood and was not an intentional
act. The young lady is dangerously
injured.
The Hoover orchard, from which
came the finest display of apples at the
Wichita street fair, covers 10 acres
northwest of the city
Four thousand feet of lumber which
had been rented for the use of the Wei
Iington jubilee disappeared and will
now have to be paid for by the jubilee
management.
Miss Lillian Dyer, appointed by Gov
ernor Stanley as student in the New
York art school last year, is married
with Milton Butterfield, an attorney To-
Gated on Wall street, that city.
Judge Hook issued u mandamus
against the mmissioners, clerk and
treasurer of Pratt county, that they
levy and collect tax Immediately to
pay Judgment in his court They all
say that such action is impossible for
them to perform
A Topeka firm is now employing so
men, working - hours n day, TO fill
contracts for the new court houses at
BelOit and Clay Center and for Haskell
institute in Lawrence The contrasts
are for doors, windows and inside
finish.
Cooperative mutual insurance was
discussed by delegates attending a
state meeting at Emporia on Septem-
Der %.
Jones Bros store at Lebo. has been