The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-05-03
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Abilene is now owned by Abilene peo-
pie
independence has taken the initial
works there
Robert c. Johnston, of Lawrence, a
dealer in Angora goats, has now herd
of 800 of them
George Hussey, of Ottawa county,
has brought from Illinois, a s4Oo Here
ford to put in his herd
Pittsburg is to have a corporation
which will manufacture paving blocks,
hollow brick and pottery
The Leavenworth Congregational
church has a band of forty boys hard
at work on military tactics.
Three co1ored girls are members of
the class which will graduate from the
Sabetha high school this season
Edward Hinote, a young man, was
trying to ford South Fork Creek in
Chase county, and was drowned.
Horse and mule buyers for both the
American and British war departments
are just now securing Kansas for stock.
The three Kansas medical societies
have for several years held joint annual
meetings. This practice is now stopped.
Fifty-three Poland China hogs from
Council Grove, which averaged 354
pounds, brought SIS. 40 in Kansas City
Ala Cygne boy went west a couple
of years ago and bought an abandoned
gold mine. This week he sold it for
$40, 900.
John T. Mcdaniel, of Ateica, cele-
brated his 87th birthday and the 61st
anniversary of his marriage, both on
the same day.
The Baptist church at Cherryvale,
with its fine carpets, opera chairs and
organ, is total loss by fire; amounting
to about So, 900.
Mrs. J. T. Goodnovv, of Manhattan,
is dead, at the age of So. Every early
settler knew her husband and most Of
them knew her.
John and Sarah Mcmillan, who have
lived in Emporia 40 years, recently
celebrated the sixtieth anniversa ~
of their marriage.
Sergeant w. Millil<en, of Company
G, Twentieth Kansas, has been ap
pointed to a charge at Bartlett by the
Methodist Conference.
Captain Daniel E. Mccarthy is or
dered from New York to Fort Leaven-
worth to assume charge of the construc-
ton of buildings there
the disease known as ''pinl1eye.'' A
few years ago only horses had pinkeye,
but now people have it.
a G1asco man sold IA grade Herefords
coming two, of his own feeding, at
1928 They averaged 1886 pounds:
another G1ascO man Is of the same cat
tie at S5.15, which averaged 1870
pounds.
A Methodist preacher at Madison dis
covered that the members of his choir
played cards, went to Sunday picnics
and did other Goddess deeds He asked
the whole choir TO resign and they re-
signed
1t is estimated that the loss of live
stock in Gray and Finney counties,
during the late storm, amounted to
perhaps $4,000. When the storm
came the cattle had been on fresh grass
and were soft
The Smoky Hill and Solomon rivers
were so high the other day as to en-
danger railroad bridges The electric
light plants at solomon and Abilene
Were run by steam, the water was
too high to be used
A number of burglaries occurred in
Galena, during the early morning of
April "a; the Frisco depot was one of
the places robbed
The meeting of the Kansas Grand
Lodge Knights TemPlar will convene
in Wichita May s. Five hundred
Knights are expected.
George p. Dold. who had the control
of the Dold packing house in Wichita,
died April IS, at Buffalo, N. V, prob
aoly from fatty degeneration of the
heart.
Mrs Chrisman, of Topeka, willed
$3.50, 600 for the founding of a Metho-
dist university, contingent the
churches raising an equal amount with
in ten years She also gave SIS. 900 to
the Ohio Wesleyan university, S., 600
for a new parsonage for the First NJ.
E. church of Topeka and 50, 900 to the
Women's Missionary Society
Mrs L. B. Smith, president of the
Kansas State W. c. t. u, was quite
seriously injured at Quincy, by falling
on broken sidewalk.