The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-29
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST

week in southeastern Kansas
The stock yards at Kirvin are to be
enlarged by the Missouri Pacific.
Burglars robbed store at Beagle.
near Paola, of goods valued at 500
The cash in the vaults of the state
treasury amounts to nearly one million
dollars
Galena was visited by safeblowers,
who robbed safes at a depot and at a
butcher shop.
Fruit prospects are reported very
good in Kansas now; especially for
peaches and apples.
A shooting scrape occurred in bill
lard hall at White Cloud and the peo-
pie closed the place up
There is now paid monthly a Cherry
vale nearly $50, 900 in wages to work
men in manufacturing plants
Bishop Hennessey was in the county
this week to locate three new Catholic
churches in Sedgwicl< county.
Smith Center man had team: one
Of the horses died; a purse was made
up and TIE man has team again
Eighteen thousand eggs in enc day
Is reported as having been taken in by
Dne firm in Junction City last week.
Kansas University has ordered So, 600
worth of chemicals from Germany.
The goods are admitted free of duty.
DR. p. NJ Sturgis. of Topeka, aged
81, says he is the only man in Kansas
who has ever seen General Lafayette
The state agricultural college has
$50 hogs. They We're vaccinated with
hog cholera virus and all but So died.
A ten acre chicken farm is being fit
ted up at Newton for the purpose of
implying the Santa Fe eating houses
The Topeka con1nercial club has
contracted with promoter to put up
spring street fair for May IS to June
Wanamalzer, Shawnee county, has
measles as an epidemic Many middle
Aged and elderly people have the
disease.
Emporia has nominated y. A. Nyne-
Roosevelt rough rider for the office
Of city attorney. He was in the bat
lies about Santiago
In less than three months four of the
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. f G. Stowe.
IF Mcpherson, have married themselves
Sut of the family home
Samuel Stone, of Saline county took
L car load of sheep to Chicago, put $125
If the proceeds in his vest pocket and
lomebodv else had it before he missed
Mesquite grass is taking the place of
buffalo grass a far west Ford coun-
~ Change of climate has crowded
buffalo grass west gradually. Forty
Fears ago it was common just west of
The Blue river.
Frank Omeara, aged about 40 threw
himself in front of the west bound
was killed, being fearfully 1nangled.
His home is unknown. His name was
earned from papers on his body.
Seven years ago three left
Brown county and settled in Seattle.
0ne of them is mayor of Seattle now.
another has an immense foundry and
.he third is a successful hardware
travelling man. All three We're average
Kansas citizens
Representative Biddle of Conanche
county bought fifteen bull calves from
Barber county Hereford herd for 500
apiece.
A club at Lawrence proposes to
found sanitarium for the purpose of
.aring for the infirm, and for orphan
children.
A freight on the Missouri Pacific was
wrecked three miles west of HeringtOn
aOurteen cars OF gram and merchandise
being ditched. One brakeman was
buried under the cars, but escaped
with only "A broken arm.
Frost did some injury to early plant
I'd potatoes in the Kaw valley The
second planting is much larger and is
low being put under the soil.
O. p. Updegraff, the Shawnee county
aorseman. viii likely be appointed as
A member of the Kansas live stock
sanitary commission to succeed Taylor
Riddle.
The Kansas claims of about SO, 900.
growing out OF the war with Spain.
nave not been paid. Adjutant General
Fox is in constant csrres pondenee with
the war department
Rev. Sparks. who attended the NJ E
conference at Chanute- said that for sc
gears he never missed roll call at the
annual conference except one That
was when he was serving in the army
IS chaplain.