The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-11-29
KANSAS 1rEars OF INTEREST.


his headquarters to Topeka
Mr.. Henderson, of Council Grove. has
purchased the Larned electric light
plant and win make needed repairs
Secretary Coburn's 1.-The Horse Use
fu1'' has been adopted by the Washing
ton State Agricultural college as a text
book
It is said that Governor Stanley re-
ceives as high as so letters a day which
suggest new laws and amendments to
old ones.
The average age of Kansas teachers
is % years In Morton county it is
80 years: in Marshall and Neosho coun-
ty it is IS years
Ellis county elected a Russian as dis
frict clerk, who had never taken out
citizenship papers; and now there is
vacancy to be filed
Frank Montgomery says that there
is a locomotive engineer running out
OF Topeka who is paying alimony to
three divorced wives.
The Rock Island has bought a strip
OF land along their tracks in Armour
dale, which is IA rods wide and 40 rods
long, for more sidings.
The total enrolment in the schools
of NeoshO county is 5,64s of which
Chanute has about one-fourth. The
county employs 1877 teachers
The third premium on apples at the
Paris exposition was given to j. o.
Parker, of Lal1in, WAY out there in
Kansas - and Western Kansas, too.
Ex-Congressnan Jerry Simpson an
nOunces the sale of his Barber county
farm and his intention to remove to
the western part of the Seventh dis
1rict.
George Merrill, of Franklin county,
has made and sold this year 6, 900 gal
Ions of sorgham molasses, averaging
% cents gallon He raised all the
cane.
Work is being pushed on Mitchell
county's new $40, 900 court house. The
old shack which has served that pur-
pose has been sold to a Nvreclzer for
$176-
Alfalfa is becoming a most popular
crop in the district where it is raised,
the seed alone bringing from SIS to $40
Fer acre Dry seasons are the best for
n good seed crop
Rev. John f. Won Herrlich, of Kan
sas City, Kas., viii invest $40. 900 in in
structions in vocal music for his wife,
to fit her for grand opera. She was
raised in Wichita.
The average attendance upon the
farmers institutes held this year and
numbering 100, was $50 per institute.
They were all the work of the state
agricultural college.
Thanksgiving day there are to be
1850 pounds of turkey served up to the
members of the LeavenwOrth Soldiers
home for dinner besides the usual ac-
cessOries on holiday occasions.
Elk Sheriff Ben Huey, of Pottawato-
mic county, died at his home in Wame-
go November 21. He served in the
Sixty-Second Pennsylvania infantry
and was a member of the Grand Army.
The Beloit Catholics will build
church to cost s4o,O 900 or more. 1t will
be built of native stone furnished free
by mem bers. Many of them have quar-
ries their farms and are getting out
the rock.
The residence in Topeka occupied by
Pension Agent. Cyrus Leland lost its
attic and roof by fire, all under that
being thoroughly drenched with water.
The fire department worked three
hours
Mckinley and Breidentha1 carried
together the following counties: Clark,
Ford, Mitchell, Pratt, Rocks, Saline
and Grant Governor Stanley and Mr..
Bryan carried Pawnee county together;
Stanley by 112, Bryan by 43- Mr. Bry-
IN carried % of the los Kansas coun-
ties, Mr.. Breidentha1 twenty-eight.
The reservoirs of the Lansing prison
hold $500, 600 gallons; about 500, 900
gallons are used in the prison each
day.
The judicial amendment provides
that the governor-elect shall appoint
the judges so it was a mistake when
the statement was made that they will
be appointed soon.
Josiah Moose, the man who guided
the Mormons across the plains and
wrote book about it, just celebrated
his Doth birthday at his home in Win
field He is still strong and hearty.
Six paving contractors of Kansas
City, Kas., have been convicted of VIC
1ating the eight hour law, and have
appealed to the supreme court
The Kansas coo