The Globe-republican., 1900-01-04
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST,"


st. Francis hospital. Wichita,
Christmas eve had tree for the pa
tients- It was a successful and happy
affair.
A Farmers Institute has just closed
at We1lesville. 1t was the seventh an
nual meeting there and was well at
tended.
The Carey hotel at Wichita. has been
purchased by B. L. Eaton, for $40, 900.
Mr. Eaton will make changes and adj
ditions to the hotel
The premier jockeys Of the world,
Lester and Johnny Reiff, in Wichi-
ia, their old home, visiting their
brother, Elmer Reiff.
Frank Doster, the ropulist chief jus
tice of the supreme court, IL credited
with being the best Shakesperian scho1-
ar in the state house.
The roads in Southern Kansas are
Just now worse than they have ever
been before. The oldest inhab;tant is
mired and hasn't word to say.
Stillwell, the Kansas City man who
built the Pittsburg and Gulf railroad,
has now resigned president of the
Guardian company, the trust company
behind the 2. & G.
Perry, shot and killed G. a. Foley, and
riding to Osl1a1oosa surrendered to the
sheriff. Kirby asserts the dead man
had ruined his daughter.
The farmers of Kansas are holding
their grain. Mckenzie, state inspector,
says that unless the grain begins to
move soon he will have to reduce his
force of deputies to half.
mission has issued bulletin shutting
out all cattle, except for immediate
slaughter, from south of the quaran-
tine line, after January 1. On that
date all of the inspectors along the line
will be discharged
Another encouraging sign in Kansas:
Bath rooms are being fitted up in
number of towns In flush times the
Kansan abandons the old wash tub in
the kitchen for 25 cent dip in a por-
celain lined affair down town, with
water enough at hand to drown a
whale.
In Shawnee county lives Benjamin
Vance who was born a slave IN Ken
lucky 81 years ago. He came to Kan
sas It years ago with a team and so
cents. He now owns 400 acres clear of
debt, several hundred head of stock,
fine residence and other property. His
residence is finely furnished and he
gave one of his daughters fine piano
on Christmas Every dollar he has
was made by farming, first renter,
then as an owner.
Ten new engines of the simple con-
soIidated type will soon be turned out
of the Santa Fe shops in Topeka
These engines will be used in freight
service and are what known
''pushers'' especially useful on heavy
grades Work has already commenced
on the order. and the engines will be
finished with haste. The cylinders of
the engines will be 21x34 inches, and
the wheels will measure 81 inches over
the tires. The boiler will be so inches.
The weight of engines on drivers will
be 1000 pounds, and on truck will be
10000 pounds. making about a ss ton
engine when in working order
within five years. says the O1athe
Mirror, EVERY farmer in johnson
county will have his mail delivered at
his door and there will be trolley lines
connecting every part of the county
with Olathe and Kansas City
The first term of district court was
held in Salina county in 1856. Since
that date a64 divorces have been grant
ed, and 125 divorce suits have been
commenced and abandoned There
was one divorce in 1866. and the high
est number for any year was nineteen
in 1883.
The annual meeting of the Kansas
Agricultural society had larger at
tendance than usual. The delegates
attended the funeral of Mrs. Wellhouse
wife of the president Of the society
Judge J. e Halsell, who was at one
time district judge of Sumner county,
died recently at his home in Fort Worth,
Tex, of Bright's disease He was 73
years of age and was one of the most
prominent democratic leaders of the
state. At the time of his death he was
n candidate for district judge at FIT
Worth.
Miss Victoria Tulis is the name of a
Kansas girl who is serving as nurse in
one of the Manila hospitals She says
she is delighted with Manila, is Twin