The Globe-republican., 1901-10-31
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

pect for coal, gas and oil at ewen City.
Six real estate sales were made at
Sabetha in one week for combined
consideration of $40, 400
A gas company has been chartered to
bore for gas at F'redonia and to supply
the city with light and heat
The largest COW in Kansas is owned
by Dick Clark, of Gaylord She weighs
1000 pounds and is six feet high
E. H Lockridge, of Oak Hall, has
killed the old eagle who has made its
home in that section for e5 years
Congressman w. a. Reeder, of the
Sixth district, asks the people to select
their postmasters by local elections.
The finest livery barn in Emporia.
with IS horses and IL carriages, is
burned at a loss of towards IS, ooo-
E. Tyner, of Hiavatha owns a COW
, feet II inches long, 5 feet inches
high, feet in girth, and weighing over
a ton
The city marshal of Wellington takes
toys to school; those who do not at
tend, and the school board furnishes
them with books
The state board of charities has con-
tracted for 5000 bushels of Minnesota
potatoes with prices ranging from rs to
So cents a bushel
DR.. Louis Schleisinger, of ST. Louis.
who holds spirit seances at Arkansas
City, has been arrested for refusing to
pay his license fee
The Chanute Oil and Gas company
has struck gas flow of 1900, 900 feet a.
day This is the seventh successive
strike on Gas Ridge in 60 days.
Mrs Lewis Hornbeclz, late of the
applicant for the position of matron of
a North Dakota Indian school.
Case Brodericlz. of Holton, has been
made special master to take testimony
in the case involving title to several
Kansas held by the Santa Fe rail
road.
c. A. Keller. the Cowley county apple
king, is harvesting and storing in
buildings erected for that purpose TO-
600 bushels of apples He has twenty
varieties They are now nearly all
picked.
N B. Brown, of Cloud county, bought
40 acres two years ago at $40 an acre
and put it in alfalfa. His two years
income from the two years crops paid
interest, taxes, seeding and repaid the
$40 acre too.
1t is proposed that the state buy
Stiger's island, adjacent to the peniten-
tiary at Lansing, for the purpose of
extending the state coal mines under it.
The mines now being worked will not
last much longer
Probate Judge B. b. Garrett, of Ness
county, died in a barber shop at Ness
City while waiting to be shaved. He
had resided there 27 years and was the
first county treasurer. He was serving
his fourth term as probate Judge
a troublesome citizen of Ottawa got
to that point in his career requiring a
lesson. The court, in one breath, fined
him S25 for being drunk; 500 for dis
turbing the peace; 500 for resisting an
officer; 800 for destruction of jail prop
erty; costs, Sz-15. The court put a
limit on the number of cubic feet of
stone day he must break until the
S332.15 waS-vxiped out
y Rock Island freight piled up Is
cars in a cut south of Peck, the second
station south of Wichita There was
some livestock on the train. The en-
CINE escaped and no one was hurt A
train was sent from Wichita with 40
men to clear the track
County Superintendent Smith, OF
Franklin county, found that when the
monthly meeting of teachers was held
at ottawa much time was spent at the
mi1liners, shopping and making calls.
He then appointed the meetings at the
small lows and secured better results
DR. Farig. of Philadelphia, a govern
ment expert, has visited the Trego gold
fields and sent a wagon load of the
sha1e to eastern station for analysis.
During the late drouth deposits in
Kansas banks have increased to so.
goo, 900; about equally divided between
the national banks and the state and
private banks
BY report of Statistical Secretary
Dixon, the Friends society in Kansas
has gained 1873 members during the
past year, making a total membership
II, Oo2 at the present time
Law Notes. the leading law journal
of the country. says that the Kansas
supreme court reports the best that
are issued T. E. Dewey is the author
John wilburn, one of the mob at q