The Globe-republican., 1901-04-18


j grind 6, 900 bushels of wheat every "a
i hours.
/ Wellington expects to enjoy free city
delivery of mail matter on and after
/ July 1.
The Santa Fe will expend about ST.
600, 600 in building the new shops in
/ Topeka
The Emporia Normal has received
i the apparatus for its gymnasium. It's
cost is 81. 900.
Louisburg complains of having more
counterfeit 25 cent pieces than can be
used handi1y-
The Wellington Committee of Fifty
/ offers reward for gamblers of fifty
| dollars head.
Anderson county proposes to erect a
new court house in the center of the
| city park at Garnett.
Miss NJ. E. Dolphin has again been
reelected superintendent of the city
| schools of Leavenworth-
The case against Postmaster McEl-
| fresh. of Usage City, is dismissed from
/ the United States court.
| The creamery at Eslxridge made 3D.
| $50 pounds of butter last year from
| 1.34s- 900 pounds of milk.
Lightning burned out a number of
| City the night of April s.
| a new law authorizes all municipal
| tiles to sell stock taken in exchange
| for bonds voted to railroad compan-
! les.
Jacob Haynes, of Preston, is said to
still have the team of horses he drove
to Kansas from Pennsylvania "a years
ago
The corner stone for new court
house at Clay Center will be laid on
April 23. The building is to be of
Manhattan stone.
c. w. Goodlander, of Fort Scott has
given a fine residence property to the
Epworth home, an institution for
homeless children. 1t will be called
the Goodlander home.
Secretary Coburn's first crop bulIe-
tin for this season rates the wheat crop
at 90 per cent The report form u1a-
ted in Washington places it at 1o5 per
cent, the highest CT all the states
Sumner county has sold it's stock in
the Wichita & Southeastern railroad
to the Santa Fe company and has re-
ccived SIS, $40 for it. 1t was originally
issued in exchange for STA, 900 in coun-
ty bonds.
Mrs Horn, who was deaf was killed
by a train in Welling gton- Her hus-
band was old soldier who is well
known Her daughter, Miss Horn,
was in Wichita and was prostrated by
the news.
Madison seems to have periodical
safe blowing. The safe at the Santa
Fe depot is the latest. Two holes were
drilled in the safe, the robbers were
scared away, taking shotgun and a
grip with them.
In 1887 Sam Newman built fine
double brick block in Holton. The
same year it was burned. He rebuilt
it and last week the new block was
destroyed by fire together with his big
stone livery barn.
Homeless children brought from
other states must now be each accom-
panied by a certificate of good charac-
ter backed by a $5. 900 guaranty bond.
The state board of charities has made
this rule in accordance with a new law.
The city of Parsons will place its
stock in the NJ. X. & T. railroad on the
market if the railroad company re-
fuses to accept it as a donation for the
erection of a $40, 900 office building.
The mayor and council are authorized
to sell 1T for S12, 900.
c. j. Devlin, the coal operator has
bought the controlling interest in the
First National bank of Topeka, from
L. u. Letter, of Chicago. for S136, 900.
An Abilene dealer was tried at Min
neapo1is and sentenced to five years in
the penitentiary, for misrepresenting
the value of land he traded for a stock
of goods
The Union Pacific is said to be pre-
pairing to build S14, 900 depot at Man
haitian. That city has suffered in more
or less patience for many years for this
much needed building.
Kansas will this year expend s792,-
| 500 on fourteen of its public buildings.
This means work for army of me-
chanics-
Governor Stanley, while returning
home from banquet given by the
Kansas City. Kas-, Commercial club,
had his thumb badly pinched by the
slamming of a car door,
Mr.. Grau, of Mitchell county, who
| carried off numerous prizes his
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