The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-09-05

$3.50 a month for water
The Conway Springs hotel which
burned is to be replaced by new one
A strong flow of gas at a depth OF
800 feet has been found on a farm
Garnett-
A 5000 telescope has been purchased
for the use OF the Montgomery county
high school
Ohio parties are figuring on building
an electric line between Atchison and
Leavenworth-
IN Thomas county, which commenced
about August 27-
Congressman Ca1derhead has bought
a 800 acre farm in the Blue Valley near
B1ve Rapids, for S. 200.
Bishop Millspaugh and family spent
/ most of the summer IN the Cumberland
mountains in Tennessee.
A national convention of the blind
| assembled IN Kansas City, Kansas, to
see each other, You know
There is a Fort Scott girl in Paris
Miss Essie Lee, who is called by the
Paris papers 1.-The most beautiful vio-
1inist- =
Larned, is dead He was a Mason and
a Knight Templar and was buried with
Masonic honors.
Charles Wolff, the Topeka packer
has received two letters after the. style
of those sent to Cudahy, Omaha Guess
Charley is little scared.
There is over 81 600, 900 invested in
the milling industry in Kansas, with
total output of SIS, 900, 900 and a total
expenditure of $50, 600, 900.
At Peabody on a recent Sunday, a
collection was taken in the Methodist
church for missionary purposes and
$40 was raised in thirty minutes.
Nearly forty kinds of birds are
known to nest every year in Riverside
park, Wichita, and there are probably
$50 varieties seen there every summer
The postmasters in the larger towns
in the southeastern part of the state
are after more rural mail routes They
say that roads are always good in that
part of the state.
Isaac Sharp, a lawyer who lived at
Council Grove a dozen years or more
served in the Legislature in 1868 and
was democratic candidate for governor
in 1850. died in Washing ton recentIv
The Santa Fe gave Mr. Proctor and
his wife each 81 900. It will be reme1r,-
bered that Mr. Proctor lost an arm
while on train from Edwards county
to attend the state reunion at Hutchin
son.
There are IS kinds of native trees, in
Riverside park at Wichita, viz: burr
oak, white elm, redbud, cottonvz ood
blackberry, black walnut, sycamore
cafeenut, honey locust, white; ash,
willow, mulberry and box elder.
Chairman NJ c. Campbell of she live
stock sanitary board, has found a case
of Texas fever at Kechi Sedgvvick
county, which he says is the only case
in Kansas and the range has been
quara ntined. The other cattle have
been CREASED with petroleum.
A clumsy swindle was attempted bv
two men working with a threshine
machine near Conway Springs They
sold property belonging to the thresh-
ers for small prices, and the same prop
erty to two purchasers. The men were
in Wellington jail in short order
Four new coal mines to give employ
ment to from 200 to 500 men each. are
now being sunk around Pittsburg
while three others have just been COM
pleted- The Mount Carmel Coal com
pany, the fuel department. of the Santa
Fe is putting in two big new mines
south of Pittsburg-
VIM A Bingham, representative
from Morris county, has been appoint
ed consul general at Cape Town.
Fred Voiles, of Wellington has mar
ried an accomplished Usage maiden,
with one-SiXteenth Indian blood who
owns !, 500 acres of land of which $50
acres is in cultivation, 900 acres in pas
ture and the rest surrounded with hog
fence She received 800 acres more as
a wedding present This is leased and
she gets it when the lease expires 1t
is stated that Voiles did not know OF
his brides wealth.
The treasurer of the Citizens Build
ing association of Leavenworth is sued
foa an alleged shortage of SCI 900.
Misses Clara and Chloe Risdon, OF
Ottawa county, raised so acres of wheat
last season and are planting the same
acreage this year They do all Of the
farm work; blowing, narrowing, seed
ing, milk cows and take the milk to
the creamery, take care of a fine lot OF