The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24
Kansas ITEMS OF INTEREST.

struck east of Chanute
Neodesha Presbyterians are prepar-
ing to build parsonage.
Burglars have been working at their
profession in Hutchison of late.
1t seems to be a common practice in
FL Dorado to I'll cisterns with ice.
The town of GIasco has purchased a
block for the purpose of public park.
Fifty-three witnesses in the Jessie
Morrison case received an average fee
of sa1.
Morton A1baugh has been appointed
and confirmed as state bank commis-
sioner.
There is likely to be a bill before the
legislature to let the state printing by
contract
The four new justices will sit in the
supreme court for the first time at the
February term
The report of the state grain in
spector for December shows a profit to
the state of $500
Mound City has colored woman,
Mrs. Carrie Brooks, who is known to
be 113 years old.
The country people are becoming
convinced that the Belgian hare is like
1y to become pest.
Major A. B. Powell. postmaster at
Coffeyville, fell on the ice at Kansas
City and broke a leg.
quilt with President McKinley's
autograph is to be raffied off at Mont
gomery county church.
Rev. John Moorhead, chaplain of the
house of representatives., was chaplain
of the penitentiary in 1895.
Representative n. L. Wise of Reno
fu ioH in
insurance amounting 81, 500.
There are not enough lawyers in the
Kansas house of represen tatives to fill
up the two judiciary committees.
Cattlemen of Finney county are
holding their stock for advanced prices;
and are the broom corn raisers.
Ten machines worked all the season
threshing the wheat crop about Glasco,
averaging about $4,000 bushels each.
Frank NJ. Rarig will represent the
Wesleyan university of Salina at the
State intercollegiate contest at Ottawa
March 1.
The A. o. q. w. started the year
1899 with 31,734 members in Kansas
and at the end of the year had 33, 444,
an incresae of 4,71O.
The coroner's jury in the case of the
burning of the negro. Alexander, re
turned a verdict of burned by a party
or parties unknown
The demand for arms by both blacks
and whites, including women, soor
exhausted the supply in Leavenworth
after the burning tragedy.
A Be1oit man recently invested S., 900
in Missouri Pacific stock at "a and is
now figuring how much he is ahead
with the stock quoted at s415.
The school at Corbin, Sumner county
has been closed on account of small
pox. Another school near Corbin ha
been closed because of the itch.
The Whitman house at Sa1ina wa
quarantined and the victims first en-
joyed the novelty of Imprisonment, bu
soon got weary of being cooped up.
sState Printer W. Y. Morgan is elect
ed for second term by a strict part.
vote; Grant Harrington, of Hiawatha
receiving the votes of the minority.
The number of real estate transfer
filed in Sumner county in 1896 was s91
in 1897, 1888; IN 1898, .434; in 1895
1,297; in 1900, 1,TO1.
There are many cases of smallpox i
southern Osborne and northern Russo,
counties. Schools and all public gatf
erings are closed and the country
quarantined.
The is demand on the 1egislatur
for more pay to county and city officer
Several special bills are already il
which may be consolidated into a ge1
eral bill.
Chief Justice Frank Doster will +
tain his position until the end of til
term for which he was elected, whe
Justice Johnston will become chief ju
tice under the constitutional amen,
ment.
Dennis Madden, new district 5ude
at Emporia, has ruled that no deer,
of divorce win be granted until all tt
costs of the case paid
Waldo, on the Lincoln branch of IL
Union Pacific, has seven cases of sn1al
pox and is quarantined- No passe
gers are left taken at the station
a bill to enable Wichita to Iss1
small bonds. SO to 500, for suff1eie
amount with which to purchase wate
8 likely e ted 70 T.