The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-06-27

at lola calls for $50. 900.
Mcpherson gives 81, 900 and the site
for the Swedish college.
The military force at Fort Riley is to
be increased to 1900 men
A college at Jetnore, Hodgeman
county, has been incorporated
Hutchinson is forced to add to the
capacity of it's school buildings
c. NJ. Johnston, west of Caldwell,
lost six valuable horses by lightning
A Cawker City man was fined SIS for
refusing to assist in making arrest
ing machinery sold at Abilene this
season
Senator Burton has recommended
Lusk of Parsons.
The quality of Sumner county wheat
is reported as of higher grade than
that of last years crop
The brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers, Division I7o, held their annual
picnic at Humboldt Over 1 900 people
attended.
Bluff City, Harper county, has ZOO
people, all progressive 1t has street
lights, parks and a band and the town
has no debts.
Kansas Agricultural college has been
presented with two fine Galloway cat
tie by Colonel NJ. r. Platt, from his
herd in johnson county.
The expenses of the dog catchers in
Topeka amounted to s1s7.5 so for three
weeks; their collections were 1851, Civ
ing the city profit of 1868. So
An attempt was made to blow up
he Al o1, ~,
The pastor, Rev. J. NJ. Miller, is a lead
er in the crusade against the saloons.
Clara E. Howe, wife of f. w Howe,
of Atchison, has secured a divorce on
the ground Of desertion, receiving ali
mony of 500 a month until SIS 900 has
been paid.
The III. @. Lee farm north of Wichita
has a ten acre field of alfalfa which
was soyvn ten years ago. The first
cutting this season produced Is tons;
with two more cuttings to follow.
About 5000 Santa Fe shopmen and
members of their families enjoyed a
picnic exclusion to Kansas City. This
was a less number than was expected
and provided for by the railroad com
pany-
Henry Page, a farmer near Olivet
and his wife We're at the spring getting
water when his two little girls, aged
and years, were burned in their
beds Mr.. Page rescued them with a
ladder but they died of their burns.
Young Belts, the 13-year-old boy
who was tried for murder at Winfield
was acquitted by the jury. Belts and
Clyde Moore, who had run away from
home, Were accused of killing a farmer
for his money Moore's trial win come
later.
C. NJ. johnson, the Sumner county
farmer who lost all his horses by light
ming, was the beneficiary of big
hearted act of his neigh Dor, S. w.
Walker, who hitched up a big team
and took it to Mr.. johnson and told
him to use them until he was able to
get team
The Topeka Capital has an extended
article, illustrated with licensees of
women of Kansas who have been sue
cessfu1 in business enterprises, from
insurance agencies, bakery and con-
fectionery shops, millinery and fur
niture to general merchandising.
Nearly 20 lines of business are repre-
sented, yet the article does not men
ton women lawyers and physicians of
whom there are many in the state.
The graduating class at Concoreia is
certainly up to date Its motto was:
Beyond this lie the washtub and the
saw buck
Haskell Indian school at Lawrence,
graduated As Indians The normal
department graduates We're eight girls
and one boy. Congressman Charles
Curtis made the address to the class.
C. F. Dietrich. of Richmond. Frank
| lin county, has sold six fanay Poland
| China hogs, which have been shipped
| to Finland in charge of the Wel1s-Far-
| go company. The express bill is St2o
A linen manufacturer of Massachu
| sets, is taking notes on Bourbon coun.
| tvs fax crop, with plan to putting
| in a factory at Fort Scott.
| In getting out the stone for the Igor
/ county court house and the Emporis
Carnegie library a stone was quarriec
] which measured feet thick, 80 fee
wide and 90 feet long. It was split te
required dimensions One block 70,
| the library was shipped which weighed