The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-12-05


is burned at a loss of $50. 900
The Strong City street railway has
changed hands and has been improved
There are five stockmen of Butler
county who pay over 81, 900 year in
taxes
Eli Thayers a young farmer near
| Wi1sonton. Labette county. has disap-
peared-
A militia company has been made up
at Lindsborg which is composed entirely
of Swedes-
Hard cider and lemon essence forms
the substitute for Intoxicating drinks
at Osborne
The Masonic home at Wichita is
quarantined on account of case of
scarlet fever.
Alexander Parker, the founder of
Cawl1er City, Ks, died at Tacoma,
Wash, recently
The state house is closed on Thanks
giving day and many officials went
to their homes.
1t is stated that the fee of Waggener,
Horton & Orr in the famous stoclzyarois
case is 500. 900.
Leavenworth is to vote. December 21,
on the question of municipal ownership
of the city waterworks-
Two carloads of turkeys were shipped
from Stockton in two successive days.
There were 1000 of them.
Money received at the Shawnee conn
ty treasurer-s office, during this tax
paying season, is fumigated-
Osborne county is likely to take the
cue from its next neighbor. Mitchell
county, and build a court house.
Oscar Hill. Logan constable, had
his skull broken by Joe Tibbs, who was
being charged with Bookkeeping.
Fire destroyed a general merchandise
store and the postoffice at Eaton, Leav-
enworth county, on November 2s.
Geo. Stevenson, of Waterville, has
been elected director of the National
Aberdeen-Angus association for Kan
sas.
There is proposition up to build a
viaduct over the three railroads which
parallel each other, a block apart, in
Wichita
The coursing meet at Marysville was
attended by 1880 people. Fourteen
races were run, dogs being there from
a dozen towns.
Apple orchards about Barnes are be-
ing destroyed by canker worms Dam
age by these worms is reported in
Fourteen years ago this month A W.
Rice mailed a postal card in Sa1ina adj
dressed to John Johntz- The postal
card arrived in Abilene last week
Kansas had 30 of cotton this
year which produced % $50 pounds of
cotton, valued at 81 ,3I2. One half of
this was raised in Montgomery coun-
ty-
bought 967 turkeys in one week. They
weighed 20. 900 pounds and cost him
from to . cents a pound, there being
over 81 300 in the venture.
Injunction proceedings are delaying
thOny. Tracklayers and steel are on
the ground and could get into town by
the middle of December.
Thos. Ring and James Tanner, bust
ness men of ST. John, have bought the
entire $3.50 acres of land held by the
Sells estate in Kearney county and viii
convert it into huge cattle ranch.
Some months ago a resident of Cliff
ton went to Sundance, Wyo., to take
place IN mill. His wife, accompanied
by her 14-year-old son, recently started
in one horse buggy to make the trip
of roo miles overland to join him.
The four Kansas counties of Sumner,
Barton, Rice and Mcpherson produced
more wheat than either Illinois or Mis-
souri,.
ID. S. Waite, the Colorado ex-governor
who dropped dead the other day, was
member of the Kansas legislature from
Larned in 1879.
DR. c. Perry. retired banker of
Winfield. announces his intention to
give modern pipe organ to the Epis-
copa1 church of that city The Metho-
dist and Baptist churches now have
pipe organs
I Governor Stanley, of Kansas, is now
sounding some of the school superin-
tendents of the state as to whether it
would be wise to use the school children
of the state a means of raising Kan
sas' share of the Mckinley monument
fund.
All of the meetings of the State