The Globe-republican., 1901-09-19
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

of the governor OF Kansas.
In 1891 Kansas had "a. .4s4 acres of al
faIfa; in 1901 ther- 31e, 900 acres
of this forage crop IN the state
The number of new students in
Washburn college is greater at this
opening season than ever before
J. T. Ryan, a wealthy farmer of Mont
gomery county, is mysteriously missing
Mr. Ryan's age is 81 years. He owns a
farm of 24o acres
Miss Jessie Morrison went from the
peniteutiary TO Excelsior Springs with
the hope of regaining her health She
gave S76, 600 bond
John e. Galley, of Clearwater, is be
heved to be one of five men who were
killed in a railroad collision at James
town, South Dakota
The RichIand school house west of
Pratt was struck by lightning and
burned, with fixtures. The building
was valued at ST. 900.
Miss Edith Davis, a teacher in the
Topeka high school, has accepted a
81 200 position in the territorial agri-
cultural college of New Mexico.
While Miss Morrison was in the pen
itentiary, she made good deal of
fancy work which brought consider
able revenue to the library fund
Blue Rapids has a commercial club
which is reaching out for the extension
of the Missouri Pacific north from To
peka to connect with the Central
Branch.
The State Sheriffs- association pro-
poses to contest the claim that they
must vacate at the end of their second
terms, and that successor must be APP
pointed. They have employed attor-
neys.
George A. Braunraider a member of
The Soldiers Home at Leavenworth,
was dishonorably discharged and
drummed out of camp for expressing
satisfaction at the shooting of the pres
ident-
f. E. Register, a delivery wagon
driver of Topeka, said he was glad Mr..
Mckinley was shot, and dis
charged. A committee went to his
house to order him to leave the city
but did not find him.
CourtIand Fleming, member of the
Twentseth Kansas, was shot through
the stomach, the ball passing through
1T and lodging in his back; a case sim
liar to that of President Mckinley. He
is now a strong, sound man
At Redfeld, Bourbon county, when
the news from Buffalo came, y. f.
Smith, a barber, said it was damned
good thing The entire population
became infuriated and he was given
until night to get oa1t of town
On September IL the balance in the
general revenue, in the state treasury
was S1e1, ,39S, while the surplus money
in the permanent school fund was $780,
COL For the latter strenuous efforts
are being made to find investments.
Chas. Lake and c. A Lewis, Missouri
Pacific men, We're standing inside the
Paola depot when a fight among ne
groes occurred on the platform The
bullets passed through the side of the
depot and hit both of the white men.
Oberlin, Decatur and Jennings have
been flooded by three inch rain fall.
At Decatur the county records We're
damaged. Along Sapp Creek hay and
other stacked feed was swept away and
cuIverts and bridges We're washed out
Greenwood county Jury in the dis
trict court found the mayor of Eureka
not guilty on the charge of disobeyine
ing the law in appointing Z civilian
as street commissioner when an old
colder was an applicant for the place.
Less than two years ago Marsha
Hatfield bought the John Gapen Sc
acres in Harmon township, Summer
county, for $3.50. His first crop was
1000 bushels of oats and 400 bushels O.
corn. This year he threshed LOT
bushels of wheat and on Tuesday be
sold the land for 81, ZOO
There are 100 ears of bridge materia
at Liberal for the Rock Island bridg,
over the Canadian on the Ell Paso ex
tension The bridge viii be 500 fee
long and 135 feet high
1t is told that the Rev. Mr.. Breed, o
Burlingame, who is a X. n. G. mem
ber, was at the depot wearing his uni
form, when he was approached by
man who said: Say, pard, we've got
little game over here and some booze
If you want in, it's all right Th
preacher told about it in his Sunda,
sermon
H. E. Comfy has been changed from
Joplin, No. and has taken the place o
Mr.. Frank at Wichita as district frei gh
agent of the Frisco line. He has live,