The Globe-republican., 1902-10-16

c. w Mitchell, of Gardner, has prr-
chased 43, 600 pounds of seed from the
farmers in that vicinity, paying So. 35
per hundred pounds. This is about
one-third as much as bluegrass seed
brought last year. Notwithstanding
the low price, the farmers will net
more profit per acre this fall from their
bluegrass seed than from any other
crop.
Creary, of Gardner, uttered six words
a short time ago for which he is asked
to fork over $500. They were: IT be-
heve Hartshorn stole my harness -
L. L. Hartshorn claims that in making
that statement McCreary slandered
him and brought him into public scan
dal and disgrace. He has filed suit in
the district court against McCreary for
$500 damages for defamation of char
acter.
KANSAS BROOM CoRN.-There is a
scarcity of good whislz brush in the
Kansas broom corn district this year
The brush is red and coarse and the
quality is SO variable that prices range
from $40 to 500 per ton. A few sales
were made this week for 500, but the
most of twelve carloads shipped to mar
l<et brought from $40 to $50 per ton
SEARCH WARRANTS Coon ONCE
District Judge James Lawrence, in the
case of one Charles Schmidt, of Win
field, whose premises the city authori-
ties have repeatedly searched for
liquors, has held that a search and
seizure warrant can only be used once.
new one must be issued each time
the premises are searched.
Lone TROLLEY ROUTE. Wichita
with c. NJ Ceyes, promoter, for an
electric line between Mcpherson and
Arkansas City. The capitalists back
of the scheme are New York men who
are anxious to build line in the west
and sent him out here to look over the
ground and report.
Two ELECTRICAL COMPATIBILITY
Council Grove Electric Light & Power
Company, of Council Grove, capital
$40, 900, is chartered. The company
proposes to build and operate an cleo
trio light. power and heating plant.
The Kansas and Oklahoma Electric
company, of Sabetha, capital, $4,000
is also chartered
In EARLY TIIEs.-Mrs Margaret
Mcnwaine died recently at her home
in Osawatonie. She came to Kansas
in 1855 with her parents. She had
much experience with Missouri raiders
in the border ruffian times. Her first
husband was Robert Shields, who was
killed in battle while serving in the
Eleventh Kansas.
ELECTRIC LIGHT BoNDs.-The EN-
poria City council has sold the $50. 900
bonds for the new electric light plant
to a Toledo, Ohio, firm. The bonds
carry AZ per cent interest
REFINERY AT CHANUTE.-The oil
business of Kansas is reaching such
proportions as may lead to esta blishing
a refinery at Cnanute.
CITY HALL RUINED.-The janitor of
the Abilene city hall forgot to turn off
the water and the hall and contents
We're ruined.
CAwKER CITY FLOODS Floods so II
jured Cawlxer City that the Ledger re-
quired a supplement to tell of the dam
age
LARGE COLLEGE ENROLLsIEMF.-Re-
ports already received by Frank Mel
son, State superintendent of public in
struction, indicate an unusually large
attendance at the state institutions
and the UNCONVENTIONAL colleges. The
attendance is far in advance of that of
any previous year Forinstance Baker
students than last year and the in
crease is largely in the college depart
ment- Dr. Murlin believes that Baker
will have three hundred and sixty stu
dents this year
New SANTA Fee DEPor-The appIi-
cation for the permit to make the long
talked of additions to the Santa Fe
depot at Topeka has been allowed by
the fire marshal. In it the cost of the
improvement is estimated at $50, $50
An addition at each end of the present
building is TO be made. The old bag
gage room will be torn out. The addi-
ton on that end of the depot is to be
IS feet long by 35 feet in width, while
the extension on the south is to be
ffty-seven feet in length by thirty
seven in width
THE FLORENCE ELEvAroR-The So
600 bushel elevator built at Flor
ence by the Parker Grain company.
began handling grain October g. The
company viii clean and prepare for
the market about twenty cars of grain
daV- but it does not inland %o H. n