The Globe-republican., 1902-12-11

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more to spend the winter at the home
of their son, c. D. BidwelL They
have been keeping house alone Both
enjoy good health and Mrs BidweIl is
the active of the two She re
tains her eyesight and keeps up corre-
spondence with a number of friends
and relatives They have been mar
ried over 60 years
APPEAL TO CoNGREss.-The Kansas
State Temperance Union will try to
get law through congress to prohibit
the issuance of a government liquor Ii
cense to any person who has not com
piled with the liquor law OF the state
in which he resides The bill will be
introduced in congress by some mem
Der of the Kansas delegation, and the
officers of the union say the solid Kan
| sas delegation has agreed to support
it
Bo9coTT COAL DEALER.-At Horton
lately the coal chutes were burned
The railroad company permitted the
| poor people of the town to carry away
u lot of the half burned coal. A coal
| dealer of the town protested against
| this charity, saying it was damaging
| his business. 1.-The people of Horton,
| rich and poor alike says the Head
| light, t-are up in arrns against the deal
er, and general boycott is now on.
| A YEAR's DIvoRcEs-Of the 1873 di-
| vorce cases in the court of Crawford
| county in the past year 40 We're brought
! by husbands and 80 by wives. The
| records show that alongside the 13S
/ divorces there were APO riages.
| The total costs in the divorce cases
amounted to more than So, 600.
| GAS IN SUMNER.-A reported find of
| gas at Ashton, twelve miles west of
Arkansas City, is causing considerable
/ excitement in Sumner county. The gas
was discovered in a well only eighty
seven feet deep after heavy charge of
/ dynamite had been exploded.
/ FILED MOTION BY WIRE.-B. P.
| Waggener wanted mandamus dis
missed He did not go to Topeka, or
hire Topeka lawyer, but te1egraphed
his motion to the supreme court with a
request that it be granted The court
| promptly granted it.
EIGHT YEARS TO THREE-The Mis-
souri, and Kansas university foot ball
teams have played twelve Thanlsgiv-
ing games. Kansas has won eight;
| Missouri three, and one game, that in
| 1900, tie.
DEFECTIVE SIDEwALK.-Fannie e.
Art given verdict in the district
court for s., 500 against Arkansas City
for injuries sustained by defective
sidewalk. She sued for $4,000.
SLOT MACHINE FINEs.-Police Judge
| Magaw of Topeka fined thirteen people,
mostly jointists, $40 each for operating
slot machines. The Judge declares
| that slot machines must go.
BILL FOR COOP RoADs.-A Leaven-
worth member will introduce bill to
have macad amized roads built in that
state penitentiary-
| OLD SETTLER DEAD.-Dewitt Grif fifth,
an old settler of Marshall county, re-
tired in good health and was found
dead in his bed in the NOR ming.
On SALARY AMENDAfENT.-The vote
on the constitutional amendment to
raise the salaries of legislators was
%, 900 for; 40, 76s against.
QUALITY Is GooD--State Grain In
spector b. J. Northrup says that a
large amount of corn is now comm G
into market and that its quality is
good. ssThis is rather early for ship
| ments,' > said he tsbut the high price
has encouraged the farmers to unload. =
KANSAS ScHooLs.-State Superin-
tendent Nelson in his report says that
, the total number of school houses in
the state is 9, log. and that the value OF
the ScnOO1 property Is S11so0O. 49, anC
that the number of teachers employed
I1,To9.
/ SOUTHWESTERN TEAcHERs.-At Their
meeting at Ell Dorado T. c. Wakefield
of Wellington. was chosen president
Irwin s. Stimme1, OF Howard, vict
. president: E. Dunlxin, of Wichita, chair
: man of executive committee. The
next meeting will be held in Wichita
Thanksgiving week of next year
ANOTHER WAGE INCREAsE--The
/ Santa Fe management has announced
increase of the wages of all EN-
t p1oyes in the planning mills of the road
5 from 1875 to Il cents an hour. taking
effect December l.
/ HARVEY COUNTY GRASrs FRANCHISE
I | The com nIssioners of Harvey county
? decided to grant franchise to tbs
+. Union Electric Railway and Construc
/, | ton cOarar9=ar7x for l,71iIdiurr Of ar