The Globe-republican., 1902-07-17
salina had fve rainsi in the 6rst seven

of the new Usage City State bank.
Coyotes are killing sheep in Lyon
county. The losses are reported
severe.
E. ]. Bowden, son of an Eslxridge
banker, was drowned in a pond while
bathing.
Peter Hanson, of Cloud county, lost
400 hogs in the overflow of the Repul-
1ican river.
has been appointed a copyist in the
patent office
The postal receipts at Junction City
have reached the limit which will
bring free delivery of mail
Altoona had e99 inhabitants at the
last census The town is thrifty, hav-
ing 81. 343. 90 in its treasury
Del. Valentine advises Kansas City,
Kansas, to change its name back to
Wyandotte and he is right
Topeka contractors refuse to take
on any mere contracts because they
already have all they can manage this
year
There are fields in Finney county
which have been in alfalfa for 20 years
and are good they
We're.
There are thousands of bushels of
plums about Sterling on the market at
low price, there being lack of outside
demand.
n. Fl. Loomis, the new general at
torney for the Union Pacific. was
working on a Saline county farm 90
years ago.
VIM. d. Ritchie, of D troop, Eighth
cavalry, fell from an electric at
Fort Riley, into the Republican river
and was drowned.
The Kansas river at Topeka became
very high again account of the
floods coming down from the Repub1i-
can and Blue rivers
There are wheat fields in Saline
county that cannot be cut because of
the heavy growth of weeds in them
since the heavy rains
The Repu b1ican river seemed to be
forming a new channel through the
fields, making it probable that the
bridge and dam at Clay Center will be
left high and dry.
The story that VIM. Clarke, of Law
renee, committed suicide is denied
While de1irious from sickness he cut
himself by accident with a razor, but
the wound is lot serious.
Andrew Erickson, a farmer of Wa
water which covered the approach to
the bridge at St. Marys, and the swift
current took him to his death.
The man who was selected to fire
anvi1s on the Fourth at Fall River was
drunk. He poured powder on the hot
anvils and received dangerous burns.
The city marshal who stood ten feet
distant was badly burned.
| The Walnut river at Arkansas City
was higher after the recent rains than
at any time for four years. The city
| electric light plant, which is run by
water power, was shut down. The
| back water in the canal rendered the
! power useless.
Two threshing engines have explo-
| ded. One in Reno county owned and
/ operated by Abram Dierks and his
! family, fatally injuring him, while
/ Sour others We're seriously hurt. The
other was in Wilson county. Leo An
derson was blown 60 feet away. Pieces
of iron We're thrown every way, one
striking VIM. Wilson, cutting his leg
off. Anderson was fatally hurt, while
! Wilson is expected to recover.
E. Emery Gore, of Lawrence, is en-
| joying a visit with his twin brother,
| E. Emerson Gore, of Oregon The
| twins are rs years old and had been
separated 80 years Even the relatives
of the brothers are puzzled to tel
which is which.
A committee of United Brethren
ministers is to decide whether Lane
university shall be removed from LIE
compton to Hutchinson. It is the old
est college in Kansas, having been es
tablished when Lecompton was the
capital of the territory.
Eugene f. Ware, commissioner O
pensions, has been invited to address
the annual state encampment at Wich
ita in September
The Delaware river at Valley Ea11
was higher one day last week than tn
rai1roadmen ever saw it At AtchisoI
the Missouri river was not far from
the draw bridge
Larned IS prosperous Several goot
, buildings are being erected A nev
; telephone exchange building is com
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