The Globe-republican., 1902-04-17

issue bonds for park improvements
A heavy fall of hail occurred at At
tica the night of April . Fruit was
damaged
Postal receipts at the salina post
office have increased 95 per cent in the
past four years
The Santa Fe has contracted for
500, 900 worth of new machinery for
the new shops at Topeka
Emporia gave majority for the issue
of $40, 900 of city bonds to improve its
electric light and power plant
Ralph Gilmore who was employed at
the Wichita stock yards. was killed be-
tween tae bumpers of two stock cars
At public sale near Garnett 81, 400
worth of property changed hands. all
of which except about $40 was paid in
cash
The Northwest Kansas Veterans as
sociation will hold its seventeenth an
nual encampment at Goodland Septem-
Der to s.
John Il Stewart has presented to
the city of Wellington SO acres of land
for park and $1,000 with which to
improve it,
The Santa Fe California flyer No. z
left the track in North Ottawa and was
delayed two hours or more. No one
injured.
The Rev. A. Watkins, Episcopal
archdeacon for Western Kansas, seems
likely to be chosen as bishop of the new
diocese of Salina-
c. S. Culp, of ScottsviIle. took car
load of Holstein cows to Mexico and
sold them at prices ranging from SITS
-
The Mcpherson NJ. E. church well
coined their deposed pastor, Mr.. Low
ther, with a well attended gathering a t
the church, where bounteous supper
was served.
Citizens of Be1oit have formed an or
ganization for the purpose of buying
electrical launch to be used in the
vicinity of the Chautauqua grounds
near the city.
superintendent Aver, of the Western
division. who lives at Dodge City. is
having a two-seated car built and
equipped with a gasoline motor for his
personal use.
The First NJ. E. church of Ottawa
has decided to build a sac. 900 church.
S. s. Rohrbaugh having offered to
double any sum the church can raise
for building fund.
Wiley Bollinger, who came to Rour-
bon county with OK team in 1855
and has lived near Redfeld since, died
recently. He was "a member of the
Legislature in 1880 and has been justice
or the peace for Is wears
The Frisco line passenger depot at
Ellsworth is completely destroyed by
fire, caused by lingtning. The fire
no one in the building. Several car
loads of 1um Der were burned
Judge Dennis Madden decided in
case of dispute concerning the true
boundary of certain lots in Emporia,
that if a piece of property is occupied
by a party for Is years before being
notified to move the boundary fence
the property belongs to the person who
occupied it.
The First Methodist church of Hutch
inson asked the bishop to send a GER
tain Chicago minister to their church
the church offering to give him $4,000
and the use of the parsonage. A man
was sent to them who was not salts
factory and the church will give him
only $500 and charge him half of that
for rent The church has 1850 mem
bers
The Topeka Industrial and Educa-
tional institute for colored youth has
made its annual report to State Super
intendent Frank Nelson. The insti-
tuition has ten teachers and officers, 121
students and a net property valuation
of SIG 900.
The Baptist academy at Hiawatha is
assured The people have met the re-
quirement of the New York man who
offered SO, 900 if the people would add
much more The amount needed
was raised in two weeks, Ex-Governor
Morrill, giving S., 900 of it.
The First Unitarian church of Wich-
ita is to have SO, 900 church building,
the plans having been completed
Hiram Allen died at Williamsburg,
on March %, after an illness of several
weeks Mr. Allen served adjutant
general during the Leedy administra-
ton
The Rev E A. Hoyt, a preacher at