The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-09-25
KANSAS nOMMENT


Kansas G. A r. department. by the
council of administration to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of NJ A.
Carmichael at Ga rnett recently.
An OLD FLINr-LoCK.-Georg Carver,
of Wichita, has received from his
mother, in Ohio, an old fiint-1ocl1 rifle
carried by an ancestor of his in the
war of 1912. The gun is very heavy
and the bayonet is very long 1t is in
good working order and looks if it
might do execution even now The
stamp it is simply the word ssOhio'
imprinted in the barrel.
TWENTIETH KANSAS BABY Snow
Tt has been Suggested by a number of
the boys at the reunion at Burlin gton
that a Twentieth Kansas baby show
be made a feature of the reunion next
year, and the proposition has also been
made that all members who cannot
show a wife and baby by that time be
fined and put fatigue duty until
they reform.
CHRISTIAN Church CoNvENTIoN.-
The convention of the Christian church
of Kansas, held at Topeka, elected the
following new officers: President,
Milton Brown; superintendent of mis-
sions, w. S. Lowe; vvomans depart
ment, Libby f. Ingels; department of
Sunday schools, G. A. Fink; depart
ment of young people, r. A Rosen-
stein; children's department, Eveline
Moore.
HIAwATHA ACADEMY OPENs.-The
Hiawatha academy, whose endowment
has recently been increased $25, 900 by
Rockefeller and Brown county patrons,
and which is now under the control of
the Baptist educational association,
opened its fall term with good at
tendance. A large number of students
will enter during the first weeks and it
is thought that all accommod a tions
will be crowded.
EUREKA REUNION. veterans of
'61 to '65 held a reunion at Eureka last
week which was largely attended by
the old boys, their families and friends.
There was not minute of time that
the management We're lacking in en-
tertainment of the crowds in attend
ance- Noted speakers, musicians, e1o-
cutiOnists and vOcaIists were call
from Tuesday morning until Friday
night Charles Curtis and J. 6. Wood,
from Topeka, were speakers.
RAISED IN WICIurA.-Miss Eva Root
has been appointed private stenogra-
pher to Governor Root of Michigan.
She was born and raised in Wichita
and passed the public schools of that
city, but left Wichita just one year ago
and has taken thorough training in
the International business college of
Saginaw, Mich, and from the college
she marched directly into the govern
or's office and is giving perfect salts
faction.
FIRST FROST ITEMS. first frost
of the season was noticed at Dodge
City September IL. On the same
morning there was a light frost at
Florence. In Doniphan county along
the Missouri river bottoms all the green
leaves were nipped- Abilene reported
heavy frost, but it was too late to
injure corn. There was ice formed at
Ottawa No damage to crops. Atchi-
reports green stuff killed in the
bottoms. Lawrence reports heavy
white frost, with ice in exposed places.
Salina had light frost with no dam
age, while Chetopa reports a heavy
frost without damage.
On GENERAL ToRRANCE's STAFF
Colonel J. L. Grimes, of Hiawatha, ha:
been selected as an aide de camp OF
the staff of General Eli Torrance, com
mapder-in-chief of the G. A, R., fol-
rhe national G.. a. r. reunion to b,
held next month at Washington, D. c
Colonel Grimes was an aide-de-canl
several years ago at the Louisville ma
tiona1 reunion.
GETTING NERVE--Several Of the stu
dents of Ottawa university have beel
working as section hands on the SAINT;
Fe this summer.
GET NEXT TO DAvIDsON--C. L. Da
wilson, of Wichita, has bought a LAX
OF seven acres of deep water. full of tn
finest lake trout and bass. 1t lies i
the mountains of the northern part c
Colorado.
WILL BUILD AN ARMoRY. jutan
General Fox, of the Kansas Nations
Guard, has received information tina
Captain Charles Lander, of Compan
K. at Lindsborg. promises to build a
armory at Lindsborg for his company
He will put his own money into til
building.
FIVE YEARS IN THE PEN.-A1le
Williams, of Emporia, arrested at Alb
Iene in company with 16-year old Ma.