The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-03-26


routes, and their salaries are over
s33, 900 O month.
An old man In Mansato threw his
pipe away New Years day. i've
smoked going on ffty year" he said,
"and I'm afraid II ! keep II up much
longer f'lI git In the habit"
Judge A. W pennison, late Popuiist
member OF the appellate court. has
sold all OF his belongings In Butler
county and purchased farm In Penn.
sylvania, where he will make his
home
The following officials OF the state
hoard OF agriculture we're elected at
the thirty.second annual meeting. j.
II. Churchill. Dodge City. president: I:
j. W. Robinson. Eldorado. vice presi
dent: Edwin Snyder. Oskaloosa, treas.
urer
Charles James. keeper OF a Cherokee
Joint. shot and killed Allan William.
son last week The shooting took
place In the rear OF James place.
Jane fed after the shooting and up
To this time no trace has been found
OF him
The Toronto bank. OF Wilson coun.
~. n private bank owned by W. p.
Dickcrson, In closed. II had $1,000
capital. $4,000 surplus. and s3l 900 In
deposits. Dickerson has sustained
some heavy losses recently In spec.
ulation
Tho thirteenth biennial report OF
the state board of agriculture is being
distributed this week. Like all of
r ID Columns reports. II Is of great
value Ia all who have an interest In
the farm. II Is volume Of LIPS
pages. as useful as II Is bulky.
rhe Abilene public library secured
through the efforts or the women's
clubs. has hcen opened. The women
have raised about 81, 200 In two years
aud have fitted mp handsome rooms
The balance of the Corn carnival
fund. s20S. has been given them
The NJ. x. a. T. depot at Strawn.
WAS entered by robbers last week
They blew up the safe with dynamite
and escaped with 5000 which was 10
the safe Most of the people were
awakened by the report and the rob.
bers were seen riding away In "A bug
Ky.
In n letter IN n friend IN Winfield.
tho wife of Congressman jackson says
her husband Is able In be out Of that
New York hospital and that within q
week he will bo In his seat at Wash
ington A. the hospital they twisted
the broken leg Of the congressuan n
into place. using the Iorenz method
The meanest man In Kansas has
been found nj Wellington lie hired
negro hoy Ia carry 10 ton ~ coal up
stairs. paying him only 10 cents for
the Job Then hc got some dice and
played craps with The hoy until he had
won the ~ cents back. The boy
testified to this fact In a ease In
court.
The council has completed arrange.
ments with an OIL company to furnish
Arkansas City with n gas well The
city will not pay for Tho well until
after Il is delivered. and then will
only pay according In the amount OF
gas n will produce. The necessary
leases go with the well. and the first
hole will be drilled inside the city
limits
Misa is~renice Russell. n Young
school teacher Of I.arncd. has Just
received notice from the Department
of the Interior of her appointment To
the position of teacher In the indian
schools at white Rock. Utah Miss
Russell will take mp her new work
about February The trip 10 this
school requires q stage Journey NJ
about i25 miles
Masdn Addison. n paymaster In the
United States navy. is visiting his
parents In Saiina Addison has the
distinction OF being the only paymas.
ter In the navy who has ever succeed.
ed IN saving coin on board his vessel
when II went down He was on the
Yosemite when Il sank nj Guam. and
ssved the sirongboS of the paymaster.
which contained $50 900 Addison has
been compliniented by the govern.
n,eut fOr his pluck.
" ftrtInlIbu CuitiuE 'oHN''"
ttonal convention has been introduced
In the house by Wagener. of Atchison.
n provides for submitting To the peo'
pie nj the general election Of 1904
the question as to whether n conven'
tion shnil he called THIS is an indi.
rect way of securing resnbmisslon.
Al resubmissionists realize that no
straight resubmission resolution can
be pushed through this session. but
they hope 10 get AT the same result
by way OF the constitutional conven'
tion resolution.
Della ourestra Reggie Salvatore.
the italian count" who Ia making a
journey around the world without
means on wager OF $4,000. Is pass.
ting through Kansas He is on bis
way TO San Francisco. where he In
to take a boat for South America The
man carries the best OF recommenla'
tons from Elk lodges and public Of
ncials OF many OF the leading cities
OF the United States. where he has
visited He must complete his Jour
ney by February. 1904 Salvatore
left Palermo. Italy, two years ago.
Mrs Mary J. Collins. who died at
her home In Miami county week
ago. had recollections Of the civil war
Of q most vivid kind At the age OF 2i.
In 1868, she was married TO Captain