The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-04-23
Kansas Notes



| crop in perfect" condition, according
to the dispatches. The correspond
ents make the mistake Of exhaustine
their superlatives early in the sea-
son.
They play baseball for keeps in
Southern Kansas. Sundays game be
tween Southwestern college Of Win
field and Paramount college OF Wichita
required fifteen innings and Winfield
won by the score of to 0.
According to Dr.. Snow Of Lawrence,
Kansas had 5000 miles Of wind less
than the average during March. Sat
urday's cyclone In Southeastern Kan
sas is expected to bring the April rec
ord up to the average standard.
Posses are searching for Pat
Grove in the neighborhood OF Wa
thena, Doniphan county, across the
river from st. Joseph, with good pros,
poets for finding him. When letters
began to arrive from Grove with South
African postmarks, it was a good sign
he was close to home.
This time the Meanest Man has actu'
ally been located A widow consulted
her husbands chum as to the advis'
ability Of buying some lots which were
for sale cheap. He advised her to
wait, because they would be cheaper
in a few weeks. Then he bought the
lots himself.
Colonel Jeltz of the Negro Ledger,
who never fails to express himself
neatly, says in the last issue of his
paper: 1--WE feel 1t our duty to say
to you that we are for the most people
for the most possible good" He adds
this defiance: "Let those monkies con-
tinue to give us a good time, we don't
care for that, we guess we are as good
as those monkies who have lied about
us, don't see why We are not"
Another crop report was issued Mon
day, extolling the splendid condition
Of the wheat The reports are so
boastful that each one tempts Proyi
dence.
The Rev. Daniel s. Hubbard Is re-
turning to Emporia from lloilo, Philip
pine Islands, where he has been a
Presbyterlon missionary for several
years. In view OF the prevailing con-
ditions in Emporia he may never re-
turn to the Philippines.
The fence war has been resumed in
the Colby land office district between
the cattlemen and the farmers, in
volving 10000 acres Of land. All the
cattlemen want is monopoly Of the
land, and 6 law prohibiting farming
west of the ninety-eighth medidian.
A Leavenworth woman suggested
to neighbor recently that she was
glad Lent Is over "0h! that just re-
minds me-" said the nelghbor. Are
you done with my ironing board, pota-
to masher, step ladder, meat chopper
and flat irons?"
George A. Clark, who will become the
state printer on June 30, will refuse
to occupy the old brick print shop on
East Eighth street which has been
used by all the state printers since
7. Dwight Thacher's time. G. j. Dey-
lin will put up a new building for the
purpose nearer the state house.
An Arkansas City paper relates that
an elderly man rushed up to a middle
aged woman on the depot platform,
embraced her with much enthusiasm
and kissed her before he discovered
that she wasn't the woman he was
looking for. with flashing eyes,"
the paper continues, "she turned and
smacked her lips"
Kansas will be glad to hear Of the
good fortune which has fallen to
George R. Peck of Chicago, who Is still
a Kansas man at heart. He became a
grandfather last week by the birth OF
a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. George
Earling of Milwaukee, Mrs. EaTling
was Miss Ethel Peck.
Mineral paint has been struck at
Arkansas City by men who were bor-
ing for gas; but the color of it Is not
stated.
A four-story Masonic temple Is to
be erected in Topeka soon on the cor
ner Of Eighth and Quincy streets. 1t
Is the first time new Masonic temple
has been builded on that corner for
several years.
Colonel .. G. Littles badly was bap-
tized in Abilene last week In water
brought for this purpose from the
River Jordan. Some Of his home pa
pers inclined 10 regard him as dis
loyal to Abilene water.
"The parking in front Of a mans
lot,' says the Salinai Union, sis his
most valuable piece Of property He
pays no taxes on it. yet a well kept
parking adds much to the value of
bis property, in case he wishes to
SELL"
A bashful young man went into
The probate judges office in Garnett
md asked for a marriage license. The
Judge got out blank and started to
Till out the necessary affidavit, the
groom watching the oper-
ation in the meantime. Soon he
Dlurted out: "See here, mister, you
hendf't think I am crazy inst he |