The Globe-republican., 1903-09-24
Kansas Notes

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4 The patent medicine advertisement
headed "Oyertaxed" Just. about de-
scribes the case Of Kansas this year,
the Wichita Eagle thinks. (;
| Capital stole a march on Labor o
week ago in Conway Springs. The
banks we're the only business houses
that observed Labor day.
Peaches are being grown In Barber
county this year which weigh half a
pound each, and the seeds are almost
as large as hailstones.
| Tom Cordry observes that the next
census will show that Parsons has
gained a Little in population, and that
Abiline has lost q Little.
| Nine felony cases are on the Wilson
county docket this week, and there Is
a demand for q more stringent en-
forcement Of the anti-felony law.
The tower Of the museum at the
University Of Kansas was struck BY
lightning this week, and all Prof.
Dyche has to do Is to take It inside
and stuff 1t.
J. s. Gilmore Of Fredonia, his wife
and son climbed Pixies Peak last
week, They say they enjoyed the trip,
all except the going up and the coming
down.
blank" Rice Of Bourbon county 10
SO anxious that the county should
be "ably represented" In the next leg,
islature that he has decided to be q
candidate himself.
Prof. E. Miller, dean Of the schooi
Of art at ths University Of Kansas,
has retired, and will be succeeded by
Prof, Olin Templin. The latter has
long been Prof. Miller'a righthand
man.
1t is announced that the Union Paci;
fic depot in North Topeka has been
restored to its former beauty" from
which 1t is inferred that the driftwood
has been removed from the waiting
room.
Kansas may be rolling in wealth,
but the school teachers cant be hlam-
ed If they are skeptical on the subject.
The teachers salaries for the entire
state are found to average $50
month
A man recently wrote poem to
W, P. Waggener of Atchison asking
for some Missouri Pacific transporta-
ton, and got 1t, but Mr.. Waggener
estimates that the converse cost the
Missouri Pacific $3.50.
Eldorado, where carload Of dyna'
mite exploded last week, is determined
to regulate" the traffic in explosives
hereafter or bust.
On the new official railroad map or
Kansas the name Of Macon, in Wal
lace county Is changed to Dlngs--
heaven knows why!
Leavenworth's disaster Of last week
to the politicians the chance
% create a new state job-state in
'pector of grandstands.
Owing to the illness Of Harmon VII.
ion the annual appearance Of the
,oem, Walls Of Corn" has been post
)oned couple of weeks.
Concordia is not as metropolitan as
,alina In most ways, but a Concordia
'oung man was killed In an automo-
Tile accident q few days ago.
The Emporia Republican has renew.
d Its department of RAILROAD News
nut 1t will never, never equal Its
Spikes and Sparkes' department Of
hree years ago.
Just as Sallna almost succeeds in
orgeting Its bad border days some
hing happens to bring them back.
|. e. Gibbs captured a coyote In his
ard on Friday.
3. D, McKecver, assistant United
tates district attorney is getting
sady to spend several weeks In the
Dwels Of the earth. At least he says
Is going to probe the Coal trust
to the bottom"
Sheriff Dienst, Of 0swego Is not
uch given to sermonizing, but he has
'namented the fence surrounding the
,unty Jail with the text Keep Out"
"Fire-bugs have made their appear Z
ice in Sterling and the consterna-
on Is all the greater as they are re-
lrded as the fore-runners Of a vista
On Of cinder beetles, charcoal flies
I'd ash ants.
Attorney General Coleman holds
at notaries public have no authority
law to perform the marriage ser.
ce, but that knot tied by them Is
lid and binding This appears to be
the Contracting parties" could ask,
d II satisfactory to the notary.
James N. Lewis Of Klnsley con.
'ues Judge Hazen's whack at the
al trust as proof of the judges sin
rity when he declared several
,nths ago that he Is tout Of poll,
S." ~ s.
The coal operators who were sen.
iced by Judge Hazen for contempt
, only "constrnctlvely' in JAIL But
ire Is nothing constructive" about
J frequent and arbitrary increases
the price of coal,
rhe Leavenworth inventor who Is
,erimenting with non.exploslve kerr i
M would IN hpttnr m davote hia