The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-01-08
SAID II wAsA JOKE. v Henry Whit

son, a young insurance and real sesta'
agent in Wellington, wss stopped nel
! the Rock island tracks ~ d imam VII
wore a mask and carried o revolvt
and who demanded that, Whitson di
:. gorge. Whitson few into the woult
De footpad, giving him sound bea
ing. He then allowed him TO go,
the man said he was playing a jol'
and mistook Whitson for anothe
man.
SrRtcK BY 4 TRAfN.-peter Millel
who has worked in the Santa Re shor
at Topeka for IL years and who live
at Tecumseh, was driving home fror
his work as usual and while crossin
the tracks at Tecumseh was struck b
a fast train, lie was little deaf and
: besides, had his head tied up in u mul
fer and his cap pulled down. Th
: horse and wagon were ground t
pieces and Miller was thrown thirt,
feet away. He lived a shorthtime.
Corn AND WHEAT SHIPMENTs-ThC
Greenleaf-Baker Grain company, 0
Atchison, will at once begin making
regular shipments Of Kansas corn ant
wheat to Europe by way, of New Or
leans. Fifty thousand bushels of corr
and wheat have already been shipped
to New Orleans for export. A shiE
loaded with corn and wheat from
Atchison leaves for Europe in few
days. r
THREE HUNDRED OF ONE FAMILY
The old homestead of A. g. Barrett, at
Barrett, was the scene Of an extraor.
binary faulty gathering Christmas.
About eighty.fve Of the relatives Of
the Barrett family ate turkey together.
This represents only about half of the
family, who now reside in Marshall
county At one time more than 900 Of
the family resided there, but about $50
went to Oklahoma.
AN AToHIsoN PIONEER. Jacob Gar
side, is dead, aged 81 years. He was a
pioneer Of Atchison. His first work
there was as boollkeeper and cashier
for the Byrams who were plains
freighters. Later, with his son, James
II. Garside, he was engaged in the
general forwarding business. For 20
years he was cashier Of the Missouri
Pacific freight office.
Boy SAVES A LIFE.-Will Thorne,
aged ~ saved companions life on
the Smoky Hill near Abilene. A nun.
Der of boys were skating and Bernice
Mare went through the ice into fifteen
feet of water. 1horne crept to the
edge Of the ice and caught him as he
came up the second time and after
hard struggle rescued him.
BURIED CASH. Charles W. Robinson,
of Ottawa, was told by the physicians
that lie had consumption, and could
not live. Then Robinson told his
neighbors that he had $1,000 buried in
the manager in his barn. Robinson
died and the money was found where
he said it was. He had packed the
money in glass fruit jars
TURNS ON GRIMES VoTE. In a con-
test over county office in Wichita
county the claim of the contestant
hinges on the question whether Frank |
Grimes, who voted there, is a resident
of that county or Of Topeka, where he
is building a home.
DAYnoFF's ASSISTANTS. State Su-
perintendent-elect |. L. Dayhoff has
announced two Of his appointments
They are; Assistant superintendent
Frank R. Dyer, Of Wichita, and Miss
Laura A, Payne to be statistical clerk.
For As CHRISTMAS DAYS. Ado Hun
nins, Of Leavenworth, has a recorl
showing the weather conditions of
every Christmas there since 1857,
AN AGED PHysIcIAN.-Dr. Anna
l1oyte, an aged woman, for years a
physician of Central Kansas,
lied at Salina on December 20,
Too MUCH PREssURE.-Two fires ut
5offeyville the other day resulted from
In over-pressure of natural gas
SALT AT WELLINGToN.-Th parties
who have been boring at that place
AVE gone to Chicago with samples of
he product Of two wells. In each
hey are reported to have found IS to
00-foot veins Of excellent rock salt
md have ordered the men at the wells
o begin arranging for sinking shafts.
Mrs. LEASES SoN.-Charles Lease,
r., is government inspector at New
FORK city, and he has sent to his father
n Wichita some Of the finest imported
UNI and cigars, which are samples |
ven to him by immigrants. I
DIED ON TRAIN, - Mrs. Bloomer
'uimby, Of Ness City, died on the Santa /
e train from the north just as it was 6
eaching the station at Humboldt. Q
Ieart disease was the cause Of death. s