The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-10-29
KANSAS NEWS BRIEFS.

The Nebraska, Kansas & Gulf rail. |
road. which was chartered last week. |
is handicapped at the outset. II may
be called the N. @.
The first and only son of Colonel Ed
Little was baptized last Sunday in
water brought ten years ago by the
colonel from the river Jordan.
Inasmuch as the Republicans car.
ried all except six Of the los counties
last fail, u Is not clear how the returns
from Tuesdays election justify the
claim OF great Republican gains"
Mrs. Henry L. Page. daughter OF
Ex-Governor John y. St John. died at
Fort Scott last week. Death was due
10 Inflammation OF the stomach caused
by poison eaten In some canned fruit
recently In st. Louis.
Mrs. Robert Dobson, living near
Tyro, died last week at her home dur.
ing a family reunion. The occasion
was Mr.. Dobson's 18th birthday. and a
reunion of all the children was held at
the old home. Just as the guests were
departing Mrs. Dobson dropped dead,
supposedly Of heart failure.
The 13.year-old son OF Charles NJ.
Crigger, living near Larimer station,
was shot by his older brother the other
day The two boys were playing with
n 22-caliber revolver. II vas accident.
ely discharged by the older brother.
The ball struck the collar bone Of the
younger boy and ranged downward to
the heart.
II is stated that the museum Of dried
bugs, pinned butterflies. stuffed ami.
mails and bottled snakes 1t the Kan.
,sas university has a value Of 100000
This Is possibly true. but how In the
world can any one arrive at an esti.
mate OF the value Of such collection?
"A common hungry man would rather
have one hank OF bologna than the lot
of 'em.
An initial farmers protective union
under the auspices Of the American
Federation Of Labor was organized at
Abilene last week. Each township is
to have a society, only farm hands and
renters being eligible: county organi'
zations will follow, covering the entire
state before harvest time. The object
will be to secure uniform wages AMI
better prices for grain.
The other night Mrs. Margaret Lau'
yer and her eight children went to bed
in Nickerson far from overburdencd
with this worlds goods. The next
morning they awakened to md them
selves possessed Of 800. 900 In cash and
l.G0O acres of land. In dying the
grandfather OF Mrs. Lauver had willc'l
TO her and each of her children $4,000
I'm cash and farm Of Ice acres.
Governor w. J. Bailey Is considering
the advisability OF dropping the suit
brought by Kansas against Colorado
for the right to the water Of the Arkan'
sas river. He said recently he would
investigate the desires ol the people
along the Arkansas valley in regard Ia
the matter. and will act accordingly
The last legislature made an appropri
alton OF 5000 to fight the case.
II might have been supposed that
the gamut of human vices and mean
nesses had long since been run In the
petitions and testimony submittcd t.
divorce courts. But something new u
constantly cropping out. In petition
filed at independence the other day
wife states that her husband slippe'
up and hit her a crack with MOI
handle while she was weeping over th'
grave Of her child.
A. Monroe. president OF the Mer
chants National bank OF Lawrence
predicts that within few year
macadamized highways will extend al
over the state of Kansas. The build
ing of these rock roads will, he says
mean the upbuilding Of the towns an
cities and the death OF the cross road
country stores. lie is at presen
actively interested In a plan to bull
macadam roads out OF Lawrence.
Some people profess to disbelieve
the doctrine OF similia similibus cura'
tur, or that the hair of the dog Is goo
for the bite. In Southern Kansa
town an expressman was hit on Il
head by a case Of bottled whish
which he was unloading from CT
and knocked unconscious, Some OF
a.