The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1904-10-13
Chalk Cures pyspepsla.-c. M. No.

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with dyspepsia and cured himself II
a queer way. Noble tried many doc
tors, but got no relief. One day he
picked up a piece Of chalk used IN
marking cars and absentmindedly ate
1t. To his surprise he felt better al
once, The next day he ate more and
continued the chalk habit until finally
the railroad clerk hid the chalk when
he saw Noble approach But the chalk
cured Noble and he now eats anything
without discomfort.
Didn't Know lt.-At Ness City
another case Of didn't know it was
loaded occurred here, when 15-year'
old Johnnie Elliott shot his older
brother, Parker, through the lung,
killing him almost instantly. A crowd
Of young folks were having amateur
theatricals. Johnnie was the desper-
ado, and in flashing his revolver acct
dentally pulled the trigger. Immedi-
ately after the shooting he disappear
cd, Searching parties were out all
night and all day, but he has not yet
been found. 1t is thought he has gone
insane.
Lucrative Investiment.-The Rocks
county poor farm has proven quite
lucrative investment this season.
The oats yielded 60 bushels to the
acre and barley IS bushels. The wheat
went 15 bushels, but graded very high
and brought the top of the market
There are between 5000 and 1000
bushels Of corn on the place. The
farm has thirty head Of the best grade
cattle in Rocks county. The operations
of the farm will come pretty close to
paying for the new building this year
alone.
New Sugar Rate.-The announce
ment comes from the Santa Fe general
offices that new rates have been made
on sugar in car load lots. The rate
from New Orleans to Missouri River
points, which has been 80 cents per
100 pounds, is now 20 cents. Rates to
other points are cut proportionately.
The rate from the Atlantic seaboard
will be 50 cents to Missouri river
points and 81 cents to Kansas jobbing
points, such as Wichita
Hotel Keeper shot.-M. M. Brooks,
proprietor of the Kankakee hotel at
Garden City, is dead as the result of
a gunshot wound which he received
while standing in front of his hotel.
The gun, 45-caliber Colt, was in
the hands of 0rmal Finch, who
claims the shooting was accidental.
The post-mortem showed that the bull
let entered the body just below the
armpit and passed out at the back,
Farmer Shoots Himself
Conway a farmer living ten miles
south of Leavenworth committed sui
eide by shooting himself in the fore
head with small rife. He told his
girls that he was taking the gun to
shoot rabbits, when he stepped into
the stable and killed himself. Conway
has been in poor health of late. He
was 81 years old. He was a widower
and leaves two grown daughters.
In Paying Quantitles.-In an en-.
deavor to test the capacity of the
Brewer gas we'll recently brought in
near Arkansas City, 1O-inch mercury
guage that Is warranted to record a
pressure that will produce 1,744,S0O
cubic feet Of gas every twenty.four
hours, was blown to pieces. The
drillers claim that this shows beyond
doubt that Arkansas City has gas and
oil in paying quantities.
Friends in Sesslon.-At Lawrence
the thirty-third annual session of the
Kansas yearly meeting of Friends is
in session with large attendance
from the fourteen quarterly meetings
in the state Edmund Stanley was
chosen president.
Bore for Gas-The Lane County
Prospecting and Oil Developing com
pany has been organized at Dighton
to develop the mineral resources of
that section of the state. Local capt.
tai has the controlling interest.
Big Duck Hunt-One of Great Bends
bird brokers bought more than 1000
wild ducks that were killed in the
Cheyenne Bottoms. The birds are be-
ing slaughtered in great numbers, one
sportsman having made record of
1872 birds in six shots with maya.
zine gun.
Out Of BusIness.-The rural routes
have put another postoffice out of bus
mess in Sumner county The postmas-
ter at Ewell Is said to have been
obliged for the last two months to
write letters to himself in order to
pay expenses.
Tied Police officer-The Kansas
university students tied police Of
fcer while the latter was endeavor.
ing to take freshman named Grain
to the station for disturbing the
peace. The police officer succeeded in
breaking the bonds and held onto his
prisoner whose fine had to be maid.