The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1904-09-08
KANSAS COMMENT

Entertain Druggists.-The National
Pharmaceutical Association Is hold
Ing the meeting in Leavenworth this
week.
Philippines Teacher.-Miss Minnie
Shungel, Of Beloit, has gone to the
Philippines, where she will teach dur
Ing the winter.
Build Sanltarium.-The Seventh
Day Adventists are building a Battle
Creek sanitarium at Wichita. The
cornerstone laying has taken place
and the structure is to cost $4,000.
Married 60 Years.-At Paola, Mr..
and Mrs. s. M. Sellers celebrated the
sixtieth anniversary of their marriage,
They were married in Waynesburg.
Pa, and came to Paola in 1876.
Twelve children were born to them,
ten Of whom are living.
20 Bushels Fer Acre.-E T. Haber-
lein Of Mcpherson county had his
wheat threshed on his farm out by
the Lakes. He averaged twenty-five
bushels to the acre. His wheat field
was under water for over a week, but
the wheat was not damaged in the
least The explanation for this Is
that the wheat was ripe and ready to
cut when the food came and the wa
ter rose gradually so that the stalk
was not torn down.
Leavenworth shootlng.-At Leaven-
worth in attempting to shoot Sam o.
erstreet on the street, Mrs. Lee Golf,
shot Oscar Harris, porter employed
In the Missouri Pacific ticket Office,
who was talking to Overstreet. All
are negroes. The woman held a pa
per in front of the gun when she fired,
so Overstreet did not know what she
was about to do. The ball entered
Harris right ear and ranged along
the scalp, coming out at the back of
his head without entering the skull.
He will recover.
Heavy Windstorm.-At Ottawa re-
ports from over the county tell of the
most severe wind and rainstorm so
far known this season. Lightning
struck at number Of places in the
country, but no extensive damage was
done. At Homewood a rainfall of three
inches Is reported, and a number Of
small bridges and culverts are out,
Many haystacks were uncovered and
drenched. In Ottawa the rainfall was
2.77 inches, breaking the record for
the year for the same length of time
and surprising the record for the en-
tire month Of August.
To Pipe Gas.-The Kansas National
Gas company is said to be preparing
to pipe gas to Topeka, Kansas City
and Joplin. Fourteen cars Of pipe
have been unloaded north Of Humboldt
and forty or more cars near Piqua
are said to belong to that company.
The Kansas National continues to add
to its holdings, both by purchase and
by development. By its contract with
the Consolidated Oil and Gas Company
of Independence it takes over and
pays for every gas well brought in
on that group of leases. One of Its
new wells on these leases flows %
million feet q day.
Survey Kansas Road.-T. G. Eloury,
chief engineer for the Gulf, lIutchin-
son & Northwestern railroad, has fin
ished survey for that line from At
wood, Rawlins county, to Stockton,
Rocks county, and he and his assist
ants are preparing the estimates.
President Eugene Tilleux says the
contracts for the grading and the con-
struction will be let when this work
Is done, which will be in about thirty
days. Surveys will be made later
from Stockton to Hutchinson. There
are several routes proposed, but the
exact location of the line is not yet
known. Bonds will be voted and a
bonus asked through all the counties
through which the road will run.
Veterans Eat MeIons.-Three wagon
loads Of watermelons were taken to
the Soldiers Home at Leavenworth for
the annual melon supper. They were
large and well assorted, grown in
southern Missouri, and cost the gov
eminent seventeen cents apiece. They
were placed in ice boxes. Each veter-
an was given one-sixth Of a melon.
Shows New Road.-The railroad
board has just issued a new railroad
map Of Kansas. 1t contains one more
railroad than the old map does. 1t is
the Santa Fe branch from Caney to
Havana, about twenty-five miles.
Raked up BumbIebees. - William
Mann, who lives short distance
northwest of Ottawa, raked up a nest
Of bumblebees while making hay
and was stung several times. The
poison affected him so severely that
At was necessary to call a physician.
Mann was on the verge Of commissions
when the physician arrived.
Gov. Balley's Gas.-Governor Bailey
shot a good well at Wayslde in Mont.
gomery county recently. His company
has eighty acres in one lease and eigh-
ty In another. c. b. Foote Of Topeka
Is managing the property