The Globe-republican., 1905-11-30

Smallpox At CourtIand. me- The cor
oner Of Republic county, ]. w. Ekblad,
has placed this town under quaran-
tine because Of an epidemic Of small
pox here. There are twenty cases
but no deaths have been reported.
Took Woman and Money. ~ A
Hutchinson woman has just eloped
with a hypnotist. She had fallen into
possession Of $1,000 from an estate
and took the money with her. It IL
noticed that a hypnotist always cops
out woman with some ready cash to
elope with.
Presbyterian Pies. G. w. Shoop.
man, farmer in Montgomery coun.
ty, this year raised pumpkin which
weighed 106 pounds, He gays IL 10
the Presbyterian women of Cherry
vale and they divided 1t UP and manu-.
featured 1t into pies, some good and
some bad. 1t made sixty pies, which
the women sold for SIS.
4 Oldest University. Highland uni
versity is the Oldest university in Kan
sas, and the first west Of the Mississ-
ippl to issue diplomas. 1t was char
tered February 8, 1855 The school
was the outgrowth Of an Indian
school and began with white children
in 1856. 1t has never closed its, doors
from the day 1t was opened.
Brakeman Killed by Car. - Joseph
F. Click, a Union Pacific brakeman,
was killed by falling under the wheels
Of a moving car at Lincoln Center. He
stepped from the car to open switch
and his foot caught in the frog, throw.
ing him upon the track. The car
crushed one leg and then passed over
the body at an angle from hip to
shoulder. Click was single and his
home was at St. Mary's, Kan.
Poor Pipe Laying.-Some Of the gas
towns In Southern Kansas are expert.
encing difficulty in keeping natural
gas out Of cellars and sewers. In
fact, the ground of the town sites is
found to be saturated with the gas.
Professor E. Haworth, Of the Univet
sity of Kansas, has Investigated and
found the difficulty to be the faulty
method Of laying the gas pipes. This
condition Of affairs is very hazar-
dous.
Sunday Eggs to the Church. -
Methodist women at Louisville have
evolved new scheme to aid their
church financially. They have agreed
to give the church all the eggs their
hens lay on Sunday. This not only
helps the church, but saves the life
of many a hen, for even a Methodist
preacher would not ask his host to
kill for Sunday dinner the hen that
lays the golden egg. But 1t will be
tough on the roosters.
Charities to Economize.--The board
Of control has asked the superintend-
ents Of the different charitable insti-
tutions to use great economy In their
expense accounts for the next few
months. The legislature forgot to
pass the usual bill permitting the in
situations to use the fees which they
collect. AS result this money must
go into the state treasury. Then the
maintenance appropriations were
about the same as two years before,
while the number of inmates has in.
creased In all of the institutions.
A. r. L. Asks for Pardon. The
American Federation of Labor will
try and secure pardon for A. q. Ire.
land, the labor agitator who was sent
to jail in Cowley county recently for
non-union machinist of
the Santa Fe at Arkansas City.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
Federation, wired Governor
Hoch from Pittsburg, Pa, that a
representative Of the order would
call upon him December / to ask for
pardon. The governor wired
back that he had an engagement De-
cember 1, but would be In Topeka the .
day, when he would receive
The delegation.
To Run Dairy Train.--The Kan
sas Agricultural College has com.
pleted arrangements for a dairy and
poultry special train over the Central
Branch. Prof. Oscar Err Of the col
ege, Major Theodore Sternberg of
and s. R. Young of the
agricultural department Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway will be three
If the FIVE speakers An agricultural
exhibit car will be a feature OF the
rip, this car containing specimens of
grains, grasses, vegetables and fruits
rom along the entire system.
Second Well started.--The drillers
It Americas have begun drilling the
lew prospective gas and oil well, and
10Th drillers and promoters are con-
ident Of finding something worth
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