The Globe-republican., 1905-08-31
KANSAS COMMENT

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VIII Take Honor.--Garden City has
recently organized commandery OF
the Knight Templar ,Masons, and will
now take from Dodge City the honor
OF being the Masonic center Of west
\ ern Kansas.
New Bank at GoodIand.-- Farm
ers National Bank, Of Goodland, Kan,
has been authorized to begin bust
ness; capital, $4,000; Joseph H.
Hutchinson, president; H. 5. Brown,
vice-president; B. F. Brown, cashier.
Hemorrhage From swimming. ---Clar-
ence Duckwall, IL years old, son OF K.
r. Enckwall, of the Union Pacific
water service, died at Manhattan as a
result of ovcrexertion while swim
ming. Six weeks ago he swan across
Blue river five times, and the sixth
time became exhausted, and in strug-
Cling to reach the shore caused u hem
orrhage from which he did not recov-
err
Gasoline Stove Expiodes Mrs. VIII
liam Kirby, wife Of a coal miner was
probably mortally burned by the ex-
plosion of gosolinc stove at her home
vt Leavenworth. She was pouring oil
into the feeder of the stove when the
explosion occurred, setting fire to her
clothing. 1t is believed she can live
only short time. her injuries are SO
severe. from which she suffers intenee
agony. Mrs. Kirby is the mother Of
six children, all living, the oldest s
years old.
To Mandamus Rock Island. - The
railroad commissioners have instruct
ed Attorney Taylor to bring manda-
mus proceedings in the supreme court
against the Rock Island railroad to
compel it to obey their order to build
a depot at Medora, Kan. The board
made the order last month and gave
the road thirty days in which to be-
gin the erection of the depot. So far
the road has made no move In that
direction
Ten Peicans Mounted.-A flock Of
pelicans numbering forty birds alight-
ed in field belonging to Mr.. Tin
ker, near Gypsum, for the object Of
feeding. Mr.. Tinker killed ten Of
them. They were sent to Or. ]. w.
Boyles, the taxidermist of Salina, for
mounting. The largest one was nine
feet from tip to tip of wings. The
whole lot were six feet tall. 1t is
quite curiosity to see whole flock
together mounted.
The New Way. = At Winfield the
Baden Produce Company is now feed
ing $4,000 chickens which is an ordi
nary number for this season of the
year. These chickens are being fed
by scientific process installed in the
Baden produce house, the largest
poultry house in the entire West. The
daily receipts of chickens average
about 10000 pounds while about 1000 |
chickens are removed from the fat
tening stalls and an additional 2,000 |
placed in every day. !.
Well Acts Mysteriously. The people |
of Beverly, town northwest of Sa-
lima on the Missouri Pacific railroad,
are greatly excited about'a mysterious |
well from which roaring noise can
be heard from some distance. The |
well is on the farm of Charlie Gaugh, |
just ON the outskirts Of the village. |
The we'll was being dug for water.
Friday night when the men quit the
well was thirty feet deep and no water
had been found. Saturday when they
came to work they found the well half |
full of water and rumbling noise was
heard. 1t was thought that gas might
be escaping, but none would burn
when a match was applied. The en-
tire town is interested and the well is
eagerly watched for further develop
ments
Receives Delayed Letter. = Mrs.
Clemmence Maiginan, French
woman of Coffeyville, has received a
letter forwarded from Bristol, Eng
land, which was picked UP by an Irish
fisherman off the Irish coast in July.
The letter had been written to her by
friends returning from the Worlds
Fair on the steamship La Savoie. 1t
was dated December 81 and wished
her happy New Year. 1t had been
placed In a bottle and sealed and
thrown overheard. 1t was written by
party Of Frenchmen, who exhibited
an airship at the Worlds Fair. Mrs.
Maiginan was an interpreter for the
French exhibit during the fair.
Neosho River Does Damage.--As a
result Of the storm at Chetopa and
the heavy rainfall the Neosho river
left Its banks Saturday night and has
been rising rapidly ever since, over.
flowing the wide bottoms for five or
six miles, doing considerable damage
to corn and running the bottom hay
that is uncut or in stack. The rain
has ceased falling and 1t Ia hoped the
river NAV fall shortly althouph n Ia |