The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-03-08
Oldest Watch.---Mrs. s. M. Holden.

Lie OlucSt WatcH iii Kansas. IL mas
been In her family for more than 1850
| years.
| Concorda's New Theater Begun. ~
Work has actually begun on the site
! for the building Of the new Brown
| theater which Is to be erected imme
diately by Col. Brown Of this city.
| Gets First Few. H. Mechanism,
assistant attorney general in Wyan.
dotte county. has received his frs
fee Of 500 in the injunction proceed
ings brought by him to stop the sale
OF LIQUOR in Kansas City, Kansas
Destructive Barn Fire. ~ AT indie
pendence Henry Baden's big barn,
containing II head Of horses, three
cars of hay, 1000 bushels of corn, 20
sets Of harness, drags, wagons, bug
gies and carriages, was burned to the
ground.
Parsons Man Falls Dead. ~ Wilson
Snyder, who has been well known
contractor and builder in this city for
the past seventeen years, fell dead on
the streets between Crawford and
Washington avenue Of heart failure
while on his way to work.
Young Man Fatally Shot,. Lester
Fouts, aged 10, was shot and instantly
killed at his home southwest Of Otta-
wa. Fouts and companion were out
hunting. The companion fell on the
ice and the gun was discharged. The
full charge struck young Fouts in the
head.
Grants Railway Franchise. - The
city council Of Parsons has granted a
thirty year franchise to the Kansas
Union Traction Company which Is
building an electric interurban line
from Coffeyville to Parsons. This Is
the second electric railway franchise
that has been granted by Parsons.
Y. M. C. A. Almost Done. - The
dedication services of the new home
Of the lola Y. M. C. A. will begin on
the afternoon Of Friday, March %,
continue until Sunday evening, March
rs. Practically all the building will
be completed by .larch %, including
the furnishings and fixtures and ap
paratus for the Symposium.
Want Better Country Schools. =
Residents of three school districts
near Salina have voted$to disorganize
their single districts for the purpose
Of later uniting as one consolidated
district and therein maintain a school,
that will not only teach all the bran
ches of common school, but will also
teach full high school course.
Pauper Becomes Plutocrat. - Her.
man Hanan. for over thirty years an
inmate of the Doniphan county poor
house, has just fallen heir to fine
farm In Smith county valued at
$4,000. On account of his physical
condition he will not move to the
farm, but will stay at the poor house.
His property will be handled by
guardian. -
The Long Term Record.-Dr. D.ns.
more, of Troy, probably holds the
record as a county officer in Kansas
in point of continuous service. He
has been coroner of Doniphan coun-
ty for the past twenty-seven years.
Dan Sinclair has been treasurer of
Center township, that county, for
twenty-seven years also. These are
records unequaled in the state.
State Sunday School Meeting. = A
committee meeting was held in the
Y. M. C. A. building for the purpose
of arranging for the State Sunday |
School convention, which is to be |
held at Lawrence May 1-S. The com.
mittee was composed Of the pastors
of the various local churches and the |
superintendent of the city and coun.
ty Sunday schools.
Veterans Neck Broken. - Charles |
Seebold, a veteran from the Soldiers
home, was instantly killed at Leaven-
worth by walking out of window in |
the second story of the Delmonico ho-
tel here. Seebold had just left the
home on a ninety days furlough and
intended going to his home in Man
haitian. He was not intoxicated when
he fell and the accident was probably |
due to defective eyesight. The fall
broke his neck.
It's Up to Topeka.-The promoters
of the Kansas 1911 exposition are
somewhat exercised over the attitude
assumed by some of the outside pa
pers. Several influential papers over
the state have served notice that To
peka needn't expect any outside as
sistance in getting up the big show
until 1t shows disposition to throw
off the yoke Of the beer trust and run
itself as a good, moral town should.
OF course, with outside assistance the |
exposition will fail.
Burglar Alarm Saves Bank. - The
First National Bank at Lebanon has
been burglarized. The burglars Sc
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