The Globe-republican., 1906-03-15

DrOtner VINO Deat the amman OH.
Another Gas Well struck.--Another
n gas well was struck In the field north
Of Arkansas City by the drillers Of
the Arkansas Valley Oil, Gas and I'M
provement Company. The gas from
the well will be put to immediate
use.
lines Band for Lindsbore. The
| annual Messiah" concert at Linds-
borg for 1906, will be given April s.,
! Q, IL, 10 and IT, This will be the
twenty-fourth year for the concert
and 1t is expected they will 1s great
er than ever before.
Town of Willis Plous. - The town
Of Willis has 1888 inhabitants, and 176
Of them belong to the church. Four
N Of the seven who do not belong are
town loafers and the other three are
infants, who will be taken in as soon
as the weather warns up and they
can be baptized.
! Made up His Mind to Act. - After
being in office nearly yNr Mayor
Bloom took his first legal step against
the joints at Concordia, securing an
Injunction against #. x. Frazier.
Frank Mcnain and Thomas Burns
and closing their places. Other in.
iuhctions will be secured.
70 Recuperate at Fl. Riley. - The
Second squadron, nine officers and
149 enlisted men Of the Second cav
airy arrived at Fort Riley from San
Francisco, where 1t landed on Its re-
turn from three years duty in the
Philippines. 1t will be stationed at
Fort Riley for the next three years.
Standpipe to be Built. = Fire Mar
| shall Brownewell Is working on a
| proposition which, II carried out, will
give Wichita the best fire protection
of any city in the United States. The
| PioPooltiVH 10 puc WHclSuy tuc ulISCI
pressure from the water mains can
be made to equal that furnished by
the strongest fire engines made.
Dormitory for Semnary.--Rev, Mr.
Newlin, president Of the Collegiate. In
stitute, one of the educational insti-
tutions of Fort Scott that is of great
value, announces officially that the
board of directors have decided to
build an up-todate dormitory for the
! lady students on the college site. The
expenditure will be in the neighbor-
hood Of $4,000.
Fighters Known In Kansas. = The
Sixth infantry which participated In
the fight with Moros near Jolo, went
to the Philippines from Fl. Leaven-
worth, and with the possible excep-
| ton of the goth, Is probably better
known there than any other regiment
that ever was stationed at this post.
| The regiment came from the Philip
pines and returned to the islands
about a year ago.
Fire in Stevens County. = Stevens
county was burned over by a prairie
fire. Several sheds and other out
buildings were destroyed. John Wen
eel, single man, who had a home
stead five miles north of Hugoton,
was burned to death while making an
effort to save his place. Clarence
Metz lost barn, the Hagan boys lost
stable and their feed and, viii
Worthington lost horse.
Rain. Saved Kansas Town. - Har.
mon Bros. grocery store and contents
were burned to the ground at ,fsffing-
ham, The stock and fixtures we're
valued at $500 and the building at
$4,000 The insurance on tn, stock
and building was $4,000. The build.
ing was one of the oldest in the city.
The origin of the fire is unknown. A
heavy rain assisted In saving, the bal
ance of the town, witch was Yin great
danger for a while.
Temperance Revival. = Arkansas
City had temperance revival. The
pupits of all the churches In town
were occupied by men furnished by
the Kansas State Temperance Wnion /
They talked entirely upon law en-
forcement, special attention being
paid to the prohibitory law. The ptr.
pose Of the meetings was to arouse
activity in enforcing the prohibitory
law, and to raise funds to be used
in prosecuting the violators Of these !
laws. The meetings were well at \
tended.
Widow Left Bonanza. - Mrs. Mar Y
garet Londregan, widow living alone
near Chapman, died last week. Inf
cleaning up her house. in closet OF
her bed room, beneath heap of old9l
clothing, was found $21,S1O In cur
rency. Much Of 1t had been there tor |
years, apparently. She and her huA !
band were among the early settlersfl
on Chapman creek. The husbanid
died several years ago. There are
no relatives. Recently she Disposed |
NJ $40 600 worth of real estate by Vgill |