The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-11-05
KANSAS STATE NEWS



Morris Of Lawrence, was kicked II
the face by horse and sixteel
stitches were required to sew up tn,
wound. The young mans cheek wa,
laid bare by the kick. Norris is at
tending school at the university.
| Acquitted Of Forgery charge.-O
B. Elliott was acquitted Of the charge
Of forgery in the district court a
Concordia. He was accused of realiz
ing on forged note at the Drovers
State bank at Miltonville, and after 8
years hiding came back and was ar
rested.
Wine In Sewcr.-1Tifteen barrels o.
wine, coniscated about six weeks age
from Franz Epp, who resided north
Of Burton, and who is now serving
a jail sentence for selling intoxicat
Ing liquors, were dumped into the
sewer at Newton by Sheriff Blanpied
The occasion attracted quite crowd
to the Jail.
Viper In Topeka celIar.-A viper
supposed to be found only In the
Orient. five feet In length and two
and a half inches in thickness, was
found in cellar of Thomas Ebey in
Topeka. A man from the city wat.
erworks went down in the cellar to
read the meter. The snake jumped
at him and chased him out of the
cellar. An armed posse was formed
which ended the existence of the rep
tile. Just how the snake found his
way into the cellar Is not known.
viii Always Meet In WIchita.-At
the second annual convention of the
Central Kansas Harness Manufacture
ers and Dealers Association at Wich-
tia It was decided to hold all the
future meetings Of the association in
that city. The officers elected for
the ensuing year are: President, c.
E. Carey, Stafford; secretary. w. B.
Riggle, Larned; treasurer, H. ]. Drant,
Kinsley; vice presidents, R. O..
Wright, Mcpherson; Charles Wallace,
Newton; ]. w. Gibson, Wichita; j.
Wheeler, Lakin.
karsan Honored Abroad. Word
has been received In Lawrence that
w. Harvey Brown of Rhodesia, South
Africa, had been elected to the leg
islative council of that country, one
of the highest political honors open
to citizen over there. Rhodesia
has a commercial charter, and is gov
erned through it and by six represen-
tatives elected by the people. Mr..
Brown had the honor bestowed upo;,
him Of being one of the six. w. Har.
very Brown is a Lawrence boy, and
has relatives all around there.
Building a $4,000 Barn.. c. Rob-
inson is erecting a new $4,000 barn
on his farm at Whitewater Falls. it
covers very large area. The floor
Is of cement. Barn room will shell
ter about forty horses. Also an Of
flee room which will have cement
case for all the cups and premiums
won by the ftsnous Robinson Percher-
ons. A long driveway through the
barn has medals a short distance
apart set IN the cement floor. This
will be the largest horse barn In
Kansas.
Will Go Into court.-An agreement
has been made between Adjutant
General Hughes and the railroads
which carried the Kansas troops TO
and from Fort Riley for the recent
maneuvers to settle disagreement
owe the amount due the roads in
court. The railroads concerned, the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas. the
Santa Fe and the Missouri Pacific,
claim the 2-cent fare is made to ap-
ply by the ruling of the railroad board
putting the 2-eent fare into operation
without discrimination.
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Must Aid the nspector-A great