Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-09-05

KANSAS NEWS.
Minneapolis has charcoal factory.
Osborne city has school population
Of $50.
Minneapolis wants more tenement
houses.
There are 100 school districts in Meme
ha county.
Morton county holds her first annual
fair this year.
There are $50 children of school age
in Dodge City.
A CHEESE and whist club has been organ
ICED ct Newton.
- There are about thirty druggists in
Labette county.
William Bsyne, aged SO years, died
near Emporia recently.
A new temperance society has been
organised at Fort Scott.
Erie, Neosho county, is DESTROYS of hav-
ing good Touring mill.
The Jackson county normal institute
has an enrolment Of I38.
Chas. silzie, of Mcpherson, 'was acci.
dentally killed last week.
Garnett's new opera house will be
finished by November the LIST.
The school population Of the city of
Burlington, Coffey county, is S67.
There are $40 children of school age in
Washington, Washington county.
The finest Touring. mill in the state
is said to be located at Clay Center.
Washington county has 1872 school
districts which require l52 instructors.
A bull snake nine feet long was
killed in Barber county the other day.
John Carter an old citizen of Kansas
died at Toledo, Chase county, the other
day.
One hundred and sixty-nine teachers
are enrolled in the Dickinson countv in
stitute.
The question of erecting q new court
house is now being discussed in Butler
county.
The Pleasanton canning company is
canning corn at the rate of 500 to 1000
cans per day.
The amount ofthe Jury fees for the
May term OF the Douglas county court
was 81 ,l60.50.
VIM. Stone, a farmer living near
Thayer, was drowned in the Verdigris
river. last week.
One hundred and forty teachers are
enrolled at the Normal institute of
Washington county.
Ex-Lieut. Gov. M. J. Salter has been
relieved of the Office of registea of the
land Office at Independence.
The probate Judge of Norton county
has revoked all druggists permits to sell
liquor in that county except one.
A fire at Leavenworth the other day,
nearly destroyed the Choctaw house. As
it was, the loss was $500 fully insured.
The lumber Office and part of the
stock of lumber of B. F. Baker & Co., at
Blue Mound. Linn county, was de-
stroyed by fire the other day. The work
of an incendiary.
Lawrence Herald Samuel Raber and
VIM. Draper the other day killed seven
teen rattlesnakes in Clinton township.
One Of the snakes had seven rattles and
showed considerable fight.
Fred Newcomb, baker by trade,
young man about "a years old, light COM
plectlon, five feet ten inches high, dis
appeared from his home Independence,
Montgomery county, the other Jay. 1t
is supposed by his friends that he is de-
ranged.
Charles Harris, colored boy, eleven
yeers of age, while stealing ride on
Union Pac6c freight train at Lawrence,
caught his foot in jumping of and had it
60 badly crushed that amputation was
necessary. This is the second accident
of this kind that happened within the
past two weeks at that city.
Seneca Tribune: G. II. johnson has a
curiosity in the shape of 6 ball of hair
eleven inches in circumference taken
from the stomach of COW. How it got
there is mystery, but it is probable
that the animal in licking herself from
time to time swallowed the hair and it
formed solid and hard ball. It is un-
necessary to say that the cow died.
Leavenworth Standard: The residence
of Chas. Hundley, of Kickapoo township,
was struck by lightning last week and
the west side of the building destroyed.
The family. six in number, received no
injury, except severe shock. The por-
ton of the house destroyed was built OF
stone, but fortunately none of the family
were in the house at the time it was
struck. Mr.. Hundley was insured for
800.
KANSAS WOMEN