Western Kansas world., 1885-06-20
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Rice county has no Jail at present.


mayor of Hays City.
A petition is being circulated in Bar
Der county asking that it be re-surveyed
The receiver of the Larned land Office
receives as salary about "a 600 q year
Complaint is made that good deal Of
spurious butter is being sold at Burlin'
game.
The citizens of Lyons, Rice county
have voted bonds to erect water works al
that place.
John C. Tabor was drowned while
bathing in Cowskin creek, near Waco
Sedgwick county.
Mr.. Jefferson Durr, was struck by
lightning at Abilene few days ago. He
died short time after.
A society called the "Girard Temper.
ance Union" has been organized at
Girard Crawford county.
A fire in Atchison causeda loss Of $500
to Joseph May, the proprietor Of seq
ond hand store, which was burned.
Several of the leading citizens of Erie,
Neosho county, have been arrested be-
cause they failed to pay their occupation
tax.
Hezekiah Bloom aged 90 is probably
the oldest person in this state. He is q
resident of Bloom township, Cherokee
county.
A citizen of Newton his struck it rich.
He receiveda q telegram from Colorado
the other day Offering him 100000 for
mine he owned in that state.
The Holton high school has just gradu-
ated thirteen pupils. Seven of the thir-
teen were born in Kansas, and ten re-
ceived their entire schooling in Kansas.
Fredonia Times: A farm house be-
longing to M. Myers, few miles south
west of this city, with all the contents,
was burned last night. Loss about 81 900;
insured for 5000.
Gen. Reynolds, late first auditor of the
United States Treasury, who was lately
killed by falling down an air shaft in
the Southern Hotel, St. Louis, was a
large landowner in Harvey county.
Salina Independent: There is some
talk of requiring an annual license of$500
from the drug stores, and in truth, we
understand, the city attorney has been
instru ,ted to draft an ordinance to this
effect.
Olathe Republicans: The penalty and
back taxes on the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad, amounting to $22, ,356,
were paid to the treasurer of johnson
county last week by draft. It was
cashed by an Olathe bank.
The Carbondale bank, of Carbondale,
Usage county, made an assignment few
days ago to o. J. Gauger. It's liabilities
are $32, 1910; assets, $4O,3OSO1. The
failure was caused by Encouragement
on the part of the former cashier. Too
much money was loaned on too long
time.
Wellingtonidn: A farmer who resides
nine miles southeast of this city was bit
ten by q mad dog last Tuesday, since
which he has tried the so-called mad
stones at Oxford, Milan and Argonia,
neither of which adhered to the wound.
He now goes to try the celebrated stone
at Paola.
Topeka ComnaonWedLh: The assessa-
BILE value Of Improvements made in this
city during the past year is about $685.
600. The increase in the valuation of
railroad property is about $4,000, and
the increase in valuation of personal
property will be upward of 100000.
The total increase in assessable property
will be fully 100000.
Clark county has been organized and
the county officers have been appointed. |
Clark county claims 2,O42 inhabitants |
and S54 voters, 4S1 children OF school |
age, 1919 acres of land under cultivation. |
The town of Ashland has been decided |
upon IS the temporary county seat,
agreeable to the expression of the voters
of the county.
Large tracts of land are being pur-
chased by syndicates and capitalists in
the western part of this state. Lombard |
Bros, Boston bankers, recently pur-
chased Ill, 900 acres, lying south of the
Arkansas river, between Coolidge and |
Syracuse and Garden City syndicate
bought IL 500 on the other side of the
same river.
The Union Pacific railway company
recently applied at the United States
land office in Oberlin for patents to six
ty-four sections, 0,96O acres) of land,
situated in Sheridan county. These
lands will now be subject to taxation.
The Kenneth Sentinel is informed that it |
is the purpose of this company t. patent
all their lands located in that county.
Incendiaries fired Ben Armstrong's
house, at Independence, Montgomery
county, but the fire was easily extinguish-
ed. The following DAY the second hand
store offs. Case was fired, and the flames
extending caused the following losses:
Broderick & Hickman, marble yard, So
500; s. Case, second hand goods, $1,000
s. Darby. 81 900; NJ. Tully, $500; A. Nc;
Crary, $500: water works company, ST.
500; John Givens, $500. There was very
little.insurance.
The following is an associated press
dispatch from Atchison: Jacob M.
Smith, an old resident, was arrested on q
charge of attempting to burn his large
pork packing establishment in East
Atchison. He at once confessed his
guilt. The property is valued at $11 600,
and the object was to secure the insur-
ance and money from the railroad COM
pany. Everything had been arranged