Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-08-29
KANSAS NEWS.
Several meteors have fallen at Harper
recently.

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Several meteors have fallen at Harper
recently.
The Minneapolis Messenger thinks 6
foundry is one of the pressing necessi
ties of that town.
Republic County Pilot: Cuba is but 9
little over year old and can slow 8
population of over 400.
Kirwin Independent: The churches Of
Kirwin give unmistakable evidences Of
prosperity. There a,e still large mum.
Der of the citizens of Kirwin however
who never attend church.
Norton Champion: Hebert G. Kelley
attempted to commit suicide last week
He got some laudanum from the city
drug store for a tabled sick horse, went
to his room and drank an ounce and q
half
Chanute Times: About eleven months
ago B. F. Peery was picking his teeth
with piece of broom straw when it got
away from him and worked into one OF
the salivary duets leading to the glands
Of the neck and gave great deal Of
trouble. Several unsuccessful efforts
were made by different doctors to re.
move it. Last week DR.. Courtney remov.
ed it, and found it to be fve-thirds of an
inch in length and substance weighing
TWO grs. had formed on the straw.
Dcdse City Co,cboy The other even
ing the clerks in the store of York-Park-
er-Draper were quiet and dumbfounded
for few moments caused by a young
man named John Woodruff, falling dead
across the counter. The circumstances
are these: Woodruff, freighter between
Dodge and Tascosa, Texas, went into the
store with a Winchester rifle, informing
the clerks that it was not loaded, only an
old broken shell remained in the gun.
Frank Conner handled the gun and
snapped the trigger at different times.
Geo. Martin, one of the clerss, picked it
up and commenced admiring it when he
snapped the trigger. The broken shell
exploded without any noise, shooting
Woodruff through the right eye, and
blowing his brains out instantly.
Burden Enterprise: The corn crop for
Cowley county is we'll assured. The
partial failure Of the wheat caused much
oft to be plowed up, and corn was put in
it's place. The web worm destroyed some
of the latest planted corn, but persons
who have travelled much over the coun-
try claim that we shall have from twen-
ty-ive to thirty per cent. more corn than
has ever been raised in any one year.
The question arises, what shall we do
with it? We would say, don't sell it to
be shipped, nor for Is or 20 cents per
bushel. The late order of the president
in regard to the range cattle will cause a
great many to be driven into this state
to finish fattening for the market. This,
with other causes that are now in eight,
lead us to think that instead of shipping
corn east, we will be shipping corn from
Kansas City to these southern tier coun-
ties.
E. F. Knight, of Hodgeman, and bis
hired man and boy met their death the
other day by sufocation from
damp air in a well at tina, place in the fol-
lowing manner: 1t seems that Mr.. Knight
and his hired man went to the well in
the morning before breakfast, to clean it
out. knight went down into the we'll
and was Immediately suffocated. Some
time elapsed before the hired man De-
came aware that anything was wrong
He supposed Mr.. Knight was busy and
did not investigate at once, but finally
went down to see what was wrong, and
met the same fate. The two men being
away an unusual length of time the
hired boy was sent to hunt them up, and
knowing that they intended to clean out
the well, directed his steps that way
He descended into the we'll to see what
they were doing and thus became vic.
tim also. The well was about twenty
eight feet deep but only two feet in di.
ameter, and all efforts to get the bodies
of the unfortunate men out were of nc
avail, until sometime after the accident
had occurred.
A man was found buried in q rxvine
near Ell Dorado, Butler county, and indi
cations pointed to q foul hurder. The
man had been buried face downward
under about q foot and a half of earth
and sod. The job was 80 we'll done that
but for an accident the body would never
have been found. A shallow grave had
been dug in the grass, the body put in
face downward, the grave filed up, the
sod placed in position, and fire built or
the spot. There was nothing about the
man to identify him. He had on a white
shirt, brown overalls, and was without
shoes or hat. He was about six feet IL
height, and apparently about 80 years
of age. The body had evidently beer
buried nearly if not quite two months
A spade bearing the initials of 0. c. K.
had been found near the spot some time
ago, and also frying pan, and the char
red blade of q butcher knife. A blue
shirt and red flannel under shirt were
also found near the spot several weeks
ago, but it was thought they had beer
thrown away by campers. The body
was discovered by Dig belonging to .
stranger by the name OF Hamilton, who
camped near the spot. The dog began t.
dig and whine at the spot, and finally
scratched out the knee bone of the corpse
There are some suspicious circumstances
connected with the murder. All we cal
say is, that terrible murder has beer