Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-08-22
NEWS SUMMARY
DOMESTIC,

DOMESTIC.
The governor of Indiana was fired al
by some miscreant while he was driving
with his family near Indianapolis.
Adam Patison q saloon keeper wa:
knock ed out By George Mulvey after fight.
ir G 1873 rounds. Time two and one hall
hours.
While the wife of Thomas MaGuire, liv.
ing in small dwelling in the east bot
toms of Kansas City, was engaged in exter-
minating vermin with gasoline, the house
was get on fire and destroyed. Mrs. Ma
CURE was fearfully burned, and will prob
ably die.
The Union Pacific shop men are hold
ing meetings concerning the recent
proposed reduction of hours, loborers and
wages, but their deliberations are kept
secret. Many Cf the men say they cannot
support their families at the proposed re-
duction.
Attorney General Garland has decided
that pension agents are not entitled to fee
for paying pension attorneys their dues.
The law passe d last winter. fixing the COM
pensation of per sion agents, repeats the
law previously in force which allowed them
fee of thirty cents in each case.
Col. Wright, commissioner of the labor
bureau, who had appointed J. P. Judd q
special agent of the bureau, revoked the
same, because of his recent arrest in Colo.
RADIO, on the charge of horse stealing and
his admitting the crime, and also because
he had served two terms in the psnitentiary
for the same offense.
The secretary OF war hes instructed Gen.
Miles, in command of the department of
Missouri, to hold the troo in readiness
to enforce the presidents recent proclama-
ton in relation to the cattlemen on the
Cheyenne and Arapatos reservations. By
the terms Of the proclamation the cattle
men would be compelled to remove their
herds by September 4. The troops will be
held at Fort Reno.
General Winfield s. Hancock, having
completed the duties inpo ed upon him in
with the sepulchre of General
Grant. issues bulletin thanking, in detail,
the organizations and commanders, mill
tary, Laval veterans, civic, municipal, etc.,
that assisted. His obligations to the MEM
bers of his staff are acknowledged by name,
and the presence OF General Gordon, of
spoken of as especially gratifying.
Mr.. John Firman, who, with his family,
re Gently came to Chicago from Eimyra, N.
Y, died near Chicago at his home in Wood
Lawn park, from the effects of eating toad
stools, which we're supposed to be mush
rooms. Mrs. Firman, who also ate of the
toad stools, has been made seriously i'll, but
will probably recover. Mr.. Firman was
at one time proprietor of the Elmyra Ga
zstte. 1t is learned that some seven or
eight people living in Hyde park are all in
q dangerous condition from the srme cause,
and it is likely half of them will die.
Near Fediville, Iowa, there was COLI
snin between two sections of Adam Fore
paugh's circus train. The section which
was run into Was known as the baggage,
and was made up from the rear as follows:
Caboose, two box cars, and then the sleep
ers, Baltimore" Buffalo," washing
ton, and Detroit, in the order named.
Tie full list of those dangerously hurt is
Lewis Hunter, Joe Cappis, Frank Holland,
Frank Baker and Lewis LeGrande. They
are now in q sleeper, being transferred to
he hospital at Davenport, Iowa.
A dispatch from Chicago says: "A cattle
disease, alleged to be Texas fever, has de-
velOped here, and is creating considerable
excitement among the cattlemen. Two
weeks ago Michael Brothers, large cattle
nan near the city, shipped slx'y-one stock
;attle here from the city of Hutchinson,
Kan. When they arrived they appeared in
perfect health. On Friday last the cattle
howed signs of being sick and already if-
cen are dead, and twelve more are down
With the disease. Veterinary 81: sons say
hat it is genuine Spsnlsh or Texas fever.
The cattle commissioner has been mott
led.
Owing to rumors of grasshoppers flying
n parts of Montana, the signal bureau hes,
It Prof. Rsiley's request, instructed its
agents in the northwest to telegraph at once
he observations of any injury done, or
OF the insects, instead of send
ng them monthly IS heretofore: Prot.
whose reports confirm the previous state
nents. Not only are there large numbers
If the destructive Rocky mountain species
It work, but the common native and nom
Migratory species are also much more nU-
nervous than usual. At Fort Buford and
Poplar Pine agencies the locusts are very
I5undant, and are damaging the crops. On
July 9th, during the middle Of the day,
arge proportion of the Rocky mountain
pecies left toward the east and southeast.
Inc MARX A0uo EApIesS, III 1Io IeVleW
asst week said that the average tempera-
ure has been equal to that of the preceding |
week. There has been thunder storms in |
he greater part of the kingdom, and the
lights have been cold. Theee conditions |
lave checked the premature npening of
rops; harvesting, therefore, has been slow
II. The sales OF English wheat during the |
week 5000 quarters at 80 shillings |
md six pence against 1853 quarters |
It 81 shillings and six pense dur |
ng the corresponding week last |
ear. Trade il foreign wheat is colorless;
ellers are firm, buyers are few and restrict |
ID in their purchases. The market to-day |
vas very quiet, values of wheat were steady, |
lour firm; corn was firm; oats were Spence |
heaper.
Judge James Garland, probably the /
ldest judge in the world, and it 10 believ- |
d the oldest member of the Masonic frster- |
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