Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-10-24
KANSAS NEWS.

Concordia now claims 1900 inhabi
tants.
The streets of Ell Dorado are to b
lighted by gas.
The actual debt of Hodgemen coutny
is only about $4,000.
A branch of the Irish national league
has been organized at Topeka.
A new Congregational church hat
been dedicated in Dial, Osborne county
The Sterling schools have an average
attendance of 375 daily.
Scarlet fever and diphtheria are preva
lent in several counties in the state.
A grand army post is soon to be or
ganized at Meade Center, Meade county.
A branch of the Union Pacific railroad
repairing shops are to be located at Clay
Center.
An attempt was made last week to bur
glarize the Office Of the Crawford county
treasury.
J. C.. Huntington. died at Eureka,
Greenwood county, in the ninetieth year
of his age.
An Osborne county man has struck
salt water at depth of two hundred
feet below the surface.
Phillip Slinch, resident of White
Cloud, Doniphan county, since 1867, died
the other day, aged 81.
An eagle measuring seven feet from
tip to tip was captured in Sedgwick
county the other day.
Yates Center, with a population of
from 1900 to 1000, has nota colored man
residing within its limits.
During the month of September four
barrels of whisky and 422 bottles of beer
were sold in Cowley county.
GU. Harden, a resident of Lyon coun-
ty, this state, measures seven feet three
inches in his stocking feet.
The south half of the business part of
the city of Downs, Osborne county, mar
rowly escaped destruction by fire last
week.
A cowardly assault was made last week
on the dwelling house of H. s. Taggart,
at Clyde. The windows were badly
broken.
At the next general election Mitchell
county will vote on the proposition to
issue bonds to build court house; $685.
600 is the amount proposed.
Thieves broke into the stores of Coll
ner Il Davis and A. Richards at West
moreland, PottaH atomic county and Sc
cured booty to the amount of $40.
A Mrs. Crosby, of Ottawa, Franklin
county, is the possessor of strange
freak ofnature. 1t is cat having one
head, two mouths, two noses and two
tongues.
Coal has been struck at depth of 100
feet three miles from Jewell city.
This greatly enthuses the citizens of that
town as it will save them thousands of
dollars annually.
The current expenses of Shawnee
county for the quarter ending October
list were $14, 1855. Of this amount ST.
l3l 40 were for expenses of the INDECENT
poor.
Wichita Eagle: John Bucholy, from
Atchison, has been missed by his friends
in this city and fears are entertained that
he has met with foul play as he carried
some money with MIN.
The retiring postmaster at Delphos, o.
tawa county, held the Office for fifteen
consecutive years. When he commenced
the salary of the Office was $500 per year
and now it is 5000.
E. F. Waugh, member of Lincoln post
No. l, G. A. R., of Topeka, while attend
ing the funeral of a deceased comrade
the other day, was strickend with paral-
ysis while standing over the grave.
A fire occurred at Florence, Marion
county, the other day, destroying row
of the finest business buildings in the
city, fully 100 feet long. The entire loss
foots $21 200 on which there was an in
surance of about $4,000. Among other
its contents were saved in good con-
dition.
Hon. Jacob Stotler, of Wellington, and
A. T. Sharpe, of Ottawa, while in Topeka
the other day stopped at leading hotel.
On retiring instead of turning off the
gas as should have been done, Mr..
Stotler blew it out. On awakening in |
the morning the two gentlemen were
hardly able to get out =, of bed. They |
would not have been able had a window |
not been left open in the room.
A Whitcomb, of Lawrence, has present
ed the state historical society with a |
copy of the issue of the Herald Of Free
dom, of May 18th, 1856, seven column
folio weekly paper. Only the outside
pages of the paper are printed, the sack
Of Lawrence by the "border ruffians,"
the completion of the issue
of the paper. These imperfect copies of
the Herald Of Freedom are now exceed
ingly rare, and Judge Adams, the secre-
tary, will treasure this copy as an inter
esting souvenir of that period.
The Select Knights supreme legion A. |
o. U. w. of the world assembled in third
biennial conclsve at Topeka last week !
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing two years: Supreme Com
Geo. w. Reed, Kansas; Supreme
Vice Commander, j. R. Miller, Ontario;
Supreme Recorder, w. F. Bonn, st.
Louis; Supreme Treasurer, w. r. Sheen,
Kansas; Supreme Senior Workman, E. |
F. Seaman, Pennsylvania; Supreme Jul
nior Workman, O. 81. Comfort, Minneso-
Ia; Supreme Trustee, Alex. Mclean, Ili-
nois. The competitive drill was one of
the interest 'ng features of the conclave.
There were three prizes $3.50, 500 and
SIS respectively. The first prize was