Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-10-17
KANSAS NEWS.

Dorado.
A gymnasium is being organised in
Concordia.
Dodge City has population of over
thee thousand.
Ansther eight thousand dollar school
house in Dodge City.
Rawlins county is to have another pa
Per, making four in all.
The special delivery system has been
Instituted at Emporia.
The "Bank of Wichita" is the name of
q new Wichita institution.
The old settlers of Ellsworth county
held reunion last week.
The Mankato Reviesc declares the Omio
coal shaft Triumphant success.
The Philips county court house at
Phillipsburg, is now completed.
A new bridge is to be built across the
Neosho, at Burlington, costing $1,000.
The Santa Fedepot safe at Mcpherson,
was robbed of SIS the other day by being
blown open.
Petty burglaries seem to be of quite
frequent occurrence in Cherokee county
Of late days.
A wholesale grocery is one of the cry
ing needs of Avilla, Comanche county,
so says the Citizen.
C.'E. Price was arrested at Lawrence
the other day, charged with passing
counterfeit money.
The sheriff of Dickinson county was
robbed of $l60 at hotel at Solomon
City the other day.
The Burlingame Chronicle complains
that merchants and their clerks in that
town smoke too much.
The barn of J. w. Randall was burned
near Council Grove, Morris county. the
other day. Loss 81 900.
A bridge across the Arkansas river at
Syracuse, Finney county, is to be COM
pleted by November LIST.
The governor has ordered the taking
of the census in Thomas county, for the
purpose of organization.
Greenwood county had seven candi-
dates for register of deeds before the Re
publican county convention.
A colored man named Manuel, acct
dentally shot himself at Sterling the
other day. He died shortly after.
Samuel G. Ferand, late city editor of
the Topeka Journal has been found guilty
of stealing books from the state library.
In Reno county last month, the pro-
bate judge received over $50 as his fees
for the liquor statements filed with him.
The Reformatory Penitentiary at
Hutchinson will be 80 far completed
this year as to accommodate 200 inmates
Burr Oak, Jewell county, is excited,
the temperance people having made a
raid On two of the drug stores of that
place.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail
road company, are about to commence
the erection of a new depot at Garden
City.
The physicians of Ellsworth county
have organized themselves into society
known as "The Ellsworth County Medi-
cal society"
The 2lst, 22nd and 23rd of October are
the dates for the Edwards county fair.
Governor Martin las promised to be in
attendance one day.
Leavenworth Times: The amount OF
fines assessed in the police court for the
month ofSeptember, was$ 1873. Amount
collected, $1.472.50.
&C. Masters was arrested at Paola,
Marion county, the other day charged
with forgery. He was taken to Fort
Scott and incarcerated.
The great rush of business at the Gar
den City land Office, caused the officers
to notify agents last Tuesday, not to send
in any more business until further no.
tice.
Kansas City is the name of a new
town which has been established in
Scott county. The town site is said to be
the geographical centre Of the United
States.
Gaylord Herald. A company of So
called Gypsies camped on the other side
of Beaver creek the other day. They
travel in handsome style, with fine horses
and carriages.
Hunters report prairie chickens scarce
this fall, though quail are very plenty.
Ducks are beginning to come in, though
not in sufficient numbers to make the
sportinteresting.
The Lee Bailey house, a hotel at Cha
mute, Neosho county, was burned the
other night Loss 81, 200. The building
was saved, but its contents were damag-
ed to the above amount.
NJ. T. Baker was assaulted by an un-
known man at Ell Dorado, the other day,
and nearly killed. The object of the as
sault was robbery. The wounded man
now is in critical condition.
Concordia Empire: Quite number of
the French excursionists from Kankakee,
Illinois, took such fancy to our coun-
try, that they have invested here, and
will 60 back and bring out their families.
An eighteen inch vein of coal has
-ately been found four snd one-half miles
west of North Topeka. The vein was
struck at depth Of forty. five feet, and
is the best that his ever been found in
Shawnee county.
Leavenworth IS~ses: The board of