Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-06-13
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


Abilene is clamoring for more schoo
houses.
A Wichita cigar dealer has ordere
100000 cigars.
Meade county has between 1000 an
5000 Inhabitants.
Ballton is the name of new town il
Dickinson county.
There are thirteen persons confined il
the Wichita Jail.
It is said that coal has been found nea
Sun City, Barber county.
Work has begun on the court house a
Bel!eville, Republic county.
One firm at Dodge City will manufac
ture 100000 brick this season.
A Quaker colony from Indiana may
possibly locate in Russell county.
Work has been begun on a telephone
line at Winfield and Wellington.
Eudora has decided to have regular
old-fashioned celebration on July 4th.
The safe of the Dodge City postofice
was relieved of $500 by thieves the other
day.
Counterfeit money is said to be in Cir.
culation at Fort Scott. They are princi.
pally dollar pieces.
The oldest Free Mason in Kansas is
said to be VIM. Gardiner, resident OF
Yates Center. He is 80 years of age.
Company 3D." End regiment, K. N. G.,
was recrganized recently at Humboldt,
and G. A. Nicholetts was elected captain.
Salem Argus, Jewell County: From
thirty to forty loads of lumber have been
arriving in Salem daily for several days
past.
Atchison Globe:l The cash collections
in the police court last month amounted
to 81 ,03l90, the largest in the history of
the city.
Glasco Sun: A young man named
Kent, in the employ of Ben. French, was
drowned while trying to cross Buffalo
creek last week.
Sneak thieves entered the store of a
booty to the extent of 5000 and all this
in broad daylight.
It is fact that an artisan well was OBJ
tanned at Ellsworth, at depth of 40
feet. ! t throws stream fifteen feet
above the ground.
The erection of new hotel, to cost
about $4,000, is among the improve
ment contemplated the coming sum-
mer at Yates Center.
Manhattan Mercury: A first class tan
merry would be paying industry in Man.
haitian. The number. of hides shipped
from Manhattan alone would be sufi-
cient for quite a business.
Frank Beedle, while bathing in a creek
near Republic City, Republic county was
drowned. All efforts were made to save
him; one young man, Henry DAVIS being
nearly drowned in the attempt.
Three young men at Emporia, in try
ing to test their skill as oarsmen, were
overpowered by the strong current and
carried over dam, and only escaped
death after desperate struggle.
Col. Chapman. a man perfectly re-
sponsible, has offered to build a court
house at Norton, worth $4,000, if the
county will deed to him the block upon
which the court house now stands.
Dodge City Times: The talk of the
color of a horse controlling the price,
only holds good where match teams are
wanted; good fat fine looking horse
will sell in any market, no matter what
his color is.
Dodge City Globe: Who ever saw
finer grass than our ranges are now
covered with, and in less than thirty |
days it will be said, who ever saw fatter |
range cattle? That's why the range men
are smiling.
Fort Scott Herald: The county clerk |
has finished his valuation of personal |
property, subject to taxation in the city, |
amounting to $414 1874; exemptions in |
city, $44, 800, and exemptions in county,
$780, 900.
Phillipsburg Herald: Earnest E. Milks,
a little lad about IL years of age, son of |
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Milks, who live
about nine miles east of this place, was
walking in little garden that he had |
planted, when bolt of lightning struck
him, killing him instantly.
Sedan Journal: We hear that some
farms have been benefited by the high
water notably, that of J. w. DeCou on
Wolf Creek. The back water from Caney
carried up and left deposit which fill
ed several hard pan sinks. One man es-
Inmates the improvement to his farm by
this agency at one thousand dollars.
Arthur Martin, living four miles and
3 half from Hays City. committed suicide
q few days ago by taking strychnine. In
q letter which he left he stated he had
tried the strychnine on the cat first and
that the reason he took this method of
ending his existence was because he was
tired of living.
Cherokee Sentinel: VIM. North, while
riding over his farm on q mule one day
this week rode upon a humble bees
nest; the bees soon surrounded both the
rider and mule. The mule seeing that
his ma ter was about to be stung, threw
him high out of range of the bees and
then ran for the stable taking the bees
along.
A cad accident occurred at Manhattan
3 few days ago. Willie, the 5year-old
son Of John E. Hassan, county attorney,
was found in his fathers stable with his
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