Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-07-04
NEWS SUMMARY
DOMESTIC,

DOMESTIC,
". c. Perry has been appointed United
States district attorney for Kansas.
Tne president has commissioned Justian
Nay berry postmaster at BurIingame, Kan
SaS.
The paper to be used hereafter for United
States checks will be distinguished by a
water mark of the letters ~. 8. I. D." in
stead of silk threads us formerly.
The census OF the city of Buffalo just ia
ken by the police foIce, shows total pop
ulation of202 8l8 The tenth United States
census taken in 1880 gavea total population
of 155, 344.
At a meeting of the freight agents of the
east bound roads, rates on cattle or dressed
beef for carloads were brought up to the
Chicago basis, 80 cents for cattle AM 521
cents for dressed beef to New York.
Thos. O'shea surrendered himself to the
Brooklyn police and stated that he had
battered his wifes brain out with Ratchet
mitted the deed. Investigation, by the po-
lice. showed that he had told the truth.
The President has made the following
important appointments: Edward +. He'd
den, Collector of Customs for the District
of New York. II. S. Beattie, Surveyor of
Customs for the District of New York. 8.
W. Burt, Naval Officer of Customs for the
District of New York.
The old United States steamer Niagara"
was blrned al Apple Island, in New York
harbor, for her metal. She has had an
eventful history. She was built before the
war and helped to lay the Atlantic cable.
and conveyed Minister Arson Burlingame
to China, pursued the Alabama" and was
otherwise serviceable during the war. She
was originally 5000 tons tn den, but was
cut down. At one time she was considered
the swiftest steamer III the United States
navy.
Under the general invitation of Secretary
Whitney to the officers of the navy and
others, to submit plans to him for the con-
struction of new steel cruisers, Admiral
Porter has been, for some time past, en-
gagged in planning a vessel which he hopes
will prove q model in her class. She is to
be $50 feet long, and at the same time, the
ram, torpedo boat and gun boat and will go
forward or backward with equal fscility
and carry very heavy armament. 1t is
expected that she will attain great speed.
The fiscal year ending June 80, scoor ling
to the receipts from the internal revenue
customs and miscellaneous sources, has
had falling in the estimates tor tho year OF
about SIC, 600 ,O0O; $1,000 600 Internal reve-
nue., "a 600 900 in customs snd a .OOO, OOO in
miscellaneous. The expenditures have
been greater for tensions and deficiencies
than anticipated, 80 that hesurplus FOR the
fiscal wear will probably be be5wsen s15,
600 900 and $2), coo, 900 less than Was caicu-
lated by Secretary McGulinch ic his report
tn ngress last year, leaving the surolus ct
about $40 600 900 instead Of $39, 100000.
The preliminary trial of Thomas James,
a member of the over house of the illinois
assembly, for alleged criminal outrage upon
Mamie James, a 12-yearold girl, serving as
psge in the house, began before justice
of the peace at Springfield. The chic stated
that James made an alleged ASSAULT upon
her in q committee room of the house, al
leging that he forcibly Invested her Of her
clothing and her strus gies to escape We're
prevented by the superior strength OF her
assailant. She exhibited no emotion in the
relation of the story, and cross examination
failed to change her testimony in any e.
sential particular.
Great excitement was caused in West
Wheeling, w. Va, on the Ohio side Of the
river by an attempt OF Polish potter. one
Kieer. to cremate the body of bis daughter
in one of the kilns of his works. The man
is said TO be too poor to give his child
burial. Early in the morning he fired the
kiln and strapped the body 20 board, so
that it might be pushed into the furnace.
His intentions, however, leaked out and
soon crowd of 100 or 200 indignant people
gathered The city marshal was sent for
and the body was removed from the Gus
tody of the parents and given decent burial
oy others 1t was reported that Kieer had
attempted to kill his wife with an axe, say
ing he hsd been commanded by God to take
her life.
The president has suspended &c. Burch-
ard, OF Illinois, as director of the mint. He
mas appointed in his stead, DR.. James P.
Kinball of Bethlehem, Pa, professor of
geology in Lehigh University. He is
mining engineer and metallu rgist by pro-
fses;on. He was educated at Harvard and
at the mining school OF Freiberg Saxony.
receiving the decree of P. II. D., from the
university of Gottingen in 1857. He has
held appointments on several state and
governme service boards. During the
war he served in the army of the Potomac
as assistant adjutant general of staff of
Generals MCCLELLAN, BURNSIDE, hooker ana
Meade successfully. He is Eow presidentof
the Everett Iron company of Pennsylvanis,
and is we'll known in New York, where be
has an Office.
A special crop report from Dakota, Min
nesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Indiana, Ohio,
Michigan. Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Ken
lucky and Tennessee, gathered by CORES
pondence in every county show that the
very best whesf producing ones do not
premise more than enough for bread and
seed in winter wheat. The frsttwenty-one
days OF June were exceedingly trying and
the area which was thought good for half .
crop is now turning out largely in cheat.
All the estimating of the spring wheat at
present are idle conjectures. The most con-
sentative estimates point to 10 per cent de-
crease as compared with 1884. Corn il do
ing fairly In no state, however, are the