Western cyclone., 1886-12-09
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

| gainst Kirkland.
The new Watkins building in Law
renee will cost over 100000. IT is a
finer and more expensive building than
Snow hall at the University.
A twenty-five inch vein of splendid
| quality of coal was struck at Admire
City, new town on the Missouri Pacific
eighteen miles west OF Usage City.
Ellsworth Democrat: The Masons will
erect S25, 900 Temple in Ellsworth next
spring. Let the good work of building
up our city so On. And we wish to say
10 our merchants that they cannot be too
liberal in aiding all such enterprises.
Put your hand down deep and you'll
get 1t sll back with interest.
Leavenworth Standard: Justice Thos.
Plowman this morning received his COM
mission from Governor Martin as notary
public. He has had commission as
notary from every governor from Gov.
Wilson Shannon TO Gov. Martin and has
held the office with distinction for
period of twenty eight years.
Medicine Lodge CreSSet: A gentleman
from Topeka relates good joke The
Salvation Army is now in full blast there
and has large number of followers.
The other day one of the soldiers ap-
preached Swede who was standing on
the sidewalk and asked, "Don't you
want to work for J8usr NAV" re-
piled the Swede, 81 got yob."
Barber County Indsr; Attica had a
bank failure last week, the Peoples bank
being compelled to close its doors. 1t is
said that the business men and many
farmers in the surrounding country were
losers. From the beginning, the bank
existed on weak financial foundation.
The failure in no way affected the other
bank in that city in which parties in this
city are interested.
WinSeld Tribune: Hon. Jacob Stot-
ler, member of the state board of chari-
ties was in the city the latter part of
last week, and made final settlement
with mechanics ana contractors for the
construction of the Imbecile asylum.
The building will not be occupied by
the states patients until the Legislature
makes an appropriation, which will
probably be done as early in the season
as possible.
Two men named A. Hungerford and
Charles Bickle, of Holton were arrested on
the charge of making counterfeit coin, by
City Marshal A. II. Williams. The case
has been worked up by the United States
secret service officers within the past
month. A search OF the residence they
have occupied for several months reveal
ed the dies and other implements for
making counterfeit half dollars, and SIX
| ty-three of the counterfeited coin OF that
denomination. The metal was found
in the bed where the wife OF one of the
men was laying sick.
Wichita Eagle: During the last sum-
mer one of the managers of the Postal
Telegraph company spent several weeks
| in this city and section, looking at the
advantages offered for another telegraph
line to Wichita and southern n -.
lie returned to New York and after
consideration with the board Of directors
it was decided to construct the line and
that it viii reach the city about the first
of March. This line which is now in
very successful operation in many OF the
states east Of the Mississippi charges a
uniform rate Of % cents for twenty
words.
Jewell County ReUieu; Two children
aged and 10 years Of Mr. Gimple, liv-
ing about seven miles southwest Of Man
kato, were lost in the recent storm.
They started home from school, a dis
| tsnce OF one and a quarter miles and
after travelling a while found they were
lost in the storm. Fortunately they had
enough judgment to retrace their steps
and find the school where they built up
the fire and remained until the coal was
ali gone, after which they found their
way to a house close by where they re-
mained until morning. The relatives
and friends Of the missing children
looked for them all night long In the
binding storm, almost Perishing them
selves.
Lawrence Journal: The Journal OF
Wednesday morning contained a local
notice Of the Indictment and arrest OF Ar
| thnr Dunbar, FOR a murder committed in
1864. The case is an interesting one.
Dunbar was only a boy at the time, and
lived at Black Jack. A colored man
named Sam Tenny, who worked on the
| farm, quarFe4ed with Dunbar's sister, and
used insulting language Fearing the
consequences, Tenny started to leave,
bat Was pursued and overtaksn in
the road by the young man, who imme-
diAtely shot him twice, killing him IL
stantly. 4 man Witnessed the killing,
and be still lives to testify in the case.
Dunbar was arrested, at the time and
bound over by s. II. Carmean, at that
time justice OF the peace at Baldwin City.
De escaped from the constable, enlisted
/ Ia the union array, and served till the