Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-07-03

The postmaster at Lawrence, Kan, has
| received reliable information of the organi-
cation of an association among the postal
clerks of the main lines of the western rail-
roads to boycott the postal system. Each
member of the association, upon becoming
| such, signs the resignation of his position
in the postal service, which is placed in the
hands of the executive committee. As soon
as the organization is complete the first re-
movaI will be followed by demand upon
the postmaster general for cause therefor.
If the reply is not satisfactory, all the res
ignations will take effect, leaving the mail
service in the lurch.
| A dispatch from Toledo, Ohio. says a
party of five young men drove to Ironyille,
a suburb at the mouth of the Maumee river.
recently, for the purpose of causing a dis
turbance. They spent the evening in sa-
loon and got into a fight with the proprie-
| tor and his friends. Knives and revolvers
were drawn and fierce struggle ensued, in
which young Chervalle fell dead with five
holes cut through his body and the murder
ers fled, and securing boat put out into the
lake. Nothing has been seen of the men
who embarked since, and it is thought the
boat was swamped Ia storm that followed.
Land Commissioner Sparks, in reply to a
request from the secretary of the interior
for recommendation in the matter of the
application of the state of Kansas for q
reconsideration of provision al decision of
tie interior department upon tte claim of
the state to select additional lands under
the agricultural college act of 1862 has re-
commended that the application be granted.
Under this act the state claims the right to
select 1892 acres of land in addition to a
like number selected in 1864 alleging that
the lands were not legally increased to the
double minimum price as held in the pre-
vious decision.
A serious railroad collision occurred on
the Chicago, Burlington g. Quincy railroad.
ton, Ia, at an early hour in the morning,
loaded with horses, wagons and scrapers.
When coming up grade about five miles east
of Creston, the front train broke in two.
Two men and the conductor, who were
awake, jumped as the train backed down
the hill. The conductor of the front train
also jumped off and escaped. The engineer
time, reversed, and he and the fireman
jumped. A moment afterward the way car
struck the engine with great force, wreck
ing it and crushing to death four of the
sleeping inmates of the car. and seriously
wounding two others.
A new York dispatch of the date
of the 9th instant say: Pale, emaciat-
ed and apparently very weak, ex- President
Arthur going up the steps of special par
lor car in the Grand Central depot this after
noon stumbled and almost fell. His son
Allan, who accompanied him, caught his
arm and helped him into the car. His
daughter Nellie, his two sisters and his doc
tor were also with him, and went with him
to New London, Conn, where the physicians
hope that he will be recuperated by sum-
mer in the pure air. A number of friends
called to say goodbye before the train
started. In reply to question as to his
is my stomach. You know how good that
used to be-
The Parnell parliamentary fund commit
tee held meeting at the Hoffman house, in
New York City. Nearly $4,000 was SUBJ
Paris that he had instructed his SOL to pay
in 81 900 for himself, and stated that the
generous support given by the American
people gave great courage to Parnell and
Gladstone. P. T. Barnum telegraphed from
Bridgeport, Conn.,, that England and Ire
land would he equally benefited by the in
PRODUCTION of home rule for Ireland, as in
that his subscription would be given to the
committee local to Bridgeport. Mayor
Grace gave his second subscription of
$1,000. The New York Sun turned over
$1,000 it had collected, and the World for
warded $425.
Senator George has introduced in the
senate a bill to restrict the jurisdiction of
circuit courts. 1t provides that whenever
under the laws of the United States jurisdic-
ton in civil courts depends upon the citi,
zenship Of the parties, said courts shall not
hereafter have jurisdiction, unless the
amount in controversy shall, exclusive of
costs, exceed the sum of $4,000. It repeats
all laws in contravention to the provision of
section 629, revised statutes, which give the
circuit courts cognizance of any suit to re-
cover the contents of any promissOry note,
or others, in ar action in favor of an as
signee, unless the suit may have been prose-
cuted in such court to recover such contents
if no assignment has been made, except in
the case of foreign bills of exchange, and re-
enacts and declares said proviso to be in
full force. Its provisions do not apply to
any case now pending.
June 26th was probably the busiest day the
president has had since his Inauguration. It
was devoted almost entirely to the consider
alton of pension cases. During the day he
acted upon 118 private pension bills. After
giving each case a thorough personal exam
ination, thirty bills were vetoed and eighty
eight approved. He also approved the bill
reimbursing Edwin Stephens, United States
consul at King Pc, China, for extraordinary
expenses incurred during the Franco Chi
nese war. The bill for the relief of Richard
T. Wintersmith, late door-keeper of the
house, was allowed to become law without
the presidents signature. The president
wrote the veto messages himself, without as
sistance by dictation or otherwise. They
made about fifty pages of closely written
Indeed, it is stated that the presi- |
dent has personally written every message
that has issued from the White House dur
ing his administration.
The people in the vicinity of Raleigh, N. |
c., are perplexed overa phenomenon that is |
observed along the southeastern coast of the |
state. An oily scum on the water extends |
for several miles out to sea and affects the |
rivers for a long distance inland, making |
the surface smooth and calm. Fish are dying |
by thousands and floating like chips on the |
surface of the water. It is supposed that |
they are poisoned by this oily scum, but |
whence the destroyer comes nobody knows.
A suggestion that ship loaded with oil may
have foundered in the vicinity is secuted,
because from Lockwood's Folly all the way
to Little river the scum is found and the
coast is strewn with the dead fish all the
way. In the salt water about Shallotte and
rubb's inlet are immense quantities of the
lead fish of every kind, and it is feared that