Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-09-11
KANSAS NEWS.

KANSAS NEWS.
Glen Elder, Mitchell county, has large
new roller -four mill.
Sherman county has a paper known
as the Ludell Wildcat.
The enrolment Of the Osborne county
institute has reached 14O.
The Missouri Pacific railroad is graded
fifty miles west Of Salina.
Bayard Taylor keeps loan office at
Leonard, Sherman county.
Stockton has this year 355 children of
school age, against 273 last year.
THIS is the most prosperous year in
the history of Northwest Kansas.
Irving, Marshall county, has public
library which contains 700 volumes.
Atchison county, one of the oldest in
the state, has no agricultural society.
Ell Dorado, Butler county, is to COM
mence the erection of a city building at
once.
-Four new banks have been established
in Washington county in as many
months.
A Catholic newspaper, to be known as
the Nation, has been established at
Wichita.
A new bank has been organized at
Anthony, Harper county, with capital
stock of 100000.
The Nicodemus, Graham, county Cy-
clone announces the death from hydro
phobia of Henry Smith.
Beloit, Mitchell county, will shortly
hold an election to vote bonds to the
Kansas Midland railroad.
Claim jumping is becoming quite popu-
lar in southern Finney county, so says
the Garden City Herald.
The first load of home wheat ever
raised in Comanche county was marketed
at Protection the other day.
The Frankfort city council have levied
a three-fourths Of one per cent. tax for
general city purposes for next year,
The assessed valuation of the property
Of Comanche county is $950,449. This
is very well for county only two years
old.
The name of the town Leonard, Sher-
man county, has been changed to Itasca,
10 correspond with the name of it's post
office.
Nonchalanta is the name of a new
town in Ness county on the proposed
line Of the Denver, Memphis & Atlantic
railroad.
Thomas FerreI, q little 12-year old
lad living near Laclede, Pottawatomie
county, was dragged to death by frsc-
ious horse.
It is now thought that the Santa Fe
railroad will build through Clay and
Dickinson counties touching Clay Gen.
:er and Abilene.
Lamar, Colorado, is 100 miles west |
rom Garden City, and two months old.
It has United States land office and |
500 inhabitants.
The board of education of the city of
ousted their superintendent of
schools because he refused to permit
himself to be examined.
Quite building boom is reported at
Augusta, Butler comfy. A $4,000
is DOW being erected, not to
peak OF numerous other buildings.
A young man named Nors attempted
o commit suicide the other day at Hal
tead, Harvey county, by cutting his
hroat. He was crazy, it is believed.
E. J. Vessey, citizen of Wichita, suf-
cred the loss Of q 81, 900 horse the other
lay. Some one boldly entered his stable
nd stole the animal in broad day light.
A large business block is to be
'uilt at Jetmore, Hodgeman county,
which it is said will be rival Of the
amous Buffalo Block" at Garden City.
Kick Cofrman, Of Solomon Rapids
Mitchell county, was bitten
asst week by mad cat. A mad stone
vas applied and adhered for eight.
lours.
John Tullis, section foreman, wss run
yer by the cars, at Clay Center, Clay
ounty, the other day, and one leg and
ne arm cut off. He cannot possibly
ecover.
The saloons at Coolidge, Hamilton
ounty, are now all closed and for the
rst time in the history Of the towns ex-
'tence liquor can be procured only at
rug stores.
Confscation of umbrellas and lead
enci's has always heretofore been con-
idered small matter. An Atchison
1dge has changed all this. He fined q
ian $40 last week for stealing an UNI
rella. And yet they call this a free
ountry. G
Damage suits in the scandal case of
ne Marvin Bridges, Of Stockton, Rocks !
,unty, against several Of the most prom t
ent citizens, have been begun. The in
lred husband sues the alleged para t
l.