Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-01-16

II Talbot, the printer who attempted
- aseassinate A. r. Green, Of the Mime
.rpnlis Messenger, escaped from his guard
= that place the other day, and is at
Urge. He was bound over to the district
euurt and had been given nearly week
- procure bail, failing in which he skip
I'D the country. It is said that he was
sun intimate terms with disreputable
1vnng in that city, and it is believed they
Eslped him to escape. Special deputies
- securing the country, and kilograms
- being sent in nearly every direction.
Gov. Click has taken charge of the
Topeka pension Office, and appointed
III. James H. Howe as chief clerk OF the
<unfre. On recommendation OF the g. A.
r, q Baldwin City, Col L. F. Green, OF
- city, was appointed to clerkship.
Hi A. p. Shreve, of Topeka, on recon-
Nandation Of Gen. Rice post G. A. r.,
2d b. W. Lathrop, OF Paola, on recon-
ndSfion OF the Paola G. A. R., were
80 appointed to elerkships.
JeweIl Democrat: The prospectors
zBe now down 200 feet and have found
<spol but in what quantities is not yet
lnown. For the last fifty feet they have
s1Dund pyrites of iron in considerable
quantities. The specimens sent to the
,Gfa&s geoiogist bring back an analysis
which says that it is 81 per cent pure
silver, although it is his opinion that
crude silver does not exist in such state
- purity.
Atchison Globe: The loss by fire in
Atchison, in 1885, is estimated at $685.
80; the amount paid the 6remen was
1900, and $35 to special men. There
1sfe foFty eight alarms; four of the fires
49, caused by gasoline, one by spop-
<nneeas combustion, three by incen-
.ifnrimu, and the balance through
,>deeective flues, carelessnees and causes
unknown.
Thomas Morton, negro who formerly
azught school in Atchison, has been ap-
pointed to position in the Office of the
.f8t assistant postmaster general, solely
On his merits, as the civil service COM
sRiesioner did not know that he was
red The white women clerks in the
me Office are protesting, and Morton is
xhe cause of a genuine sensation in
washington.
Cawker City Record: Mr.. f. j.
Kempel has a peculiarly constructed
svxtch, the only one of its kind in this
unotion. It is Of Swiss manufacture, has
- hands to point the time, and no circle
| - numsra.s, but openings in the dia
show the hour and minute as each figure
passes in review at its proper time, the
iminutes numbering from one. to fifty
nne.
One of the worst snow storms OF the
sseason prexailed in western Kansas,
60 Aariy part of last week. About ten
- s1f snow fell, accompanied by
zys Mgh wind. drifting the snow
n great heaps On account Of the fury
"a the storm all travel ceased. The set
Alen are well supplied with feed for stock.
Wichita Beacon: The total valuation
0t taxable property in Sedgwick county,
amounts to $S,345,553. The tax levy in
Ehe city Is $500 on the 800. About
800, 900 has been paid into the
sAunty treasury mp to date
4 Larned Optic: Three hundred and
thirty seven buildings including court
ADuse, churches, new school house, and
seven or eight brick business blocks con-
akitute the building boom for the past
Year.
T. c. Thurston, who is serving term
IN the Kansas penitentiary for attempt
ing the life of D. r. Anthony, Of Leaven-
worth, took dose of morphine with
suicidal intent, the other day. He was
pumped out.
Wichita Beacon: The revenue to the
eity from whisky and beer amounts to
over 5000. The police Judge has raked
In altogether SLOT during the month
uf December
For the first time in its history the
lawrence postoffice issued 100000
0oney orders in one year.