Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-09-29
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
The attendance at the Campbell Uni
versity is very large.
Centralia is expecting to get mill for
converting fax into tow.
Newton Republican: Miss Clara Ba,.
Ton has given 81, 900 to the yellow fever
sufferers. We are prouder than ever that
Aanaas named county after her.
Winfield Courier: A trio OF younr
ladies' made themselves quite conspicuous
the other evening by dressing up in boys
clothing and parading the streets.
In Waterville man hitched his team
by tying the lines around his feet.
Team was frightened and ran and thu
man, being unable to extrica.e himself.
got severe bruising.
/ Liberal Chronicle: There is consider.
able talk In Gray county of voting county
.sonds to paw the farmers one dollar Der
acre tor all the prairie broken this winter.
1t will be great boon to the farmers.
Gray County Republican: A new
school houss is to be built in district
number %, south of town. Bonds in the
sum OF 81 900 have been voted, and were
disposed OF at Atchison for 95 cents or
the dollar. The building will be "a 40
feet In eize, and work on it will be COM
menced at once.
Downs Chief: A rather amusing Incl
dent took place near this city last week.
A man from Sherman county, going back
to Jackson county, Mo, camped near
VIM. Dimond's. He was thoroue bly, dis
gusted with Kansas ON account of bad
crops. A man and his family from Jack
son county, Mo-, going to Sherman coyn-
ty, Kan., was camping few yards away.
he had left Missouri on account Of fail
ure Of crops, and was on his way to Sher-
man county, where they raised some
thing. It was ever thus.
Nickerson Register: J. E. Sollenbarger,
who live in Salt Creek township, met
with painful and what might have been
a horrible accident the other afternoon.
Hs was cutting hay with mower, when
part of the machine broke and threw
him to the ground in front Of the sickle.
He managed to keep on. of the way fo-
few seconds bv rolling, but the machine
finally caught him, but he had presenc,
of mind enough to throw himself on
top of the sickle. Before the team could
be stopped he received bad cut in the
calf of his right leg and his clothes were
tom to shreds.
Council Grove Anti Monopolist: The
house Of John Bursuch, living on Four
Mile, was struck by lightning the other
day, killing his little daughter, Annie,
aged years. The lightning struck tie
roof, went through, knocked out the end
Of the house, ran down the chimney un-
til within two feet of the floor, and then
dashed around the room in which the
'amily were sleeping, killing his little
laughter, who was sleeping in bed be;
'ween her sister, Josie, and Miss Annie
shattering the bed to frag-:
nente, and shocking all in the room ex-
'epting Mr.. Bursuch. It also set the
louse on fire butt was soon extinguished
md no other damage dore.
Troy Chief: There is great dispute
yoing on in the Kansas papers about the
birthplace and parentage Of Fay Tenn
,leton. A,',s Van Nees, the mother of
FAY. was resident of Doniphan county
,etore the war, her parents having lived
a the town Of Bellemont. They removed
o st. Joseph, where the father died from
he effects Of hard drinking. In the early
ays Of the war Alice was on visit to
riends at Olathe, where she was arrested
Or disloyslty and held q prisoner at
[ansas City. We do rot know what act
{ disloyalty she committed, but it was
'robable carrying contrsbsnd informa-
ion. The mother of Fay is still living,
70 believe, but not in Kansas. Jim
.ane never had anything to do with the
usiness.
Newton Xansan: Mr.. T.. P. Bsbcock,
this city, accompanied the fire compa-
les to Anthony on the third of July,
xpecting to lock for work at his trade
About three weeks later,
Q ordered his tool chest sent to Wichita,
tating that he bad job on a echoo.
ouse in district No. 80, in Butler county.
Lis chest is still at Wichita, and no word
as been received from him since that
me. Mr.. Babcock is tall man, bald
eaded with fringe of light hair; hes q
Grid complexion; is a graduate Of Cors
ell University; has read Law, and wa
years old lest August. His wife il
ere wholly without means, and is very
nxious to learn of his whereabouts.
tate papers are requested to copy this
, favor to derserving woman.
Stockton News: Quite q sensational
edding took place in our city last
tuesday,, the parties in the contract be-
q Mr.. Nelson Iriah, of Ellis county,
I'd Mrs. Sarah E. johnson, Of Concor-
"a, who met, for the first time, at Clark's
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