Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

| KANSAS STATE NEWS.
T. J. ELLIOTT, of Brown County, recently
presented the Agricultural College with 4
very fine collection of stone hstchets
spears and arrow points, avis, burial and
other Indian relics. This collection is said
to be equal to similar collection in the
Cincinnati, O., museum, which is thu
largest in the world
THE amount paid out by the local pension
agency at Topeka for the week ended De-
cember 1 was $5s,45691. The monthly
statement shows that there have been SO;
additions to the pay roll during the pas
month, making a total on November 30 Of
IS, s49. OF the additions 367 were original
and the remainder were restorations and
transfers from other agencies. There has
been a loss during the month OF 1Oo. This
was caused by death, remarriage, trans.
fers and minors by legal limitation. There
is now 81. GOO 900 in the treasury to the
credit of the Topeka agency which will be
used for December payments.
THE contract has been let for the ex-
cavations and masonry of the Underwood
Fowler packing house at Hutchinson,
which, it is said, is to be one Of the largest
establishments in Kansas.
HARPER COUNTY had % $50 acres of win
ter wheat, of which 1874 acres were har-
vested this year, producing 459, 400
bushels, and average of % bushels to the
acre. OF corn she had z, 706 acres, pro-
ducing 2, 1S1, $50 bushels, an average of 80
bushels to the acre. Oats. 30211 acres
produced /, 14s,01S bushels, or an average
of SO bushels to the acre.
THE Central Kansas Teachers Associa-
ton, recently in session at Hutchinson,
elected the following officers: President,
John W. Cooper, Newton; vice-president,
E. d. Taylor, Edwards County; secretary,
Mrs. Mary Ludlow, Mcpherson; treasurer,
J. E Williams, Ness County. Four hun
dred members were in attendance.
THANKSGIVING was duly celebrated at
the Soldiers Home with music and short
addresses, and SIS veterans partook of
an excellent dinner.
AT the National Exposition, in progress
at Atlanta, Ga, Wyandotte County, Kan,
carried of the second prize. The same
exhibit was made at the Kansas City Ex-
position.
PEANUTS are said to be yielding seventy
bushels per acre in Kansas.
ELIJAH BoYCE, wealthy stockman of
Brown County, was attacked by foot-pads
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beaten.
b. P. STANLEY, bookkeeper for the Mat
lock Dry Goods Company at Arkansas
City, is reported to be a defaulter to the
amount Of 1880. He is supposed to have
Joined the Canadian colony.
HUGH TIFFANEY, young man of Atchi-
son, was recently arrested for forgery.
SECRETARY MoHLER, of the State Board
| Of A If,.r ,b4 in foH:
son to secure statistics relating to the salt
industry, reports a wonderful degree of
activity and prosperity In the new salt
| field. Twelve plants have already been
established, most of which are now in
| operation and many more are contem-
plated. The Hutchinson salt deposit is
from 200 to 800 feet below the surface, is
800 feet in thickness, and is almost per-
fectly pure. The process employed in
bringing the salt to the surface is very
simple. Between thirty-five and fifty
carloads of salt are being shipped daily.
A MAN with spade has recently been
terrorizing the people of Fort Scott.
WHILE the Tariff bill was under con-
sideration in the United States Senate on
the 9th Senator Plumb called attention to
the paragraph as to silvered glass, and
said that such glass was largely used by
furniture manufacturers and was almost
entirely Of foreign make because the
silvering of such glass in the United States
was not durable The duty, he said, added
two or three dollars to the cost of a bureau,
and if the article was not made here he
did not see why the duty should not be
reduced.
THE State Horticultural Society recently
held its twenty second annual meeting in
Hutchinson. The meeting was an instruct
i've one and fair delegation attended.
The following officers for the ensuing two
years were elected: President, Hon. L.
Houk, Hutchinson; vice-president, Martin
Allen, Hays City; treasurer, Frank Hol-
singer, Rosedale; secretary, G. c. Bracket,
Lawrence; trustee, Southern district, L.
A. Summers, Wellington.
MRS. WILLIAM Ross, formerly a WELL
known society lady of Topeka, was struck
by train near Pontiac, ILL.,, recently and
killed. Her husbands designations and
losses had driven her insane.
THE sheriff and his deputies made raid
upon whisky joint in North Topeka the
other morning and arrested the propri-
etors, A L. Johnson and Charles Mitchell,
and locked them up in the upper story of the
building. While the officials were search
ing the cellar for liquors the two men I'M
der arrest jumped from the second story
window, distance of eighteen feet, and
made their escape.
SECRETARY ADAMS, of the State Histor-
ical Society. has just completed COM
pilation of the Kansas publications re-
ceived by the society. There are 721 week
lies, nine semi-weeklies, 40 dailies, As
mOnthlias 0ne hi-monthlv four nm a -for
lies and three occasional prints. There are
in the State 10 other periodicals which do
not furnish copies to the society, making a
grand total of $40 publications in Kansas.
A PETITION was recently circulated at
Lawrence asking for the liberation of c. !.
McClintock from the State penitentiary.
In July, 1886, McClintock killed his wife
at Wichita, after which he attempted to
take his own life. McClintock was for
merly student at Lawrence and it is
stated that he is insane and his friends de-
sire his release for the purpose Of placing
him in an asylum.
In his forthcoming report to the Legis-
lature State Superintendent Lawhead will
renew the suggestions in his report in re-
gard tothe plan of furnishing text books to
pupils free, the district owning them and
permitting the use of them by pupils
under certain definite regulations. Among
the advantages enumerated are, that
pupils are thus supplied with books when
needed; that uniformity is secured; that
the system is much less expensive than
any other, and that it largely increases
the attendance upon the schools, especially
from among the poor, who are frequently
unable to purchase the necessary books.
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