Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-08
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
Garden City Herald: Dave Crsmer
had his leg crushed and arm broksn.bv
Santa Fe train at Coolidge.
Hanover Democrat: It is reported
that the st. Joe & Grand Island folks
think Of putting in small repair shops
at Hanover.
Monument Obelisk: Elkader has a
chartered irrigation company and they
will endeavor to irrigate about 200 acres
OF ground the coming season.
Miltonvale News: The last scoon"
departed from our city on last Tuesday.
Clay Center will keep her citizens st
home. They are not needed up this
way.
Alton Empire: Our nsighboring
town Of Osborne is very much elated
lust now at the prospect of securing the
Omaha, Dodge City and Southwestern
railroad.
Minneapolis Democrat: Mics Kate
Lynch, daughter Of Humphrey Lynch,
was struck by the whsel Of runaway
team, severely bruising her on the hip
and back.
Terry Eye: The Friend, Scott county,
postmaster turned his Office over to the
Scott City officials, hence that Office is
defunot. and will likely be discontinued
in the near future.
Ingals Union: Jack Station, who was
thrown from a horse at Geo. E. Morgan's
ranch on Wednesday Of last week, is not
expected to live for more than q day or
two, bis condition being so critical.
Industrialist: The library of the
Kansas State Agricultural college has
over 5000 bound volumes aid about
$500 pamphlets. The accession Of
bound volumes during the year ending
June 80, 1888, were SS5.
Coolidge Tins: An extra force of
men are watching the railroad company's
coal piles. If the approaching winter
is the least severe, considerable trouble
will be experienced in preventing poor
people from stealing coal.
Santa Fe Monitor: The school has
opened up in the new school building.
The entire building will be completed
next week, We are informed, 1t is very
creditable edifice and will make good
ward school building by-and-bye, when
the city becomes q metropolis. The
schools, by the way, are making fine
start and doing good work.
Usage City Free Press: L II. Lsh-
man purchased barrel Of select apples,
(three bushels, or 1853 spples), of Chss.
J. Rapp, and shipped them by freight
to New York City from which place
they will be sent to Europe. Mr.. Leh-
mans object in shipping SO far is to find
out whether it can be made profitable
to ship A No. apples to Europe from
Kansas.
Emporia Democrat: Isaac Hese, an
old resident Of Emporis, fell from the
roof OF his sons new house, upon which
be was working, and sustained some
serious injuries about the head and
shoulders. He was taken 10 his home
and his wounds were dressed. It was
found that no bones were broken, but
that his left shoulder and the side Of bis
head were very severely bruised.
Wichita Eagle: A prominent contrac-
tor of this city who has submitted bid
for the construction of the government
building, has received message from
the supervising architect at Washington
asking il he could give bond and when
he could have the building completed.
He answered the message in way that
no exceptions could be taken. It is
thought that looked favorable for q
Wichita CONTRACTOR to get the contract.
Garden City Sentinel: jock Station
died yesterday on the Morgan ranch, in
Gray county and will be buried in the
Pierceville cemetery. It will be remem-
bered that Staton's horse fell with him
while rounding up cattle. In falling he
sustained conclusion of the brain, and
never regsined consciousness again. The
deceased was about 80 years old He
was a native of Boston, and one of
party of six who came here in 1879, and
the only one OF them who remained. It
is said that he had accumulated con-
siderable property. The only relative
he has is stsp-sister who resides some.
where in the eaet.
4. G. Stacy in Kansas City Journal:
The first sight that greets stranger on
entering Hutchinson is the smoke rolling
out of forty to fifty smoke stacks, all
towering above the various salt works.
IHhese, with the three switch engines con-
family at work, the new belt road.
Owned by all the lines entering that city,
the work now being done on the build
ings for the boiler works, the new pack
ing houses, the oil refinery. the lard re-
finerv tina sorohnm SMEAR works and the