Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-08-11
DOMESTIC.

Thirty "white Caps rods up to a church
where two elders of the Church of Latter
Day Saints were holding meeting IN Har-
meeting, giving the. elders notice to leave
town. In Crawford county the regulators
fogged two Mormon proselytes and a woman
who had been converted to the faith.
Outside of Chicago the population of
towns in Cook county is 269, 1884, an increase
of 55, 747 in two years.
manufacture of cigars was &c, 421 ,207, and
of cigarettes 278. 22O,9O0
A New York swell, travelling toward
Alaska, was swindled out of $500 by con-
fidence men in a poker game at Seattle,
Wyoming Territory.
A Milwaukee girl was inveigled into q
vile den on West Washington street, Chica-
20, for immoral purposes. She was rescued
by policeman who heard her cries OF dis
tress.
A woman travelling in male attire YVES ar
rested in Indiana, and told thrilling story
follow her husband, who ran away with an
other woman.
The cattlemen in Indian territory who
have been leading the armed revolt against
the collection of the cattle-tax have been ar
rested.
Chicago will be supplied direct from the
oil regions with ten thousand barrels of fuel
oil daily by the pipeline which has just
been completed.
summary of crop reports of western and
northwestern states gives an average esti-
mate of the wheat yield at thirteen to fifteen
bushels to the acre: oats thirty to thirty mine
bushels. and condition of corn about 100
per cent.
Owen G. Lovejoy, who has been nom
mated for congress by the democrats of the
Seventh Illinois district, is son of Owen
Loyejoy, the great abolitionist.
A ..arried man, 20 years ola, VIM, was
charged with accomplishing the ruin of
dozen girls of tender years, has skipped from
Sidney, Illinois, to avoid the results.
The government of Peru has confiscateo
the railroads built by foreigners in that coun.
try. Ex-Mayor Grace of New York, ano
other capitalists are largely interested.
Large delegations will go from all parts OF
the country to welcome Mr.. Blaine when hi
arrives in New York. He sailed from Liver.
pool Wednesday on the new Iuman steamer
City of New York.
The action brought to decide the powers OF
the Iowa railroad commissioners in regulat
ing rates is being argued before state court
at Iowa City and will eventually 60 to the
United States supreme court.
Seven men were killed by sunstrokes in
Kansas City on Wednesday.
Several cattle were killed by the heat in
Macon county, Illinois, Wednesday.
Washington preacher attacked society
women for gambling at poker.
An electric storm did considerable dam
in the vicinity of Clinton Iowa.
W. K. Vanderbilt has been sued for ST.
LOCO for an alleged breach of contract.
Three hundred Italian emigrants who
were unable to obtain work sailed Wednes-
day, for their native land. The government
sent back two brigands on the same ship.
Three Chicago boys stole money and
bought horses preparatory to going to Texas
and becoming cowboys.
The Dominion government will not allow
mormon settlers to practice polygamy in the
Northwest territory.
Two actresses on the stage of Boston
theater, in an imitation fencing match, got
mad and fought duel in earnest.
Hay has been destroyed by recent rains
in France, and peasants are killing their an
finals because they can not feed them.
Thirteen people were burned to death and
fifty more injured in the burning of six
story building, 1877 Bowery, New York.
A terrific wind and rain storm did great
damage to crops in the vicinity of st. Cloud
and Sank Rapids, Minnesota.
The republicans of Indiana will hold their
state convention August Sth. Ex-Governor
Porter still refuses to head the ticket.