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

It was reported on the Chicago board
Of trade yesterday that Jay Gould had
bought the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe telegraph system for 100000. The
rumor is not credited in Topeka.
The executive committee of the society
of Old Settlers held session and re-
solved to hold reunion of the society
on the evening of December 5-the
thirty fourth anniversary ofthe found
o. Topeka.
Annual report of Christ hospital. for
the year endidg November 20, 1885,
Number of patients, 1911; number OF
deaths, IA; now remaining, 25; numbe,
OF charity patients during the year, 81;
number of days attendance on charity
patients, 1920.
The board of trade of Kansas City,
Kan, appointed Messre. Alden, Hillecker
and Newsletter q committee to attend
the coming conference of cities Of the
first class at Topeka to watch the inter-
ests OF that city.
At q meeting of the executive commit
tee of the old settlers society, held at J.
s. Collins Office, it was determined to
hold reunion of tie association on the
evening of December 8, which ia the
thirty fourth anniversary of the found
ing of Topeka.
The most important event of the pes:
week among the secret orders and frater-
mites was the securing OF permanent
castle hall for the knights of Pytbias,
but there has been moro than the usual
amount Of work going on among all the
lodges and higher bodies.
The Topeka republican hsmbeau club
contemplstes attending the Inauguration
of President Harrison at Washingto and
it YVES determined that Colonel J. W. F.
Hughes, captain Of the club, should 20
to Washington to confer with the inaug-
ural committee and make arrangements
for the trip.
THE UNION is in receipt OF Prof. G. G
Blske's weather tables for 1889. They
cover the entire country, giving districts
in many of the states, Nebraska being
divided into three districts and Kansas
into six districts. The tables assume to
foretell for each district the rainfall in
each district for each month of
1888. Also the maximum, minimum
and mean temperature for each month
for each dist-ict, as we'll as table OF
prices of grain and cotton. The book
containing these tables has also much
other matter on the same subjects. Its
price is 75c.
At q meeting of the trotting horse
breeders association, resolutions were
adopted That this association will time
any horse that starts in any OF its regu.
lar races. il the request is made by the
owner, which time shall be the record
for such horse in the association That
it is the sense of this meeting that the
half mile races be omitted from the pub
lished report of the races of this aesoci.
alton in the future.-That the associs-
ton offers stock for the next year as
follows:-One-y ear-olde, two-year-olds,
three -year-olde, three minute stations
2: "a stations, free-for-s all stations, three.
year-old green horses, three-year-old
horses with Q record OF 2:34, four-year.
old green horses, and four-year-old
horses with record of 2:34. fve-year.
old horses owned by members, and free.
for-all pacing animals, to be owned BY
by membars.-It is not fully de-
termined where the next races will b
held. A resolution was passed tha
some mile track be chosen. This role
gates the matter to three places. viz.
Emporia, Abilene or Wichita.-The -
sociation passed q resolution fsvorins
the entire independence oe the associa
ton raoss, and in The future thsy VII
net b hsld IN connection with any stnA
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