Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-10-27
STATE NEWS.

Atchison amateur talent is going h
play the "Miksdo."
An eleven-round prize fight was Tough
in Wichita Monday.
Spectator" holds the 4-year-old rec
ord for Kansas trotters, 2:28.
The Emporis canning factory put W
250, 600 cans of tomatoes.
Garnett's canned output was 200, 00C
cans of tomatoes and 10000 cans o.
corn.
The Fort Scott Monitor says that the
population of that city has increased
5000 in the past year.
The charter for the Leavenworth and
Platte county, Missouri. Pontoon Bridge
company has been fled.
The Kansas City (Kau.) Gazette says
that the Missouri Pacific will erect re-
pairing shops at that place.
Isaac Parker, q constable at Kansas
City, Kan, shot and killed Billy Viii
Jams over dispute about cents.
Miss Ethel ingalls,, of Atchison, has
been appointed a correspondent at
Washington of the New York World.
The Osborne people lowered their
taxes by extending the city limits to
take in q couple Of miles Of railroad
track.
Fairbanks & Co., the great lard and
cotton seed Oil refiners, have opened their
Hutchinson office and there is great re-
boicing in that city thereat.
Allen Tidings: Judge DeCamp says
he will erect the largest cugar refinery
ID tbs state an Allen and plant all Of his
5000 acres to S,rghum next year.
| The death Of young girl at Usage
Mission, who had taken false step,
leads the editor of the Neosho Journal
TO e1claim: eff there is no hell there
ought to be, for the wretch that disgraced
her,"
Ejmonds Times: A new court house
bond proposition has been submitted to
the people of this county. This time
plan of the house to be built will be on
exhibition at every voting precinct in the
county.
Msrysville News: A man named Mon
hague made criminal assault on the Is:
year :old daughter of B. F. Grouse, near
NermilIion in this county. The girl
escaped. Mr.. Grouse and Mr.. Andrews
followed Montague and arrested him,
and his preliminary trial is set for Oct.
18th.
Atchison Globe: It is said that an
Atchison young man, who is shortly to
marry, will receive $4,000 a year from
the young lsdy's father for living e1pen-
ses. And now comes the story that there
has been for some time standing offer
of $4,000 q year to any one who would
marry the girl.
Hiawatha World: One of the inmates |
of Horton bawdy house refused to
teave it when her gray-haired mother,
who lives near this city, called at the
len and i'm plored her to give upa life of |
shame and return home. Such an I'M
natural daue liter should be forgotten;
lbut how can mother forgetl
The Methodists of Lawrence will erect |
q new church. It is to be built of Cotton
wood stone and will have frontage OF
400 feet on Vermont street and III feet
Eon Bsrkley street. Tee material and
Etone will be prepared during the COM
ing winter in order to rush the work
during the building season next year.
The ed fee when finished will cost in the
hood of $4,000. It will have
p seating capacity, including chairs for
500 people, while the net auditorium
will be between 900 and 1000.
Kansas City (Kans.) Gazette: Mr..
Micheal McCsnn died last week in Davis
county. MI. Mccain was for several
years soldier in the regular army. He
had the honor of raising the American
flag at Chspultepec, and as color bearer
also raised the stars and stripes over the
halls OF the Montezumas. There are
great many men located on farms in
Davis county, after discharge from the
regular army, with very creditable rec
ords, who could furnish mighty interest
ing biography and history.
The Atchisop Champion says: Tit is
true, as Receiver Thompson says, that
government engineers we're induced, by
some means, to make so-cslled "river i'm
here, with view of forcing ,
the current against the Missouri river ,
,ide, and thus DESTROYING the bridge, or
rather forcing the river through the river !
through the land east of the bridge,
ought to he sent to the peni- ,
entisry. LII any event the facts ought
o be ascertained. That bad work was :
lone here, in making the so-called ssriver
is unquestioned.
Atchison Champion: The evidences ]
Il terrible crime were discovered yes :
erday in West Atchison. In a grove .
N Main street, west of the residence OF r
dr. Homer, some children found the G
keletoD Of an infant, wrapped ND in q g
yrpv s,uoothar hrk,bo~dD |