Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-29
KANSAS stats NEWS.

KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Cherokee Sentinel: The Cherokee
mills are now shipping car load Of
provisions q day to Arkansas points.
Mr.. Henning says it keeps them going
day and night, but he must keep up
With the demand.
Marion Record: Among those at
tending The Bible school are two young
Comanche Indians. They are students
from the Indian school at Lawrence,
and are rather progressing and quite
intelligent young men,
The Arkansas City Dispatch says that
Charles Webb, recently from Ada, Ohio.
was killed on Isaac Kay's farm, by q
bucking pony, while driving cattle. He
was thrown, his foot caught in the stirrup
and he was dragged until dead.
Dighton Herald: Mr.. Snyder, Of
Rush Center, is in the city in the inter
est of Touring mill. He says q mill
can be built for $1,000 and that he will
take $1,000 worth of stock and act as
manager. His references are satisfac-
tory.
Mulvane Record: We are informed
that one car of new wheat has been sold
in Wichita for 60 cents per bushel.
This is a fair starter, and shows that the
quality is the very best, but the price
if Just little higher than the present
market will warrant.
Arkansas City Dispatch: The killing
of Charles Webb on the farm of Isaac
Kay is liable to develop into something
startling. Webb had life policy in
the New York Life for $4,000 and an
accident policy for the same amount in
the Employers Liability.
Sterling Gazette: Who is to Judge
when oil inspectors disagree? A dep
uty visited Sterling and condemned
ali the oil in the tanks about town and
that of the Consolidated Tank Line
company. The state inspector was
here the next day, and said the oil was
all right and that the deputy was all
wrong.
Oak Hill Echo: It comes to light
that G. A. Wells, who bought wagon
in town captured some mans hog on
his way home on Pipe creek. Ed Whit
ney was along. They took the hog to
Glasco and sold it. The owner of the
hog tracked them to Glasco. Wells
and Whitney are in Jail at Concordia.
The way of the hog stealer IS hard.
Junction City Republican: The water
supply at Fort r ly must be something
immense when it takes about $4,000
gallons of water for daily consumption.
The pumps are used three times week
to their utmost capacity. John E Weist,
the engineer in charge, says the wells
have never been lowered foot by
these pumpings.
Arkansas City Dispatch: Mistakes
will occur in the best of states. The
man who was arrested as Til Lincoln
last week in Texas, turns out to be the
wrong man. Captain Rarrick went
down from Guthrie to Gainesville after
the prisoner, only to find that he was
not the man that the state of Kansas
wanted for the murder of Justlce Fur
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Chetopa Advance: A list of 262 re-
iected claimants to Cherokee citizen
ship were reported to the agency BY
Chief Mayes last week. 101 of this
number will be required to sell their
improvements, if they have any, and
remove from the Indian domain. The
other rejected claimants are scattered
through the adjoining states of Arkan-
sas, Missouri, Kansas and Texas.
Caldwell News: At their last meet
ing the ladies of the w. G. T. q. voted
to present 800 to the Y. NJ. G. A. OF
this city for the purpose Of purchasing
literature for that organization. The
money had originally been raised by
them for this purpose, but no regular
ly organized society existing heretofore
they waited suitable opportunity.
But the public will know now that it
has not been used for the purpose of
buying new bonnets.
The Great Bend Register tells of a
unique double wedding. DR.. w. M. Gage
and his son Frank Gage Of Verbeck,
Barton Co., Kansas, were the grooms;
while Mrs. Lovina 81. Gordon M. D.,
and her daughter, Miss Jessie Anderson,
of Cecil, Ohio, were the brides. The
older compile had known each other in
their youth but had not met for many
years; the young couple had never seen
each other prior to the arrival of the
two brides a few hours before the
ceremony. The four are to live together
on q farm.
Gypsum City Echo: While Charlie,
son Of Richard Spencer, was cultivating
corn on his fathers farm near this city
he plowed up and brought to the sur
face $40 United States gold coin, and