Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03
KANSAS STATE NEWS

and contents were burned Loss, $1,000.
At Osborne George Rocheford was
killed by being thrown from hay wag-
on. His head was crushed.
Lyons Republican: The Ellinwood
Advocate has changed hands, Mr.. Quill
len retiring, and b. w. Huffman tax
ing charge.
jamestown Quill: Taylor Cook, the
man who beat his wife's head to jelly
at Stockton, and was sent to the pen,
is now raving maniac.
Wellington Monitor: The Hunter
Milling company are having an extern
sion built to the elevator at their mill,
increasing their present storage capac-
ity twenty-fiv thousand bushels.
Arkansas City Dispatch: A commit
tee of the Southwestern Soldiers asso-
citation was down viewing the grounds
of Riverview park and making prepare
tions for the coming encampment.
At meeting held at the Ottawa
Chautauqua assembly it was decided to
hold the annual meeting of the Kansas
State Temperance union at Topeka on
Tuesday, Aug. 13, at 4 o'clock, p. m.
Arkansas City Dispatch: Arkansas
City has come to be the regular cattle
mems headquarters. From ten to TWEEN
ty ranch owners and stock dealers come
and go every day, saying nothing of
the manv who live here.
Sharon Springs Leader: A fine
$4,000 school house for Sharon
Springs is something for the near fu-
ture. The bonding of the district for
$4,000, is question that will be SUBJ
mitted to the voters at the annual meet
on the 25th of this month.
A Stockton special: Stockton and
Rocks county have been visited with a
fearful wind and rain storm. A num-
Der of houses were blown down and the
fronts of several business houses blown
off. It is thought that but little dam
age is done in the country.
An Abilene dispatch: The Abilene
gas we'll in the suburbs of the
city, has struck an artesian vein of salt
water, which tests at fifty degrees of
the strongest in the state. The we'll is
now overlooking and promises a large
yield, as it is only down $50 feet. There
is also considerable gas present.
Westmoreland Recorder: At the
Moodyville Springs grove, the water
raised to such height as to raise the
east end of the suspension bridge sew
eral feet, running over the pool and
backing up to the springs proper. The
water is reported higher than ever be-
fore known by old settlers.
Paola Republican: Miss Lydia NJ.
Jackson, formerly of Stanton twp, this
county, now of Topeka, lately had
book of poems, entitled "Wild Rose
Petals" published by Geo. W. Crane,
of Topeka. Her sister, Miss Mary
Jackson, author of 1.-THE Spy of Osa-
watomie," also had another book pub
lished recently. Miami county has been
quite prolific in authors.
Newton Journal: Clay county has
candidate for the Office of county treas
urer by the name of John G. Johnston.
The name of Harvey county's genial
and accommodating county treasurer is
also John G. Johnston. It is said that
every man has his double, but this is
certainly a queer coincidence, two men
of the same name, candidates for the
same Office, with but two counties sep
arating them.
Troy Chief: They have discovered,
at st. Joseph, that all the bridge man
ufacturers have combined to keep up
prices, and that letting contracts to the
lowest bidder is of no advantage. The
Doniphan county board made that dis
covery three or four years ago, and
have as little as possible to do with the
bridge manufacturers. All the work is
given by contract to men living in the
county, and big sum of money is
saved by avoiding the combine.
At Overlook, in Usage county, the
sixteenth anniversary meeting of Harri-
son grange, Patrons of Husbandry, has
been celebrated. The grange was or
ganized in 1873 and has kept up its
meetings, without single omission.
ever since. The annual gatherings have
become more popular each year, and
this one was the largest ever held. The
people began coming in on horseback
and in wagons early in the morning and
there was steady stream Of arrivals
up to noon, by which time the grove
was an frll that there waa acarcelv room
for the lunch baskets. There were Wis
itors from all the surrounding country
within radius of thirty miles, includ-
ing a grange from Shawnee county, a
quartette of singers from Ottawa and a
large delegation from Douglass county.
There were two brass bands present,
and in short, nothing was lacking that
could make picnic successful. There
were several speeches, among those who
addressed the assembly being Secretary
Mohler, Of the state board Of agricul-
ture, and Major Sims, an ex-secretary.