Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-11-09
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Leoti Standard: A new thousand
pound bell has arrived for our now
school house.
Holton Signal: About fifteen families
f1bm this locality viii soon leave for
Oklahoma to make homes.
Junction City Republican,: Duck
hunting is getting to be quite pastime
among the boys. The river and creeks
are full of canvas backs.
Jetmore Siftings: The Reveille made
its appearance last week under new
management, the name of P. N. Bern
ard appearing as editor and manager.
The Sugar Company at Minneola has
secured a press and is bsling the
crushed cane stalks for fuel. The en-
gineer says he had rather use them than
coal
The Globe Live Stock Journal of
Dodge City has been revived and q con-
solidation with the Republican effected.
d. NJ. Frost and K. E. Deardorf will as
sumo editorial management of the new
paper.
Mulvane Record: Good butter is
scarce. All the creameries are behind
their orders, and all are making money.
Pasture is plenty, milk is plenty, but
the demand for good butter is greater
than the supply.
An Atchison special: Senator In
gals has purchased the Brandner prop
erty at the corner of Seventh and Com
mercial streets, the consideration being
$4,000. The corner is one of the most
valuable in the city.
Emporia Republican: The canning
factory put up during its season just
closed $4,000 two-pound cans, and 217,-
600 three-pound cans of tomatoes; also
10000 cans of corn. The season has
been very successful one.
Dighton Journal: Rev. Hogan, of
Shields, was caller Tuesday, and in
formed us that they were having con-
siderable trouble about getting the
lumber for their new church at that
place. 1t has been delayed on the road
somewhere. Work will however be
commenced next week on the church,
and it will be completed by the first of
December.
Ness City Times: The evolutionary
contest at the opera house attracted a
good audience. The first prize, a hand
some plush album, was awarded to Miss
Jacqueline Barnd; the second, hand
some volume, was awarded to Miss Lila
iFenard; the third, another volume, was
awarded to Miss Mamie Calhoun.
Messrs. Stidger, Hale, and McCook
acted as judges.
Topeka Capital: Superintendent G.
wv. Mcdonald, of the Missouri and Kan
sas Telephone company, has returned
from Chicago, where large purchase
of telephone supplies was made, in
Guiding three thousand poles. A new
metallic circuit, requiring two wires
will be added to the Kansas City and
Topeka line, construction on which
will be commenced at once.
Ness City Times: Frank Strobach,
the expert sugar maker, informed the
Times this week that he has been en-
gagged in the manufacture of sugar for
q number of years, and has had four
years experience with Kansas cane and
says it is an impossibiity to make su-
gar from cane planted in May. He
says 1t must be planted in March or
April or it will not make sugar.
Kansas City Mo-, Journal: Our
readers have heard of the immeHse
smelling works now being erected at
Turner station, seven miles from. Kan
sas City, on the Santa Fe road. Work
on it is being rushed and 1t will be one
of the big enterprises of the west. A
beautiful tract overlooking all the sur
rounding country and Immediately adj
jacent to the smelter has been plated
and named Lovelace.
A special from Abilene says the Bank
of Abilene, which closed its doors on
Monday, has already begun to make
settlement of its affairs. Today it
turned over 100000 worth of real es-
tate to its heaviest local depositers, who
accepted it in full settlement for that
amount of claims. Real estate to the
amount of $50,000 was accepted by for
eign creditors upon similar conditions,
and negotiations are pending for the
settlement of other claims. The liabili-
ties of the concern as shown by the
books amount to $4,000. The assets
will not exceed the amount first pub
lished- $3.50, 900, mostly IN real estate.
By wire from PaoIa: The 3,O00-foot
well which Kansas City company has
the contract to drill in Paola, has come
to a standstil for short time, as the
drillers have lost the drill nearly 500
feet down. They have been unsuccess-
fully fishing for it for over two weeks.
The Paola Natural Gas company works
steadily with two drills and three der
ricks. They have struck another good
lubricating oil we'll in the Russell field,