Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-04-27
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

KANSAS STATE NEWo.
Junction City Sentinel: A prairie
fire near Briggs postoffice burned q
large quantity of hay for VIM. Pooles.
It also destroyed a large number OF
fence posts for the farmers.
A Strong City special: William Har-
vey, who kept railroad boarding house
here, shot and killed himself. He had
been unfortunate in business, and was
driven to his rash deed by troubles
arising therefrom.
Stewart, Coney & Co.'S. foundry at
Wichita is destroyed by fire. Total loss
of stock, $4,000 insurance, $4,000.
The building belonged to J. W. O'Neill,
of Leavenworth, and cost $4,000. 1t
is thought to be of incendiary origin.
From the Monument, Logan county,
Obelisk it is learned that machinery has
been purchased for new Touring mill
at that place. This will be the only
mill on the line of the Union Pacific be-
tween Ellis, Kan, and Denver, Colorado.
Hiawatha Democrat: At the annual
meeting of the Brown County EXPOSE
ton Association the following gentle
men were chosen directors for the en-
suing year: Messrs. J. D. Stanley, j.
NJ Boomer, S. Detwiler, 81. Seburn, E.
Harrington, Geo. r. I. Roberts, T. A.
Shaw.
Burlingame Democrat: VIM. Antho-
ny presented each of the band boys with
a beautiful spiked helmet. It is need
less to say that the boys appreciate this
generous gift from Mr. Anthony and
will play all the better for having their
craniums surmounted with their new
helmets.
Oberlin Eye: A walk around town
shows more improvements in city prop
erty this spring, in the way of tree
planting, grass sowing, cleaning up and
improving residence property than ever
before. Oberlin has some of the neat
est and incest looking homes to be seen
any where in Kansas.
An Abilene special: Robert Weir,
while assisting in moving a house at
Detroit, four miles east, was caught be-
meath the building, which fell on ac-
count of the slipping OF the jackscrews,
and was crushed to earth. When dug
out he died in twenty minutes. He was
81 years old and unmarried.
Manhattan Nationalist: We have
seen relic of the Tlppecanoe campaign
of 1910. 1t was quilt made in 1910,
and is now the property of Mrs. Nc
Kean, of Grant. In the quilt is worked
a cabin, hard cider barrel, and man
drinking from the barrel. The quilt is
in good state Of preservation.
Ell Dorado Republican: Charles Dun
lap came out of the war with the cheer
full assurance of his doctors that he
could not live, but for twenty three
years continued to cough up fragments
of his ribs and his army shirt, and now
has coughed up the bullet and expects
to mourn at the graves of his few re-
naming doctors.
Strong City Republican: CO.. Lam
try, J. F. Kirker, Charles Hagans and
A. o. Shaft have agreed to combine cap
it2l and experience to develope the min
era wealth undoubtedly to be found be-
meath Strong City. They resolutely re-
fuse to give information concerning the
matter in order to keep real estate down
and competition from eastern capital
rushing in.
A Sterling special: A barn west of
town was struck by lightning last
night and destroyed, as were also eight
COWS and five sheep and forty rods of
fence The Sterling syrup works will
plant $50 new varieties of sorghum this
spring, making $50 in all, from every
quarter of the globe-The new salt
works are about completed and will
soon be running.
Junction City Republican: George
L. Mlller's farm house on the divide
was destroyed by fire. The building
was occupied by Girls Zumbrum, who |
lost all his furniture and everything else
except the clothes they wore when the
fire was discovered. The cause of the |
fire is not known, but was supposed to
be from spark that fell from the stove
to the floor. No insurance.
Delphos Republican: In converse
ton with several ''drummers'' on the |
train recently, they said the volume of
bu mess in this section of Kansas, had |
greatly increased within the last three
and ter sales were constantly
This is an excellent pointer,
and as their numbers and activity in
crease, they become commercial straws,
the direction in which the
winds Of prosperity blow.
Sterling Gazette: TIE workmen at
the salt plant were more or less fright
ened at two objects foundering down
the outside of the smoke stack and fall
ing through the ventilators into the
arge pans. They turned out to be wild
geese, and were raked out more dead
han alive. 1t is presumed that they