Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-02-09

son county; Burdick, Morris county
Buxton. Wilson county; Bolton, Mont
| gonery county; Bismarck, Wsbsunset
county; Bazaar, Chase county; Cassodsy
Butler county; Coolidge, hamilton coun
Cimsrron, Gray county; Ohautauqua
Chsutauqua county; Ellen, Lane county
Gridley, Coffey county; Goddard, sedg'
| wick county; Grover, Douglas county
Heller, Barton county; Hollywood, Ellis
worth county; Kilmer, Shawnee county
Kendall, Hamilton county; Kent, Reno
county; Lebo, Coffey c.unty: Lehigh
Marion county; Lakin, Kearney county
Little River, Rice county; Murdoch,
Kingman county; North Erie, Necshc
county; New Elgin, Chautaupus county
Pawnee Rock, Barton county; Partridge,
Reno county; Pierceville, Finney county
Richards, Chase county; Syracuse, Ham
ilton county; Spivey, Kingman county
Sherlock, Finney county; South Peru,
Chautsuqua county; South Ada, Ottawa
county; Thomas, Ellsworth county; vi
ole, Sedgwick county; West Lebo, Coffey
county; Anness, Sedgwick county; Bar
deem, Barton county; Barnard, Lincoln
county; Beeler, Ness county; Burdette,
Pawnee county: Browns Grove, Pawnee
county; Conway, Mcpherson county;
Goats, Pratt county; Challacombe, Dill
wyn, Diamond Springs, Deerfsld, De-
Graft, East Akron, Garden Plains, Fair
field, Havana, Hanston, Hewins, ingalls,,
Isabel, Kalvesta, Lewis, Lake City,
Laura, Lost Springs, Manchester, Nash
vile, Oak Hill, South Navarro, North
Severy, Rush Center, Ravanna, Rock,
Speareville, Sawyer, Springvale, South
Bazine. Shaw, Sylvis, Timken, Tusl and
Plainville.
Capital Commonwealth: Everyone who
has visited the senate chamber in the
capitol know what beauty is added to
the finish of the magnificent chamber by
the huge flsbs Of Mexican onyx. It is
possible that the superb library room Of
the main building, now in process of
erection, may yet be ornamented as hand.
somely as the senate chamber, and with
Kansas onyx. General Superintendent
Sands, of the Santa Fe, has received q
couple of samples of this class Of marble
taken from quarry on the line OF the
Spivey branch, in Pratt county. They
are pronounced by the chemist who an
alyzed them to be slabaster or ONYX,
probably OF great value. Though softer
than other marbles, they take on high
polish and are more durable. While the
specimens thus far taken out are of q
brown shade, it is possible that when
the quarry is developed the color would
change to red, blue, green, or mixture
of all Utah has made great boasts OF
account of her mines of onyx, but they
have been valueless because located too
remote from communities which demand
such building material. But If the Pratt
quarries pan out what they should,
Kansas onyx can be put on the market
in st. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati and
elsewhere in the east cheaper than Col
orado sandstone, and the Santa Fe will
have bonanza equal to big coal mine.
Capital Commonwealth: The sale by
the Santa Fe to the Union Pacific of the
formers interest of the Leavenworth,
Topeka & Southwestern railway, which
seems to be settled fact, is tas en- to mean
the early transfer of the road to the
Rock Island, which has been in negotia-
ton for this branch quite a long time.
Should this take place the Rock leland
will build new line from Meriden, Kan.
where the Southwestern joins tho main
line OF the Santa Fe to Topeka, and q
route to the east by this line is fifteen
miles shorter than by any other, and
much of its eastern traffic will be hauled
over it.
l.. b. Thompson, county attorney OF
Norton county, telegraphs Governor
Humphrey that John Estip killed John
Ruff at that place, it being case OF cold
blooded murder, and that the murderer
is at large, supposedly headed for No
Mans Land. The murderer is described
co five feet ten in height, 10 years old,
smooth face, dark complexion, dark hair,
and weighing about los pounds. He
wore Ozark coat and vest, striped pants
and . new cowboy white broad brimmed
hat Norton county has offered $100
reward, and Governor Humphrey offered
an additional reward OF $3.50.
The following officers were elected last
evening by the Young Women's Chris
tian association, Of Topeka: Miss Emma
Silver. president; Mrs. W. 81. Baker,
v;ca oruSI1>,A. M;aa 6>vA CherI>>-l>:~
secretary and treasurer; board Of mana
gers-one year, Miss Sue Stevenson and
Miss Mary Abarr; two year, Miss 8. J.
Reed and Miss Evelyn Whittimore; three
years, Mrs. George Wilmarth and Mrs.
Henry Bennett. Tho board Of managers
were authorized to secure rooms for the
association.
Capital Commonwealth: Hon. John
L. Waller has been appointed deputy
county attorney and enters upon his du-
ties Monday morning, having opened