Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-10-26
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

AANSAS = Ale NEWS
The Scranton Times is removing to
Burlingame.
Belleville Press: Cuba is to have q
new printing Office with Mcdonald &
Miller as proprietors.
Argentine Republic: Argentine has
the largest smelter in the world and
the finest railroad yard in the United
States.
Horton Commercial: The steam heat
er for the central school building has ar
rived and workmen are now engaged in
putting it in place.
Junction City Union: The school
board has recently invested $145 in
three anatomical charts for the city
schools. The money was taken from
the library funds.
Washington Register: G. E. VIII
hanson, the founder OF the Hollenberg
Record, after lay-of of few months,
has again assumed ownership and ed
itorial management of that paper.
Pittsburg Smelter: There were
built in Pittsburg during the year
1888, PSI new houses, thus far in 1889,
about 800 more. Who can estimate
the number that will follow in 1890?
B. Harding of Wathena, who was a
delegate to the grand lodge, I. o. o. F.
settled among the Indians in Doniphan
county 43 years ago and has resided
there continuously ever since. He is
one of the oldest settlers of the state.
Atehison Champion: The name of
Evan Challiss Martin, the oldest son of
John A. Martin has been changed to
"John A. Martin" By this change he
becomes member of the Loyal Legion
in place of his honored father Evan,
it may not be generally known, is the
Welsh for John.
Wellington Monitor: Olin Meacham,
of Greensburg, Kan, visited the city
last week and packing up the old Quid-
Nunc outfit which he had bought from
its former owner, H. B. Graves, shipped
it to Augusta, Kan, where it will be
used in the publication of weekly pa
per which he proposes to establish
there
The Arkansas City Dispatch says
that General Lucius Fairchild, of Wis
consin was in that city October ID and
IA on his way to Guthrie, where he
was to meet Messrs Hartranft, of Penn
sylvania, and Wilson, of Arkansas, the
three composing the commission to
treat with the Cherokees and other
tribes in interest concerning the Cher
okee strip.
Holton Recorder: A. G. Douglass,
son of County Commissioner Douglass,
of Denison, has been awarded the honor
of representing the colleges of Illinois
in the interstate oratorical contest to
take place at Lincoln, Neb.. next May
The competitive contest came off at
Galesburg last week, in which seven or
eight colleges were represented. Mr..
Douglass is a student at Monmouth
college, where he has entered his senior
year in the classical course.
Junction City Union: The enroll
ment for the first month of the school
year for 'SS was 1854, and for 'S9 1t was
928; ninety-nin were readmitted each
year; six cases of corporal punishment
reported last year and three this; be.
longings for last year were 800, this
year it is $50. The attendance last
year was "a per cent, and 96 this year.
These figures are for the first month of
the school year last month, and for the
corresponding month of this year.
Leavenworth Times: The many
friends of Ed. Fenlon, Jr. will be pleased
to learn that he has successfully passed
the examination for the Troy Polytech-
mic Institute and is now admitted with
out conditions. Mr.. Fenlon, with two
other candidates, out of forty eight ap-
plicants, passed the entire examination.
This merely shows that students from
our hish-school are up in their studies
far beyond many other institutions in
the land. The board have always
shown great Judgment in securing capa-
BILE superintendent as we'll as an able
corps of instructors in our high-school.
Junction City Union: It is now
pretty generally believed among the
higher army officials that Fort Riley
will be selected as the place at which
5000 soldiers of the regular army will
meet next fall for their annual maneu-
yer. Next fall they will remain in camp
for month or over, while this fall they
will remain only about two weeks. In
asmuch as Fort Riley is so centrally
located, and 10000 acres are contained
in the reservation. it is not at all i'm.
probable that this reservation will be
selected as permanent site for the an
nual maneuvers.
From Kansas City, Kansas: Mrs.
Belle Crawford, lady who carries the
burden Of ninety years on her Shout
ders, and Is the aunt of the late Ex-
Governor John A Martin and F. D.
Mills, of this city, arrived yesterday to
make her home with the family of Mr..