Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-09-13
STATE NEWS.


silver bullion.
Kansas City, Mo-, Journal: The
Union Pacific yesterday carried out
three chair-car loads of students bound
for St. Marys' college, at st. Marys,
Kansas.
Lecompton Ledger: Parties from
Perry have rented the large building on
Elmore street, and will buy hoop poles
and manufacture them into hoops and
ship them east.
The Lawrence Canning company has
added 500 hands to it's former force of
800, to care for the daily supply of
fruit. It received ten carloads of fruit
in one day, which needs immediate
attention.
Mcpherson Republican: There is
one school district in this county that
contains but two families. The district
has employed a teacher and will have
the usual school. The two families
will furnish a school of fifteen pupils.
From Atchison: William Oswald has
sued Sheriff John Berry, of Atchison
County, for $4,000, for false imprison-
ment ard defamation of character. o.
valid was arrested on a charge of steal
ing chickens, and was afterwards dis
charged.
ElDorado Republican: If anybody
will go from forty to sixty bushels to
tie acre, they should go a mile or SO
below town. The corn is there to
be zen by anybody who may take
the trouble to go down and examine
it.
From Lawrence: A strike of the
bod carriers employed at the high
school building put a stop to the mason
work. The demand was for S1.75 a
day, which was refused, and the strIk-
ers, seven in number, were discharged.
By noon their places we're filed with
men at S1.50 day, and work progressed
smoothly.
From Oskaloosa: Fire broke out in
the rear of Lohman & Williamson's
large livery and transfer stable and
contents, including five horses. Also
Fairchild's blacksmith shop and Simp-
sons shoe shop adjoining we're a total
loss, with no insurance.
From Hiawatha: A letter from
Alton, Kan, tells Geo. Woodburn of
the terrible accident that befell his
uncle and cousin, Mr.. Morrissey and
son. Mr. Morrissey and the boy were
riding on load of lumber, when it was
turned over, and both were pinned to
the ground all night, being unable to
make themselves heard. The son died
from his injuries, and Mr.. Morrissey
cannot live.
From Leavenworth: The Sons of
Veterans, recently encamped at st.
Joseph, visited this city, Ft. Leayen-
worth, and the Soldiers Home, under
the command of Colonel Kline, of st.
Joseph. They came in four passenger
coaches, two over the Missouri Pacific
and two over the Burlington. Here
they took the steamer Willie Cade, for
the Fort and Home.
At Little River, after a political
speech by Cyrus Coming, editor of the
ElDoTado Workman, some young men
gave vent to their feelings by shooting
several holes through United States
flag that was hung as a banner across
the street. This aroused the indigna-
ton of citizens. and the offenders were
arrested and fined for the ofense.
From Lawrence: The second tour
nament between the Topeka and Law
renee gun clubs, held at the driving
park, resulted with the score of 143 to
142 in favor of the Topeka team. To-
peka-Messrs Bradshaw, Divest, De-
Bost, Biscoe, Rowles. Lawrence
Messrs. Bromelsick, Holloway, Green,
Leonard, McFarlane. The contest was
for fifty birds, forty single and five
double shots.
Tescott Herald: The new machinery
for the new grist mill has arrived, and
now we may expect homemade -four
very soon. The grist mill and cream
cry are important industries, and these
combined with the numerous other en-
terprises in our town add very mate
rally 10 our lu pOIIauCS aS q ndnuIac-
turing center. Eastern capitalists, or
any others looking for a good place
for. paying investment, would do
well to look into the resources of our
town.
Wichita Eagle: Colonel G. H. Eldred, |
of the Medicine Lodge sugar works,
reports the works doing big business;
turning out $4,000 pounds per week
and not working up to full capacity. !
He had samples of the sugar with him |
which speak volumes to an expert and
predict big future for the sugar in
dustry in Kansas. They will have |
big run this season and will increase
their capacity for another year. The
refneries recognize in the Kansas sugar
more purity than they can find in any
other product, and the proof of this |
lies in the price they pay for it. 1t is
evidently only question of few years
when Kansas will be as we'll known as a |
sugar-producing state as Louisiana.
The history of the Medicine Lodge
works proves that expert knowledge
can get better Oractiral results from