Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-11-22
STATE NEWS.

Shawnee county produced million
and half bushels of corn and three
hundred and five Thousand bushels OF
oats in 1890.
The Association of Registers of Deeds
in Kansas holds its annual meeting in
Wichita on November Is and 10. A
call for this meeting was sent out by
Sim Bear.
From Marion: The official canvass
in this county gives Humphrey 1885,
Willis 1,495. In the Sixty-sixth dis
trict the vote between Rood, republi-
can, and Maxwell, alliance, is tie
vote-839 each.
From Solomon City: The Farmers
state bank of Solomon City is winding
up its business, owing to the slowness
of the times. 1t has put its accounts in
other hands for collection and will close
its doors and surrender its charter in a
few DAYS.
Cawker City Record: Harry Searle
has gone to England, his first visit to
his native place in % years. He will
be accompanied by two brothers, one
joining him in Chicago and the other
in New York; one of these brothers (32
years old Harry has never seen.
Topeka Journal: The Topeka Surgar
company held its annual meeting
Wednesday evening. Owing to accidents
at the mill causing delays, the COM
1Noh
year, but they feel hopeful of future.
Considerable cane in the lowlands was
injured by frost and will not be used.
La Crosse CLARION: W. Il. Moore,
the expert accountant who has exam
ined many county treasurer's books
lately in the state of Kansas, among
which was the adjoining county of FL
lis, commenced the examination of Rush
county's treasurer's books, a few days
ago. He will overhaul them from the
organization of the county down to the
present time.
Salina Republican: The annual con-
test of the Kansas Wesleyan Oratorical
association will be held the week before
orators of the school and also the best
musicians OF the city will be present to
give the people one of the best enter
tainments of the kind ever held in Sail
ma. The orators have their orations
nearly completed and will soon COM
mence rehearsing.
From Fort Scott: William NJ. Rice,
Republican, is elected over his father
in the Twenty second district to the
legislature by q majority. GilfIlan,
Republican, was defeated in the Twen-
ty-third district by Frank Fortney,
Alliance, by 4O3 majority. The Ali
ance elects county commissioner, pro-
bate Judge, county superintendent,
county attorney, and the Republicans
the clerk of the district court.
From Garden City. Our citizens
were treated to a shooting scrape by
young lady of the utmost respec-
liability, who shot at Line Fulton who
had Just returned from his bridal trip
with his newly made bride. The shoot !
ing was rather wild and the intended |
victim escaped unframed. But the
young lady's wrongs were undoubtedly
great, and the sympathy of nearly ev-
ervbody is on her side.-She declares
the end is not yet.
Parsons Journal: Last week COM
pleted the second month of the school
term. The weeks work was unusually !
interesting. Bryant Day" was OBJ
served by the raising OF flags. In. the
high school the pupils responded to
roll call with quotations from his po-
ems, and Ella Holloway, of the juniors, |
delivered an excellent biography of our
Editor Poet" The meth
DDS of conducting national and state
elections were fully explained on Tues
day, in papers prepared by Pearl Pat
rick and Ray Hudson, of the seniors.
From Enterprise: A party OF about
thirty, under the leadership of G. B.
Hoffman, start from here for Topolo-
bampo and Sinaloa to make their home
in the new colony. They take house.
hold goods and implements with them.
The party is collected from all parts of
Kansas and will be joined by others in
Colorado making $50 in all. At San
Francisco they will charter a schooner
and go by water to the Gulf of Califor-
MIA on which the communistic settle i
ment is located. They profess not to 4
believe the reports of distress AMI suf-
fering that come from those already
there. The Mexican government has
made large concessions for townsites,
etc, to the company of which Mr.. Hoff-
man is one of the directors.
Topeka Capital: The case of Barney
vs.. Dudley, which has Just ended in the {
district court, is somewhat of an inter- /;
esting character. Mrs. Barney had,a
policy for $4,000 on her husbands life,
and the law is that such policy be- 4
longs to the wife; her y band has no i
interest in it. Guilford dudley claimed
TO hold the policy as collateral security
Tor note given by Mrs Barney's hus-
band. She paid one note, and then
Dudley refused to give up the policy |
unless she would pay another. She re- t
used, and sued for the value of the I
policy. This S thirteen years ago, s
and her hush; nd is still living. The '
interesting Question uas what uac the