Thomas County cat., 1890-11-27
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The citizens of South haven will Or
gsnize for a grand we'll hunt in the ter
ritory on Thanksgiving day.
From Frankfort: Peter Swenson, of
the firm Of McCampbell & Swenson. of
this place. has disappeared, leaving
large Indebtedness
Kansas City Bank Reporter: Kansas
will have one banker in the lower branch
of the legislature, Hon. A. II. Heber, of
Meade county. He'll be lonesome but
lively.
Norton Courier: Several carloads
of goods have been received at Atwood
from the east, which are being distrib-
uted among the needy people of Raw
Inns county.
From Anthony: Our milling COM
pany has purchased the immense crib
OF corn which stands south of the brick
stable in Anthony. Those who could
buy corn here last year at twelve cents
per bushel, can now sell at forty-fve
and fifty cents.
Emporia Republican: Judge L. B.
Kellogg's farm house, two and half
miles east of this city. was entirely de-
stroyed by fire. together with all the
furniture and contents, which belonged
to Frank G. Wicker. Both house and
furniture were partially insured.
Dighton Journal: Geo. Harris, the
popular cheese maker, informed us that
the factory had made $4,000 pounds of
cheese. He also informed us that it
had been sold at 10 cents per pound,
thus leaving $500 among our farmers.
Our buffalo grass makes a quality of
cheese equal to the white clover Of YER
mont.
Atchison wire notes: Mrs. George
W. Willis, a soldiers widow, residing
in this city, has been granted pension
of S12 month, and back pay amount
ing to S3,000.-Mrs. Mary Herring,
who was burned to death at Highland
Station last Saturday night, was the
mother of H. II. Herring, well-known
citizen OF Atchison.
From Topeka: The mail car on the
west-bound Santa Fe train was over
loaded, and number of bags contain
ing miscellaneous mail matter were
placed in the baggage car just before
reaching Topeka tie mail in the bag
gage car was discovered to be on fire,
and before anything could be done to
save it five bags were destroyed. No
letters were contained in the burned
bags.
Arkansas City Traveller: An en-
ploye of the Santa Fe said: "Why
don't you urge some of the capitalists
of Arkansas City to build some good
tenement houses in the Second ward?"
He added that there are now twenty
men employed in the various depart
ments of the Santa Fe service whose
families have not yet been brought
here because there were no houses to
rent within the ''call limits"
From Hiawatha: Colorado specu-
lators are working an old scheme in
Brown county. A pool seems to have
been formed with abstractors and regis
ters of deeds, new towns have been laid
out in the wilderness, and circulars sent
here offering to give a lot to anyone
who will pay for making out deed and
abstract of title. This means only four
or five dollars, and is cheap enough to
those who don't know that the land is
not worth that per acre.
From Kansas City: r. T. Ingram,
president of the Argentine Water Works
and Electric Light company, and pro-
prietor of boot and shoe store in
Kansas City, Kan, and general store
in South Kansas City. Kan, made
general assignment for the benefit of
his creditors. His liabilities are about
$4,000 with the assets of $4,000 His
principal creditors are the Exchange
bank for $4,000, and the Armourdale
bank for $4,000.