Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-19
STATE NEWS.

chleny Noes ana mortgages.
Beloit Gazette: The contract for the
new Scottsville school house was let in
this city. H. L. Wiley, contractor, was
awarded TIE job at $4,000
Russell Journal: The band boys
started out with petition some days
since, and have succeeded in raising
S35 or $40 with which to erect a band
stand
The Hiawatha Electric Light compa-
ny have decided to put in the ineandes-
cent system of electric lights, and they
will be ali ready for use in few
weeks.
The Norton county soldiers reunion
will be held at Norton September IS,
10, and 20. An effort will be made to
have Senator ingalls, present one day
of the reunion.
Burlington Republican: Henry
Waggoner, the NJ, K. e. T. station
agent, has had his pension increased
from 81 to S14 per month, with back
pay since 1881, amounting to about
$1,000
At Columbus, Prof. s. F. Harker died
by morphine. He left family record
in the form OF scrap book diary,
which shows that several near relatives
have been insane. He was the princi-
pal of the Columbus schools.
Mcpherson Republican: The Repub-
lican was the only paper in the state
that published the proceedings of the
prohibition convention platform and
all, and they bought just one copy.
Udall Record: Our merchants are
making strong effort to find mar
ket for the immense fruit crop Of this
section so they may be able to handle
it with a profit to the farmers, and get
out even on it themselves.
Valley Falls New Era: Minnie Max
we'll expressed what marketable silk CO.
coons she had produced from one-fourth
ounce of eggs, to Peabody, Kansas,
receiving 335 cents per pound for 199
pounds, and now has her curiosity sat-
isfed in that line of business.
Topeka Capital: In his distribution
of pensions, Uncle Sam sent to Mrs.
Jane Patterson, a soldiers widow living
at Pratt Center. in this state, the mag
Difcent allowance for the first payment
of her pension of upwards of four thou
sand dollars.
Lindsborg News: G. Gibson, living
1o1f -
marketed the first new wheat this year
He sold to S. Osgood, of this city. He
had one hundred acres, which made |
from thirty to forty bushels per acre,
the average being thirty bushels per
acre. The wheat tested 634 pounds
and was sold for So cents per bushel.
A Garden City correspondent gives a
report of the celebration there which
refers TO the display of farm products
gathered in a booth by the Imprint
The letter says that the
display was highly complimented and
was a credit to the country and in
keeping with the enterprise of the I'm
print company.
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Kinsley are solving the original pack
age question in very sensible manner;
they are letting them severely alone.
It has been nearly two weeks since the
one on Sixth street opened up, and the
indications are that it has not real
lied its proprietor enough to pay his
rent.
Lyons Republican: The work at the
salt mine has been going along nicely
during the past week. The large tim
bers for the tower have arrived and will |
be used in the building shortly. The
fine large engines are now in place and
we understand that the fire will be
started under the boiler to-day. In a
few days the work on the shaft will be
resumed.
ElDorsdo Republican: Arthur Nc
Ginnis is endeavoring with considerable
success to organize a company of mill
tia here. He has authority from Gov.
and is trying to get the
very best of our young men. Arthur
is well schooled in military tactics and
will make very capable captain. We
predict for ElDorado under his man.
agement, the best-drilled company in
the state.
ElDorsdo dispatch: The register of
deeds Of Butler county has for the last
six months been keeping a close &C.
count of the farm mortgages released
and those put on, and announced this
that during the months of
January, February, March, April, May,
and June. over $4,000 worth of farm
mortgages have been released more
than have been put on in the same
time. This is a better showing than
any six months in the past eight years
Wellington Nail: Trustee Spar, of
Illinoin township, brought down a very
young girl who seemed to
be straying about his neighborhood,
and turned her over to Dave Lewis.
who will send her to the poor farm.
She is about eighteen years old. and ,
persistently refuses to talk. Where
she hailed from or what her name is
are mysteries that nobody has been
able to solve, as she will not tell either.