Thomas County cat., 1890-11-20
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Atchison Champion: The broom fec.
;ory in this city has every machine 60
ng constantly and is just able to keel
Up with orders.
Ford Gazette: A very destructive
IRE started in South Dodge and swept
over the country west Of Dodge. NJ
ives we're lost.
Wichita Eagle: The agent Of one o.
he binding twine interests in the coun
Try was in Wichita few days age
looking up the advantages offered by
Wichita Cor binding twine factory.
Atchison Champion: One Atchisor
firm has thus far this fall shipped one
ear load of hickory nuts, 600 bushels
east, and has four hundred bushel:
more that will be sent out as soon as q
full car load is brought in.
Canton Republican: A little over
$50 pounds of mail matter were re-
ceived at the Canton post-office Friday.
The railway postal clerks say there is
very near as much mail thrown off here
as falls to the majority of county seats
along their routes.
Topeka Journal: Two we'll known
local singers, both members of the Mo-
doc club, have secured engagements
with leading opera companies. o. NJ
Scott left Sunday for San Francisco to
join the Hess opera company, and Robt.
Johnson leaves tomorrow for Omaha to
join the Duff opera company.
| Wichita Eagle: Some of the Alli-
ance leaders held meeting and dis
cussed the question OF organizing a
company TO put in a bank and general
merchandise store. 1t is proposed to
start out with 100000 and carry on
the business on an extended scale. An
other meeting vii! be held in a few
days, when the question Will be fully
determined upon.
From Abilene: The Travellers insur-
ance company has ordered its agents
here to make no more loans on account
OF the threats made against interest
laws and loan companies. Every at
tempt will be made to collect its bust
ness up closely and no more money
will be put out until it is felt that in
vestments will be safe. Interest rates
will be raised if other companies fol-
low suit
From Hiawatha: A short time ago
lightning rod agents canvassed Brown
county. Kansas, and Richardson county
| Nebraska. and sold the farmers rods for
six and ten dollars. taking their notes.
Lately some of the notes have come due
and the signers learn that they have
| been raised from Sc to $50 and from
so to 500. Some of the farmers have
got back their notes by threatening to
hang collector when they caught him
IL the vicinity.
Paola Republican: Geo. Ritz, at his
farm two miles south o. Paola. with
Will Fleming, had Just finished putting
load of hay on his wagon and Mr..
Ritz was fastening the boom or team
pole down, when it broke, striking him
on the forehead and knocking him
backward Off the wagon. He fell on
his head and his neck was broken by
the concussion, death following instant
ly. Mr.. Ritz was one of our best citi-
zens and most substantial farmers.
Gypsum Advocate: The Saline Coun-
ty Plaster Company, with its works To-
Gated at this city was recently reor-
ganized, and some eastern capitalists
are now members of the company. The
former company has been very success
full in developing this enterprise and
bringing it up to its present high
standing. The new company will give
it an additional momentum and Gyp-
sum City doubtless will soon have one
of the most remarkable industries in
the United States.
From Lawrence: The annual elec.
ton OF officers of the Kansas Academy
OF Science was held at Snow hall and
the following gentlemen were elected to
serve the coming year: President, Rob
ert Hay; first vice-president. F. W.
Cragis; second vice. president, o. G.
Charlton; secretary, E. H. S. Bailey;
B. B. Smythe, librarian, and A. H.
Thompson, E. q. Poponoe and N. S.
Goss as board of curators we're con-
tinued in office for another year. Ot-
tawa was then selected as the place for
the next meeting.
Pittsburg World: Commissioner
Betton, labor statistician for Kansas,
was in the city Tuesday and Wednes-
day, and improved the opportunity by
investigating our smelters, manufac-
tories. etc. Mr.. Betton has given his
exclusive time for several years to COM
ufactories. and is the best-posted man
in the west on these subjects. Pitts
burg offers him the most chosen field
for investigation in his line, and he has
watched the development of this place
with great interest. He recognizes in
Pittsburg the great labor point of the
west. and is certain that the demand
for labor here will. in the near future,
multiply ten fold. Nothing can prevent
Pittsburg from being the great manu-
featuring point OF the west. and capital
Will flow into the city until reign of
prosperity will set in that the people of
Pittsburg at the present time do not
begin to realize Mr.. Betton collected
valuable statistics while here that will
appear in his next report.
From Emporia: The Social Science
Club of Kansas and Missouri met in
tenth semi-annual session at the First
Congregational church, Mrs. L. b.
Kellogg, Of Topeka. presiding. The
following was the order of the after
noon exercises: Business meeting. De-
partment of sanitary science, THE
Health of the Home,' Mise A. L. Dick