Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-06-12
CAPITAL NOTES.

The state board of health held its
sixth annual session in Topeka last
week.
A meeting is to be held in Topeka
July 3, to organi re a state labor fed.
Grafton.
Topeka has added nineteen teachers
to her public school corps for the next
school year. How we grow Topeka now
has one hundred and twenty teach.
ers.
Warden Case of the penitentiary has
settled with the state treasurer for the
month of May. Expenses of the institu-
ton were S1O,3O7.64 and the receipts
were $500.
Topeka Journal: F. w. Giles will
succeed T. G. Vail as bursar of Bethany
college at the end of The present college
year. There will be numerous changes
in tho faculty.
The executive council of state has
awarded the contract for printing pa
pers to Bradner Smith & Co., of Chica-
60, and the binding material to Cane
Bros. & Co., of Chicago. There were
SIX bidders on paper and the COMPETE
ton was close. The contract was let at q
lower figure than the state has ever
secured. There were but two bidders
for binding material.
Topeka Capital: Frank Stahl. who
lives near Auburn, is getting quite a
reputation for the great annual picnic
held in a grove on his farm. 1t has
been held for ten successive years.
There have been in attendance great
crowds OF people, sometimes as high
as 5000. Some fifteen Sunday schools
of Shawnee and Usage counties fur
nished programmes of song and recita-
ton.
From the correspondence of Secre-
tary Mohler, of the state agricultural
department, is learned that dry wealth
er in many counties has cut down the
general average of winter wheat to a
point considerably below the condition
month ago. The average yield per
acre will be good deal below twenty
two bushels, which was last years aver
age. In Osborne and Jewell co unties
the average has fallen below last months
estimate. The oat crop will be very
light IN Western Kansas. Rain is
greatly needed, and the wheat crop
there suffered more from drouth of
April and the frost of May than at first
supposed.
n. r. Baker has gone to Chicago,
Washington and Old Point Comfort, Va.
on business for the National Car Heat
ing company, of which he is president.
Mrs. Baker accompanies him. The
Master Gar Builders of the United
States, hold their annual session at Old
Point Comfort, Va, on the 10th, and
the Master Mechanics on the 18th at
the same place. Mr.. Baker has had
equipped at the shops of the Fort Scott
& Memphis railroad, IN Kansas City, a
car with Searle's Steam Heating and
double Circulation OF Hot Water, which
were started to-day to Old Point Com
fort for exhibition. The inventor, Mr..
]. Q. c. Searle, will also be at Old Point
Comfort.
Mayor Cofran returned ordinance
granting additional rights to the Kan
sas, Nebraska & Dakota railroad, Mis-
souri, Pacific, lessees, in building depots
near Fifth and Adams, without his ap-
proval for the following reasons: First
In 1886 there were granted certain
rights and privileges to the said Kan
sas, Nebraska & Dakota raiitoad on
Adams street and First avenue to the
material damage of the property on
said streets, but it was hoped and ex-
pected that the coming of this road to
our city would be of great benefit to
said city and Shawnee county. Sec
ond-The said Kansas, Nebraska & Da-
kota railroad, Missouri Pacific lessees,
have wholly failed to run and operate
said road to the benefit or convenience
of the city of Topeka or Shawnee coun-
ty, who by vote of the people sub
scribed, or perhaps gave is a better
word, the amount of $4,000 to the
said road. Third-Having TO official
guarantee that, if said further rights
are granted on said streets, we may
expect and have any better service
than we have pow. which is of no bene-
fit whatever, we see no reason why the
property on SAID streets should bs fur
ther. damaged by granting the said
company the further right of cucumber
ing the streets with it's TRACKS. The
above, and other reasons with which all
the council are familiar, the mayor
says, might be given for the withhold
ing of his signature. A motion to pass
the ordinance over the veto did not |
meet with second.
Bridge and Viaduc.. |
The Topeka city council have passed