Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-26
STATE NEWS


Independence is to have town clock
on the county court house, at the ex-
pense of Montgomery county.
A young woman of Hutchinson is
learning the work of an undertaken
and funeral director with the view OF
adopting it as a profession.
At Lawrence large amount of pota-
toes are being shipped every day, and
the market is remarkably high, some
dealers paying as high as eighty-fve
cents busheL
Topeka Capital: J. @. A. Peyton
has contracted car of potatoes at
seventy cents bushel. The purchaser
agreed to furnish his own sacks and
do his own loading.
From Lawrence: Work on the new
high school building is progressing
fast, and the building, which is to be
one of the finest III Kansas, will be
ready for occupancy with the beginning
of the school year of 1850.
Ashland Clipper: We have often
spoken of the fine wheat crop in this
county. Now that harvest is over the
cropis found to be better than expected.
Threshers are humming and wheat is
moving toward the large markets.
Salina News: We are gong to have
that union depot, and it is going to be
the best in the state. Salina is awake
to a sense of her needs, and it is no
longer a question of propriety about
this thing. We need the union depot,
and We are going to have it.
Greenleaf Journal: Quite a colony
of Russians dropped off the train here
this week, and are buying farming lands
in the vicinity of Greenleaf. They
are so well pleased here that they will
be the means of getting large number
of others to locate in our midst.
From Hays City: The officers of our
fair association are putting forth every
effort to make the coming fair a sue
cess. We have the best fair grounds
in western Kansas, and one of the best
and fastest half-mlle tracks. With big
premiums, and open to the state, we ex-
pect some "hyers."
From Lawrence: The old university
building is being repaired and fitted
up so that it can be used by one or
more departments of the Kansas State
university; probably the Lawrence
music department will be located
there. The overcrowded condition of
the new buildings has rendered this
step necessary.
Kansas City, Kansas, Gazette: The
citizens residing in the locality of Ed
wardsville, Kansas, have formed pota-
to association. The object of the asso.
citation is to ship jointly all potatoes
raised in that neighborhood to an east
ern market Several car loads have
already been shipped to Chicago, and a
number of other carloads will be sent
east next week.
Mound Valley Herald: The mort
gage Indebtedness of Labette county
is growing less each month, as will be
seen by the records in the register of
deeds Office at Oswego. Mr.. Flora,
register of deeds, reports that during
the month of June 112 real estate
mortgages we're released and only forty
seven recorded, making sixty-fve more
released than were recorded. Two hun
dred and thirty-two chattel mortgages
were cancelled for the same month,
amounting to S82,929.30, while the
number of chattels recorded for the
same time was 121, amounting to $24,-
S51.22, leaving the amount in favor of
cancellation S65,07S,06.
A dispatch from Washington: There
is likely to be litigation over the big
meteor which fell in this county several
weeks ago, and which is in possession
of James H. January, who saw it strike
the ground and dug it up. 1t fell on
the land of a Miss Kelsey, resident of
Illinois. January was breaking land
for her when he found the meteor,
having been hired by J. B. Sofeld,
president of the Washington National
bank, Miss Kelsey's agent. Sofeld at
once put in a claim for the meteor on
behalf of his principal, and finally sold
it to January for S25, giving a receipt
for the money over Miss K.'s name and
ais own as agent for her. A few days
ago, January disposed of the stone to
Prot. Snow, of the state university, for
$500. Miss Kelsey arrived from nli-
nois and demanded what she calls her
property from Mr.. Sofeld, claiming he
had no right to dispose of it. She will
bring suit for it.
A Manhattan correspondent says
that Judge Spilman, of that district, |
has decided that the sale of liquor, in
original packages as well as otherwise, |
is nuisance under section Is of the |
Kansas prohibltory law. The Judge /
called attention to that part Of Chief
Justice Fuller's decision, in which it is
said IN regard to articles imported that
II directly dangerous IN themselves the |
state may take appropriate measures
to guard against injury before it OBJ
tains complete control of them" and !
argued that if the state may take ap-
propriate measures against articles that |
are dangerous, it is for the state to saw
what articles are dangerous and what
measures are appropriate to be taken |
against than Tho Siata of Kapeou |