Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-05
CAPITAL NOTES.

Prot Henry Worrall, the we'll known
artist, will probably go TO Boston
to make = diagram of upper hor-
ticultural hall, in which the great
Kansas display is 70 be made during the
national encampment.
The men employed in the Topeka
shops of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railroad have a custom of
taking their families on an annual ex-
cursion. This year twenty car loads of
these happy people went over TO Leav-
enworth. visiting the Fort, the Soldiers
home, etc. 1t was originally intended
that the excursion should go to st. Jo-
seph, but the programme was changed
on account of the flood at Atchison.
Capital: IF the success of the Kan
sas exhibit at Boston next August has
been questioned, all doubt should be
laid aside, as the committee having the
matter charge are Just now receiving the
highest kind of encouragement. In fact
the project is experiencing a we'll
rounded boom Yesterday their hearts
were made glad by two very handsome
contributions. The Santa Fe sent In
$500 and the Rock Island came to the
front with $500.
Mr.. Samuel J. Reader, of North To-
peka, has given the State Historical
society a Photographic copy OF his
painting of the battle OF Big Blue"
upon which is inscribed, Battle of Big
Blue, fought October p, 1864, IN Jack
son county, Missouri, between the Sec
ond Regiment Kansas State Militia and
Prices Rebel Cavalry. Painted by
Donor, July, 1865" accompanying
which is a poem entitled Battle of Big
Blue" giving in rhyme brief history
of the battle.
Journal: The next step which the
original package sellers in this city
will take is to bring suit in the United
States circuit court against r. B.
WEIGH, county attorney, and John NJ.
Wilkerson, sheriff, for damages for I'M
lawfully, maliciously, and wilfully IN
terfering with them in the carrying on
OF their business. This information is
obtained from the attorneys OF one of
the original package men, and he states
that there is a general understanding
and agreement among them all to take
like step. Nothing has yet been done
in that direction, and it was intended
to keep the matter quiet until the pa
pers could be made out. The amount
OF damage asked will probably be S10,-
600 in each case.
Capital: Some time ago, Herbert
Hofin, young man, was in the employ
of the Santa Fe railroad company at
Albuquerque, New Mexico, as stenog-
rapher. He made application for po-
sition in the general offices here, and
the application was granted and the
transfer ordered. Mr.. Hofin came to
Topeka and saw his employer, Mr.. Geo.
L. Sands, and received permission to
return to Albuquerque to close up his
affairs. He did so and returned to To-
peka. He then purchased new type
writer, furniture, and furnished a room
in the home of Mrs. French, intending
to begin work on Friday morning. On
that day he ate his breakfast and start
ed to his work. He did not reach the
Office, and nothing has since been heard
of him. The case was given to the
police.
Journal: Governor Humphrey is in
receipt of letter from Col. Allen Buck
ner, superintendent of the institution
for the blind at Kansas City, Kansas,
from which the Journal is permitted to
extract the Following interesting state
ment: "You asked me to make pro-
gress. The arrangement to have the
eyes of the students treated has been
wonderful in its results. Several have
been restored from blindness to sight,
and four parties have gone home not to
return. There are still others who can
be benefited by proper care. I have
introduced the type writer, which is and
will be a great advantage. We have
paid $500 of old debts and added $500
in new and valuable improvements.
We will be able to turn back into the
treasury nearly $4,000 of our annual
appropriation"
A short time since Ex-Governor Geo.
T. Anthony went into the basement of
the capitol building and ran upon
picture of John Brown, sprinkled with
mud over half its height. 1t is half
life SIZE, and is now in the railroad COM
missioners' rooms. The history of the
picture is as follows: An artist in the
east painted the picture. and came t.
Topeka with it, hoping the state would
buy it. The price placed upon it by
the artist was $1,000. The legislature
refused to purchase the picture, and he
then offered it to the State Historical
society for $500. But the secretary, F.
G. Adams, had no money to spend for
such purpose, so the picture was left
in the hall of the house, and subse-
quentlY removed to the cellar by the
janitor with other Lumber" of the
place. the artist went away and died.
Subsequently the artists family left,
and no trace of them can be found.
This is the history of the picture.