Thomas County cat., 1890-06-19
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The Whiting News has lately come
under the management OF a new firm
Moon and Moon; Mrs Anna Moon and
Hattie E. Moon.
Atchison Champion: During the last
six months the satisfaction OF mort
cages for this county have exceeded the
new mortgages by about one hundred
per cent.
Osborne county reports, through
Register OF Deeds Ward. the amount of
mortgages fled and released from jan
uary l to May 20 as follows: Filed.
$o7, released, S101,59
Stockton Record: There is no town
in Kansas west of Beloit which has as
great number of refined educated
young ladies as Stockton. This con-
dition is due to the Stockton Academy.
A. S. Lindsay, the founder of the
Anthony Republican, and who sold it
and went to California and came back
and leased his old paper, again retires
from the Republican, leaving it again
in charge of its owner, G. w. Maffet.
Atchinson Champion: J. r. Leon
ard has sold the Irving Leader, paper
he established four years ago, to Hugh
Thomson, practical printer, and a
young news maker man who will keep
the paper up to it's old-time standard.
N,o N,+bo,r, -, tbo Tooronuor&b \
police force has been recognized by ex-
onion prisoners as the man who guard
ed the bread wagon at Andersonville,
and prodded with the bayonet men who
crept under the wagon to gather up
the crumbs that fell from it. Fire him.
Independence Reporter: The Inde-
pendence syndicate hold good deal
of Galveston property, on most of which
they have paid one-third cash, balance
to be paid in one and two years. They
are naturally very anxious to see con-
gress pass the deep harbor arpropri-
alton bill.
The Topeka Capital has been incor-
porated with capital stock of $780,
900 in 500 shares Of $500 each. The
directors elected are all connected with
the editorial and business departments
of the paper except Jas. L. King, the
Topeka postmaster. Major Hudson
holds controlling interest.
South Haven New Era: While Hi.
Sutton and Al. Golf were digging a
we'll for T. A. Tomlin. in the southwest
part of town they came upon the skel-
eton of mastodon, part of which
was exhumed and brought to this office.
The bones are in perfect state of pet
rifaction, and were found at depth of
thirty-twO feet.
Salina correspondence: Judge N. F.
Carroll, postmaster, is dead. The Judge
has been sufferer from the asthma for
years. He was appointed postmaster
under Cleveland's administration, and
his bondsmen met and appointed Mrs.
Carroll to fill the position until an ap-
pointment is made to fill the vacancy.
The Judge leaves a wife and grown
daughter. The funeral services will be
held at the Catholic church. Our COM
munity loses an old and highly appre-
ciated member. He had filled several
important positions of public trust.
Atchison Champion: The decision
of the supreme court holding that the
new court house cannot he bull lat the
corner of Ninth street and Kansas Ave-
nue. until after the county seat shall
have been changed from the old town
site to L. G. Challis' addition, in accor-
tance with the provisions of the consti
dution and statutes of the state, will
not change the determination of the
people of the county, or the county
commissioners, to avail themselves of
the munificent gift of new location.
A petition will be circulated immediate
ly, praying the county board to order
a special election, as required by law,
to determine the matter. 1t is hoped
to have the election ordered at the reg
ular meeting of the commissioners in
July, and as it requires but thirty to
fifty days notice. the whole question
may be disposed of before September.