Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-06-14
STATE NEWS.

Mcpherson Freeman: The State
Prohibition convention meets in this
city about the first of July.
Greensburg Times: The brick for
the main building of the Touring mill
is laid, and the carpenter work viii be
at once begun.
Llndsborg News: A Salina dealer
offers to contract for from one to twenty
thousand bushels of new wheat, to test
not less than ffty-eight pounds, and
delivered by July 25th at 70 cents.
Arcadia Democrat: The railroad
company have been decorating their
parks at this place with foliage plants
and flowers. They we're beautiful be-
fore. but now they are perfectly
lovely.
Silver Lake item: Frank Fleming
and Robert Forbes we're the fortunate
ones in holding their corn until this
past week. They made sale to the Cap
itol elevator company, We understand,
at twenty -eight cents per bushel.
Lindsborg l tier: The LinGsborg
News issues an extra announcing G. A.
Swensson as a candidate for congress in
the Seventh district. Mr.. Swensson is
in Europe now and knows nothing of
the move. He is being brought forward
by the former supporters of 81. B. Kel-
ley. and it is believed that he can get
the Mcpherson county delegation.
jamestown Kansan: Last fall, Mrs.
Laura NJ Johns, of Salina, president of
State E. S. A., offered three prizes in
each county for the teachers reporting
the largest number of temperance reci-
tations by their pupils during the year.
Miss Allie Fitzgerald reported twenty
three recitations from the pupils of her
room, and secured the first prize,
years subscription to the Youths Com
panion.
Cedar Vale Star: Cedar Vale has
built more houses and more additions
to houses, and has spread more paint
and used more wall paper, and laid
more tagging, and put in more street
guttering, and graded more streets,
and sold more goods of all kinds, except
contraband, and shipped more cattle and
more hogs, and made more clea- money
this spring than any and all other towns
in the county.
Wellington Mail: Judge William A.
Mcdonald, OF this city, is walking
encyclopedia of civil war history. We
never heard a man speak who knows
more of the details of the late war than
he does, or any one who is better &C
quainted with tie causes that led to it.
He can tell the date of every engage
ment, the generals who commanded on
both sides, the movements of the troops,
the topography of the battlefelds, and
the regiments that participated in them
without a moments hesitation. Well |
venture to say there is not score of
men in the United States who are post
ed in war history as he is.
By wire from Clay Center: The dead |
body of boy about fifteen years old |
was found in q car loaded with lumber, |
consigned to the Clifford lumber COM
pany of this city. The boy had evil
IDENTIFY stolen a ride from Topeka, and |
was killed by the shifting of the load.
On the body was letter, apparently
written by the boy and to be mailed
when he got money to buy stamp.
1t was directed to Detective Jas. Con-
molly, police headquarters, Detroit,
Mich. It was dated Topeka, June 81,
signed Patrick Connolly, and contained |
the information that the writer was
starting "for the Black mountains in
the state of Denver" A well-worn
shoe brush was found beside the
body.
Dispatch from FlDorado: A letter
was received here by the Odd Fellows, !
which probably furnishes clue to the
missing ex-county treasurer, Bradley,
who disappeared April 29th with his
gun. fishing tackle, and camping outfit,
intending to visit friends in northern
Arkansas. The letter is from A. G.
Robin EFT, of Parsons, Kansas, stating
that about two weeks ago a man an
swering Bradley's description stopped
at Robinett's farm and suddenly disap-
peared, leaving his fishing tackle, net,
and gun, his bedding, and valise con-
tanning bedding and clothing. 1t is the
theory of the Odd Fellows, who are
spending considerable money looking
for Bradley, that he has died from heart
failure, to escape which he was making
the trip, and has fallen into the river
near Parsons. A party from ElDorado
has started for Parsons to look for the
body.
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