Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-12
STATE NEWS.


an insurance man of note, was sunstruck
here and died.
There will be a grand rally of the
Farmers Alliance and Industrial union
at the county park, Salina, July 18th.
The population of Parson by the new
census is 6,S04. There are 241 ex-
union soldiers, and the largest family
numbers II
Special from Atchison: It is esti-
mated that the population of Atchison,
according to the late census, is IL, All.
This is an increase of about 5000 since
1880.
Fredonia Democrat: The Wilson
county normal institute will be opened
July 14th, under the able manage
ment of Prof. Conway, of Independ-
ence.
J. F. Willis, secretary OF the central
committee of the peoples party, has
opened an Office on the third floor of the
Crawford building, in Topeka, adjoin-
ing the Alliance Advocate.
The next regular meeting of Cowley
county Farmers Alliance and Indus
trial Union will convene in regular ses-
sion in the city of Winfield. on July 80,
1890. at the hour o. 10 o'clock a. m,
sharp.
From Horton by wire: The drug
stock of NJ. A. Funchess, south Main
street, is destroyed by fire. The fire
originated in the basement. Cause,
spontaneous combustion. Insurance,
800; loss, $1,000.
Independence Star and Kansan: The
Missouri Pacific, through the influence
of its agent, F. Z. Collyer, has present.
ed car load of coal to the parties
prospecting for coal. The great corpo-
rations are not "soulless" after all.
Canton Republican: Two boys aged
ten and twelve years were snOthe: ed in
an elevator at Little River last week
by being drawn beneath the corn when
the machinery was in motion. They
were brothers and the only children the
parents had.
At Mcpherson an original package
dealer held his car load of goods
a week on track amy trying to get
room to put them in. He then left
saying lie would bring a tent. The
Republican doubts his being able to get
a lot 10 pitch his tent on.
South Haven New Era: Different
parties report myriads of prairie chick
ems in the strip. The broods OF young
chickens are large and numerous. This
has been a remarkably favorable year,
and the sportsman with his dog and gun
will find splendid amusement there in a
few weeks.
Hutchinson News: Miss Minerva
Walker has succeeded her father as
editor of the Harper Graphic, and has
already demonstrated the fact that she
is in every respect qualified to FL with
credit the responsible position. She is
sixteen years OF age and is perhaps the
youngest editor in this country. Miss !
Minerva is handsome, intelligent, and
in every way preFossessiug, and is be-
sides very popular in the city and !
county. The Graphic will sparkle with /
OrIlIIduI paragraphs now
Special from Ulysses: Grant county |
has been favored with a splendid rain |
which has put new life and hope !
in our farming population. It was a |
genuine old soaker and has revived the |
grass, crops and all kinds of vegetation. !
Never before has the western prairie /
been covered with so heavy a coating OF !
vegetation as this year. The buffalo /
grass is rapidly giving place to taller
grass ana weeds are claiming their !,
rights to occupy the land.
Kansas City, Kansas, Gazette: Kan |
sas has a school for every 49, persons, |
a Sunday school for every 400, only 5 !
criminals for every 10000 and reports |
an increase OF wealth per capita of 40 |
per cent. Massachusetts has one school I
for every 600 persons, one Sunday !
school for every 1920, and 90 criminals !
for every 10000 of the population.
with an increase of wealth per capita of
only per cent. These alarming symp-
toms show that Kansas is dead and
dying!
OtOSid4 lAoiI l1tSOuIS 4u0 output
of zinc ore or spelter from the
four smelters of this city will aver
age the same the year round with
slight variations. They all run to their
full capacity, and ship once or twice a
week. The daily output of spelter
from each smelter is as follows: Robert
Lanyon, $4,000 pounds; the W. and J.
Lanyon, 14,7O0 pounds; the S. H.
Lanyon & Bro, $4,000, and the Gran
by, 10000. The smelters are all run
ming full handed, and, with the excep-
ton of the CRANKY, they use their own
crushers. Shipments are steady. The
coal with which the furnaces are heated
is supplied from the different mines
surrounding the town. The S. Il.
Lanyon Il Bros. is the only smelter
undergoing any change, and that is the
erection of an ore bin which is to have
the largest roof of any building in the
county.