Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-12-13
STATE NEWS.

that place.
Cove City Gazette: The best way tx
judge of the honesty and ability of
county's officers is by the financial con.
dition of the county. Financially Cow
is the banner county in the state.
Mcpherson Republican: 10 Owen
has brought us a sample of home
grown celery, which is better than any
we lave seen shipped in. Mcpherson
courty celery sells higher in the mar
ket than any other we have seen.
Parsons Journal: Parsons is in a
fair way to become the Kalamazoo OF
Kansas. The celery produced here
abouts is not surpassed anywhere, and
if our gardeners continue to improve
on it, Michigan will soon be calling for
Parsons celery.
From Beloit: The Northwest Kansas
Teachers association held a very suc-
cessful three days meeting here, with
an attendance of about 500. E. NJ
Brockett, of Mankato, is the president
elect. The association will meet at
BelleVille next year.
From Hutchinson: Albert Norcoop,
of Mcpherson county, was driving a
fractions team, which took fright and
became unmanageable. Norcoop was
thrown from the wagon, and striking
upon his head, sustained injuries from
which he died shortly afterward.
From Ottawa: W. P. Haley, a
wealthy farmer living four miles north
of this city, while driving hogs was at
tackled by an enraged boar and severe
Iy lacerated. One side of his body was
Immediately paralyzed and blood
poisoning has ensued. No hope IS en-
tertained for his recovery.
From Salina: The Central Kansas
Teachers association was held here.
There were over five hundred teachers
IN attendance. including many noted
educators. The following officers were
elected: President, S. Il. Sharp, Nc
Pherson; vice president, Miss Ida NJ.
Hogden, Lyons; secretary. Z. Y. Roop,
Salina; treasurer, ]. r. Byckerdyke,
Russell.
bell, prominent physician of Eona,
a town sixteen miles east of this city,
dropped dead in the drug store Of W.
II. Clark, of that place, late last ever
ing. He was we'll and favorably known
by t e medical fraternity of this section
of the state. He leaves a wife and two
children. Heart disease Is the supposed
cause of his death.
Independence Tribune: John Reel,
a nephew of Col. Grass, young farm
er, came near killing himself. He was
handling a shotgun, and forgetting it
was dangerous, set it down IN such a
manner as to cause its discharge, The
load tore his breast in frightful man
ner, passing upward tearing the front
of the shoulder. Fortunately no shot
entered the chest cavity, and he is now
recovering.
Mcpherson Freeman: About twenty
five persons, members of the G. A. r.
and wives, jumped onto the Rock Is
land and went to Inman to participate
in the work of instituting a G. A. r.
post at that place. On reaching the
town everything was placed in readi-
Tess and. under the direction of District
Deputy F. B. Webster, Inman post was
shortly organized, with twenty-five
charter members.
Meade Republican: Though on the
ground, we have yet to learn of a man
being dispossessed who is living on the
land and trying to do anything with it.
he aof &c oh oil he
are on lands vacated by the mortgagors
for good. The companies accept deeds
if no judgments exist against the party, |
in full payment of the loan thereon,
and use all means possible to ascertain |
their whereabouts for this purpose.
From Hlawatha: George J. Balster,
a business man of Horton and st. Jo-
seph, was scratched by a kitten on the |
wrist, while playing with it. Blood |
poisoning set in, and the doctors de- |
cided that even were his arm cut off |
his life could not be saved. He died |
The attending physician thinks the cat |
had been tossing a dead mouse about |
and got poisonous matter on its nails
He has known instances of flies poison
ing people.
Scottsville News: Last Saturday |
was gala day for the Scottsville and |
Beloit W. R. c. organizations 1t might |
possibly be in order for us to state that |
the various W. K. c. organizations IN
this immediate scope of country are
about the most sociable of any that
have ever come under our observation.
They visit each other as body quite
frequently, and Saturday it was the
turn of the Beloit w. r. G. to visit its
sister organization here at Scottsville.
From Burton: John Bruer while
loading a double barrel shotgun, in
some manner discharged it, blowing the
entire upper portion of his head CON-
pletely of. His brains were smeared
upon the ceiling and covered a space
of some four feet square. His mother
AMI his younger brother were in the
room at the time, and the blood, brains
and skull were spattered over them. 1t
was horrible sight. The boy was IA
years of age and was attending the
Burton school.
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