Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-03-29
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I The nsw furniture fectOrya Thir-
I teenth and Washington szreetswM be
! ready to begin operations in "a short
time Tks machinery iE being pat in.
The Kansas Druggists ASSOCIATION
will hOs[ its first state convention in
Topeka commencing May 81. About
200 delegates ara expe6tsa and proba-
bly, maEy more visitors.
All the presidents eof the county
Farners alliances q skestate viii NEE
in Convention at DepekG, March %, for
the purpose of consulting aboubznatters
of im4sg- lance to the'oreer.
Assistant State Treasurer r. r.
Moore &as figured up the per centage
of taxes pa, d into the state treasury for
the frs hall o: 1899, 5aad finds it to bs
551, or s. per cent. mere tthsnTthe law
rsquisss. That d0estnot beypeSk hard
| times.
Thezstate has issued
an order that none sOf the. state officials
or employees shall sleep in the capitol
buildn 2, except State Ornithe1ogist N.
s. Cess. For a number of years 1.-THE
officials and employees have been m the
habit Of sleeping in the buiidiHg.
James Thompson, a nonresident has
begunxsuit in tie United States circuit
court.a gainst the county commissioners
of Dsniphan county 10 obtain judg
ment upon twenty four bonds of the,
Atchison & Nebraska Railroad conpa-
nv. one or more bonds of the st. 10
seph & Denver City Railroad company,
SiO.O0e damages and costs. The action
was begun by Hon EabiGs NJ Clark,
of Kasssas City.
Secretary Mohler, OF the state board
of;agrisulture, is sending out iblauks to
the correspondents o. the department
in every county in Kansas upen which
to make crop and live stock returns for
the quarter ending March 81, 1890.
Among other statistics which the next
quarterly report will contain, will he
the average cost of raising bushel of
OF wheat and liks quantity of other
grain, and the average cost of p-oduc-
ing steer three years old. This data
tho secretary feels confident, will be of
great importance to farmers through
out the state, and will be If practical
assistance to them in fixing tie price
of farm products.
Putting in the incandescent light ap-
Saratus in the state house is the biggest |
job of electric lighting that has ever
been done in Kansas. There are 705 |
burners in the building, of which 3S5
are in the west wing. Representative
hall has 100 burners. of which 48 are |
con the large central chandeliers. These
100 lights can be TUNED on in an in
stant illuminating the hall with a bril-
! ancy and splendor that cannot be
found in aIE other hall in the state.
The Kansas Electric company had the
contract for the wiring and furnishing,
and the work was done under the man
agesnent of its general superintendent,
George J.. Bayless, who is one OF the
most competent electricians in the
west. The building will be Illuminated
by the Edison light.
Prof F. w. Cragin, of Washburn
college, has returned from a geologic
ing tour to Kiowa county, bringing
back with him some valuable specimens
of an immense meteorite found in that
county. The professor recently re-
ceived small sample of the meteorite
from the farmer upon whose land it
was found. The farmer did not know
what it was, and was curious to have it
examined, as it was entirely unlike any
stone or metal he had ever seen. Prof.
Cragin found it to be OF meteoric orr
gin. The piece sent him had been ex-
posed to the weather for an indefinite
period, and looked like piece of rusty
old iron, but the professor olished it
until it looked like polished steel or
silver. He deemed the discovery val
liable one, and he Immediately went to
kiowa county to investigate. He found
pieces OF the meteorite scattered over
IN eighty acre tract. The D eces
'anged from the size of ones fist to
arge boulder like chunk, weighing
l66 pounds. The professor thinks,
hat from the appearance of the pieces
md their position, the meteorite burst
It a considerable distance from the
'arth and scattered itself oyer limited
Irea. He thinks that it weighed over
300 pounds, and he secured all there
vas left o. it, about 100 pounds. He
brought it all home with him. One
'iece weighs 466 pounds, another $50
pounds, and the others are smaller. He
links that it fell long before Kansas
Ias settled by the white man.
The supreme court rendered decis,
on in the case of John F. Limerick &
o. VS.. Henry Muir att. from McPher-
on county, which is of unusual inter
=. The Burlington insurance COM
any sold to Limerick, an Alma bank
r, number of notes, given by Nc l
'herson parties. among them one Civ t
n by the defendant. Murlatt. Liner
* turned them over to C. NJ. Bruce, a
Jefferson justice of the pace fo- col
ection, the agreement being that the u
otes were not to be sued upon if they =
ould be collected otherwise. and that .
they were sCed upon the justice n
ould have costs only where he collect fl
n The oOurf holds 4bo4 tb;, --o, m, | 2;