Thomas County cat., 1890-05-15
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


The citizens of Caldwell made up a
carload of feed, seedcorn, ETC., last
week for the destitute settlers in Okla
homa.
Topeka Capital: Miss Jennie Dick
has started on her trip to Africa, where
she will engage in missionary work.
She will sail from New York on the 14th
for Sierra Leon, and will be accompanied
by seven others who will enter the mis-
sionary field.
Scottsville News: The old soldiers
are making extensive preparations for
Decoration Day. Joel Holt, of Beloit,
is to be the orator of the occasion.
Rev. G. S. Smith, of Delphos, is to
preach the Memorial sermon, the Sab
bath before the Both.
Special from Douglas: The Dong
las sorghum sugar mills were sold at
sheriff's sale, in this city, to the Key
stone Iron company of Kansas City for
$4,000 The mills cost the farmers of
the county about $4,000, and they
have never realized a cent. They will
not be reopened.
Wichita Eagle: Deputy United States
Marshal Charles Colcord brought up
Adams from the territory, who is charg-
ed with the murder of Captain Couch.
The prisoner has been given a prelimi-
nary hearing and bound over. to the
United States court. He will be kept
in the Sedgwick county Jail pending his
trial.
Troy Chief: Anderson GLADDEN.; of
Burr Oak Township, who was born and
brought up near the Missouri River,
says that stream is lower than he ever
saw it at this time of the year. There
has been no March rise. and should the
heavy SHOWS in the mountains go of
with rains, the result would be disas-
trous to the inhabitants of the bottoms
along the river.
Kansas City, Kansas, Will commence
this year the erection and development
of great university, to be under the
care and patronage OF the Methodist
Protestant denomination. About $50
acres of land about two and one half
miles west of the Union depot, equidis-
tant between the Union Pacific and the
Wyandotte and Northwestern railways,
have been purchased and donated. 8
La Cygne Journal: E. E. Seniff is
thinking of starting a tile factory here.
He has found bank of clay, suitable
for tiling, just below town, on the rlv.
er, which bank is fifteen feet thick, of
an unusually good quality of clay, su-
perior, he says, to the Paola clay, and
the latter is good enough. A vast
amount of thing could be profitably
used on the bottom lands about La
Cygne, and would put the farming land
in much more valuable condition than
at present.
Junction City Union: The new S15,-
900 bridge at Fort Riley is now about
completed. This bridge spans the Kan
sas river few rods south of the confu-
ence of the Smoky Hill and the Repub-
lican rivers. The bridge opens up a
beautiful, level tract OF land containing
about 400 acres of land which will be
used for drill ground. The bridge
reaches from the high bank on the
north, 80 feet above the Union Pacific
railway track, to point across On the
bottom, 40 feet distant. 1t has one
span $50 feet, the longest in the state.
Special from Wichita: Tie work of
securing the recorded indebtedness of
the county is completed, and the total
number of mortgages given from 1880
to 1890, less than 10000, OF which
more than one third were given in 1887.
1t is estimated that about one-sixth of
the mortgages given in this period are
unpaid. Estimates had run from
$4,000 to $4,000, aud the facts show
that the real indebtedness is not as
great as estimated, and it is believed BY
the agents making the calculation that
the estimate for the whole state is
much above the real facts.
lola Register: The last samples of
marble taken from Shaft No. l. 80 feet
below the surface altogether the
most beautiful that have come from it.
1t is mainly gray but 1t is pentifully
notified with the dark mahogany which
distinguishes the Marion marble. A
monument made from it would certain
ly be surprisingly beautiful. un.
derstand that Topeka capitalists are me-
gotlating for 20 acres of Mr.. Cooks
marble land. If they secure it they
will expect to begin devolping a quarry
at once.
COTS News: Quite an excitement was
created by the finding of a considerable
sum of money on the Heartough place,
now occupied by c. G. Abbott. While
Jas. Richardson lived there his family
found in the barn some $50. No more
was discovered until the other day.
when Robby Wilson discovered $50 In
gold. At this time the house was not
occupied. Later. Clarence Abbott made
another find and systematic search
was instituted, resulting in unearthing
some $50, most OF which was IN a rat
hole. In digging an old vest was res
surrected. containing S5. The money
was mostly in bills considerably chew
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