Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-04-12
STATE NEWS.

council.
At Hutchinson, many women voted
Resubmssion was made an issue in but
one ward, in which it was overwhelm-
ingly defeated.
Atchson Champion: Robert Nor
row and wife will celebrate the fortieth
anniversary of their wedding, at the By
ram, April u, from 8 to II p. m.
At Lawrence the only issue at the
city election was the choice of a system
of sewerage. About 100 women voted.
There was no woman on the tickets.
At Wellington, the woman vote was
very light, except in the first ward,
where a woman was candidate for the
school board. The dispatch does not
say whether she was elected.
The Manhattan Signal contains an
order by the commissioners of Riley
county, Withdrawing a previous order
for a special election to vote upon
building a new court house.
AtAt -hison republicans elected three
of five counclmen and all of the schoo
board. Women candidates for the board
were defeated by large majorities,
except one, who Lad no opposition.
Atchicon Champion: Joseph Rams
bv. of Pardee, had son attending a
medical college in Louisville, Kentucky,
at the time of the late disaster, and is
considerably concerned about not hear
ing from him.
Lebanon Criterion: A building boom
has already struck Lebanon this spring.
Three or four new buildings have been
put up. and more will follow. No town
in this part of Kansas is growing as
fast as Lebanon.
Coffeyville Journal: AS Major Os-
borne was oiiing his buggy, the handle
of the jack few up, and struck him IN
the eve, iniuring the eye and bruising
the flesh and bones around it consider
ably. The glass in his spectacles was
completely smashed.
Cove City Gazette: School district
% seems to be having little trouble.
The father of one of the pupils took an
exception to some of the teachers ac-
tions and at once proceeded to extract
satisfaction out of his hide, with the
result of considerable disfguring on
both sides.
Topeka Capital: Colonel J. W. F.
Hughes, commander of the Third regi-
ment, has received from the govern
ment, through Adjutant General Rob
erts, the colors of the regiment. 1t IS
one Of the handsomest silk flags that
has ever been brought to Kansas. The
Fourth regiment will receive a similar
flag.
A Lawrence special: Professor Will
liam Macdonald, dean OF the music de-
partment of the state university, has
resigned his position, and Will leave the
institution at the end of the college
year. He has been here nearly SIX
years. He will take special work at
Harvard university in philosophy and
literature for four years.
Manhattan Signal: Early in the
week Riley had 1000 signers to their
petition asking the county commission
ers to call an election to vote on prop
osition to move the county seat to Hi
lev. From what we learn the town
company Of that burg mean business,
and will put up bonds to donate
$4,000 court house in case of removal.
At Salina the municipal election was
quite an animated one. One alderman
was elected from each ward and one
member of board of education. The
female saffragists had nominated lady
candidate for school board from the
third and fourth wards. A colored
woman was run by the anti-sut1ragists
The suffragists were defeated and the
colored lady elected overwhelmingly
Wellington Monitor: County Clerk
Carnes received a telephone message
from Oxford informing him that the
county bridge over the Minnesota,
about four miles north of that place,
had blown off its piers and was now ly-
ing in the river an almost total wreck.
1t will cost probably a thousand dollars
to repair the damages. The county
has had several bills of this kind to pay,
notably in the case of the Belle Plane
bridge higher up the same river, which
was wrecked in about the same way.
Topeka Journal: L. NJ. Goodman,
a clerk in the Rock Islands North
Topeka freight Office, had his foot
crushed while he attempted to board an
engine near the Office to go up to the
round house, but his right foot slipped
beneath the wheel and was crushed
across the instep. He was taken to
Christ's hospital where he now is. The
attendant surgeon thinks that it will
not be necessary to amputate the foot
Goodman is a single man.
A Leavenworth special: County
Attorney Atwood has received letter
from Governor Humphrey stating that
the governor can only offer a reward in
case of escaped criminals, and that
the state cannot set price with the OBJ
iect in view of proving or disproving
anyone's guilt. The county attorney
does not coincide with the view of the
governor, and will urge him to further
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