Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-11-01
STATE NEWS.
The Planters House, the largest in
LeaYenworth, is closed.


this year. The next meeting will be
held at Pleasanton. Kansas.
Industrialist: Two boarding clubs
have been organized by students OF the
agricultural college this fall, and both
are crowded to their utmost capacity.
ElDorado Republican: There are
five hundred thousand dollars Cd check
deposit in the banks OF Butler county.
This is $40 besides the s. per capita
pocket change circulation in this
county.
Cedarville Globe: One hundred and
sixty-nine persons took the train at
Plainville on Friday last for Oregon.
This is the second company gotten up
by George Barney to go to Oregon TO
work on the construction of a railway.
From Wichita: The street car barn
of the Electric railway company burned
down, including two motor cars and
two trailers. Total loss $4,000; in
sured for 5000. The origin of the fire
is unknown.
From Lawrence: A board Of exam
liners, after an inspection, have decided
that the university foundation, which
was recently repaired, will have to be
re-laid, because of the inferior quality
OF stone used.
Kansas City Gazette: There are 160
national banks in Kansas, whose comb
ined capital is S4O,989,69S. OF these
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a combined capital of 81, 100000. There
are seven other state banks in this city.
Leavenworth Times: A gentleman
was in the city from Chic looking for a
location to build factory to manufac-
ture hardware. He was delighted with
the city, and will make a favorable re-
port to his eastern associates.
Bluff City Herald: Last spring we
agreed to eat all the peaches raised in
the township and we thought we had
walk-away, so to speak, but after three
months conscientious work we threw
up the sponge. Fifty or sixty thous-
and bushels of peaches should last us
year.
At Argentine stakes have been driven
locating the pillars for the viaducts
across the Santa Fe tracks. A corps of
engineers, employed by the railroad
company, have been busily engaged
with the structures, and the controversy
with the city having ended, the work
will be pushed vigorously from now on.
Atchison Champion: Mechanics are
scarce and command good pay. A
brick-layer stated that he arrived in the
city several weeks ago, and had had
steady work since then at So day. 1t
is hard to find a carpenter who can find
time to do an ordinary job.
Kansas City Gazette: Armour's
plant in this city is one of the biggest
things on earth. There are twenty
acres of buildings, three, four, and five
stories in height, and the names of
800 men appear on the pay roll.
From sixty to eighty cars are daily sent
out to meat-eaters the world over.
From Wichita Frank Bowers, one
nue. hotel, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself in the right breast dying
within half hour He left letter
stating that Miss Matte Stoner had re-
fused him her hand in marriage and he
had no desire to live.
Oberlin Eve: There was laughabIe
hat experience at church Sunday night.
A genial gentleman wore cap to
church, stuffed it into his overcoat
pocket, forgot all about wearing it, saw
a hat much like his own next to him
and wore it away, thinking it was his
AS it happened, the hat belonged to the
Episcopal minister.
From Glasco: Mr.. Foster and Will
liam Rhodes were preparing to start out
on days hunt together, when Foster
noticed that his gun was cooked, and
taking hold of the hammer he went to
let it down, when it slip ped from his
fingers, struck the cartridge, discharg-
ing its contents into the abdomen Of
William Rhodes who was only a few
feet away killing him instantly.
From Leayenworth: H. H Kemp's
furniture factory is burned to the
ground. The factory is total wreck.
A large quantity of material in the
building was destroyed, together with
all the machinery, etc. The total loss
is, as near as it can be estimated, $685.
600, about three-fourths insured. The
fire is supposed to have originated IN
the ignitlng of highly intlammable mate
rial in the engine room.
At Atchison a colored hoodlum,
named Will Jackson, stabbed Dave
Hausner, the 16-year-old son of Henry
Hausner. Mr.. Hausner is a weli-known
commission merchant, and his son was
watching some barrels of apples in front
of his place of business. Jackson re-
fused to be driven away, and. drawing
knife, stabbed young Hausner in the
region of the heart. He then escaped
before he could be arrested. Physicians
regard the wound as quite serious.
Wichita Eagle: There Is a party of
gentlemen in the city prospecting with
view to establishing here an extensive
mill for the manufacture of wrapping
and other paper from straw. The par
ties have had extensive experience in
this line of industry in one of the
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