Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-06-26
KANSAS STATE NEWS

The Troy Chief announces the death
nf John n. UT, the founder OF White
Cloud. He was seventy-six years OF
age.
Ness CITY News: The sugar eompa-
nv is now considering the advisabihty
of sinking one or more deep wells at the
mill in order to secure an increased sup
ply of water.
Cdall Record: The headstones fur
nishei by the government for the
graves of deceased soldiers who are
buried here and whose graves are I'M
marked, have arrived. The post at this
place will see that the stones are prop
erly placed.
Smith Center letter: The greatest
rain of the season has occurred here,
accompanied by strong wind. Sher-
if Mullen's stable and buggy shed were
blown away and demolished. The Con-
gregational church at Athol, seven miles
west. is reported as blown from its
foundation.
Concordia Empire: The debt of Re-
public county is $4,000, OF Washing
ton, SCI 100; of Jewell, $4,000; of
Mitchell, $4,000; of Lincoln. $3.50, 600;
of Ottawa, $4,000: of Saline, $780,
e43: of Dickinson, S268,617; of Geary,
s107,SO0; of Riley, S294,00O; of Clay,
$3.50, 1893; of Cloud, S123,75Q
An Abilene special: It is reported
that terrific waterspout or cloud burst
occurred near the Marion and Dickinson
county line while the hard rain storm
was in progress. Considerable dam
ages to crops, fences and out buildings
and flooding of the streams is told Of.
It is thought no lives were lost.
Special from Ottawa: The body OF
Daniel Heck, an unmarried man, aged
thirty-ive years, son of Christopher
Heck, was found in d. Fl. McGhee's
we'll. He was missed, and the last
seen of him was when he left Nc
Ghee's house to go home. It is sup
posed he stumbled and fell over the
protecting rail.
Junction City Union: Geary county,
of which Junction City is the county
seat, has reduced it's bonded indebted
ness since 1880 from $120,000 to $780,
600. The debt now stands at 1OS,O0O,
but $1,000 are on hand now and will be
due in few days. OF this amount
$4,000 are bridge bonds. The above Is
not bad showing for Geary.
Great Bend letter: Great Bend is
jubilant over the advanced work in her
city schools. During the year patrons
made over 1900 visits to the schools,
and on May 16, exhibit day. all the
rooms were so crowded with citizens
that Prof. Garfield and the county
superintendent found it almost impos-
sible to get through the rooms.
Wichita Eagle: c. M. Troutman,
manager of the Belle PLANE fair,
says the ten mile ladies' race will be
ridden by lady from Wichita and q
lady from Wellington. The terms of
the race are that they are to dismount
five times and mount without assist
ance. A handsome purse for the win
ner adds more interest to this feature
of the fair.
Wichita Eagle: The arrangements
are completed for $4,000 loan on
the Y. NJ. c. A. building, and before
the banks closed for the day the slight
indebtedness on the building had been
paid and everything ready to proceed
with the work of completing the finest
building owned by the association in
the state. The loan was made on terms
most desirable for the association, at
nominal rate of interest and payments
easy.
Special from Washington: The
Friends college at Washington has
closed its first year. The year has been
a very successful one, the enrolment
being ffty-nine. In the evening a
literary entertainment was given and
about 800 persons we're present. Prof.
E. Henderson delivered an interesting
Grafton on the work done by the insti-
tuition in the last year. Visiting friends
also delivered some very interesting and
instructive papers.
From Lawrence: Mr.. Gleed an
nounced that General j. j. McCook,
Just before leaving for New York, had
learned of the effort that was being
made to build up strong athletic as
ISOLATION. He commended the efforts
of the students and said he would
double any amount of money raised
for that purpose. If $4,000 were
raised he would give $1,000 more, and
in any event his donation would be as
much as $1,000. Prolonged applause
greeted The announcement.
Lindsborg News: The city council
has contracted with Bengston, Swens-
son & Co. for public water supply. The
firm is to erect large windmill and
tank on the rear of their lot, with capa-
city to furnish sufficient water for the
public and for sprinkling the streets,
and all surplus water for use in case
of fires. This will cost the city only
fifty dollars per annum. Heretofore,
repairs of the town pump have almost