Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-16
STATE NEWS.

Ingalls, item: The machinery foE
the douglass Touring mill has arrived
an the machinist is busily engaged
placing it IN the building.
Wichita Eagle: A wagon load of Sc
lect corn cobs were sold yesterday to
the Wichita Cob Pipe Manufacturing
company for fifteen dollars.
The express run by the Union Pacific
to Hutchinson by way of Sallna has
been taken off. This train now stops
at Mcpherson, the end OF the Union
Pacific track.
From Barnes, July 81: The heaviest
rain OF the season fell here to-day
which insures us from one-third to one
half a crop of corn. The rain extended
over at least four townships.
Topeka Capital: The Third Regi-
ment band of HClton, Kan, has been
appointed headquarter's band for the
Boston encampment. They have attend
ed the last three national encampments
and have become we'll known through
out the United States.
From Leavenworth: During the ma
tional encampment of the Sons of We
Grams at st. Joe, the delegates Will
come to this city on an excursion.
August 80 has been selected as the
dav, and large number of Sons may
be expected to visit the city on that
day.
The twelve gentlemen here named
were candidates for congress from the
Seventh district before the Dodge City
republican convention: James r. Hal
lowell, of Sedgwick county; w. c. Ed
wards, of Pawnee; G. j. Jones, OF Fin
ney; J. NJ Lewis, OF Edwards; Thos.
A. Hubbard. OF Sumner; J. w. Jones,
of Reno; Milton Brown, of Finney;
Judge Theo. Botkin, of Stevens; G. A.
Swensson. of Mcpherson; A. r. Clark,
of Rice: J. NJ. johnson, of Hamilton,
and A. H. Heber, of Meade.
From Sabetha: Arrangements are
fnlly completed for the G. A. R. excur-
sion to Boston. The headquarters
train will leave this city Friday, Au-
gust 8, via the Chicago Rock Island q
Pacific. It will consist of Pullman pal
ace tourist sleepers and chair cars. 1t
will be handsomely decorated, and will
carry the department officers of the q.
A. R., W. r. c., and S. of v, and many
disting uished citizens, as also Marshafs
band of Topeka, the Holton band and
the Topeka Modoc club. The rate has
been fixed at $3.50 from Kansas City.
Kansas will furnish two of the most
notable events of the encampment.
The Kansas Camp fire, August II, at
Music hall, presided over by ex-Govern-
or George T. Anthony, and addressed
by Senator Ingalls, and others, and the
grand display of Kansas products in
upper Horticultural hall.
From Lawrence: About twenty
tough negroes of Lawrence attempted
to capture express train No. A on the
Santa Fe. A colored picnic was in
progress at Eudora, and some forty
coIored people of both sexes boarded
the train at Lawrence. After the
train started four or fi7e of the young
men, who had boarded the forward
end with the intention of riding the
"blind baggage" drove Brakeman
Thomas over the tender. G. L. Short
the conductor. who lives in Topeka
stopped the train on hearing of the
difficulty and drove the toughs off
after borrowing the express messen-
gers revolver. When the train start
ed again the conductor found the lead
er on the rear coach, with revolver in
hand, and a hand to hand conflict en-
sued, lasting until the train arrived at
Eudora, when the conductor finally
succeeded in getting the gun away
from him.