Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-04-19
STATE NEWS.


advertise the saline resources of the
city and incidentally to boom real
estate.
a Larned special: The Larned state
bank has opened its doors aud resumed
business under new management,
backed by heavy capital.
Lacrosse Chieftain: A subscription
was taken up in town for the benefit OF
Isaac Mann, who lost everything by
fire. Quite a sum was collected.
Richfeld Monitor: The wind storm
made sad wreck of the artesian well
tower. This is considerable loss to the
city and is the second time it has blown
into splinters.
Lecompton Ledger: A. R. Greene
has been reelected rs railroad commits
sioner, and has purchased the Pro-.
Shuck prop erty and will make Lecomp-
ton his future home.
A Lyons dispatch: Cyrus W. Shum-
way, ex-county treasurer, one of the
most prominent citizens and politicians
of Rice county, died after two days
sickness. Measles caused his death.
Garden City correspondence: Work
on the new Touring mill has COM
menced 1t is to be of $50 barrels ca
pacity, with feed mill and elevator at
tached It is to be completed by July
1st.
Arbor day, April 10, as named by
the governor, was practically elastic
enough to cover the whole week, with
prospects of extending into another
one, Judging from the accounts of tree
planting which are printed.
Atchison Champion: George Storch
says that as yet there has been no ap-
plication by borrowers for the $24, 900
of the Midland College dowry to the
Presidents chair. The money is ly-
ing in the vaults of the bank.
Independence Reporter: The police
Judge has not had a case before him in
the past seven weeks. Prohibition is a
little tough on the police judges and
city marshals of Kansas, and it looks |
as though there was serious danger Of
their becoming public charge.
Republic City News: The fact that
we ship from $50 tc 200 cars of grain
in month from this point is no long |
er subject for comment. Republic
City is small, may be, but the town is
all business. When it comes to bust
ness, the town is bundle of bone,
e;parr op6 parvoc HfF
Kanapolis Journal: The Diamond
Prospect company, of Chicago, that has
been working here for the past month,
pulled up stakes and shipped their ma
chinery to Illinois. The only visible re-
suit of their labor here is hole IN the
ground of about 500 feet, and the cores
showing the stratas through which
they had to work.
An Oskaloosa wiring: The women
officials OF Oskaloosa declined to run
again this year, saying that they had
the city affairs in good shape and
would now turn the administration
over to the Steiner sex. They helped
elect the successful ticket. a number
of ladies voted and carried the day for
the successful ticket.
Hutchinson News: A Kansas woman
presents the strange anomaly of being
the legal wife of two husbands. Mrs.
Allen, of Osawatomie, was divorced
from her husband and married a Mr..
Ricketts,. Her first husband has had
the decree of divorce set aside, and now
the lawyers are trying to settle which
of her husbands shall buy her spring
bonnet.
An Americas special: The barn of
J. K. Peterman, one mile east of Blu
shong, in Lyon county, together with
eight horses, three COWS, number of
hogs, and about 1000 bushels of corn,
was entirely consumed by fire, the orr
gin of which is not known. When first
discovered, by one of Mr.. Peterman's :
boys, the flames were issuing from the {
roof. Mr.. Peterman's insurance is re-
ported to be about $500.
Wellington Monitor: A test was [
made of the new Worthlngton pump i
that has Just been placed in the water '
works engine house. Sufficient pres {
sure was developed to throw four pow +
erful streams from hydrants located in {
parts of the city, and both the {
water-works folks and Chief Ellsworth {
of the fire department are satisfied that ]
the new pump will furnish water fast
enough for any ordinary emergency. c
Topeka Grand Army Journal: Col. s
Q. D. Jones, of Norton, was installed c
Colonel of the Kansas Division Janu- t
airy 81, and has since that time or a
gained nineteen new camps and has e
several more ready for muster. This is +
a very gratifying showing. Colonel c
Jones and his staff have shown by their l
work that the good work of Colonies e
Herod and Nation will be continued. @
Since the Grand Army at Milwaukee 4
endorsed the Sons of Veterans, they '
are booming all along the line. +
Wellington Monitor: The annual :,
report of ". T. Brown, commiss oner !,
Of the poor, shows that there has been
paid out within the past year for the
relief of poor people, at their homes,