Thomas County cat., 1890-11-06

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veterans who required treatment at the
government hospital for the insane.
Medicine Lodge Cresset: Uncle
jeff Hutchins is happy man. This
week he received notice that his pension
had been allowed and the voucher
issued for back pay. He receives about
$1,000 as first payment and from now
on will get S14 per month.
Chetopa Democrat: We understand
that the United States marshals have
instructions to arrest all parties found
hunting or trapping on any of the
reservations in the Indian territory,
and confiscate their teams. guns and
everything found in hunters possess
sion.
Caldwell Journal: The trail between
this city and Oklahoma is kept pretty
hot by people going and returning
from that country. There is not day
but from one to dozen emigrant wag-
ons pass through maiE street and stop
to lay in supplies to last them through
the winter.
Kansas City Gazette: W. P. Houts,
4 prominent White Church horticultur-
ist, brought in box of delicious late
strawberries for the Gazette. Mr.. Houts
has recently been experiencing in straw
berry culture, and he has demonstrated
that good crop of late berries can be
grown in Wyandotte county.
Topeka Capital. Apples are being
shipped from Topeka to eastern points,
thus proving that Kansas is the hub.
Frank Cope has shipped car lots to
Akron, Ohio, and has plenty of calls
from Pennsylvania and New York.
Whitaker & Co. to Cleveland, and the
Topeka Produce Co. to Marion, Ohio,
and many other points.
Santa Fe Monitor: The business
men OF Garden City have taken definite
action in the matter of the sand hill
road, and are now rapidly putting that
road in good shape again. They will
be amply repaid for their expenditure,
as our people recognize Garden City as
their best market, and will go there as
long as the road is passable.
Cofeyville journal: Our sprightly
sister town of Caney is building a new
.wo-story school house. The structure
will be OF stone and will cost about
S5,000.00 The site and grounds,
which embrace about an acre and half,
Dr. twelve full lots, was donated by our
townsman, w. S. Upham, who is the
owner of considerable body of land
near Caney.
Wetmore Spectator: Irving Drake
brought to this Office mammoth to-
mato which measured 1S inches in cir
,umference and weighed l pound and
IL ounces. You can't make Mr.. Drake
believe farming don't pay. He has sold
several loads of tomatoes to the canning
factory, and would have many more to
sell if frosts had not been SO early. He
thinks he has nearly 1000 bushels of
green ones on the vines.
Wellington Monitor: Mayor Spick
nall has declined to sign the ordinance
passed by the council. making viola
lion of the state prohibitory law within
The corporate limits of Wellington, a
misdemeanor punishable by fine of
fifty dollars, or thirty days imprison-
nent for each offense His main OBJ
lection is to the Imprisonment feature
Of the penalty. The council, as at pres
snt made up, will hardly be able to pass
the ordinance again over the mayorial
veto.
From, Leavenworth: Under orders
rom the new board of police commits
sioners, Marshal Mcfarland gave notice
10 all known joint keepers to discon-
sinue business under penalty of being
raided and prosecuted to the full extent
Of the law. Several places were raided
and a quantity of alcoholic stim-
nlants seized at each place visited. |
1t is the intention of the new
BOARD to wipe the traffic ont of exist |
snce, and number of jointists have !
business and closed their !
doors.
From Emporia: Fire broke ont in
he frame barn of G. NJ Munger
and totally destroyed it, with con.
tents, an invoice OF which has |
not yet been made. The horses and /
mules we're got out. but eight milk
cows, including three valuable Hol-
stems, were destroyed. The fire COM
nunicated to the corn cribs and gran |
lry, which were both under one roof,
and destroyed building and contents.
The loss will aggregate about $4,000.
Insurance applicable to destroyed prop
erty, $4,000
Lebanon correspondence. The 1000
Smith county people who were present
,ere the first OF this month, in honor
If the third birthday of Lebanon, were
,ne of the biggest advertisements any
own ever got. There is no mistaking
he fact that the place is Justly deserv-
ng of ali the good wonds ever said for
aer, by not only her two enterpris-
ng Journals, but ss we'll by the sur
papera Tho Rock Island
,sA4aA3 n pusttny in--sevduf wells
here, which looks q II they have Lob
anon on the list to do something for
IN the near future.
Kansas City Gazette: 81. W. San
husky, secretary of the Kansas Alliance
Exchange company, and J. N. Stauffer,
chief clerk of the same organization,
we're in the city looking over the
ground before locating their headquar.
ers here. Both of the gentlemen
'tated positively to Gazette reporter
hat their business Offices and head
luarters would be moved from their
present location in the Baird building,
side. to this city, next month.