Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-10-18
STATE NEWS.

brings In nav members.
Atchison will build a pontoon bridge
over the Missouri to induce retail trade
from Missouri to come to that place.
Hutchinson salt mines are in de-
mand since the passage of the Mckinley
bill A party of capitalists from the
east and from England have been there
to try to buy the mines.
The Hutchinson Interior Herald init
mates that it is the practice at the
Hutchinson opera house to station a
fireman with a hand fire extiEguisher
near red headed girls in the audience.
Salina Republican: There is con-
siderable talk on the streets over the
location of the government building.
Several sites are being suggested and
there will be no lack of bids.
Garden City Imprint: The shipment
of the sweet potato crop westward goes
steadily on, and good prices are OBJ
tanned. The crop is not as large in
this county as that of last year. The
quality however is much better
Wichita Eagle: The Western Union
is having two additional wires put up
west from Kansas City. Both will
come to Wichita and one go from here
to Denver and the other go south to
Galveston.
Wichita Eagle: The Studebaker
prize wagon, costing $50, the premi-
UNI for the best ten bushels of corn was
awarded to George r. Thrush of Bent
ley, Eagle township. He has not had
a corn failure since its organization as
township
In the state Soldiers home at Dodge
City is Mrs George Highland, who was
a schOol-mate OF President Garfield.
Over her bed is his picture, to which
she points with pride when visitors en-
ter her room.
From Lawrence: The knights of
Aurora, at a special meeting in this
city. decided to issue a call for a dele
gate meeting of the Templars through
out the state, to be held here October
20. This action was taken in view of
the fact that the supreme officers have
failed to make salts. actory explanations
of the charges of tins management pub
lished month ago.
Topeka Capital: The Produce Ex-
change of this city shipped one carload
of apples last week to Canton, O., aud
two to Pittsburg, Pa, and will ship this
week one car to Colorado Springs and
one to Cleveland, o. 1.-The desert shall
blossom as the rose" and droughty
Kansas is furnishing apples to the
country at boom prices.
From Hiawatha: A. Balmer, of Sem
eca, and Miss Mary Scadden, of San
Francisco, we're married by telegraph,
Saturday. A Seneca minister read the
marriage service, and the answers were
made by both parties over the wire,
which was kept open and repeated the
words all over the line. The marriage
was hasty in order to obtain control of
property interests.
From Baldwin City: The convention
of the Young Women's Christian asso-
citation convened at Baldwin City with
one hundred delegates, representing the
thirty-one associations of the state, in
attendance. The programme was inter
esting throughout, and new enthusiasm
and earnest purpose in this grand work
will be carried home by the earnest
young women who count not their lives
dear unto themselves.
who are Just returning from western
trips say that trade is much better than
it was few weeks ago. Merchants are
getting over the short crop scare and
are buying more literally. Even the
wholesale lumber firms are ENJOYING a
good trade in Kansas. The wholesale
grocery and coal dealers are also work
ing their forces extra hours, and there
is not wholesale house IN the city that
Is not prospecting.
Atchison Champion: George P.
WashbUrn, state architect, has made
careful estimates and says it will re-
quire an approprlatino of $4,000 to
make the needed improvements and ad-
ditions TO the Soldiers Orphans home,
so that it will accommodate three hun
dred children. The plan is to enlarge
the present building, erect three
cottages and several other buildings.
There are sixty applications on file at
present that cannot lee accommodated
on account of lack OF room.
From Hiawatha: Several combina-
ton iron and wooden bridges recently
built in the county have been found to
be unsafe, and the companies will be
asked to make them good. William
Reffney, well-to-do farmer, fell with
his team and wagon.load of wood !
through bridge, and seriously bruised
himself and team. A threshing machine !
went through another bridge, near
Powhattan, hurting several persons, all
OF whom ara very apt to ask damages
from the county.
From Kansas City: The members
of the Summunduwot Lodge No. 8. [. |
o. o. F., met at their hall, corner Sixth
street and Minnesota avenue, and cele-
brated the SD anniversary of the
founding of the lodge. The celebra,
ton was a peculiarly brilliant affair