Thomas County cat., 1890-11-06
:. ROBERTS, Publisher.
KANSAS.

The university of Cambridge has conferred
degree upon Henry NJ. Stanley.
James Pease, who acted as General Ere
mont's guide in 1876, was drowned last week
near Redwood City, Cal. He was SO years
of age.
Natural gas is giving out at Pittsburg, Pa;
500 pudding furnaces have stopped until
they can arrange to use coal instead of gas
for fuel.
A general parliamentary election has Just
occurred in Greece, in which the government
was defeated, retaining only one-third of the
seats
The widow of Chief Justice Miller is said
to be left in Strengthened circumstances.
Justice Miller left but little property except
his home in Washington.
Another wreck has occurred on the Cincin-
natl Southern railway at tunnel No. 26, in
Kentucky, in which Conductor Lew Lawton
was killed.
Ten Thousand miners, with Scottdale, Pa,
as central point, gave notice that they
would all quit work if a discharged comrade
was not taken back.
The state of Kansas has built its capitol
and all of its public institutions with ready
cash. 1t does not owe dollar upon any OF
the costly buildings it has e.cted.
A Chicago policeman while attempting to
arrest a burglar in the act, was himself held
up and relieved of his revolver, watch, star
and club, together with what money he nad.i
The Victorian ministry has been defeated
in the colonial parliament by vote of waft
of confidence.
The peasants of southern Russia, being
goaded thereto by the brutality of the gov
ernment officials have risen in rebellion, and
though poorly armed are making show OF
fight.
Commander-in-C Chief W. q. veasey, bf the
G. A. r., has announced II. general orders
the appointment of Comraae William l.och-
ren, of Minneapolis as Judge advocate gen.
eral.
The next capital locating act of the Okla
homa legislature is to he in favor of King
fisher: but the governor Will find the same
objection to it he did TO the Oklahoma City
bill.
President Adams is reported as saying:
'.If the Union Pacific had sufficient equip
ment to move the tonnage Offering ITS gross
earnings would be 100000 to S4OO,oOo
month"
Many Cubans are emigrating to Venezuela.
The Venezuelan consul at New York says:
''Venezuela Is a very rich country, and We
of inhabitants we have at present
disastrous prairie fire has swept over the
Platte bottoms. 1t is said to have been set
by an engine, on the Fremont, Elkhorn d
Missouri Valley road, at point four miles
east of Erem ont, on the farm OF w. IL. Har-
yey. Probably 1000 tons of hay, worth S4,-
OO0 upon which there is no insurance, were
destroyed.
Two hundred and eighty thousand gallons
of water confined in the steel standppe at
Temple. Texas, broke loose from their con-
fines and flooded the town. Immense sheets
of boiler steel, hundreds of pieces of scatfold-
ings, houses, barns, fences and all the debris
of the surrounding neighborhood went float
ing and crashing in all directions.
The northern Cheyenne commission, COM
posed of General Nelson A. Miles, b. B.
Smiley and Zeph Zcrfass, has completed its
con ference with the Sioux and Cheyenne In
dis,ns at the Pine Ridge agency, in regard to
the transfer of the Cbeyennes, in a satisfac-
tdry manner, and left for the Tongue River
agency, Montana, to complete its labors.
The United States mints coined during the
year ending June 30, 1880, 1868, OIL pieces.
The total amount OF metallic and paper
money in circulation exclusive of the hold
ings nf the treasury on June 30, 1880, was
81, i35, ,610.6l2, per capita of 5000, against
81, $50, AIS, ,09l at the commencement of the
Iscdu year, an incredSe III clrcuidtion Vi S'o,-
1872, 81.
General Manager Summerfeld says he
thinks tnat no further attempt will be made
to get the trains of the Kansas City, Wyan-
dotte & Northwestern into the Kansas City
Union depot under the contract with the
Union Pacific, but that the matter Will be
deferred until Jay Gould takes possession OF
the road 1t will be year and a half, ac-
cording to Mr.. Summerfied, before Mr..
.,f thx-as lori,
Drury Underwood, well known business
man of Kansas City, Mo-, while out driving,
was struck by the Alton express and instantly
killed. Mr. Underwood was president of the
Exposition Driving Park association, the
Kansas Missouri Interstate Fair association,
and prominent contractor and brick manu-
facturer. He was also member of the
Kansas City Gun club and an active patron
of amateur athletic sports.