Thomas County cat., 1890-03-13
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Arkansas CITY Traveller: The bond
election to build $4,000 high school
building was carried by large major
ity.
Atchison Champion: About $4,000
bushels of wheat is now in storage by
the mills of this city. and they are still
receiving large quantities daily.
Lyons Prohibitionist: The county
commissioners were in session to con-
slider proposition for refunding the
remaining $4,000 bonds of the county
is, ued to the Mo. P. Ry. The premium
on the previous ones was S35 per thou
sand and the present offer is $50. A
drop of five dollars, it being claimed
that our bonds have deprecated that
much in the market. If refunded. they
will bear the same rate of interest as at
present.
ElDorado Republican: Hon: E. n.
Smith says that he met on the train
twenty-five persons bound for Latham,
Kansas They had five carloads of
household goods and stock and twenty
eight horses. The party came from a
town just north of Chicago and came
through on the reduced immigration
rate. their fare costing them something
like S7.25 apiece. This is the first
ripple of the tidal wave which is going
to sweep over Butler county.
Topeka Capital: The Topeka Pre-
serving works company are contracting
for twenty acres of cucumbers, at so
60 and so cents per bushel. Other con-
tracts will be let for different veg
etables. As it is now, singular as it
may seem, all the products packed here,
are brought from Denver. With the
light, warm. rich soil of the Topeka
bottoms, all the vegetables needed
could be raised here. and why they
have not is a mystery.
An Emporia special: Forty thousand
dollars were subscribed here two weeks
iron works of GAINESVILLE, Ohio, to locate
their plant at this place on represent
alton that it was worth about 100000.
A committee sent to GAINESVILLE to in
spect the works, returned report that
the works were old, worn out, and of
little worth, and at large mass meet
ing of citizens the proposition was re-
| iected and the bonus withdrawn.
Atchison Champion: The Misses
Mann, Hattie and Edith, daughters of
Col. A. w. Mann, o. Burr Oak, conduct
the postoifice in that town highly sat
lsfactory to the patrons. Col. Mann
was appointed postmaster year ago,
but has never been able to attend to
the duties of the office. It will be re-
membered that he was shot by circus
outfit there on the 18th day of Septem-
ber. 1884, from which wound h. has
never been able to get around except
by being moved.
A Fort Scott special: A few months
ago an old gentleman named Thomas
Carey came to this city and put up at
boarding house in the south part of
the city, kept by \. Majors. He was
about 80 years of age. lived very re-
tired life. even to miserliness, washing
his own clothes and living on two meals
per day. This mysterious old gentle
man died, and it now turns out that he
had in his room and around his person
money and securities to the amount of
SOS, 900, which Mr.. Ma jors and his son
testified before the coroner deceased
had given to tho elder Majors before
his death. Mr.. Carey was known to
but few of the people here. Mr.. H. B.
Hart. of this city. knew him in Wash
ington county. Ia, thirty years ago,
but knows nothing of his history since
that time. He claimed that he had no
relatives.
Leroy Reporter: F. A. Quiggle
found a crazy man near the NJ. X. &
T. crossing. The man was almost fro
zen, and was eating away at an ear of
corn which he carried in his pocket
Mr.. Quiggle took the man home and
gave him a dinner. after which he took
him to Buriir gtOn on the train and in
troduced him to the probate Judge. The
man seemed to be silly crazy. He did
not know where he came from, nor where
his friends lived, if he had any. He said
he was hunting his relatives to find out
what his name was. From some of his
talk it would seem that he had been in
an asylum. The probate Judge took a
description of him and sent it to the su-
perintendent of the Osawatomie and
Topeka asylums with letter of in
quiry. The man seemed to be about
81 years old, was about five feet high,
of light complexion. long hair, with
whiskers all over his face. blue eyes.
wore jeans coat and dark, striped
pants. Parties looking for such man
should write for information to W. H.
Bear, probate judge, Burlington, Kan
sas.
Jake Admire. of the kingfisher, Okla
homa, Z. S. land Office. says in an ed
ito1ial in the Usage City, Kansas. Free
Press, that there are not to exceed
three thousand negroes. all told. in that
entire country. Outside of one local
ity, commonly known as the blackjack
country. there are fewer negroes in
Oklahoma, than there are in the same
extent OF country anywhere in Kansas.