Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-01-31
STATE NEWS.

American National of Kansas City.
At Cawker City the State bank as
signed. The failure was preclpitated by
the crash Of the American National at
Kansas City.
At Emporia Vernon L. harrington, q
son of Judge harrington, has been
chosen to represent Emporia college in
| the state oratorical contest.
Ottawa letter: In the university
oratorical contest, J. s. Crawford won
the first prize of $25 and delegateship
to the state oratorical contest. The Sec
ond prize of SO was won by F. n.
Kingsley.
Topeka Capital: The Shawnee Coun-
ty Teachers association is making ar
engagements for a contest in oratory,
Rotations and essays, to be partici-
pated in by the county teachers some
time in April.
At Topeka W. NJ. Stewart, of Wichi-
ia, slipped on the ice at Ninth and
Jackson streets and dislocated his left
wrist very badly. He was assisted to
the Copeland by friends, and physi-
clan attended to his injuries.
Independence Reporter: The farm
ers report that the roads are now as bad
as they have ever been in the history of
this county. In many places it is almost
impossible for team to draw light
loaded vehicle, and ordinary teaming is
impossible.
Salina Republican: Mr.. Snyder had
we'll bored on his place at Gypsum
City, and when the pump was put in he
found that the water was so oily that
stock would not drink it. 1t might be
well for the citizens of Gypsum to in
quire into the matter.
From Hiawatha by wire: John Fra
ger and Charlie Garville were seriously
hurt while painting the First Natonial
bank building. The scaffoIding they
were using fell, and both were precipi-
tated to the sidewalk, a distance of
thirty feet. Frazers skull was fractured
and it is thought he cannot live. Oar
vile was badly hurt about the head and
received compound fracture of the
right leg, but will probably recover.
Topeka Capital: The fttieth ami
versary of the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs.
Abe Fulford, of Fillmore street, this
city, was celebrated IN an appropriate
manner at the residence of their son-in-
law, Henrys Bernard, of Fifth street.
A magnificent dinner was prepared by
their daughter, Mrs. Bernard, to which
the numerous guests and members of
the family did ample Justice. Four
generations of the family were repre-
sented, including grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
Letter from Lawrence: Fred Reed
received word from Adjutant General
Roberts that all the members of Com
pany G, third regiment of Kansas
militia, can receive their discharges
from the army. and has sent the same
to Mr.. Read. Mr. Read has been work
ing in the interest of this result for
twenty-seven years, and by it nearly
every business man in Lawrence in the
year 1864 will receive $12.34 as the
amount due each of them for services
rendered during that year.
Olathe Patron: The farm residence
rented and occupied by VIM. Pack and
family and owned by I. o. Pickering,
located three miles north of Gardner,
was entirely destroyed by fire. The
fire was discovered about three o'clock
in the morning, when the family were
all asleep, and had gained such head
way that nothing could be done to
check it. The family lost everything;
they did not save enough clothes for
use that morning. AS near as can be
ascertained, the fire was caused by mice
carrying away and seereting matches.
A Wichita dispatch: A meeting of
agents representing the interests of
syndicate, composed of Chicago, st.
Louis, Wichita, and Galveston capital
lists has been held, and arrangements
completed to secure the funds necessary
to build storage elevators of sufficient
capacity TO ndOUl0 Gn6 DUIk Ol Gu0
grain crop of this section. The prin-
cipals in the movement are interested
in the Pan-American Transportation
company now asking congress for a
charter. Already work has commenced
on elevators, trackage, and wharf i'm
provements at the Galveston end. 1t is
proposed to have storage sufficient here
IN time to handle the bulk of the COM
ing crop.
Letter from Lawrence: The faculty
committee of the university have re-
ported on the ten orations handed in,
and have selected the following six for
delivery at the local contest, to be held
January %: Advance the Lines"
Jas. D. Bowersock; SOLVER Cromwell
and Puritanism." II. 8. Hadley; "In
this Sign (S) We Conquer" Holmes;
Charles Sumner aAd the Kansas Strug-
GLE" II. F. Roberts; "Spirlt of Dissent,
a Factor in Progress" r. ID. Brown;
"Sectionalism from Southern Stand
point" Parks. The selections were
nnada from the LARGEST list that has ever