Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-02-07
STATE NEWS.

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Just turned up at Spokane Falls.
Ellsworth Reporter: There are 50O,-
600 bushels of wheat held in Ellsworth
county, while the mills offer 81 cents a
busbel. That is $4,000 withheld from
circulation, here at home.
Cedar Vale Star: In the matter of
designating depository for the county
funds Montgomery county has beaten
us again. They succeeded in finding a
bank that was willing to give A per
cent. Chautauqua gets only 8 par cent
Manhattan Nationalist: Ulrich Bros.
secured the contract for furnishing
$4,000 worth of stone for the Topeka
big dam. This is big thing for Man
haitian. It will give work to the labor
ing man, and that means prosperity for
the business man.
A ST. John special: Burglars broke
into the vaults and safes of the county
treasurer and clerk of Stafford county,
and succeeded in carrying of the treas
urer's books and $50 IN money. The
steel chest with $4,000 in it resisted all
attempts of the burglars.
The fire at Osawkie almost completely
wiped ont the business portion of that
little village. The fire started in Sam
uel Stevenson's hardware store, which
was totally destroyed, together with
his residence. W. F. Brownells groc-
cry store, J. Stottler's drug store, DR..
fuckers Office, and R. E. Haberlein's
store were also burned.
At Wichita three fires occurred in
one day. The earlier ones licked up
couple of small shanties and the last
made total wreck of three large barns
belonging to George Campbell and
Judge Ruggles, in both of which was
stored quantity of furniture and other
chattels of value. The fires are laid to
boys playing with matches.
At Rosedale the work of building a
wooden mill has been commenced. The
amount Of capital invested at the outset
is $4,000, but it will be increased later.
The main building will cover an area Of
40xSO feet and two stories high. 1t
will be frame structure. The machln-
cry, which includes the engine, boilers,
shafting, betting, cards, ''mules," looms,
etc., will cost about $4,000. There
will be other smaller buildings, such as
dye houses, securing rooms, and pick
er's rooms, with their necessary appli-
ances.
A Sharon Springs special: W. J.
Trent, hard working and much re-
spected farmer, residing eighteen miles
from town, walked in and transmitted
his presumption filing to homestead,
engaged the services of physician for
his wife during her near confinement
and started on foot for home, walking
the Union Pacific track. He was un-
usually deaf and failed, it seems, either
to hear or see passenger train No. 2,
which came toward him from the west,
and was run over and instantly killed
The coroner's jury exonerated the COM
pany from all blame.
Wellington Mail: Dick Burns is in
the city to-day from his fathers farm
near Corbin, where the coal prospectors
are at work. He says that they are now
down ninety feet, and that the indica-
tions for a rich find are growing better
all the time. Everybody in that sec
ton is confident, and the Pennsylvania
expert who has charge of the operations
stands with his pocketbook in hand,
ready to stake big roll that the search
will be successful. He has no takers,
and land in that nelghborhood is rapid
ly advancing in price. Mr.. Burns re-
ports the sale of farm there this week
for $4,000.
From Fort Scott: W. B. Webster,
chairman of the late republican con-
gressional convention, received informa-
ton from Congressman Funston that the
entire Kansas delegation had signed an
agreement dividing the state into two
federal judicial districts-east and west
That the bill was offered in the house and
stipulated that the western division
should have two subdivisions and the |
eastern three; that the southeastern
sub division should consist of the fol-
lowing named counties, to-wit: Chero-
kee, Crawford, Bourbon. Linn, Miami,
Anderson, Allen, Neosho, Labette,
Wilson, Woodson, Coffee,
Greenwood, Elk and Chautauqua.
Leavenworth Standard: The case OF
G. B. Gardner of this city against the |
Kansas Farmer Insurance company has |
been decided in Gardeners favor in the |
district court. Last June Gardeners |
stock of dry goods, clothing, boots and
shoes, groceries, etc., burned, insured |
for $1,000. Gardner proved by invoice
and bills aud by the testimony of sew
oral merchandise experts that he had in
the neighborhood of $500 worth of |
goods at the time of the fire. The
company, however, persisted in main
tanning that he didn't have anywhere
near the $1,000. They also refused to
pay because the proofs of loss were
made before Judge Mann. The policy
reads that they must be made out be-
fore the nearest justice or notary. and
the company discovered that Judge
Mann was not the nearest by several
inches This provision is usually COM
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