Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-05-30
STATE NEWS.
Mcpherson has ninety miles Of

ing the Fourth OF July.
An,Atchison justice Of the peace has
decided that man cannot collect at
law pay for work at the polls.
Oswego is excited over a reported
find of zinc ore near that city, and q
company has been organized to develop
what there is in it.
The reports made to the grand lodge
in session at Wichita show that there
are in the state 1877 lodges of Knights
of Pythias, with total membership OF
1857.
Mcpherson. = August Heggelund,
president of the Second National bank
of this city. is under arrest. The charge
is embezzlement of $4,000 under six
counts.
Atchison Champion: Northwest Kan
sas has been visited with twenty-four
hours soaking rain, continuing two
days. Coming at this time it will be of
incalculable benefit to the growing
crops.
Emporia Republican,: The Normal
school bell is silent, and there is anxiety
at the school because someone has stolen
the bell. clapper. A search is being made
for it, and also for the person or per-
sons who stole it.
Garden City Imprint: The many
thousand shade trees that adorn our
streets, now that they are clothed in
their beautiful summer dress, make
Garden City one of che most beautiful
and attractive little cities to be found
in the state.
Gardner Graphic: One of our town
ladies washed piece of lace and hung
it out to dry, and after few minutes,
when she went to get it, it had mysteri-
ously disappeared. A few days later
she found birds nest in the shrubbery
near by, and upon looking in, 10! and
behold, what did she see but her lost
lace?
Barnes Enterprise: We doubt if a
better, larger, or earlier crop of fruit
ever adorned the trees than we have at
this time. Although the spring opened
late, vegetation is far ahead of what it
was year ago at this time. Cherries
are half grown, gooseberries nearly
large enough to cook, and Strawberries
safe from ordinary frost.
Parsons Eclipse: The number of
chattel mortgages released in Labette
during the first quarter of 1891, ending
April LIST, is $50 amounting to $685.
1925; number Of chsttel mortgages
recorded, 349, amounting to $112,362.-
81. Real estate mortgages released,
425, amounting to s1S2, 555.s3; record
ed, 1872, amounting to $109,530.S4.
Leavenworth Standard: Linton Ush-
or, of this city, has secured verdict
of $500 damages in libel suit against
the Omaha Bee, in which he asked for
$4,000. Certain charges made by
FIoretta Russell, sister-in-law of a
former partner of Usher's and published
in the Bee were the cause of the suit.
Since the verdict the county attorney
says that he believes the woman is in
sane.
Salina.-A tremendous cloud.burst
of hail took place about four miles west
of this city. 1t was about two miles
wide and eight or ten long. The hail
was as large as hens eggs, and almost
completely destroyed the wheat. One
farmer lost $50 acres and another 200.
1t was accompanied by a cyclone,
which, however, did not strike the
ground. The total damage will reach
$4,000.
Columbus Advocate: The county
commissioners, county clerk and county
treasurer Of Franklin county. this state,
accompanied by an architect, were in
this city Inspecting our court house.
They were shown through the entire
building, and pronounced it the best
they had inspected in the state. They
are out on tour for tho purpose of Sc
Letting a suitable building to pattern
after for q court house for Franklin
county.
Industrialist: Prot. Walters, Of the
Kansas Agricultural college has re-
ceived letter from a student at the
Federal Polytechnic school at Zurich,
Switzerland, who intends to take
post graduate course at this college
during the coming year. The young
man writes that the professors in the
universities of Central Europe are en-
couraging the students to perfect their
knowledge of English and special
sciences in America instead of England.
Scranton.-L. L. Hoaglin, a promi-
nent hardware merchant of this place,
while attempting to repair the city
pump. was overcome with damp and fell
to the bottom OF the well, q distance OF
nearly one hundred feet. On account
of the presence of deadly damp. it was
impossible for any one to go to the bot
tom and attempt his rescue. After an
hours work he was brought to the sur.
face and every effort made to resuscitate
him, but in vain. The skull was badly
fractured. which would probably cause
death, even had the damp not been pres
emit.