Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1891-01-22
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The Marquette Tribune says that
Marquette is to have in the near fu-
ture new roller mill equal to any in
the state.
Wellington Monitor: Nine-tenths of
the docket for the January term of the
district court is ma1e up OF foreclos-
ure suits, and the greater part of these
are on town and addition property.
Troy Times: There were ninety-four
couples married in Doniphan county
during the past year. The list is not
as large as it was the year before, but
if signs count ;or anything 1891 will be
UP with the average.
BY wire from Leavenworth: Seven
ty-fve miners at the Hone coal mine.
and the entire working force of the
Leavenworth coal zine, the largest
mine in operation at this place, struck,
this morning. on account of reduction
of half cent per bushel.
Ralph ingalls,. the second son of the
senator. will finish his course of study
at the Columbia law school next spring,
and will go into the office of William
Evarts, in New York city. Ellsworth,
the eldest son, who is also lawyer,
prefers to remain in Kansas
From Ferryville: The Perry house.
owned by Henry Stein, is burned, and
is total loss. The cause of the fire is
unknown, the occupants of the building
barely escaping from the building. and
losing all their personal effects. The
amount of loss on building will not
exceed 81, 200.
Effingham Times: J. NJ. Maxwell,
who once lived near Efingham. and who
now lives at Chepstaw, Washington
county, Kan, has a pair of fine boots
made in this town twenty-four years
ago by Mr.. Plow, shoemaker here at
that time. He has worn the boots Sum
days and extra occasions ever since.
jamestown New Era: Thos. Upton
met with very painful accident. In
cleaning the chimney of Fitzgerald's
store, they placed charge of powder
in it, which did not go as quickly as he
thought it ought to, and he looked in,
when it exploded, burning his face con-
siderably, and iniuring his eyes SO bad
ly that he has been housed all the
week.
Mayor Waggener, OF Atchison, was
quite painfully injured by falling in
the Missouri Pacific yards. He had
Just returned from Omaha, and the por-
ter neglected to wake him up until the
train was leaving for Kansas City. The
train was stopped in the lower yards to
let him Off He fell in walking back to
the depot and narrowly escaped being
run over by switch engine.
Sterling Bulletin: The sorghum
sugar industry, according to Prof. Cow
gill. has made wonderful progress dur
ing the past year. The recent report
OF the government chemists IN regard
to the use of alcohol in its manufac-
ture demonstrates that more sugar can
be produced from ton of sorghum
than from any other sugar producing
plant that grows. The professor is
very enthusiastic over the prospect.
Junction City Union: In the report
of the secretary of war to congress when
it assembled in December. was a recon-
mendation for an appropriation of
S15O,0O0 tor continuing improvements
at Fort Riley. The item appears in the
civil sundry bill, which is now before
the committee. The recommendation
of the secretary of war usually has con-
siderable weight with the committee.
The passage of the bill will bring the
money available in July.
Kansas City Gazette: It is fact
not generally known that a very large
proportion of the celery handled by
commission men in Kansas City is the
product Of Kansas A Gazette reporter
was told yesterday by one of the lead
ing commission men that his house
was being supplied with celery from
Leavenworth county. He considered
the Kansas product far superior TO the
Michigan celery, and says the celery
trade throughout the southwest is
enormous.
At Atchison there is a movement on
on foot to have the legislature divide
the county high school district and
leave the city out. 1t is scheme OF
the citizens of Atchison to get out of
paying their proportion of the cost of
maintaining the new county high school
recently erected at Effingham. The city
maintains high school of its own and
,a< he hapaGttaI hv tho conptv
high school. The law, however, makes
the city equally liable for the support
of the county institution.
At Kansas City W. T. Mock, who re-
sides at 526 South Sixth street, received
telegram conveying the agree
able news that he had fallen heir
to $4,000. and that the money would
be Forthcoming as soon as the necessary
legal form had been complied with. The
money comes from the Fischer estate in
Germany, and is a great surprise to
Mr.. Mock, who is highly elated over
this unexpected stroke OF good fortune.
Mock is laboring man and is employed
at Swift's packing house.
From Lawrence: Chancellor Snow, |
of the state university, says the uni
versity will ask no appropriations of the
legislature, except the usual one fifth |
of mill, which was provided for two
years ago, and which raises about $751;
600 for the current expenses Of the in
stitution. He says they are greatly in
need of new buildings, new apparatus,
etc. but he believes this is year when
economy is a necessity, and does not