Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-09-26
STATE NEWS

IL Obeeiin schools had IN enroll
Dsat e 960 Tor the 6Est week
Topeka Journal: The Trades Assn
bly, viii c3sar about 4275 from tie LAbsa
day celebration.
Peabody item: The carpenters Gay
that moro building is going on in the
county than has been before for three
or four years.
Huron Graphic: Over 800. 900 bush.
els OF grain were shipped from this point
last year. From present indication.
the output this year win exceed 100000
bushels.
Enterprise has more new buildings
than any town in Dickinson county. A
large elevator is now being erected
The city is enjoying steady growth
and prosperity.
Hiawatha.-A large number of e1-
cursionists from Waterloo, Ia, are in
the county trying to buy land. They
wish to settle all in q bunch, and will
buy large number Of acres
Atchison.-A foot-bridge broke at the
fair grounds and several women and
children were thrown into the creek
aid hurt. Miss Mary Koehner had her
left leg broken and was seriously in
jured internally.
Ulysses Tribune: One very notices.
bic feature throughout western Kansas
is the rapid growth Of the blue stem,
which is fast displacing the buffalo
grass and will yield this year several
tons Of hay per acre.
Pratt Republican: More fruit will
be put up this year by the busy wom-
en- Of Pratt county than can be used
during the winter. Five cent sugar,
combined with the enormoos fruit crop
is bonanza the Pratt county woman
is not slow to take advantage Of. Chill
dren will live on preserves and jolly for
the next.twelve months.
Olathe. - The Thompson. Houston
electric light plant in this city is COM
pleted, and in the presence of a big
crowd little Josephine Ogg, daughter
Of Hon. F. r. Ogg, of this city,
touched the button and the current
was complete in every part of the city,
and for the first time IN the history OF
Olathe she was beautifully lighted by
electricity.
Leavenworth.-A horse belonging to
William Means, living near this city,
met singular death. The animal was
tied by long rope close to some bee-
hives, which he overturned, when the
bees swarmed all over him and literally
stung him to death. After the bees lit
upon the horse nothing could be done
to relieve him from his plunging until
be died in about half an hour.
Pratt Times: Mile McHenry, the
12-year.old con of Henry McHenry,
was found dead in a field on his faith.
er's farm six miles east of Sawyer. The
boy was found lying on his back at the
rear end of the wagon. He had hitched
the team to the wagon and then lifted a
pillow into the wagon, and it is sup
posed that in lifting the plow he was
injured internally and dropped back
dead
Kansas City item: One of the results i
of the legislation of last winter was the
change in the school laws, by which the
board of education of Kansas City,
Kan, is left without means to conduct /
the public schools until January /,
1892. To overcome az far as possible
the loss of time in the school year, the
schools are opened to all who will pay
from Is cents to So month, according |
to grade.
In Shawnee county the chairman of
the county board was requested to
With county boards ia Kan
sss and with proper authorities in other
states where county work houses are
and procure all Information
as to the details of methods
and results of the system Of working
prisoners while under Jail sentence and
report to the board at the October
meeting. i
Atchison Champion: There were
more country people in Atchison yes
terday than any other day during the
week. People now have money to spend,
and the crowded condition of the stores
and places of business attested that j
they were spending it. Atchison's re- /!
tail trade comes from large scope of
and the class OF people who
come to this city to trade are among
The best and most prosperous in the
world.
Neodesha Register: A miller in this
county tells OF a man who had some
wheat 90 poor that it would kill q man
10 eat -four made from it He went to ,
, neighbor and purchased two bushels
Of IN excellent quality of wheat, which
be took home and distributed over the
tops OF number Of the sacks Of poor
wheat, which he brought to this town.
Opening his sacks he sold his wheat to
} grain dealer in this city at the best
market price on the merit of the good
wheat in the top Of the sacka