Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-10-24
STATE NEWS.
Irving has q public library Of neari.
1000 volumes.

irving has public library OF nearly
1000 volumes.
Mankato is to have new elevator.
has fine. new hotel and has prospects
OF getting new grist mill.
lawrence There are now $50 stu-
dents enrolled in the Kansas university
and in the whole number there is not a
preparatory student.
Linn county has made a record this
year, taking first premium at the state
fair at Topeka, and second premium at
Kansas City's interstate fair.
The rains OF the first October week
were general IN all Kansas and sufficient
in amount to put the soil in fine condi.
ton. Pasturage Is generally revived.
Charles d. Krebs has held the Office
of county clerk of Atchison county for
eighteen years successfully, and has
been nominated again by the repub-
licans.
Mcpherson Republican: A. A. Ar
mott shipped four carloads of apples
from Conway. Monday. Probably the
first shipment made from Mcpherson
county.
Topeka Journal: The physicians at
the Santa Fe dispensary report an
enormous and alarming increase In
sickness among the men, the cases be-
ing nearly all malarial and typhoid
fevers.
Sslins Republican: The Kansas Wes-
leyan university will soon have several
thousand geological specimens added to
its now increasing museum. A. w.
Jones, who graduated from the aca-
demic department in 1889 is the donor.
Argentine.-The work on the city
hall is resumed. The slate for the roof
arrived, and the contractors expect to
have it completed soon. The carpenters
and plasterers have resumed their re-
spective labors and everything points
to speedy completion.
Leavenworth. = The enrolment of
pupils at the public schools in Leaven-
worth show a total of 2,6sS. This is
quite an increase from last years en-
rollment and it indicates a slight gam
in population. OF the total number of
pupils about one-seventh are colored.
Waterville Telegraph: There are
hundreds of bushels of as fine apples as
were ever raised going to waste in the
vicinity of Waterville. Our farmers
used to go to the river counties for ap-
pies that were small and worm.eaten.
The apples raised here are large and
smooth and no takers.
Topeka Capital: The three Robbins
boys, who live ont on North Harrison
street, were arrested on the charge OF
stealing wheat from Rock Island car.
A hole had been bored in the bottom of
the car and the wheat caught in sacks
and carted away. When the car reached
its destination it was found to be short
fifty.five bushels.
Salina. large barn belonging to
Mike Wise, farmer living several miles
west OF Salina, caught fire and burned to
the ground. There we're twelve valuable
horses, several sets of harness and
large amount of wheat burned also.
Mr. Wise had taken off his coat and
laid it on the barn floor while he did some
work about the barn. It is supposed
that the coat contained some matches
which we're ignited by colt stepping
on the garment.
Medicine Lodge Index: Five car
loads of sugar, and some small lots have
been sold. The total amount sold and
shipped from the mill up to yesterday
morning aggregated 22S.700 pounds.
This leaves about 10000 pounds on
hand. No second sugar has been made.
All the tanks are full of second" and
it is now being pumped into the big
cistern. The big lot of second" will
give the mill work Tor couple of
months this winter or next spring.
Leavenworth. An old veteran named
John Williams, stationed at the Soldiers
home, was run over and instantly killed
by an engine on the Kansas Ci<y, Wy
andotte Il Northwestern railroad. He
is supposed to have been under the in
fuence of liquor and said to have been
lying across the track asleep. He was
literally ground to pieces. Williams
was member Of Company d, 10th
Kansas infantry during the war and has
been an inmate of the home here for
several years. 81
Leavenworth.-T boiler room and
engine house of the Brighton coal mine,
four miles south OF this city, took fire
and burned completely down. 1t is not
known how the fire started, which could
not be put out on account of It's being
too far from the Leavenworth water
works. The engines and boilers q the
mine were totally destroyed. making .
loss OF over $4,000 on property alone.
Over 100 men were thrown out OF en-
ployment right in the busy mining sea-
son, as result Of the fire.
Louisburg.-The stores of this town
were robbed Sunday night. The rob-
bsrs broke in by prying up windows.
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