Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1891-01-29
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

house has been reduced by the discharge
OF twenty men.
Letter from Abilene: Diphtheria is
reported as assuming alarming proper
tons in the south part of the county,
some children having died of it during
the present month.
Ashland Clipper: The bounty allowed
by the county commissioners last week
on rabbit scalps amounted to S425.
Presumably there are fewer OF the
pesky rodents in the county by $500.
From Cherryvale by wire: While
boring for gas, a six-foot vein of su.
perior quality of coal was found at a
depth OF 919 feet. Great excitement
prevails, and land adjacent is already
being leased.
At Topeka W. NJ Stewart. of Wichi-
ia. slipped on the ice at Ninth and
Jackson streets and dislocated his left
wrist very badly. He was assisted to
the Copeland by friends, and physi-
clan attended to his injuries.
Dighton Herald: We are pleased to
say when the state alliance sent out to
the sub alliance to find out how many
| families needed assistance, that after
investigation word was sent back that
Lane county needed no outside assist
| ance.
Fredonia Citizen: The Fredonia
Canning company has thus far shipped
! about twenty cars of canned goods, and
yet 20 look at the stacks in the ware
house one would think they had not
commenced selling anything Of their
seasons pack.
From Hutchinson by wire: j. L. Bur-
well, prominent stockman committed
suicide by stabbing himself three times
in the right side with pocket knife.
Financial troubles added to bodily i'll
ness was the cause. He was 3S years
old and unmarried.
Letter from Lawrence: Wright &
Ziegler, the Junction City contractors,
have pnt force of men on the Henry
street sewer and Will push the work
rapidly. At Massachusetts street cross
ing tunnel will be dug under the
street at depth of forty feet. The
main will be $500 feet long.
Topeka Sunday Ledger: An eastern
capitalist is in the city negotiating for
site to erect a new Touring mill on
the north bank of the river, corner Cur
tbs and Van Buren, streets. The Rock
Island company owns the ground and
has switch running to it. 1t is to bs
furnished with power from the dam.
Wichita Eagle: 1t is reported that
Lincoln street Presbyterian church, at
the request Of the Humane society,
gathered about 800 garments for the
poor of the city, through it's committee,
in the district assigned them, which
the ladies of the congregation have
neatly repaired and put in good condi-
tion for wear.
Special from Nortonvllle: Abel
Cushman died at Pardee, small village
in Atchison county. He was born in
Massachusetts on November %, 1896;
was therefore in his 95th year. He has
lived in Kansas over thirty years. 1t
was his boast that he had lived under
the administration of all of the presi-
dents of the United States.
Ness City Times: The snow pillow on
Missouri Pacific train created quite a
sensation at Utica There was quite a
big snow drift by the depot. and when
the plow came along it elevated the
snow with SO much force that the bay
window was knocked out. The agent
lives in the depot, and his bed and
household goods were covered with the
beautiful"
Ulysses Tribune: The mirage We'd
nesday morning was very beautiful. es-
pecially looking east from Tribune The
town of Selkirk, twelve miles away, was
thrown into the most fantastic shapes,
and train running between Whitelaw
and Selkirk carried above it the image
of the train several times the size of the
original. The mirage was to be seen in
every direction. and was unususlly well
defined.
Kansas Farmer: The Brown County
Farmers institute will convene at Hia-
watha, Thursday, FEBRUARY 5, and hold
two days session. Ex-Governor Click
and two Of the professors of the Ag-
ricultuIal college will be present with
valuable papers upon important sub
jects. Mr.. Caruthers. President Of the
institute, informed us that very inter-
eSsIng program has been arranged.
An Ottawa special: An accident oc-
CURED at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Wilson, on North Hickory
street. Mrs. Wilson had left the house
for few moments, but was recalled by
the report of revolver and a scream
from her children. On entering the
house she found that her eight-year. old
daughter had shot the baby in the era
die. The revolver was supposed not to
be loaded. The little girl stoutly de-
MES that she did the shooting. The
baby died.
A Hutchinson special: Rawlie
Thomas, a youth of 19, was sentenced
to the penitentiary for two years for
wheat stealing. When he was beng
locked up again he broke away from the
turnkey and ran awav. Pursuit was
Immediately begun. and, being hard
pressed he started to run under a NOV
ing freight train and was cut in two
Thomas was arrested in October in the |
act of stealing wheat, and while being
brought to town made break for lib |
erty and escaped. He was re-captured
in West Virginia and brought back.
Kansas City Gazette: A prominent |
fnancisr tells story of well-knowu |
citizen who had $4,000 in cash locked |
up in drawer in private vault that |
is neither doing him nor the public any
good. The same man had $1,000 de- |
posted in bank, and when the furry |
in Wall street came, q few weeks ago,
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