Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-09-15
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Wellington's new high school build
ing has received its finishing touches.
Leavenworth's pontoon bridge is no
more, and its owner has forfeited his
franchise.
The quantrell raid survivors cele-
brated the anniversary of the Lawrence
raid last week.
The Hutchinson News has suspended
its morning issue, and will hereafter be
published as an evening paper.
Kansas City, Kansas, is to have $4,-
O00,0 600 cotton mill. The plant will
give employment 10 1900 people.
Ellsworth has secured within eight
weeks Touring mill. college, a stave
and barrel factory and planning mill.
Twenty.eight Kansas newspapers are
edited by women. The number is prob
ably at its maximum. Women rarely
get past %.
There is little colored girl running
wild in West Atchison. She begs her
meals, sleeps in barns. under sidewalks,
or wherever she can find bed.
John J. ingalls, recent speech at Pro-
hibition park appears in the Jewish Ca
zette in the Hebrew language. 1t is
headed, ga Yankee, the Son OF a Yam
kee.
The main building Of the new COL
lege at Winfield is reported to be in a
dangerous condition. The steeple will
have to be removed before the class
rooms can be occupied.
1t is estimated that the corn crop in
Kansas will this year he something in
the neighborhoOd 100000 bushels,
worth in the neighborhood OF S50,0O0,-
0O0 This will help to restore eastern
confidence in Kansas credit.-Burliug-
ton Nonpareil.
The rate of releases of mortgages IN
Kansas as compared with the records of
new mortgages, us reported by the reg
lister of deeds is over 40 per cent in ia
vor OF the releases. which shows that in
a very few years the entire present
mortgage debt of Kansas will be paid
off.-Oskaloosa Independent.
OF the 100 counties in Kansas eighty
five have organized worlds fair assO-
citation for the purpose of raising their
apportionment of the 100000 which
Kansas started out to provide for its
representation at the exposition.
Twenty-Five counties have already
raised their full share.
The total valuation of all taxable
property OF the state of Kansas, as fixed
by the state board of equalization for
the year 1891, is S342, 632, 407.21. OF
this amount the valuation of railroad
property is $50, 1856, 1854. The total
levy Of taxes for general revenue fund,
interest fund and current university
fund is 81, 1853, 1903.
A committee from Wichita waited
upon Governor Humphrey the other
day and asked that change be made
in the board of police commissioners of
that city. The committee charged that
the prohibitory law was violated in
that city with the knowledge of the po-
lice commissioners and that the only
steps taken to prevent it was system
of fines.
The Interstate reunion of the old
soldiers to be held at Kansas City, KS,
beginning September It'll and ending
on the 18th, bias fair to be great af-
fair. 1t is to be reunion of the old
soldiers living in Kansas, Missouri.
Iowa and Nebraska-fOur states and
there will be an immense gathering OF
the old boys. A half rate has been Sc
cured on all the railroads.
The people of Bourbon county gather
ed at Fort Scott on the 3rd, and laid the
corner stone of their new court house
with impressive ceremonies. General
Blair went down from Leavenworth
taking his silver tongue with him and
addressed the people in his usual hap
by and appropriate way. The building
will be the best county structure in
southern Kansas, and will be paid for
when completed.