The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-11
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

trade with a capital of s25, 900.
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 Swedes of Salina will celebrate
the first landing OF their countrvmen
in Delaware on the 9th.
The Hutchinson News has suspended
its morning issue, and will hereafter be
published as an evening paper.
Kansas City, Kansas, is to have "a, :
900, 900 cotton mill. The plant will
give employment 10 1000 people.
Ellsworth has secured within eight
weeks a Touring mill. a college, a stave
and barrel factory and a planning mill.
Twenty eight Kansas newspapers are
edited by women. The number is prob
ably at its maximum. Women rarely
get past %.
John J. ingalls, recent speech at Pro-
hibition park appears in the Jewish Ga
| zette in the Hebrew language. 1t is
headed, "A Yankee, the Son of Yam
kee."
Sterling had prize fight last week,
and the Bulletin says it was disgrace
to city of thirteen churches. The
number, however, might have had
something to do with it.
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.
| It is estimated that the corn crop in
Kansas will this year he something in
the neighborhood 100000 bushels,
worth in the neighbOrhoOd of 0,000.-
600. 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, rs reported by the reg
lister of deeds is over 40 per cent in IA
vor of the releases, which shows that in
q very few years the entire present
mortgage debt OF Kansas will be paid
off.-Oskaloosa Independent.
Of the 100 counties in Kansas lightly
five have organized worlds fair asso.
citation for the purpose of raising their
appcrtionment 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 Kansa3. rs fixed
by the state board of equalization for
the year 1891. Is s3i2, 632, 1927. OF
this amount the valuation of railroad
property is $50, S65. 1854. The total
levy of taxes for general revenue fund.
interest fund and current university
fund is 81 ,353. S0S.
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 9Th and ending
on the 18th, bias fair to he a grc1t az
fair. 1t is to he reunion of the old
soldiers living in Kansas. Missouri
Iowa and Nebraska-four states and
there will be an immense gathering o.
! 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 Bird, 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
a ldressed the people in his usual hap
| py and pDrODriate way. The building
will b, the best county structure in
southern Kansas, and will !e paid for
when completed.
The manner in which the Legislature
| Of Kansas spoiled Senator Ingalls, Gc-
sign for the great seal of Kansas is told
| by =. G.. Adams, OF the state historical
| society. Ingalls, was at that time Sec
rotary OF the state senate. His design
/ was blue shield at the base of cloud.
J out of which was emerging one silver
| star to JOIN the constellation in the
| armament. comprising the thirty-fOur
jllcH III Jllc tIHiOH. With lIlt InOJlO. tu
| Astra per Aspcrai This was a neat. ar
tistic conception. but il did not suit
| some of the members, who wanted
blows, cabins. buffaloes, and a prairie
| land Scape-ltaving little OF Mr.. Ingalls,
design except the motto and the stars.
The Topeka Capital shows from re-
ports OF register of deeds Il remarkable
record o. farm mortgage releases IN
sixty counties of Kansas for the month
of July. This compilation, which does
| not include any proceeds from the
| years hountifu crop, Shows that while
July was not debt-paying month, the
net reductions in sixty counties was
1881. 45S. The total excess of farm
mortgages released in forty-eight cOun
cs for the period averaging three and
third months prior to August |, 1891.
was 81. AZ. OBJ, or 29i per cent. 1t is
believed that there will be "a release OF
| $40. 900. 600 of money of farm mortgage
Indebtedness in Kansas before the end
OF the present year.
The village of Meriden. on the Santa
| Ee road. not far from Atchison, is con-
siderably excited over white cap af-
fair which occurred about half mile
from town Saturday night. Will
Greendyke, boy IL. was pulled out of
bed about midnight by crowd OF
! masked men. and taken to a fence near
by, where he was strapped to a post and
| treated 10 a severe horsewhipping. As
sGon as they had finished their work
the midnight visitors turned him loose.
and after threatening that they would
visit him again, rode quietly away.
The Greendvke boy is the son of a hard
working farmer. and is said to be thor