Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1891-02-05
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

A Manhattan special: LorIng Richie
the eleven year-old son OF James L
Richie, is dead. He was injured by 6
fall from leaping bar two weeks ago
Atchison Champion: Four banks in
the Central Branch country, which
were reported by an industrious news
paper correspondent to have failed
have in reality never closed their
doors.
The Atchison Champion says that
Hon. a. J. Grover, of Muscotah. is suf-
fering from a clot of blood on the brain.
It is SAID to be serious case. Mr..
Grover is widely known as a reform
speaker and writer.
The Abilene carnage works burned
down, being set by an incendiary. The
loss is about $4,000. The insurance
is believed to be less than one fourth.
Property was owned by eastern parties.
Being outside OF the waterworks limit
the fra department could do nothing.
An Emporia special: Rufus Robin
son. a vel known colored man and an
old resident of Lyon county, dropped
dead in church. When the congrega-
ton rose to sing he stood up, but sud.
denly fell headlong to the floor and ex-
pired almost instantly. Heart disease
was the cause.
Manhattan Nationalist: The Coffey-
vile Journal has been Dragging about
December lettuce Here in Manhattan
one of our gardeners has kept the mar
ket supplied al winter with very fine
lettuce. grown out doors. The last We
noticed of it in the market was the first
OF this month. yet Manhattan is $50
miles north of Coffeyvllle.
Atchlson Champion: 1t would be
hard to find a man in Atchison who
would not say there is a prospect Of
better times and better business in the
city. Without doubt there is pros
porous outlook; all lines OF business
show improvement over what it was
two years ago, and the best-informed
give reasons for predicting an era Of
prosperity never before known.
Abilene correspondence: The poul-
try fanciers of the county have formed
poultry club and issued call for a
poultry show to be held here February
and 7. All central Kansas is invited,
? and it is proposed to organize at that
time the Smoky Hill Valley Poultry as
ISOLATION Promises of exhibits from
nearly all the counties in the Fifth dis
. trict have been received, and an IN
usually excellent meeting is expected.
Several Concordia boys were members
of the companies which were recently
engaged in the Indian troubles in the
northwest. In consequence of this
quite martial spirit has been aroused
and movement is on foot to organize
q company of state militia. Twenty
five young men have already signed a
paper stating that they would become
members if sufficient number could be
secured. Lieutenant Henry of Fort
Riley, is there, and has opened govern
ment recruiting Office.
A distressing casualty occurred at
Holiday. seventeen miles west of Kan
sas City, on the Santa Fe. The night
operator S. A. Hoy, who had gone off
duty Il o'clock, started for his resi-
dence near by, accompanied by his wife,
who had gone for him. AS they were
walking along the main track, thinking
that they were on the cut off, the Santa
Fe east-bound express train struck
| them. killing Mrs. Hoy instantly, and
D badly lniuring her husband. They had
been married only a little over a
month.
Burlington Republican: The taxes
collected by the treasurer in 1890
amounted to SS0,657.50, the amount of
the roll being S123,250 In 1889 the
amount was S7S.923.2S of a roll of
1929, 1921, and in 1888, S77,141.02 of
roll of S140,26627. The per cent of
the rolls collected was about 55 in 1888.
GO in 1889, and 65 in 1890. In 1883
there were 293 personal tax warrants
issued by the treasurer, in 1889 157,
and in 1890 126. There has been de-
crease in the amount of taxes levied
and an increase in the proportion COL
lected for the last three years.
Wellington Mail: A blaze, which
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serious fire, had not cool headedness
prevailed, occurred at the Fair. One of
the large lamps used in lighting the
room fell to the floor, the rod to which
it was attached having pulled out OF its
fastening in the ceiling. The lamp
contained almost a gallon of oil, which
caught fire and scattered in all direc-
tionS lust as soon as the lamp struck
the floor. In Il few seconds the blaze
reached almost to the ceiling. Mr..
Latta was hurrying around after some
heavy comforts with which to smother
the flames. but before he secured them
Joe Thralls stepped in and, in the cool
{ est manner imaginable, remarked that
just few days ago he read that flour
was the best thing to subdue burning
oil. Dick Brownfield at once rushed
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