Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-10-10
STATE NEWS

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built
Decatur county raises thousands o.
bushels of potatoes to ship to eastern
markets
Eupepe Ware has sonnet IN thu
last Cosmopolitan, and Ed Howe an ar
ticle in the last Century. Kansas writers
are being recognized.
Topeka Journal: The employees o.
the Office of George w. Crane q 20
have subscribed S20.25 for the benefit
of Miss Halloran. The list was headed
by George w. Crane with IS.
ElOorado Republican: The govern
ment fish commission has agreed to
send us q car of black bass and car Of
wall.eyed pike for the Walnut river
next spring. The bass will be OF differ.
emit variety from what we now have.
Mound Valley Herald: A specimen
apple was brought to our Office from G.
NJ. Wallingford's that measures 15a
inches in circumference, five inches in
diameter, and weighed one pound and
nine ounces. It's whopper. Who
can beat it?
Wichita Eagle: In the register OF
deeds Office one package of mortgage
releases was brought in by the Lombard
Investment company which amounted
to $4,000. Thus twenty-one farmers
of this county have raised the mort
cages off their farms.
Erie.-The following is a statement
of the real estate mortgages and releases
filed in The Office of the register of deeds
of Neoshocounty during the past week:
Amount OF mortgages paid, S35, 800;
amount of mortgages made, $1,776;
net decrease of mortgage Indebtedness,
$33,774.
Leavenworth Times: The woods about
Kickapoo are full Of honey hunters.
One man found twelve ''bee trees" last
week, which averaged a tub full of honey
to the tree. It is supposed the most OF
tho swarms come from Missouri, and as
soon as they strike the Kansas bluffs
settle in hollow tree.
Wichita Eagle: The fish commission
er's special car passed through Wichita
bound for the south. He stopped over
in the city short time. He is distrib.
uting carp over this part of the state,
the fish having come from Illinois. A
similar train went through the northern
part of the state last year.
Ottawa.-A man named Merriman,
while driving a young colt, lost control
of the animal, and, together with his
father, who accompanied him, was
thrown out of the cart. The old man
was thrown into barb wire fence and
seriously cut on the leg, the wound be-
ing ten inches in length and clear
through to the bone.
Anthony Republican: Judge Black
burn has basket of apples from the
orchard of Joe Lewis that are equal to
any that can be grown in any eastern
state. There are several varieties
On russets, winesaps, maiden's bushes
and others, and all are of huge size and
scent and flavor. Mr.. Lewis
has proved that Harper county equals
the world for fruit as we'll as for grain.
Dodge City Globe Republican: Frank
Pope left at this Office some peaches
grown on his premises in tue western
part of the city. They are OF the late
Crawford variety, measuring ten inches
in circumference and weighing about
one half pound each. We lever before
saw such peaches east of the California
slore, and even the choicest from the
golden state are seldom equal to these
samples.
Kansas City Gazette: Reports from
various parts of the city are to the effect
that the earthquake which was felt in
the Mississippi and Ohio valleys Satur-
day night was also felt here. At the
Kansas institute for the blind the rock
ing motion was very distinctly felt, and
was sufficient to cause the windows and
dishes to rattle quite lively. The shock
lasted fifteen or twenty seconds. Resi-
dents in the northern and western parts
of the city also say they felt slight
shock.
Wichita Eagle: The county commits
sioners of Sedgwick county are taking
legal steps to recover what is due this
county from the United States govern
ment for keeping government prisoners
The county has been keeping the pris-
oners from the territory in the county
pail at Wichita for twenty years,
and quite an amount is due Sedgwick
county. During this time hundreds OF
prisoners have been kept here. The
sheriff recovered his fees for his part,
but for the lodging not cent has been
received.
Kaasas City, Mo-, Journal: From
and after October l all grain shipments
from Kansas City, St Joseph. Atchison
and LeaRenworth, east bound, will be
subjected to the inspection of F. G.
Maegley. joint grain agent, and his
clerks The business will be conducted
privately and will merely amount to an
inspection of way bills and the check
ing of tariffs. There will be no delay