Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-16
STATE NEWS.

Galena Times: I'm fOur-day run iasl
week the Suckerboy mine on the Ohio
land turned in $4,000 pounds of lead.
A Kansas young man, W. d. Lisen-
bee, of Weir City. has written Kan
sas story for the American Press asso-
citation, for which he received 5000, it is
said.
From Ottawa: The county commits
sioners met to open bids for the erection
of the Franklin county court house. A
number of bids were received, but the
lowest was that of L. W. Divelbliss, of
Olathe, which was SAG, 535. The con-
tract was awarded to him.
Emporia.-In the Santa Fe yards in
this city Charles Cox had the life ground
out of him by an engine. He either fell
or was knocked off the water tank as the
engine was passing, and the horrible ac-
cident was not discovered for some time.
He was from Gloucester, England, and
only resident here short time.
jamestown New Era: Our grain deal
ers have shipped out twenty car loads
of grain in the past five days. They
are getting good supply of corn just
now and if the railroad company can
keep up the lick little while longer the
farmers in this vicinity will again roll
the corn to town by wagon trains.
Mrs. Lucy B. Armstrong, aged "a,
died at her residence in Kansas City,
Kan, where she had lived since 1S43.
She came to Wyandotte that year from
Upper Sandusky, Ohio, with the Wyan-
dotte Iddians. Her husband was part
blood Wyandotte. Her life was spent in
doing good, the earlier years of her active
life being devoted to the tribe with
which she was thus identified.
Cove City Gazette: A. S. Pitcher,
while running a coyote Sunday morn
ing had the misfortune to have his horse
fall with him, breaking both bones of bis
leg about four inches above the ankle.
Being separated from the party at the
time, his fall was unseen and he re-
manned on the prairie from about noon
until p. m, when L. NJ. Guest acct
dentally discovered him, got aid and
brought him home.
Coffeyville Broad Ak: A young man
by the name of kirkpatrick met with
quite serious accident, the first of the
week, near the D. M. & A. yards. 1t
seems he was attempting to extract
ploded and the shell flew back and en-
tered his breast Just above the heart,
making an ugly wound. He was dis
covered by some of the railroad boys,
who picked him up and cared for him.
Atchison Champion: George J. Rems-
burg, of Oak Mills, owns two Roman
coins, one made in the reign of Diocle-
tian, the other in the reign of Constan-
tine. Diocletian began to reign about
284 and Constantine quarter of a CEN
fury later. These coins are therefore
1000 years old. Young Remsburg also
has in his collection Chinese coin and
q coin discovered in excavating the Suez
canal that are supposed to be much old
or than the above.
From Oberlin: Two soldiers of the
Mexican war who also served in the late
war, are residing in Decatur county.
W. G. McGonigal served in the Mexican
war in the Second Ohio infantry for
over two years, and four years in the
late war in the Third Indiana cavalry
James ID. Shafer served in the Third In
diana, infantry in the Mexican war and
in the Seventy-third Illinois in the late
war. The former is Is years of age
and the latter is 81 years. They are
hale and hearty.
Leroy Reporter: The gentlemen who
have been backing Mr.. Dickson and
paid all the expenses of drilling the
prospect hole, have become discouraged
and thrown up the job. The contract |
calls for 700-foot dry hole. At a
depth of 407 feet, as previously report
ed, strong salt vein was struck, and all |
efforts to case off the water have so far |
failed. 1t is claimed that the hole now
is 40 feet deep, which means that |
nearly forty feet have been drilled in
water. Neither the city nor the coal
company is losing anything by the fail
ure to complete the contract. The ex-
penses SO far have been borne by two
gentlemen who are in the employ of the
Missouri Pacific railroad.
North Topeka item: Saturday morn
ing early an old gentleman named Gard
ner Mcclellan, died of old age at his
residence on this side. Sunday night at |
shout o'clock his aged wife followed |
him. Mr.. Mcclellan was 50 years old |
and his wife WIGS S5 years of age. She
had been quito feeble ever since fall
ahe had last summer, and had frequent
u stated that she was ready to die, but
ms waiting for her husband. When he
Wns found dead in his bed she gave up
Is once. and it was apparent that she
uuuld soon follow him, and yesterday
okternoon the double funeral of husband |
md wife occurred. The services were
lid at the Kansas Avenue NJ E. church
q 8 o'clock, Rev. G. W. Browning Off
citing. Many old friends and neigh
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