Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-12-10
STATE NEWS.

| STATE NEWS
Ellsworth county farmers are refusing
the market price for wheat.
Horton is said to have eight open %,
looms from which the city receives $4Ot
monthly.
Topeka Journal: The total receipts
of the Grand Army fair were $3,O02.9 So
Two thousand dollars was cleared.
It is not generally known that the
eggs used in Colorado are supplied
from Kansas. The largest shipments Of
poultry, too, into the state are made
from Kansas.
Russell Record: Sixty-six bound
volumes of books, comprising biogra-
plies, histories, travels, etc, have been
added to the Superior school library.
The district refuses to be second to any
in intelligence and enterprise.
Hiawatha negroes who had row at
Thanksgiving supper at their church,
at which Deacon Wathel was killed with
knife by niger True, took True out
of Jail in the night. hung him and then
filled his carcass with lead.
The Mound Valley Touring mill is
destroyed by fire, together with its con-
tents. consisting of several hundred bar
rels of wheat, three hundred pounds OF
-four and good quantity of corn and
meal. There was no insurance on the
contents, but the mill proper was par
TALLY insured.
Clyde Herald: A very good turn has
been done for Mr.. Lowers, who met
with such severe loss by fire. Over
$500 in money has been raised, besides
donation of three or four horses. Al
ready a better stable is being built on
the ruins OF the old one; not so large,
but more convenient.
General A. B. Nettleton, who recently
resigned the first assistant secretaryship
Of the treasury, is connected with the
Leavenwcrth compressed air scheme
and expects to make his future home
there. He is now there and will imme-
diately go to work with Mr.. Earle.
The Masons OF Kansas City, Kan,
have now completed and ready for use
the finest Masonic lodge room in the
state, and, with possibly one exception.
tho finest one between st. Louis and
Denver. The work of constructing and
arranging it has been in progress for
six months.
From Anthony: William Simmons,
trader at Hopkins, in the Cherokee
strip, arrived here with a seven-foot
panther, which he had killed a few
miles south of the line. Wednesday
evening the animal appeared at Hop
kins and killed an Indian child. Sim
mons pursued the animal to it's death.
Anthony Republican: o. F. Casteen
met with severe accident at Kiowa
which might have proved fatal. MI.
Casteen was assisting the men who were
at work repairing large gate at the
stock yards, when an ak fell from the
top of the gate, striking him on the
head, making severe cut. He went to
q doctors office and had the wound
dressed and came home at once.
At Hiawatha Thanksgiving services
closed rather tragically at colored fes-
tival. Comodore True stabbed William
WaItham. True was drunk and came
into the hall insulting everyone
Waltham put him out. True soon re-
turned with knife, and running up to
Waltham, struck him just above the
heart. Waltham died in fifteen minutes.
True is in Jail. There was strong talk
Of lynching.
Hutchinon special: As No. west
bound Santa Fe express was coming
INTO the city, and when at point about
one-half mile east of the depot, ut q
switch opening, the engine struck .
hand car propelled by Oliver Severance,
If Hutchinson, and man by the name
IF G. w. Searles, of lola. The Car was
Severance was killed and
5earles had an arm broken. Those who
we're present state that the men were
;rying to make the switch before the
arrival of the train, and were in the act
IF lifting the car from of the main line
when they were caught.
Topeka Capital: A suit brought by
NJ. S. Beal against tho National Mort
gage and Debenture company of Boston
mas been tried in the district court. Beal
claims $23, 900 damage for failure to per-
'orm the agreements of q contract by
which he was to establish loan Office
here, and represent the Boston company.
He says they agreed to furnish him
BOO, 900 year, to be loaned on Kansas
securities, but they afterwards with |
irew their Kansas loans, and re-
fused to put out any more money in
his state. His profits, according to
his way OF reckoning, would have been
BIC. 900, and his trouble and annoyance
IN account of their refusal to furnish
money was worth $4,000 more. The
Jury gave Beal verdict in q nominal
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