Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-03-05

STATE NEWEe
Joseph Green, Of Bsloit, won ths int
prme II surgery contest at Rush COL
ege Chicago.
Independence Reporter: An election
was held in CoHeyville for the purpose
OF voting ST, 900 bonds to build high
school building. They were defeated.
The Neosha Falls Post tells Of FIRE
at Piqua which destroyed the store and
the dwelling of D. w. Ream. Nothing
was saved and there was no insurance
Lindsborg News: There are six mer-
chants in the city buying eggs and chick
ems. One of these informs us that he
paid out over 81, 600 for eggs and chick
ems the past year.
Burlington Hiram McCallister, one
Of old John Browns body guards, died
at Lebo and was buried here. He was
eighty years old, and was one of the
earliest settlers OF Cofey county.
Oskaloosa Independent: In tearing
out the front of the old drug store
building on the South Side, Monroe
found his carpenters square which he
accidentally boarded up there some Is
or 20 years ago.
Wichita sixth annual confer
ence Of the secretaries Of the Young
Mems Christian association of Kansas
was held here last week. There was q
large attendance from all quarters of the
state, and much interest.
Coffeyville Journal: Independence
city council has issued an order to the
marshal to collect $500 license from the
church societies and charitable organiza-
tions giving fairs and festivals for relig-
ious or benevolent purposes in that city.
Irving Leader: A gentleman from
Emporia by the name of Edwards has
been buying up considerable land in
this vicinity the past month. He has
bought Mrs. Webster's farm south OF
town, paying thirty dollars per acre;
the Nina Clark farm, on the Vermillion,
for thirty dollars per acre; o. E. Jones'
farm, east of town, for twenty dollars
per acre; also jas. Wells fine farm, for
which he paid $1,000 cash.
Buffalo Advocate: The north bound
freight train, when just this side of the
county line, set out fire which swept
over the graveyard and across the hills
for several miles, doing considerable
damage: Just the amount of damage
f1< L. ho~ 10 "a -
mostly of burning the shrubbery and
fixtures at the graveyard, and such
property is almost priceless to some
body. Besides this, an orchard was de-
stroyed, two stacks of hay for Mr.. Kahl,
and five for Chester Gould.
Topeka Journal: Mayor r. L. Cofran
is corresponding with W. T. Brownell,
of Baltimore, concerning the establish
nent in Topeka Of hominy mill with
capacity Of turning out one hundred
and fifty barrels day. The mayor is
asked especially by Mr.. Brownell con-
corning the freight rates to southern
points, and Mayor Cofran has answered
all of his questions and more, and is
doing all in his power to bring the mill
to Topeka. Mr.. Brownell writes that he
win either establish the mill in Topeka
or in Nebraska, and especially favors
Topeka as central roint. Tie mill
will be large one and will operate at |
first with six employees. It requires,
however, large amount of labor saving |
machinery.
Topeka Journal: The county COM
missioners have appointed Mrs. ]. F.
Russell wife Of j. F. Russell, late su-
perintendent, now deceased, to succeed |
her husband as superintendent Of the
county poor farm. Her superintendent
cy win date from March /. Mrs. Rus
sells proposition, accepted by the
board, was to superintend the farm for |
81, 600; TO furnish two good teams and
all farming implements; six good COWS
to furnish milk and butter for the house,
and do all the farm work; furnish hay
for the horses, care for the sick, bury
the dead, in q decent, humane manner
at the expense Of the county; do all
washing and mending for the inmates;
the county to pay for the sewing that
cannot be done by the female inmates
Of tho house.
Wichita Eagle: Tom Costello, San
ia Fe locomotive engineer, was notified
that he was heir to $50, 600, left by his
brother Patrick, who recently died in
Detroit, Mich. The brothers were born
in Ireland, and had not met for forty
years. Patrick went to Australia when
. youth, amassed fortune IN the mines,
then moved to America and that was the
last his family knew Of him. He was q
sort Of recluse, and no one in Detroit
knew anything of his affairs or Of any
relatives. Curiously enough, however,
the probate Judge into whose hands the
fell for administration, had met
Tom Costello of this place out in Colo
rado last year, and surmising that there
might possibly be some connection,
wrote to him ON the subject All the
proofs Of fraternity were soon
and Tom Costello gets twenty
thousand dollars in cash and fine bust
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