Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-11-12
STATE NEWS.

Senator Ingalls, has commenced q
series of letters in the New York Herald,
descriptive of his trip in Europe.
Lawrence has 4O2 in her high school,
but 200 of these are in the preparatory
department for the state university.
The total registration in Leavenworth
foots up 6,234, and it is believed that it
is the closest registration ever effected
in this city.
Galena Times: The Galena Lead
and Zinc company last week beat the
camp on the output of lead; the amount
was 1850 pounds.
There are SSH school houses in Kan
sas ard 12,260 teachers in active service.
There Is no use for the stars to try to
get away from state like that.
Ellinwood Advocate: Geese, cranes
and ducks now abound in great num-
bers at their usual hating places. MINI
rods will be kept busy for several weeks
in consequence.
A Topeka young man who raises fine
game chickens was telling his friends
the good qualities of fifty fighting cocks
which had Just come into his possession,
and which he valued at S. apiece. Next
day he had stale of woe" to tell. That
night his chicken coop was robbed and
the birds we're all stolen.
Dl:.z;r. U;uo,, Ill., 49, .obooJ
building at West Plainville is nearly
completed, and presents an appearance
which ought to cause our neighbors on
the west to entertain pardonable pride.
When completed it will be one Of the
best, if not the best, school building in
the county, outside Of Plainville and
Stockton.
When Commissioner Taylor closed
the books of registration at Kansas City
he had 10,043 names enrolled, an in
crease of nearly 800 over any previous
year in the history Of the city. The
interest manifested in the work by all
parties has been very great, and as re-
suit the entire vote Of the city has been
gotten out.
MCPHERSON Republican: There were
1879 passengers for Moundridge on the
excursion to attend Chester l. Longs
meeting. There were twenty-five in the
morning. The company called upon
the committee to guarantee seventy-fve
passengers, but Mcpherson threw in a
hundred more for good count. By
actual count there we're III on the ex-
cursion train.
Junction City Republican: The bust
ness transacted at the post exchange at
Fort Riley for the past three months
has been figured up, and $1,000 is the
sum the enlisted men at Fort Riley and
B and K troops, Seventh cavalry, now
at Fort Sheridan will receive as their
share in the profits. There is not an
other exchange in the army that can
show up as we'll.
Claflin Banner: Theo. Stout, who is
painting Mr.. Stewards new house, met
with very painful accident. In heat
ing some hard oil, it caught fire, and in
order to save the house he had to carry
the burning oil through hall and throw
it out. In doing this his hands were SO
badly burned that the skin and pieces
of flesh came off while being dressed.
His nerve is all that saved the house.
Wichita special: Arthur Allen, a |
prominent citizen and special agent of
the New York Life. has been arrested
here on charge of embezzling. Allen !
was administrator of the estate of P. G. |
Holmes, and it is charged Tat he sold |
the property and appropriated to his |
own use $1,734 of the proceeds. The
warrant was sworn out by Aliens |
bondsman, E. R Powell, president of a |
bank here.
Atchison Champion: At q stone |
quarry near the brick yards Frank |
Hayes and other men who are employed
at the quarry are finding great many
curious fossils. Some of them resemble
snakes and other reptiles, and MI. Hayes
found two specimens that are exceed
inglv rare. One of them resembles a /
sleeps horn and the other looks very
much like rabbits head. These fossils
are found underneath layer of carbon
ferrous limestone.
Leavenworth item: As Dudley Her
rod. young farmer about SO years old,
who resides in Paramount, was return
ing to his home from this city in a
wagon, his horses became frightened
and. running away, Mr.. Herrod was
thrown to the ground and killed. The
accident occurred about two miles from
The city, and the remains of young Her
rod were found by John Swan and Al
bert Berg. two noighbors, who were also
to Paramount from Leaven-
worth.
Greensburg Banner: As J. B. Howard,
of Union township, was returning home
driving a four-horse team, he met with
IN accident that resulted in the death
of all four horses. He had caught up
With another traveller and thought to
rot by, turning out at point where
here was an old we'll. The leading
horses spread out on each side and went