Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-02-27
STATE NEWS.

and leave q handsome balance.
Thomas Moonlight, Leavenworth's
democratic politician, who ran for con-
gress last fall, is now running general
store at Galena.
Downs Times: r. Leason, who owns
half section of land in the south part
of the county, near Waldo, has contracted
to have 200 acres of the same broken
up as soon as spring opens.
Kensington Mirror: Kensington is
having quite building boom. Three
or four residences and several business
blocks are under the course of erection,
and many Of the business men intend
building residences in the spring.
Superintendent Bloss of the Topeka
schools, State Superintendent Winans
and John Macdonald have gone to Chi
cago, where they will look into the pro-
posed educational display at the worlds
fair and then attend the city superin-
tendents' meeting at Brooklyn, N. Y.
Atchison.-The application of John
J. ingalls, for admission to membership
in q local post of the G.. A. r. has been
favorably reported upon, and he will be
taken into the order in time to partici-
pste in the state encampment which
meets in Atchison the last week in this
month.
From Oberlin: The Oberlin G. A. r.
college is getting in good shape, and
work will doubtless be commenced on
some of the buildings this year. Asec-
ton of land has been secured adjoining
town, the buildings to be erected in the
center and the remainder to be divided
into lots and sold.
Carl Jockheck and Bernard Tuchman
have been locked up to serve their jail
sentences for selling liquors during the
original package troubles. Tuchman
waited at home and gave himself up
willingly when called on by the sheriff.
Jockheck hid himself and the sheriff was
compelled to search for him.
Caldwell News: The comfy treasury
is teeming with surplus. Treasurer
Sturm finds trouble in getting rid of the
funds on hand, owing to the fact that
the banks refuse to take any more on
deposit and pay interest thereon. On
der such condition of things, of course,
ts1es will come down. Sumner county
is all right.
The report of the state bank commits
sioner shows the loans and discounts on
personal and collateral security to bel
$18, ABS, 1855; loans on real estate, ST.
6OO,949.63. Total resources, $50, 49,
563.82. In liabilities the capital stock
paid in was shown to be SIC, 843, 0O6.2S;
individual deposits, $12, 139,655.O3.
Total liabilities, So, As, $685..
Eureka letter: The residence of N.
F. Follett is destroyed by fire, with most
of it's contents. Eureka has no organ
lied fire department. It was one of the
largest and best furnished houses in the
city. Mr.. Follett is large loser, al
though his loss is partly covered by in
surance. The theory advanced for the
cause of the fire is the usual one of a
defective fue.
Osborne letter: The docket in the
present term of the Osborne county
court is the longest in the history of
that county, which contains 22O cases,
including seven criminal and seventy
nine confirmation cases. The rest are
mostly foreclosures, of which dozen or
more of them were settled before judg
ment was taken. There isn't divorce
case on the docket.
No more national guard militia COM
panies can be organized in this state.
The number is limited to thirty 1.-TWO, and
the organization of the thirty -second
was completed at Junction City. About
1000 men are enlisted in this state, and
fully 1000 expect to go to the worlds
fair under an arrangement effected
whereby various companies will go into
camp at Chicago.
Topeka Capital: Word is received in
this city announcing the death of Miss
Case, vocal instructor at Washburn last
year. She died at Cleveland, O., last
Monday. Miss Case left Topeka to con-
tinue her studies at Oberlin, o., but
failing health compelled her to go to
Cleveland and enter hospital, where
she died. She had many friends In
Kansas.
Some money is already being sent in
to Superintendent Winans for the educa-
tional exhibit at the worlds fair and the
committee in charge feel that no diff
Guilty will be experienced in raising suf-
fcient money to give Kansas schools the
creditable showing they deserve. 1t is
worthy of note in this connection that
the boys of the Topeka Reform school
were the first to send in their contribu-
ton. Something over a year ago, Su-
perintendent Winans received $3.50
from the boys for this purpose.
Oswego Independent: Wild ducks
have been quite plentiful on the river
the last few days, and the nimrods are
busy getting in their work. We OBJ
tanned the secret of one gentleman's
success, who had thirteen fat Mallards