Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-05-07
STATE NEWS.
In Rawlins county land is held at
500 to 81 500 a quarter.


There are fifty-one convicts in the
Kansas penitentiary that have been sen.
fenced to be hung.
The Atchison Globe says that forty.
seven people have gone crazy in Atchi-
son in the last year.
Wichita. Sheriff Hays two year
old baby was probably fatally burned.
The tot was playing with matches and
set its clothes On fire.
BelleviIle. - Seward Lee, son Of
Jerome Lee, aged about IL years, was
instantly killed by freight engine while
playing on the track here.
John E. Lindsay, of Garrett, son
of Captain John G. Lindsay, has been
appointed to position in the census
Office at salary of 5000 year.
The Turner's societies of Kansas will
have grand funniest at Bismarck grove
June 4th to 9th. The railroads have
granted one and one-third rate.
Florence.-A meteor fell near this
place which measured two and one-hali
inches in diameter and weighed about
two pounds. It burned for several
hours
Fort Scott has the prize small baby.
It is about three weeks old and it weighs
two and one-half pounds. When born
it weighed just fraction over one
pound.
Emporia Republican: County Clerk
White received from the state draft
for $546.50 to pay Lyon county for
taking care of the insane patients now
at the poor farm.
Five hundred farmers testimonials in
regard to Chancellor Shows chinch bug
experiments, have been collected. They
say that 100000 worth of crops have
been saved by using the infection.
The Winfield Courier says that that
city has not been so free from joints for
ten years as now, and. thanks Assistant
Attorney General Ben Henderson, a
peoples party man, for the condition.
The daughter of Justice Brewer, who
was married in Washington with consid-
cradle pomp and circumstance, was
clerk in the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Office at Parsons three years ago. This
is in her favor.
George w. Bradshaw has been award
ed $4,000 damages against the city of
Topeka. In October last he fell into
cellar on the west side Of Branner and
Fourth streets. He sued for $4,000 in
the circuit court.
Ottawa letter: Police Judge McGhee
fined colored school girl $10.25 for
beating white girl on the street. It
seems that throwing stones and clubs,
and striking with anything that can be
picked up, by boys and girls of uncon-
trollable temper, is getting too common,
and this case is intended as an example.
John X. Rankin, of Lawrence, who
represented Douglass county in the leg
islature number of years, has been ap-
pointed agent for the allotment of In
dian lands in the state of Washington.
He is paid Sc day and expenses, and
will enter upon his duties at once. It
is believed the work assigned him will
last year or more.
Topeka Journal: The county COM
missioners appropriated $1,000 to build
q bridge across the Wakarusa, at what
is known as McKinney's crossing, in
Monmouth township. Another bridge
is building across the same stream in
Auburn township, and when these two
are finished the Wakarusa will have
bridge for every two miles in the county.
Topeka Democrat: The man Ray, of
the CLUSTERS" recently killed by the
cattle men in Wyoming, was formerly
of Kansas" He was one of a numerous
family which resided at Bloomington,
Douglas county. The one who was
killed and brother were members of a
gang of men taken to New Mexico in
1882 Ivy Lave C.rLt-srs, "a It's o..y, ~
work at railroad grading.
Mound Valley Herald: Mound VAL
lev can boast of having the smallest
mayor in stature) that there is in the
state. His name is Frank West, age 26
years, height 80 inches, weight 80
pounds. While he is diminutive in size,
he has the necessary qualifications in
business way to make a good and sensi-
BILE mayor. The councilmen with one
exception are heavy weights, the five
averaging 206 pounds each.
The Southern Kansas Fair associa-
ton has followed the example of the
Kansas State Fair association in issuing
an advance premium list which offers
first and second premiums on grain,
grasses and seeds to be shown at the
Wichita fair and then be turned over to
the Board of Managers for Kansas of the
Columbian Exposition: The premiums
offered are about the same, and upon
the same products as those offered by
the state fair association.
Wichita special: Loan agents are
considerably perturbed over the action
OF the Sedgwick county commissioners