Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-05-28
STATE NEWS.

The graduating class Of the Empcria
high school numbers %, which is the
largest class in the history Of the school.
The first series of county institutes
viii begin June 6, except in Shawnee
county, which has been postponed until
June Is.
Osawatomie is building eleven resi-
dences, an addition to the railroad cal
shops, an electric light plant and new
brick depot.
Norton county's court docket has 164
cases, of which fifty seven are confirma-
tions, eighty -eight foreclosures and
seven divorces.
From wellington: Marble, clay and
salt will be presented by this county in
the department of mines and mining OF
the Worlds fair.
From Phillipsburg: Out of total OF
$8,739.50 given by the farmers of Phil
lips county in notes for grain seed, S.
161.S has been paid.
Shawnee is the banner county in con-
tributing to the state Sunday school
fund. 1t gave s222.2O toward total
of $2,197. For the coming year the
executive committee wants $500.
Kansas university has just received
as present from the publishing house
Of F. A. Brockhans, Leipzig, Germany,
over 500 volumes relating to history,
philosophy and modern literature. With
this addition, the library of the K. o.
has nearly 1900 volumes.
At Eudora the new bridge went out,
carrying two men to their death. Their
names are not known. The bridge had
just been completed and will be severe
loss, not only to the taxpayers but to
the merchants of Eudora, who had ex-
pected to catch large trade from peo-
pie north of the river.
Mcpherson Republican: The little
8-year-old daughter of David Bloom
berg, living ten miles north of McPher-
son, wandered away from the house and
fell in a well in the pasture and was
drowned before aid could reach her.
The curbing around the well had been
recently washed away by the high
wster.
Lawrence. The water was ten feet
above the dam, which is the highest it
has been for fourteen years. The Vim
quest ice houses, on the north side of
the river, are standing in six feet of
water. The water main which supplies
North Lawrence is broken and the water
supply is cut off. The water works are
surrounded.
Eureka was visited by a severe hail
and rain storm at the same time the
storm struck Climax. A perfect deluge
Of water fell during the afternoon, and
showers Of hail stones, varying in size
from that of peas to as large as hens
eggs, fell every fifteen to twenty min
utes. The small fruit crop is thought
to be ruined.
Kansas university will confer degrees
upon eighty-three students this COM
mencement, this being the largest num-
Der in the history of the university. The
seniors are distributed among the
various schools as follows: School of
arts, "a; school of law, SO; school of
pharmacy, 13; school of music, 9;
school of engineering, 4. The junior
classes number at present 140, there be-
ing forty-seven juniors in the school Of
arts alone.
Topeka Capital: As the Rock Island
station agent at the sugar works, George
e. Bell, was removing lantern from a
switch, his foot slipped from the step
on the switch and he fell heavily, receiv-
ing serious bodily injuries. He had to
be carried to town on stretcher, but
was plucky enough before he left to
give some necessary train orders. He
was removed to Christ hospital for the
present. Mr.. Bell is a man of family
and lives at the sugar works.
Fort Scott. the Kansas state ora
torical contest in this CITY, e. P.
SCHNEIDER, OF A-Ili..4l ,v..ege, 4.tcniso-.,
won the first honors, and j. A. Orr, OF
the Kansas Normal college of this city,
second honors. The subject of the
former was 'Our Nations Debt to Pos
terity," the latter ;'The Brotherhood of
Man" There we're four contestants.
The judges were: A. E. Wagner, of
Kansas City, Mo-; William Bishop, of
Salina, and G. F. Scott, Of lola.
Atchison.-Mrs. Joseph Miller died
here from the effects of gasoline poison
ing. She was at home alone, and when
her husband returned to dinner he
found her on lounge in an unconscious
condition. She was scalded about the
arms and limbs, and it is supposed she
tipped over boiler of water which was
being heated on a gasoline stove and
that the water extinguished the blaze of
the Jets She afterwards laid down on
the lounge, probably in faint, and was
overcome by the fumes of the gasoline
Mrs Miller was bride of less than q
month.
Lesvenworth.--A heavy electric storm
accompanied the down-pour, and there