Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-23
STATE NEWS.

One AtchlSOn wholesale house ha
twenty-six travelling men on the road
Two creameries in Washington count,
average $4,000 pounds of butter pc
month.
Bethany college of Topeka, according
to its catalogue just published, ENROLL
forty-two more pupils than last year
228 altogether.
The chairs IN the parlors of the Kan
sas worlds fair building are to be made
Of native wood and the upholstering tt
be done with native silk.
Topeka Journal: There is colored
woman at the county poor farm who
says she is over 100 years old and that
when she was a girl she worked in the
family of brother of President james
K. Polk.
On commencement day at Highland
university, the monument to the late
Superintendent H. D. McCarty was ded-
icated. The monument was erected by
his executors and by the Kansas State
Teachers association.
1t is proposed by the Wichita reunion
committee to have a sham battle the last
night of the reunion, in which the old
soldiers and militia will take part.
Great preparations are being made for
this, as it is to be the grand finale OF
the reunion.
Corporal Tanner aud Commander-in-
Chief Palmer have signifed their inten-
ton of attending the state reunion at
Wichita from August Is to 20 inclusive.
Senator PETER has answered the invita-
ton extended to him to be present by
stating that he would be there on the
18th. Senator Perkins has also answered
that he will come.
The following reunion dates have
been fixed and notice OF same forwarded
to headquarters: Cedar Vale, August
"a, 25 and 26; Northwestern association
at Goodland, September Ii, IA and Is;
Southwestern Soldiers association, Ar
kansas City, October 4, and 6; Glover
dale, July %. The latter as tho ami
versary of the battle of Atlanta.
Oskaloosa special: Fred linden. q
well-to-do farmer, living five miles
southwest of here, was driving a young
horse attached to moving machine,
when the horse became frightened and
started to run. linden lost one of the
reins and the horse began circling
about. The reaper was overturned and
the sickle-bar cut linden in q horrible
manner. One tooth entered the left
breast, another passed through the left
shoulder, and a third entered his hip.
The left arm was broken in three places
and SO mangled that amputation was
necessary.
John A. Martin, aged IA years, son of
the late Ex-Governor John A. Martin, is
believed to be fatally ill at the National
Soldiers home In Leavenworth county,
where he was taken for treatment few
weeks ago. Some months ago while at
play with some companions at his moth
sr's home, the boy strained the muscles
Of his hip joint, which recently developed
into hip disease, and it was decided to
place him under the care of the surgeon
Of the home, of which his father for
many years and at the time of his death,
was one of the managers. Several oper-
atoms have been performed on the I'M
fortunate youth, but he has grown worse
steadily and it is now believed he WI.
not recover.
Olathe special: William Grifiths, an
Did soldier and well-to-do farmer, who
mas lived near Stanley, this county, for
twenty five years, but recently pur-
chased property and moved to this city,
was found hanging by a rope in his
barn, but was cut down just in time to
save his life. After he had regained
he said he was sorry he
vas not let hang, as he wanted to die;
that he had had difference with his
wife and would positively never enter
the house again. In the afternoon he
started with his horses and wagon to his
farm eight miles east, but was fol-
lowed by his boy, who feared another
at suicide would be made.
He has always been one OF johnson
most industrious and respected
and his rash act created much
excitement in this city.
E. G. Hickey, field agent for the uni
versity chinch bug experiment station,
is home from trip through some Of the
counties of the state. where
he has been travelling in the interests Of
bug determination. He visited Mont
gomery, Labette, Anderson, Allen, Cot
fey and other counties, and reports that
while the bugs have done little damage
so far this year. yet they are beginning
their ravages on the corn fields, and the
demand for infected bugs is increasing.
In Labette come fields have already
been considerably injured. The infect
ed bugs, however, are doing good work
for the farmers. The infection used now
Is = parasite that kills the bugs, the
white fungus not being a. deadly as last
year, because OF the recent dry weather.
Mr.. Hickey says that the farmers have
all faith in the infection, and they are
using the diseased bugs according to