Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-08-27
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
Kiowa's city council offers $1,000
bonus for Touring mill.
Rob't Gilmore, living north Of High
land, lost $50 bushels Of wheat by hav-
ing stack struck by lightning.
Plainville Times: Our grain men
cannot get cars fast enough to take care
Of the wheat that is coming in.
No assessments were made by the A.
O. q. W. in Kansas for August. That's
the kind of health advertisement that
talks.
A. B. Wilder, founder of the Scandal
Journal. died at Bonner Springs, Mo-,
last week. Since 1872 he had been q res
ident of Republic county.
The officers of the First regiment
Wilson county veterans met at Fredonia
and appointed October 2, and as the
time for holding the annual reunion at
that city.
The ninth annual reunion of the De-
partment of Kansas G. A. r. opened at
Wichita with the largest attendance
ever had. On the day before the open
ing there were fully 1000 veterans in
camp.
The Southwestern Dental association
held it's thirteenth annual session at
Pittsburg. Parts of the states of Kan
sas, Missouri, Arkansas and the Indian
territory are embraced in this associa-
ton.
Two banks in Smith Center paid out
in one day to farmers alone for grain,
$1,000. After raising such an immense
grain crop her papers are now claiming
that Smith county will raise the largest
corn crop ever gathered.
North Topeka note: A young lady
from the south side fell into Soldier
creek while at the boat landing at Gar
field park with party Of young
friends She received thorough soak
ing before being fshed out of the
water.
Seneca special: Uncle Ben Heath,
one Of Seneca's veterans, was kicked in
the stomach by vicious horse, while
feeding him in the stable, and SO severe
~ injured that doubts of his recovery
are entertained by the medical attend
ants.
At Hutchinson one hundred men
went out on strike who were working
in the different plant of the Kansas
Belt company at that place. The men
struck for less hours and more pay.
They have been working twelve hours a
day.
Mrs. s. F. Grubb, president of the
Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance
union, has spoken eighty-eignt times in
her own state and held ten conventions
since she was made president last year,
and has never omitted to treat the spe-
cial subject of temperance work by
farmers wives.
Concordia Empire: Ham Spaulding
and Gus Beauchamp canvassed the city
for special premiums to be offered at the
poultry show to be given here Decem-
Der 1877, and in a little while had
about 5000. Such a start as that in
sures the biggest poultry show ever held
in Kansas.
Clafin Banner: Lee Dougan, one OF
our rustling farmers, is about the hap
piest man that we have met for some
time. He has just paid of the mortgage
Of $1,000 on his farm, and now says
that he has made this amount besides
$75 in clean cash, and all from one crop
Oh the land.
Mcpherson Republican: Robert
Baird, living east of town, in trying to
stop three runaway horses that were
hitched to sulky pillow, was run over
and very badly hurt. He was cut in
several places on the head and body and
limbs. 1t will be some time before he
win be able to be out.
Oberlin Eye: T. J. vanPelt was Bit
ten on the hand by fly the other day.
The hand began to swell and in few
hours became SO painful that Mr.. Van
Pelt became alarmed and sought the
services of DR.. Welles, who dressed the
wound, which had been poisoned and
was highly inhamed. The entire arm
was swelled to an enormous size.
Wichita letter: The department Off
GERS and the veterans who have attended
all the Grand Army reunions that have
been held in the state, pronounce this
the best attended and most successful
they have participated in. Camp Sedg-
wick has not less than 10000 or $4,000
old soldiers and their followers under
canvas, and half as many more are quar-
tered at the hotels in town.
Washington special: About 3 o'clock
in the morning fire broke out in Squire
Woodbury's Office. The First National
bank, drug store of E. B. Fox, the law
Office of Charles Smith, the Office OF DR..