Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01
STATE NEWS.

Fifty men are employed on the gov
eminent building at Atchison.
There are about 700 United States
troops stationed at Fort Leavenworth.
The railroad shops at Topeka were
thronged with visitors during state fair
week.
Bv vote of 200 to II Chanute de-
cided to issue bonds to build new city
hall and jail.
Armour's new plant. Just commencing
work on Kansas soil, is the largest
packing establishment in the world.
Near Hiawatha John Kiserman, an
aged and respected farmer, was picking
apples, when limb broke that he was
holding to. He fell to the ground and
his neck was broken.
Attained. C. P McDuff. representing
hardware company Of Atchison, went
bathing at the mineral lake and had to
be fshed out with graphing hooks.
The water and atmosphere too cold.
The Kansas Trust and Banking COM
pany, of Atchison, has recently cold
many farms which it took in settlement
of mortgages at prices that made it, in
some instances, profit of 100 per cent.
A Wichita special saws that Bud r.
win, Of Patterson, Kan, the 15-year-old
son of merchant of that place, was
killed by the accidental discharge Of his
gun while he was loading it. He was
out after prairie chickens.
Atchison Champion: ]. 81. Hamilton
and wife and Otis Corbett passed down
the river Sunday evening in boat.
They had foated down the Platte river
from Denver to the Missouri river and
will proceed on down to New Orleans.
Charles Jones, young bridge car
pointer in the employ of the Gulf road,
was fatally injured by falling from a
bridge near Boicourt. He was taken to
Fort Scott and died soon after reaching
the hospital. He was married and lived
at Fulton.
AS Fred and John Winters were ford
ing the Whitewater river, near Towan-
da, with their steam engine and thresher
ascending steep hill, the engine reared
up in front and turned completely over,
killing Fred instantly and seriously
scalding John.
The Bern, Nemaha county, Turner
society will inaugurate their splendid
hall on October2 This hall has been
erected at cost of $4,000 and is one of
the most beautiful in the state. The
Atchison Turner's will attend the dedi-
cation exercise in body.
Sabetha letter: As Mr.. and Mrs.
William Mccoy, who live about three
miles west of this city, were driving to
town, their team became frightened and
ran away, throwing them from their
carriage into barbed wire fence. Mr.
Mccoy received several cuts about the
face and head and three ribs were
broken. Mrs. McCoy's right arm was
very badly cut, and it IS feared she has
received internal injuries.
The annual report of the Kansas City,
Wyandotte & Northwestern railroad
made to the state board of railroad COM
missioners for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1892, shows that the road has
1854 employees in Kansas exclusive of
general officers" and pays them
yearly compensation of S238,64S.55, or
IN average of S1.s3 per day. The road
has twenty locomotives, thirty-fou
passenger cars and 435 freight cars.
i Topeka Capital: A reunion was held
at the car of Madam Marantette at the
state fair grounds. BESIDES the Madam
there we're present Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ.
Tuttle of North Topeka, S. X. Lyman
and wife of Marion, Mrs. Brewer of To-
Gpeka, and w. D. Embley OF Wamego.
They were all schoolmates together in
Michigan some thirty years ago, and
this was practically the first meeting of
most of the parties in that length of
time
The text book committee of Kingman
county met, and for the apparent pur-
pose of adopting text books for five
years. VlIuOut eohiuS any oOeion ono
committee adjourned for a year. A
queer question in law arises. The CON-
mittee was elected for definite pur-
pose. but separated without accom-
plishing its object. There is no one
authorized to call the committee to-
gether. The question is, what are the
people of Kirgman county going to do
about it?
Lindsborg letter: The academic year
ut Bethany college has just opened.
The entire faculty was at hand on open
ing day, and the attendance of students
promises to be the largest in the history
of the institution. Addresses were de-
livered at the opening. exercises by
Profs. Andreen and Nelson. Prot
Franz Zedeler, the new violinist from
Europe, produced the next thing to
sensation among the music-loving peo-
pie of this vicinity by his wonderful and
mastery playing.
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