Western Kansas world., 1892-04-23
STATE NEWS.

0IAIE NEWS
At Irving seventy one women and on.
ly sixty-nine men voted.
There are twenty-three secret socie.
ties in Emporia besides the college fra.
ternities.
Eiehty-six out of JOG counties in the
state are reported to have raised their
share of the Worlds fair fund.
Two young men, Is and 27 years OF
age. who were born in Atchison, have
been elected to the city council of that
place.
Atchison had two women members OF
the school board who were not candi-
dates for reelection. There are now no
women on the school board.
Gaylord Herald: Judge VIM. Skin
ner says he is satisfied that there is not
q case of destitution in the county, or a
person who is not able to have three
square meals day.
While at Washington, D. c., Com
mander Coulter of Topeka post made
arrangements for headquarters for his
entire post, 200 strong, at the national
encampment to be held there in Sep
tember.
Chetopa Democrat: One of our fish
ermen caught fine 60-pound cat fish
out of the river Wednesday night. he
also caught 60 or 20 pounds of smaller
oats besides large quantity of the buf-
falo tribe.
Kansas City Gazette: The damage
to Haskell institute by the storm was
about $500, and the United States SEN
ate voted $4,000 to repair it. This
leads the Lawrence Record to remark
that the people of Kansas are daisies.
Valley Falls letter: John Adderholt,
q young man living near Blue Mound,
and his team were killed on the Santa
Fe crossing, about two and one-half
miles southwest of town, by being run
over by the morning freight, which
brought him here.
Emporia letter: The Grand Interna-
tional Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of
locomotive engineers is in session here.
The association is the woman's auxiliary
70 the engineers association. Delegates
are here fror1 Newton, Arkansas City,
Dodge City, Neodesha, Topeka, Parsons
and many other places.
Phillipsburg Herald: Our farmers
are investigating the merits of the soap
root plant yucca as an article from
which to manufacture binding twine.
The root will grow on the most worth
less land, and the only thing in the way
Of making success of it is that the
great bulk of our soil is too rich for it's
blood.
Hon. John A. Anderson, United States
csnsul general at Cairo, Egypt, has con-
Guided to return home to Kansas. He
will leave Cairo April II, and stop few
weeks in London. Since Mr.. Anderson
tOok up his residence in Egypt he has
been in i'll health, and he has suffered q
great deal from an operation necessltated
by an abscess.
Washington, d. Postmaster Cen
eral Wanamaker has established new
postofice in Decatur county, and at the
request of the people who asked for the
office it has been named Borin, in honor |
OF Columbus Borin, well known young
politician of northwest Kansas, who has |
for many years edited the Oberlin Eye |
IN Decatur county, and who is now post
master at Oberlin.
Tonganoxie letter: The first orator
ical and declamatory contest of the
Friends academy of Tongano1ie oc-
CURED at the academy, witnessed by a
good audience. C. M. Salinger of Leav-
had offered first prize of q
half terms scholarship, which the judges
awarded to Chas. G. Hubbard for the
best Grafton. The second prize for ora
tons was awarded to May Sharpe. The
6rst prize for defamation was awarded |
70 Dollie Smith, and the second to Clara |
Hadley.
McLouth letter: An accident oc-
CURED at Spr,ngdale, a snort distance
northeast of here, wherein farmer
named Charles Byers lost his life. About |
the middle of the afternoon he was
Kicked in the forehead by horse, which
did not cause him any apparent pain.
After supper he went out to burn brush
but after little he was compelled to
quit work and go to the house, where
be died before midnight. He was %
Years of ACE and leaves a wife and three |
children.
North Topeka item: The Columbian
given by the Grant school
1t Luken's opera house, was a CRAFTY
ing success in every particular. The
house was crowded and many. turned
away. The gross receipts were $115,
The net receipts $95. This is the largest
AMOUNT raised bv any school in the city.
At the close, Superintendent Bloss, in
lhort speech, thanked both the pupils
md the audience for having done much
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