Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-23
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
Hin City people win bridge the Solo
mon at that town to catch q natural
trade now going elsewhere.
Enterprise is putting in electric light.
and building large grain warehouses
The town is one of the most prosperous
in the state.
Washington county has three cream.
cries. The one at Washington made
about 100000 pounds of butter during
the last year.
Ellinwood Advocate: Ellinwood has
a better representation in the Central
Normal college in Great Bend than any
other vicinity outside Of that city.
Hiawatha World: A skunk took part
in the entertainment at the Brush
Greek school house, near Muscotah. The
audience left before the performance had
fairly commenced.
jamestown New Era: Our grain men
have shipped out over "A, 900 bushels Of
grain in the last few days, filling sixty
three cars. This is good showing, but
If cars had been furnished sufficient to
supply the demand, the figures would
have been trebled.
Atchison Champion: The county
treasurer turned about $4,000 into the
city treasury of the 1891 taxes. This
is the largest amount of taxes ever
turned over by the county to the city
at one time. This sum will meet all the
city's obligations now due.
From Ottawa: Ice dealers at this
place began putting up ice, yesterday,
which is about seven inches thick. This
is the first time for two or three years
that much ice could be gathered at
home, dealers being compelled to ship
in from Nebraska and elsewhere.
Usage Mission Journal: Wolves are
in abundance and are frequently, seen in
the vicinity of town, especially along the
ravines and lowlands east and west of
the city. We have heard of no depreda-
ton further than the loss of chicken
now and then. It would be fine days
sport to organize a party and have
grand roundup.
Geuda Springs Herald: A strange
phenomenon occurred near the bath
house the other day, by the sudden
sinking of the ground. The aperture
made was large enough to admit the
body of man and was probably ten or
twelve feet deep. There are great
many conjectures in regard to it, but
it was probably due to some subterra-
mean influence.
From Lawrence, Jan. IL: The Kaw
river has coating of about six inches
Of ice, and four Lawrence ice companies
will tomorrow morning put about 500
men to work harvesting the crop. Law
renee has facilities for, and, until last
year, when the crop was failure, fur
nished ice for a large portion of the
state, and if the cold weather continues
for few days very large amount will
be stored.
Hiawatha World: A new swindler has
been doing Hiawatha. He has been So
liciting subscriptions to ladies' maya
zine and offering ten yards of dress
goods as a premium. He showed a
good sample of goods and of course got
some subscribers and 81 on each SUBJ
scription. He has gone and with him
the 81, the magazine, and visions of
new dress. Once more the people who
expect to get something for nothing
have been hooked for suckers.
From Baldwin: Percy WlIitts won
first place in the Baker University ora
torical contest. Mr.. Willitts' subject
was "The Dominant Epochs in Histo-
~" and he took as his principal points
the Incarnation, the Reformation, and
the American Revolution. F. @. Lock
wood closely followed Mr.. Willitts, and
won second honors on the subject, 1.-The
Race Problem" Mr.. Willitts will rep
resent Baker at the state contest, and
Mr.. Lockwood will SO as first delegate
to the convention.
From Kansas City, Kan: Yesterday
morning City Treasurer John W. Fer
guson received from County Treasurer
Martin w. Stewart, $150,O00 of the
oity's funds which he had collected. OF
this amount $4,000 is school funds and
will be kept in the Wyandotte National
bank, while the remaining $4,000 of
city funds was promptly placed to the
credit of the city in the Interstate Ma
tional bank. About $500 OF it will
be needed to take up the floating in
debtedness, and the balance will be used
to take up sidewalk bonds and other
paper issued by the city. The city will
receive another payment from the treas
urer in March.
From Emporia: The Kansas Millers'
association met here to hear the report
Of the committee which had been sent to
New Orleans to see what rates could be
secured to tide water for export ship
ments of -four. Rates to eastern ports
we're greatly in favor Of Minneapolis and
Chicago, and gross discrimination
against Kansas millers. Arrangements