Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-06-25
STATE NEWS.

OlA1E NLWOs
There are 125, doctors in Topeka,
uixty-six of whom have telephones.
The Blind institute at Kansas City il
in vacation. and the blind students are
visiting their homes all over Kansas.
The samples that are shown the state
board of charities are mostly donated
bv the generous commercial men to the
charitable institutions of Topeka.
Hillsboro is to have a mill J. B.
Ehrsam Machine company has con-
tracted to build $4,000 Touring mill
there.
Floods in Arkansas are delaying the
building of the Topeka railways new
tracks. 1t is too wet to get their ties to
the railroads.
Allen B. Lennon, formerly state
superintendent of public instruction of
Kansas, was chairman of the California
committee to entertain the National
Editorial association.
Kansas is always at the front. Last
week Tom Cavanaugh's son was gradu-
ated at West Point at the head of his
class, after having held the first place in
his class for four years.
At Rosedale ground has been broken
for the woodenware factory. Several
cars of lumber have been received for
the building. The smelter will soon
follow and the precious metal will be
extracted by the Chick process.
Atchison special: Henry Taylor, a
well-known young man living at Cum
mings, this county, attempted to COM
init suicide by stabbing himself several
times. His recovery is doubtful. Tay-
lor had been disappointed in q love
affair.
Atchlson.-A man fell off a Missouri
Pacific passenger train twenty miles
north of Atchison, last night, and his
lifeless body was found beside the track
this morning. A letter in his pocket
was addressed to c. Robe, Doniphan,
Kan. The letter was written in German.
Topeka Journal: G.. A. Wieneke, J.
81. Robinson and A. Boyle have been
appointed committee by the A. o. q.
W. to visit all the lodges in the city and
confer as to the advisability Of building
an A. o. o. w. temple in this city. The
order contains 1000 members in To-
peka.
Topeka Capital: A good many tick
cts have been sold for the excursion to
on June % by Lincoln
post and it's auxiliaries. The tickets are
not restricted to these organizations,
however. but anyone desiring to 60 with
them can do so. It is expected that
enough will go to make up special
train for the occasion.
Rosedale is becoming popular health
resort. Scores of people visit the place
TO avail themselves of the mineral water
rom Geyser spring, found in the west
part of town in the edge of Sweet Spring
grove. The water from this spring or
we'll comes from a depth of over 500
'eet, being forced up in jets by accumu-
ations of gas below. 1t is strongly
with salt, iron, magnesia
md other minerals.
Leavenworth. The public schools
have closed for the summer vacation,
and the closing exercises ct the scholars
n the eighth grade occurred at the
nigh school building, where an even 100
diplomas were given. The large high
school auditorium was crowded with
friends of the young graduates, where
he customary graduating exercises
we're INDUCED in and two-bushel bas-
zet full of diplomas doomed up to make
glad the hearts of the successful eighth |
graders.
Topeka Capital: The other evening
he elevator in the Knox building got |
cranky for few moments and ran clear |
Up to the roof before it stopped, pen
hing its diminutive engineer in, about |
ZEN feet above the last floor. While the
anitor went up to the roof to start it |
again, someone said to the boy that |
when the elevator started it would |
probably drop clear to the bottom.
WELL" he replied, without moments
hesitation, 'Fm on duty, and I've got
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