Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-12-30
STATE NEWS.
The Midland college at Atchison has
been closed on account of the prevalence
of scarlet fever among the students.

| OF scarlet IeVer among Inc SGuuenUs.
From Abilene: The defunct First Ma
tional bank has paid IS per cent. to
creditors. The building is yet to be
sold and may bring another or 4 per
cent. later on.
At Emporia Norman Evans, a fifteen
year-o old boy, while in the company of
several others who were jumping on and
off cars being moved by switch engine
on the Santa Fe road, fell under the
cars and had both legs crushed to pulp
Just below the knees and his right arm
broken.
McLouth letter: The old soldiers and
their families of this vicinity held glo-
rious camp fire in this city, which was
largely attended. The exercises opened
with basket dinner in the G. A. r.
hall, to which the old boys paid ample
justice, after which all repaired to the
United Brethren church, where the liter
airy part of the programme was carried
out, consisting of music and speaking.
From Fredonia: Oscar Vancamp,
charged with stealing cattle and selling
to butchers here, who was arrested at
Harrisonville, Mo-, was brought here and
placed in jail. with two others of the
supposed same gang recently arrested.
This makes the seventh man very re-
Gently jailed, including the three
charged with holding up the Frisco and
Santa Fe agents at Severy and Howard,
Kan.
Larned special: The cases of the
state against the Larned state and Paw
nee county banks Of this city, came up
in the district court and we're continued
on an agreement between the officers of
the bank and the depositors to pay fifty
cents on the dollar. The charges we're
for receiving deposits when the banks
were insolvent. When the so per cent.
settlement is made the cases are to be
dismissed.
Garden City Imprint: George Eich-
horn mortgaged his claim some years
ago to loan company and about year
ago made the company deed to it.
After looking the Cherokee strip over
with view to changing his location, he
came to the conclusion that he could
find no place better than Finney county.
A few days ago he bought his old home
stead back from the loan company and
will continue his residence here.
From Williamsburg: This city was
thrown into state of great excitement
when Thomas W, Hagan, postmaster re-
Gently appointed, shot at his wife with
q revolver, just grazing her left cheek
and filling one side of her face with
burnt powder, which was extracted by DR..
James. For some time past Hagan has
been on spree and his wife had left
him. She had been staying at her moth
er's, Mrs. Combs, where the shooting &C.
CURED. Hagan will be arrested.
Topeka Capital: Architect J. G. Hol-
land says there is going to be large
number of bids presented for the build
ing of the Shawnee county court house
from present indications. It is going to
be handsome structure that will attract
considerable attention in this capital
city and there are many contractors who
would like to have the name of it's build
ers. Applications are coming in from all
parts of the state from prospective build
ers asking for complete blue print copies
of the plans.
Cawker City special: A discovery of
gold was made near this city some time
ago but was kept quiet until an assay
could be made. The assayer reports
1855 90-100 ounces of gold per ton,
and 491 $40 ounces of silver per ton."
The find was made in digging we'll on
farm four miles southwest of this city.
At depth of fourteen feet rock was en-
countered; underneath this was foot
of gravel and then another rock. The
color is in the gravel. The as
sayer Wilson, of Pueblo) says IF
you have much gravel like this sample
you have certainly struck it rich"
Other portions of the farm are now be-
ing prospected.
From Cbetopa: A man named James
Simmons was stopping with William
Sharp, who lives on the territory line,
hi1O VI oCi1 h1l1Oo cOuUu"OSU VI OuSUODd.
He had been writing all day and in the
evening would eat no supper. Shortly
after dark he called for drink of water /,
but death had struck him before he
could drink and he fell over on the floor
dead. He was man about thirty or
thirty-five years old. No one knows
anything about his relatives. He has a
team and some money. 1t is supposed !
that he had taken poison. He said the
day he died the officers were after him
and had him in tight place because Of
some family trouble.
From Pittsburg: A bitter feeling
still exists as the outcome of the strike, |
and it frequently crops out. A man
named Jacobs and his son, IA years old, |
worked during the agitation last sum-
mer and were given the usual appella-
ton of "blacklegs." The father and son
are now working and the former being
taken sick, the latter went to his work
alone. En- route he was set upon by
two of the ex-strikers, both grown men,
who took their revenge upon the de-
fenseless boy, beating and kicking him
in terrible manner and then fed Tho