Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-05-20
STATE NEWS.

| ds han6ds university TINS year, nearly
100 more than there were last year.
Three carloads Of walnut logs passed
through Atchison day or two ago, con-
signed to a manufacturing concern in
Germany.
Mrs. Noble Prentis publishes in the
Assembly Herald a list of fifty-five
active women's literary and musical
clubs in Kansas.
Work on the new zinc shelters at
Girard has commenced, and the stone
masons are at work constructing the
cellars for the furnaces.
The Lemen Bros circus have Sc
cured lease on their winter quarters
in Argentine for five years and will be-
come Kansas institution.
Some o. the members OF Kansas uni
versity faculty will conduct a summer
school during vacation, and teach
branches which will N the main be
preparatory to the regular university
course.
Major E. n Morrill, says tie Soldiers
home troubles at Leavenworth will be
investigated by the national board of
managers, beginning on May 90 Much
interest is manifested in the proposed
investigation.
Judge Bashore of the Twenty eighth
judicial district, holds that the redemp-
ton law will apply to all sales made
after the law went into effect. He holds
that it will apply to existing contracts
as well as to contracts made after the
law went into effect.
At Holton a cooperative home has
been established by some of the mar
RED people and single persons Of the
city. A residence has been rented, q
cook employed and housekeeping COM
menced on the partnership plan. The
number is to be limited to twenty.
Topeka Journal: Thomas Wallace,
now an inmate OF the Shawnee county
poor house, has been awarded a verdict
Of $23,0 900 against the Rock Island by
the Wabaunsee county district court.
Wallace lost both eyes and two fingers
of his left hand by the premature ex-
plosion of a defective fuse in Rock
Island stone quarry.
The celebrated Hillmon case comes
up in the United States court at Leav-
enworth during the June term. The
sum of 100000 is involved in this case,
counting principal and interest and
costs. The last trial was held at Tope-
ks in 1887. Jury decided in Mrs. Hill.
mons favor and the insurance COM
panies carried it to the United States
supreme court, which sent it back to the
United States circuit court for new
trial.
Topeka Capital: In the case Of
Dodge against Mission Township in
the United States court brought to re-
cover upwards of $4,000 on account of
the double liability of the township as
stockholder in the Topeka Sugar COM
pany, an answer has been fled for the
township denying its liability. The
ground of defense is that the township
could not take stock in such corpora
ton and that the law authorizing sub
scriptions to sugar mills by cities and
townships is unconstitutional.
James D. snoddy, of La Cygne, has
just come into possession of Masonic
apron that was presented to his great
grandfather, William D. Baird, in 1920
in New York, by Gov. Dewitt Clinton.
The apron was given by Mr.. Baird to
his son, the present possessor's grand
father, and came to James D. Snoddy
through the kindness of his aunt, Mrs.
G. G. Blodgett, of Lawrence. A record
of seventy three years ago is interest
ing on general principles. To Mason
Masonic apron of that age is more in
teresting.
From Ottawa: Thirty years ago Ma
jor A. W. Benson, of Ottawa, now Judge
of the Fourth judicial district was shot
at the battle of Charlottesville. J. F.
Wellmsn, and old friend and school
mate that enlisted from the Randolph
academy with him was the last person
to speak to him as he was left on the
battle field supposed to be dying. Well
man propped Benson up against a
tree 80 that he would be as comfortable
as possible but there was no time to do
much for anyone. Since the war both
have made their homes in Kansas. Mr..
Wellman now lives in Lawrence and is
court bailiff in Judge Benson's court.
On the thirtieth anniversary of the bat
tie, Mr.. Wellman entertained Judge
Benson and several other comrades.
The class of '93 of Kansas university
has eclipsed all its predecessors in the
of souvenir volume. The
annual Just completed is q work Of art.
The ssQuivira' ia q handsomely printed
book of lit pages, bound in cloth and
profusely illustrated with half tone en-
cravings. The work, in addition to a
complete write-up of the university |
and with pictures Of every member OF
the faculty, contains much interesting |
matter about the various university Or |
carnations, athletic, literary, musical,
Greek letter fraternities, etc. The |
members of many of these organiza-
tions are shown by splendid engrav-
ings. The records of the university in the |
athletic field are given for many years