Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03
STATE NEWS.

The Sterling military company has
made application to he mustered out OF
the Kansas national guard.
The census of Kansas City, Kan,
just finished, shows its population to
be Al, 755, gain Of 2,255 in one year.
There is a hoop pole establishment
at Louisburg, Miami county, which
turned out $4,000 hoops this season,
and employs twelve men.
The wives of all the ex-sheriffs Of Mi
ami county held reunion, and about a
dozen were present. The wife of w. G..
Rainey, who served in 1856 was present.
The Pittsburg, World says the
coal mine operators are well fixed to
stand long strike. They can afford to
shut down and not raise ton of coal
| for six months.
Goodland is moving in the matter OF
organization as city of the second
class, its population now beng over
1000. It will be the only city of the
second class in that section of the state.
According to the report of the agri-
cultural department recently issued
145, 300 pounds of cotton we're grown
in Kansas last year. Chautauqua and
Montgomery counties are the leading
cotton districts.
Eugene F. Ware owns the public IL
brary of Fort Scott and is putting up
800 month regularly to keep it going.
He has made thescity proposition to
give it to the city if the city will sup
port the library.
Topeka Journal: George Clark, of
the attorney generals Office, attended
the opening of the new Masonic hall at
Ho.ton. Ke says that the visiting Ma
sons, numbering more than hundred,
we're banquetted and royalty treated
generally. The Holton lodge has men,
bership of about 100, and is in -four
ishing condition. It owns it's own hall.
The main hall is thirty-fve by sixty
feet.
Spring Hill, johnson county, comes
to the front with loaf of bread baked
from yeast thirty years old. When
Lawrence was burned by Quantrell
Mrs. johnson had pot of yeast brew
ing in the cellar. The house was burned
and the ashes fell upon the pot, sealed
it, and after thirty years the yeast was
found to be good. A loaf of bread
baked from it has been sent to tho
worlds fair.
The new improvements in Corning
are of substantial kind. The new
building of the Farmers state bank
cost So, 500, built of brick, and is one of
the most convenient and best arranged
buildings of the kind in northern Kan
sas. Work will soon commence on the
brick block, 28x86 feet, two story, for
business and lodge hall, and the livery
stable and blacksmith shop, recently
burned, are being rebuilt.
A. J. Wintrode, cashier of the Santa
Fe land department., has in his library
old books, bearing the following dates:
1874, 1879, 1854 and 1856, or from 20S
to 219 years old. This leads the Win
field man, who claims to have the oldest
book in Kansas, and which was pub
lished in 1740. w. 81. Bradbury, of the
land department, has in his possession
Latin dictionary in a good state of
preservation, which was printed in 1877.
Next.
For some time past discussion has
been going on in Kansas newspa-
pers as to the Whereabouts of the oldest
book in the state. Winfield has one
published in 1740, but books bearing
dates of 1874, 1879, 1884 and 1855
were found in Topeka. The Atchison
Globe has d scovered book printed in
1886. 1t is the property of st. Bene-
diets college, of Atchison, and was pre-
sented to it by one of the European
monasteries.
Zinc smelling has become big bust
ness in Kansas. There are now ten
zinc smelters in the state, as follows:
Weir City Zinc company, at Weir City,
IL furnaces; Weir City Zinc company,
at Pi>tsburg, II furnaces; Robert Lam
yon b Co., Pittsburg, 10 furnaces; w.
u ]. I anyon. Pittsburg. 6 furnaces; S.
Fl. Lanyou & Bro, Iittsburg, fur
nsces; Plttsburg u st. Louis Zinc and
Land ,onpany, Pittsburg, 8 furnaces;
CRANKY Mining y Smelling company,
Pittsburg. . furna es: Girard Zinc COM
any. 6irard 4 furnaces; Scammon
Sine company. S am non, 4 furnaces;
American Smelter company, Galena, 6
furnsces.
Wichita special: The jury in the
naniel Wren forgery Sc brought in a
verdict OF guilty I The case is but link
in long cha n of swiad'es in which
Wren and number of other residents
of this tv an i county were and are en-
ga ed. The plan of action was for
one member of the party to deed some
imaginary property to Wren. Wren
would re-deed this to mot or member,
tax ng mo tgase on the p operty for
an legged balance due Elaborate alb
stracts to the property. tax receipts,
reg ST ration files and eve ything else
niece ssary we're forg q. and these taken
east ard dispor ed of N the f,res cent