Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-28
STATE NEWS.

The old soldiers of Douglass county
will hold a reunion on October 1927.
Ellsworth's schools are so full thai
students from outside districts have
been turned away.
Hoisington claims the best business
buildings for a town of its size OF any
city in central Kansas.
The total school population of Butler
county is 8,486. OF the number 1911
are residents of Eldorado.
The Fort Scott paper mill has been for.
mally opened. 1t makes an excellent
paper from the refuse from the sugar
mills.
The annual meeting Of the stock
holders and directors of the Santa Fe
will be held in Topeka. Thursday, Octo-
Der 26th.
The value of the public school proper
ty in the state is $10,703,708, and 49,
060,475.45 was paid for teachers sala-
ries in 1892.
Great Bend Register: Officer Dawson
sold a pair of horses at mortgage sale
Saturday, and $40 was the highest bid
and purchased the same.
Cedar Vale Commercial: The ship
ments from Elgin for the first part of
last week were: Prosser, cars; Hew-
ms, 40 cars; Russell, Is cars; Brown &
Nelson, Is cars; Slater, Is cars.
Mound City Progress: County Clerk
John J. Hawkins threshed his fax raised
on his farm in Blue Mound township
which yielded twelve bushels per acre.
This is the largest yield we have heard
Of in the county.
There are thirty-fve UNCONVENTIONAL
schools in Kansas, and the value of their
property is $2,583,769. The average
salary paid to teachers in these institu-
lions is $69.80 per month, and the aver
age yearly attendance 1891.
Hoxie Sentinel: Ollie Verhoeff, the
twelve year-old son of John Verhoeff, ST.,
living on the Saline in this county,
killed and wounded fifty-seven ducksva at
one shot, fifty -four of which he got. He
shipped them to Denver, and they net
ted him $3.50.
Russell Journal: It is reported that
our city high school has become crowded
to overlooking and that number of
out-of-town pupils have been turned
away. 1t is to be hoped that some ar
rangements will be made whereby all
pupils will be accommodated.
Atchison Champion: W. G. Adkins,
of the Graphic, received letter from T.
A. Ellison stating that the Kansas Mag
azine would not be issued any longer.
Mr.. Filson is at Hamilton, Mo-, and it is
not known what disposition will he
made of the material that was used in
the publication of the magazine.
From Sterling: The electric light
works in this city took fire after they
had been closed down for the night, and
before the tiremen could get the flames
under control the building and plant
were completely destroyed. There was
no insurance on either, and the loss to
the proprietors will be several thousand
dollars.
Cedar Vale Commercial: The diamond
core drill at Peru is at work this week.
On Wednesday the last thing gone
through was strata of slate about three
feet thick. This was at depth of about
$40 feet. Coal is what the boys are
after and they propose going down at
least a thousand feet before abandoning
the project.
Sedan Times Journal: A considerable
proportion of the men who thought they
had claims in the strip conclude, when
they 60 back and look the ground over,
that they were mistaken. They find SO
many rival claimants, who have plenty
Of witnesses to prove everything, that
they do not consider it will pay them
to make contests.
Chanute Vidette- Times: The great
oil-feld Of this country is beginning to
attract the attention of eastern men and
several capitalists from Pennsylvania
are now going over the field with the
view of going into active operations.
Chanute, is the center of this great oil de-.
post and the headquarters of this COM
pany will be located here.
From Atchison: A German farmer
named Frank Demel, deposited $1,O65
in the safety deposit vaults in July. To
day, when he went to get his money, he
found the box empty. The manager of
the safety deposit company says the on
~ way in which the money could be OBJ
tanned was through the use of skeleton
key. The police are investigating.
Topeka Capital: The trustees of the
Kansas Medical college met in the col
|ege building, at 619 Jackson street, and
among other business transacted, it was
decided that the rapid growth of the in
stitution justified the erection of col
lege building, and the executive commit
tee were instructed to proceed at once to
prepare. plans and specifications for
building to be completed and ready for
next fall.
Topeka Journal: J. T. Hite, living
L. IL