Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-02-25
KANSAS NEWS.

| enclosed, and on or before April l this
zoo barrel-dai]y plant viii be in success
full operation.
Kirwin Globe: Quite a number OF
farms are changing hands in this sec
ton. Farmers in the eastern states are
looking in our direction with view to
getting homes.
| The Southeastern Teachers associa.
ton will be held in Fort Scott from
March 30 to April l The city school
board has voted to raise 500 for the
necessary expenses.
Arkansas City Traveller: The condi-
ton of the strip bill is causing many
people to buy land here. AS the first
of March approaches, the passage OF the
bill remains in doubt; it makes pros
pectors anxious, and they ere investing
in realty in this vicinity.
Kansas City Gazette: A verv hand
some portrait of NJ. DeBosslcris, the
generous Frenohman who gave 3, 6
acres of land in Franklin county and
about $4,000 in cash to the Odd Eel
lows of Kansas, for their. orphans home,
has been hung in Summunduwot hall.
Garden City Imprint: Finney coun-
tv has paid in the so per cent of her
subscription called for in aid of the
worlds fair. The last $50 to complete
the $211, the one-half of the amount
apportioned to the county, was raised
at the last evening session of the farm
ers' institute.
Manhattan Nationalist: VIM. Shell
ton, foreman of the college farm. leaves
next Wednesday to take the position of
superintendent of the large stock and
dairy farm of Francis Shaw, at Way
land, Mass. Mr.. Shaw is a Boston
millionaire. Nels Olson, who is to be
Mr.. Shelton's assistant, leaves ON Fri
day next.
HAYS Republican: c. NJ. Coon, who
has been canvassing for trees in this
and adjoining counties, says that he
has so far sold $500 worth of trees to
be shipped from Mr.. Aliens Contest
nursery in Hays. He says the farmers
them are building new houses, barns
and granaries.
Downs World: From present indica-
tons there will be more buildings erect
ed the coming summer than for several
years, both in town and country. A great
many farmers contemplate building good
substantial farm houses. It will not be
many years before the surrounding
country will be improved equal to many
of the eastern states.
At Abilene clearing up of whisky
cases occupied the court for three days.
Twenty cases were on. A dozen plead
ed guilty and we're assessed 500 fine
and thirty days in Jail. One, Sam Barr,
stood trial and was convicted on six
counts. The joints have been allowed
to run wide open by the city govern
ment, and these cases have been before
the court for nearly year.
Kansas City, Mo-, Star: Mrs. G. G.
Foster. whose melancholy fate is known
to many Kansans, is dying in the Atch-
ison county poor-house. She is
woman of fine intellectual gifts and at
one time was prominent in social and
literary circles in Atchison. She has
daughter who is in comfortable circum-
stances, and United States Judge in
Kansas was once her husband.
From Atchison: A. c. Low, a prom
inent citizen and grain-dealer OF Atchi-
son, who was accidentally shot, is dead.
He had started out of the house to the
barn to shoot rat, carrying revolver
in his coat pocket. On the doorstep
he slipped and fell, and by the fall the
weapon was discharged and the bullet
passed entirely through his body. He
left an estate valued at $4,000.
Newton special: Mamie REG, aged
5 years, was burned SO badly that she
died. She was playing in a room alone,
and it is supposed that she tried to stir
up the fire and it was communicated to
her clothing. Her mother heard her
scream and extinguished the flames, but
the child's flesh was burned 30 badly
that the skin dropped off wherever
touched. Her feet alone escaped in
jury.
Downs Times: Among the many i'm
provements which have recently been
made in Jackson & Bros mills is
steaming arrangement which is the first
one used in this section of the state
As the wheat passes to the first set of
rolls, a Jet OF steam is forced through
it, which moistens the exterior 80 that
the bran is separated from the -four
without being broken, as is the case
if ground or rolled when dry. An en-
tirely new set of corn rolls was also
added last week.
ElDorado Advocate: Our patients at
the Pasteur institute at Chicago are
getting along very we'll The Chicago
Herald gave quite sensational write-up
Of the treatment: Judge McCarty was
the first to be treated. The Judge was
spoken OF as the playmate OF Judge
Gresham. The virus is injected into
the person hyperdermically. The treat
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