Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-11-04
STATE NEWS.


park.
The Kingman high school has fifty
nine pupils enrolled. The total enroll
ment in the city schools is $50.
Arcadia News: Daniel King brought
to this Office fine specimens OF white corn
that he raised on sod ground near Area
dia. Dan says his whole field OF this
white corn will average 40 bushels per
acre.
Burr Oak Herald: Thirty car loads
of hogs, corn and produce have been
shipped from this place in the past four
weeks. The carload receipts for the
same period are twenty-eight, mostly
merchandise.
Abilene special: ]. o. Dickey, claim
ing to represent the Case Thresher CON-
pany, of Kansas City, was arrested here
after hard chase, for obtaining goods
under false pretenses. He has been llv-
ing high but paid no bills.
The big smelter at Turner, the best in
the world, which has never been oper
ated because of tariff changes just as it
was completed, is now likely to be put
to manufacturing aluminium. A German
company is negotiating for it for that
purpose.
The True Eleven, colored lodge,
which originated at Atchison some
months ago, has purchased the Wood
mems building for 81, 1000 and will make
it the national headquarters. Branches
are being organized in various parts OF
the West.
Pittsburg World: It reads queer to
see that large-sized Kansas towns men
ton with pride the fact that from fifty
to eighty car loads Of freight is sent out
during month. Pittsburg seldom pass
es day that it's consignment of cars
does not reach over the two hundred
point.
Sedan Times-Journal: We are in
formed that the man who was boring the
prospect hole atPeru has pulled uphis ma
chine and gone, having bored as deep as
those who employed him wanted him to
90 at this time. We are not informed as
to whether anything of value was found
or not.
At Emporia, in the district court,
Judge w. A. Randolph sentenced Theo-
dore Voeste to sixty days in jail and to
pay fine of 5000 and costs of trial and
to give $4,000 bond not to engage in
the liquor business again. Voeste had
plead guilty to selling one glass of beer
and did not expect so heavy sentence.
From Baldwin: There are more new
buildings going up, or being finished,
this fall than has been the case in Bald
| win for many years. The new residerSee
of Rev. J. A. Motter, rapidly nearing
completion, is a specially handsome
structure and it stands on what is con-
fessedly the finest location in town.
From Kansas City, Kans.: One hun
dred beef boners employed at Armours
packing house have walked out. They had
been working at reduced wages which
they understood we're to be restored Sep
TENDER 1. They sent committee to
Superintendent Tourtelotte ard on get
ting no satisfactory answer to their de-
mand, quit work.
| From Galena: Bedford Smith, who
resided at this place, while stealing
chickens at Belleville, had his head
blown off with a shotgun. He was a
married man and leaves wife and small
family, His partner in the chicken bus
mess, who was implicated in the affair,
ran to this place but was followed by
officers and captured here.
Exclusive of the cities of Wellington
and Caldwell, Sumner county, has a
school population of 1,214 and employs
255 teachers, whom it pays salaries ag-
gregating $75,151.66. The estimated
value of school property is $213,218
and the school buildings number 1873
The total expenses for conducting the
schools for the past year were $685.
1926.
Topeka Capital: The hearing of Alex
Luke, one of the men arrested on the
charge of stealing from the state insane
asylum, was completed in Justice Ches.
news court. Luke was bound over in
the sum of $500, which he furnished
| A witness named A. Carson testified that
i Luke hired him to take the goods and
hide them under hay. Justice Chesney
refused to admit the testimony of one
of the asylum patients.
Olathe special: The hearing of thu
application of Banker a. W. Little for {
writ of habeas corpus brought here on {
change of venue from Kansas City, Kan.
and charged with the murder of Lawyer
B. E. johnson on July 19, has occupied
over week in the district court and wal
concluded when Little was admitted t.
bail and his bond fixed at $4,000 fol
his appearance at the January tern
when his case will be heard.
Perry Sun: Hon. R. W. Spar, O
Lawrence, passed through Perry on his
way to visit the Prairie Greek ditch, fol
which he has the contract. The ditcl
is located between Newman and Grant
vile, and is being constructed for tn,
purpose of conveying the water from