The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-22
STATE NEWS.
The average wages paid to Atchlson
teachers are $40 month.

| memo county VIII Noto Oh OAO
position to establish county hlgh
school.
Cowley county institute at Winfield
started with 201 teachers, more coming
in later.
The scheme of the senior class OF Kan
sas university to raise fund for the as
sistance of poor students has material
lzed to the extent of 500.
Canton, Mcpherson county, has a
chinch bug station for the distribution
of Prof. Shows deadly infection. 1t Is
located at the Republican Office.
J. Ralph Burton recited "Shanus
O'Brien" at the Topeka Club the other
evening in such way that Barney Lam
try exclaimed: "I lay tin dollars that
the Elegant gintleman has Irish blude
in his veins"
The principal of the Lawrence high
school receives 500 per month. Eight
of the other teachers receive $50 or
fifteen others receive amounts ranging
from $3.50 to $40.
North Topeka item: Mrs. viii Wood
ward, who lives near Elmont, was in the
act of moving shot gun from corner,
when it exploded. the full charge strik-
ing her in the left arm, tearing the flesh
from the wrist to the elbow.
Paola Republican: Amey Reeves,
h. I A IL n ~ Tc
probably the banner boy of Miami coun-
tv. He attended school at the semi
nary building in Paola the past three
years, and in that time has been neither
absent nor tardy.
From Abilene: The county treas
urer has received for payment forged
school district bonds of this county
which are being presented at the coun-
tvs New York agency for payment.
The districts on which they are written
have no indebtedness. The bonds ap-
peared genuine.
Oberlin Opinion: Probably the big
gest land deal and the most successful
from every standpoint was made by the
Oberlin National bank recently. The
bank had in eight land buyers from IL
linois and sold to seven out of the eight,
and to one man 800 acres. The total
sales amounted to something over 1000
acres.
Belleville Telescope: A final settle
ment of the defunct Cuba state banks
affairs was held before the district court
and the result was that every depositor
or other creditor was paid 100 cents on
the dollar, a small dividend remainded
for the stockholders. and Mr.. Perry, the
receiver, was discharged from further
duty.
The board of regents of Kansas uni
versity has elected Judge James
Humphrey, of Junction City, as lecturer
of the law department, with special as
signment to the subject of constitution
al law. The lectures are to be given at
such times as will not interfere with his
duties as judge of the district court of
Geary county.
The colored miners who left Pittsburg
some time since to work in the Indian
Territory, are coming back, being great
ly dissatisfied there. They are being
given their old places and are very hap
py thereat There is active demand for
miners at Pittsburg, the calls for coal
making all the shafts, work to their
full capacity.
Greedy County Republican,: Greeley
county is now free of all bounty pay
ments. The fund from the last levy has
been exhausted and last Saturday was
the last day of the scalp business in
Tribune. There are a great many adj
vocates of the bounty tax who are
anxious to have more of it, but a major
ity of the board decided against it.
At Lawrence fire broke out in the
basement of the gents furnishing store
of VIM. Bromelsick. The clerks had
been showing goods in the ecellar and are
supposed to have dropped a lighted
match among some papers which set the
boxes of goods on fire. The building
and contents above the first floor we're
saved, butt he loss in the store rooms
from water and smoke, as we'll as fire, !
cannot be determined 1t is, however,
heavy and partially insured.
At Baldwin. at the meeting of the
board of trustees of Baker university,
Hon. K. n. Allen, of Chanute, was elect
ed chairman, vice Rev. G. S. Dearborn.
d. D., resigned. Several changes we're
made in the faculty, the most important
being that of Miss Ida A. Ahlborn having
resigned the chair of English and histo-
ry. Prof. S. A. Lough was elected her
successor. Prof. Markham returns after
years leave OF absence TO assume the
duties of the Latin department.
A new question resulting from the
Kansas prohibitory law was raised by j.
I. Allensworth, who filed suit in be-
half of Emma J. Phelps against the city
and county of Atchison, claiming S10,-
900 damages for the sale of liquor 10
her husband. B. H Phelps, during the
past fTe years. 1t is charged in the
petition that by reason Of such sales OF
liquor she has been deprived of support
she otherwise would have been receiving,
and that such sales OF liquor have been
with the knowledge and authority of
the city and the county in confederation
of sums of money received from liquor
dealers and that the city and county
are therefore liable to the plaintiff
Letter from the Leavenworth SOL
diers' home; We have an old Mexican
war veteran here In the person OF Jo-
seph BeuweiA company J, Fourth Illi-
nois infantry. He is SO years old. Fri
day morning be applied for discharge,
saying that the home would do for old