Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-07-14
STATE NEWS.
Agricultural College.


haitian has just been issued. 1t is a
neat, well-printed, illustrated pamphlet
of seventy pages.
It appears that the faculty now num-
bers twenty four members. Besides these
there are sixteen regularly employed in
structors and assistants, and more than
a score of student assistants.
During the past year $50 students
were enrolled. Twenty. five of these were
post graduates, candidates for the mas
ter of science degree; forty-two were
fourth years; seventy-three, third years,
141 second years, and 275 first years.
OF the total number 346 we're young
men and 209 were young women. These
students came from sixty-seven Kansas
counties and from fourteen other. states
and countries One was from Canada,
cne from Germany and one from Switz-
erland.
The catalogue shows that the num-
ber of graduates up to and including
1898 is 35S. of whom 120 are women.
OF the 23S men, forty-seven are farmers
or fruit growers, seven are professors or
instructors in other agricultural col
leges eight are in the United States de-
partment of agriculture, or in expert
ment stations, and the remainder are
distributed throughout the entire range
of possible employment from law to Y.
M. c.. A. work. OF the 120 women grad
yates, forty three are housewives, twelve
who are listed as ''at home," are pre-
sumably prospective housewives, thirty
two are engaged in teaching, two are
printers, four are stenographers, three are
bookkeepers, one is an editor, and the
remainder are employed in various ways.
The fall term of the agricultural col
lege will begin on September 18th next,
with examinations for admission. Copies
of the catalogue and other information
may be obtained by addressing the pres
ident or the secretary, Manhattan,
Kansas.
The average wages paid to the eighty
four county school teachers in Atchison
county is $40 month.
Yates Center has had bad fire.
Eight of the best business buildings
were destroyed causing loss of nearly
100000
At lola James A. Marsh was going
after passenger during thunder
storm, driving an omnibus. He was in
stantly killed by lightning.
Conductor E. E. Num-, of the South
ern Kansas railroad, dropped dead at
the Winfield depot. Cause, heart fail
ure. The remains we're sent to Chanute,
the home of the deceased, by special
train.
Workmen have begun repairs upon
Snow hall at Kansas university, where
the walls have begun to settle. The
building will be put in first class condi-
ton during the summer. 1t is esti-
mated that the repairs and Improvements
will cost about $500.
Independence Reporter: Treasurer
Tully has sent to New York $4,000 in
payment of the last installment of the
$4,000 voted by this county for the
same purpose. It is gratifying to no
tice the steady decrease of our bonded
indebtedness, which means much lower
taxes in the near future.
Atchison Champion: The pushing
town of Corning, on the Central Branch
road some fifty miles west of Atchison,
is doing more building han most towns
on the line of this road. No less than
half dozen good residences and that
manv farm houses have been built since
the opening of spring, besides several
commodious barns.
Topeka Capital: Prof. Henry Wor-
raj has returned from a visit to Western
Kansas, where he made a number of
sketches, showing the irrigation plants
and the equipment. The sketches will
be prepared with a series of descriptive
articles for Harper's Magazine. The en-
tire number is very interesting and
faithfully portrays the method of the
work.
Topeka Capital: Recently county
warrant for S113 and some cents APP
peared at the Barber county treasurer's
Office at Medicine Lodge for payment
It was issued some eleven years ago to
T. Dwight Thacher for stationery sup
plies and indorsed mot paid for want of
funds" by W. T. Rouse, county treas
urer Mr.. Thacher died this spring and
in looking over his old papers the piece
of scrip was found.
From Pittsburg: A number of the
coal companies doing business in this
district are cleaning up pending set
tlement of the strike caused by the Pull
man boycott. 1t has been hard to OBJ
tain cars to transport the coal for some
time and now they anticipate being
compelled to shut down for some time
for the above reason. Kansas e. Texas
shaft No. 20 has been running on half
time and the Santa Fe works at Fronte-
nae are idle for lack of cars.
There are 2,2OO pounds of -four used
daily for bread alone in the bake shop
of the Leavenworth soldiers home. It
takes seven men to run the bakery, be
sides Mr. Hayes. the manager. Thom-
as Biehler, company T, Sixth United
States cavalry, who is in charge Of the
home meat market, snys that he uses
each week $500 pounds of fresh beef,
1,20O pounds of mutton, 700 pounds
picked shoulders, 1.GOO pounds corn
beef, 1,400 pounds fresh fish, $50
l. g. o-1 fo,,r