The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-27
STATE NEWS.
The Friends academy in Washington
has an enrolment of 16U.

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The barn on the Crawford county
Door farm has been destroyed by fire
Several horses and considerable
amount OF other property was burned
There was 40 insurance.
lola Register: If all the new bust
ness sidewalks in town are made of mar
ble-and that seems to be the intention
it will not be many years until Lola
will have the handsomest streets of any
town in Kansas.
The Occidental hotel, at Sedan. /;
burned to the ground. Most of the furnl.
ture and fixtures were saved. The fire orig
mated from a hue which was probably
cracked OF displaced in some way by the
tornado the day before. The building
was a frame structure and burned very
rapidly. It being almost a dead calm
no other buildings caught. Building
and fixtures were insured.
lola Register: One OF the boys flip
ped bean into Roy Stover's ear at
SUNDAY school. and he has been suffer
! ing tortures with it ever since. On
Tuesday Drs. Fulton and Chastain put
| him under the influence of chlorofOrm
and worked for more than an hour and
succeeded in removing only half Of the
bean. 1t was a most unfortunate acct
dent and it is hard to tell vet what may
! result from it.
Captain Thomas L. Higgins and a
! large number of other old soldiers of
| Kansas City. Kansas, are arranging for
| the organization OF a veteran company
of the state militia, similar to the popu-
lar veteran company \ of Kansas City.
Mo. The proposition has been SO favor
ably received by the veterans that the
| prospects are that in very short time
a large and tiourishing company will be
organized and taken into the state
militia.
From Neodesha: Twenty-Five new
drills and engines complete, were un,
loaded here TO be used by Guffey Il Ga
ley in sinking oil wells in this vicinity
A force of 100 skilled drillmen came al
so, and the machinery is being set up
and placed in position for work. A 49,
600 barrel steel tank was received by
Gutfey & Galley, and this. with the large
number of smaller wooden tanks gives
ample tankage for testing the capacity
of the wells
From Solomon City: The Masonic
lodge of this city, which was burned
out two months ago, has commenced to
rebuild, the corner stone of the new
building having been laid with impress
i've ceremonies. Deputy Grand Master
W. ID. Thompson, of Minneapolis, con-
Quoted tho ceremonies, and the address
was by Prof. W. NJ. JAY, of Salina A
large number of Masons from surround
ing lodges were present, and parade
was a part of the programme.
A committee of one of the G. A. r.
posts of Atchison waited upon the
board of education with request that
the American flag be foated from the
top of each school building during
school hours. They said this plan would
have tendency to instill into the minds
of the children and others patriotism,
and was being adopted IN various places. |
After some discussion as to- the cost of |
flags, etc, resolution was adopted, in |
STRUGGLING the superintendent to have the
janitors of the various buildings raise a
flag each morning. The committee stated |
that the different G. A. r. posts would |
replace the flags with new ones when oc-
casion required it.
Ottawa letter: Walter Donahoe. |
half-blood Indian, while returning home |
in an intoxicated condition, stopped at
the home of d. Hockinsmith, a school |
teacher, and demanded horse. Hook |
insmith had no horses to loan to a |
stranger, at which the Indian became |
violent In tie encounter which followed |
lost one thumb and then
The Indian followed and bat
tered down the door. Hockinsmith re-
treated through a second door and
seized rifle and shot Donahoe through
the head. 1t is hardly probable that
Donahoe will recover. Hockinsmith is
a peaceable citizen and is commended
for defending his home
One of the important products of the
Argentine smelter is copper ingots or
pig copper. An ingot of copper weighs
IN the neighborhood of forty pounds.
but it is often desirable to break it into
sections before working it over into man
lfactured copper. For this purpose each
ngot is cut from the top half way
through in two places so that it can be
EASILY broken into three sections. This
caves the top of the ingot in three parts.
AID the company has placed its brand. I
! sort OF trademark. T. A. S., one letter
nj each section. The letters were Sc
ected because they represent the recog- !
sized abbreviation of Kansas. Carloads I
y this copper are daily shipped for east
IN and European points. Ships bound for !
Liverpool have carried as half their cargo |
he Kansas copper, and Amsterdam, I
Antwerp. London and manufacturing ,
titles in England. France, Germany and :
holland are frequently supplied with
his product. Most Of thu world knows
# Kansas az al agricultural state. and
'eop.e who ask what the 4bbreviation :
means often express surprise when they I
re tod that It means Kansas, and is I
lsed because some Of the best copper is 6
efned in Kansas. 6
The regents Of Kansas university
ave elected Professor A. 5. DIN. form !
rlv superintendent Of the schools ~ Z
Kansas City, Kan. TO the chair Of as :
istant professor Of the chair Of peda-
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