Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-02-03
STATE NEWS.

of grain have been shipped from Oxford
since last harvest.
Companies have been chartered to
manufacture agricultural implements in
both Lawrence and Atchison.
An even hundred car loads of grain
were inspected by the official inspector
at Kansas City, Kan, on Jan. 10.
Seven car loads, Of zinc spelter were
shipped from Girard, Crawford county,
to New Orleans in one day recently.
New machinery has been received at
the Lawrence nail mill, and the manu-
facture of wire nails will begin shortly.
United States Marshal Neeley has an
nounced that his headquarters will be at
Leavenworth, although he will maintain
a deputy at Topeka.
The total enrolment of pupils in the
Topeka public schools at the end OF the
last month was $685.. There are Ito
more girls than boys.
At Abilene there was an auction sale
of notes and accounts due a defunct
Abilene investment company; Sl45,OOO
face value, brought $500.
In some grades of the public schools
at Leavenworth the old time readers
have been dispensed with and secular
papers substituted for them.
Half of the Great Western Stove
foundry at Leavenworth resumed opera
tons after a months shut down. On
February 1 the entire plant will begin
operations.
One thousand rainbow trout were left
at Cherokee by the United States fish
commission car. The fry will be used
in stocking a fine lake south OF
Cherokee.
The college of Emporia will graduate
thirteen students at the June commence
ment. Each will receive the degree OF
A. B. or Pb. D., and seven of the num-
Der will enter the ministry.
Wichita special: W. s. Hebron, post
master at Kinsley, Kan, in 1892, was
tried here in the United States circuit
court and found guilty of embezzling
postofice funds amounting to nearly
$1,000.
A telegram has been received at Ft.
Leavenworth from the war department
asking if any of the lieutenants stationed
there would like an appointment as pro-
lessor of military science and tactics at
Baker university.
From Hartland: The Kearney county
court house is destroyed by fire. All
the county records with the exception
of few in safes of the county clerk,
treasurer, district clerk and register OF
deeds, were destroyed.
Topeka Capital: Nobody knows Just
what convenience an elevator is until
he stops to think about it. The eleva-
tor boy in columbian building counted
the number of passengers who took
round trips in his car, and at the close OF
the day they had reached the total OF 504.
In addition to this number twenty-seven
persons walked down stairs after going
up in the elevator.
A special election was held in Pleasan-
ton to elect mayor in the place of ex-
Banker Kincaid who resigned. The can
didates we're J. W. Primmer and Mrs.
Anna Austin, resulting favorably to Mrs.
Austin, by eight majority. Three hun
dred and thirty-eight votes were cast,
1913 of them by women. The campaign
has been very warm one and much
bitter feeling exists.
From Toronto: While the wife and
two children and hired girl of Jack Gill
row, a cattleman north of here, we're out
riding, their team became unmanage-
able and ran into the wire fence, detach-
ing themselves and throwing all except
the little girl into the fence. Mrs. Gill
roy was badly hurt. the baby was
killed, being hung by the clothing on
the wire and it's skull mashed against a
post.
From Olathe: Fire was discovered in
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city, in the trunk room in the west wing
of the building. A telephone message
brought out the fire department, but the
fire was under control before the depart
ment reached the institution. Superin-
tendeut Stewart says that he has con-
cluded from an investigation that it was
caused by two little girls lighting paper
from the gaslights.
Reuben Allison, an aged miser who lived
alone adjoining the Cherokee city limits,
was found dead in his house with bull
let hole in his face and one in the left
breast which had penetrated his heart
He held revolver in his hand when
found. Foul play is suspected, One
of the bullets found in his body was OF
different size from that carried by the
pistol found in his hand. His pockets
were turned out and empty.
The Kansas City, Kan, Stock Yards
company put large force Of men and
teams at work grading the land on the
west side of the Kaw river, between the
Swift Packing establishment and the
Union Pacific tracks. The land was
purchased by the stock yards company
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