Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11
STATE NEWS.

university.
Wichita has a brand new city direc-
tory which makes a showing of 10000
population.
Abernathy's furniture factory at
Leavenw orth which has been shut down
for some time, has resumed operations.
It employs 100 men and boys.
Osborne county courts and lawyers
might as we'll have taken vacation the
past sixty days, there having been only
one case filed in the district court dur
ing that period.
Six of the barracks at Fort Leaven-
worth are to be remodeled and in many
respects modernized. The work will
cost nearly $4,000 and is to be done
this summer and next fall.
The Fort Scott sugar works has be-
gun this seasons operations. It is said
the large crop of cane is very juicy, and
that the sugar yield this year will large
ly exceed last years output.
Specials from the southeastern coun-
ties, and then later, from many sections
of the state have been telling of soaking
rains, just rains, and there is scarcely a
county that has not had at least show
ers Of late.
Seneca special: During the heavy
storm Sunday morning lightning
struck farm house belonging to a Mr..
Pool, living about two miles east of
town completely demolishing it. No
one was hurt.
Charles Schaeffer, of Kansas, consul
at Vera Cruz, has been granted leave of
absence for sixty days. commencing
with the 10th inst He desires to come
home and recuperate after siege with
yellow fever.
Topeka Mall County Treasurer
Rodgers has issued the list of property
to be sold on the first Tuesday of Sep
tember for delinquent taxes. This list
is larger than ever before published, but
the increase is in the city, not in the
country. The farmers have paid their
taxes well.
The commonwealers who have been
in jail in various Kansas towns are gath
ering in Kansas City, Kan, and still
talk of going on to Washington. They
announce that they will elect general
from their ranks and that they will not
allow their old leaders even to accom-
pany them.
Butler, the largest county in the
state, and with over 10000 population,
does not owe one cent of debt, and has
besides, $98, 336.79 in the Bank of Ell
Dorado. The total township, city and
school district indebtedness in the coun-
ty is only 1851, 125, which natures from
1897 to 1915.
The Kelley & Lysle Milling company
of Leavenworth has $4,000 bushels OF
wheat in its elevator, with sixty cars on
track, and is receiving about $500
bushels daily from wagon trade. The
company is busy preparing an August
shipment for London, Belfast and Liver
pool of 5000 barrels of -four.
From Lindsborg: President Swens-
son, of Bethany college at Lindsborg,
has received an official notice from the
Swedish minister at Washington, that
bnC MIX OL oMCNSIA udS OAuCLCd d COt4CCl
in favor of the college to be taken dur
ing the coming winter. the proceeds to
be devoted to the support and improve
ment of the institution at Lindsborg.
It is stated that the project of dam
ming the Kaw river at Muncie, Wyan-
dotte county, for the purpose of supply
ing power and facilitating irrigation
will be carried out in the near future.
The gentlemen who originated the
scheme have at last succeeded in inter
esting party of eastern capitalists who
have agreed to furnish the necessary
funds within few months
During a storm at Fort Scott light
ming struck dwelling occupied bv An
gus Mcdonald, an engineer on the Mem
phis road, and tore the roof and rafters
into splinters. Mrs. Mcdonald, who was
sick abed at the time, was completely
covered by splinters and plaster, but
otherwise escaped injury. Her escape
was miraculous as the electric bolt came
down the chimney close to her bed
From Neodesha: Another oil we'll 1t is
situated one-fourth of mile northeast
of here and is known as the Hill well
No. l. 1t is 812 feet deep and contains
a good quality of oil sand. The nitro
glycerine used in this shot is probably
the first that has every been manufac-
tured in Kansas The new factory is in
this CITY and hereafter all the glycerine
used by the company will be manutac-
tured here.
Atchison is the scene of wrangIe be-
tween DR.. Mitchell, chairman of the
city board of health, and DR. Trough
ton, hired as city physician during the
smallpox scare. For some time there
has been an enmity between the two men,
and DIR. Mitchell, who is also county
health officer, in his quarterly report to
the state board of health accuses Trough
ton of perpetrating gigantic fraud on
the city in claiming that he had small
pox preventive, which Mitchell claims is
a fake. Troughton is out with thirty
page pamphlet denouncing Mitchell and
calling him hard names. The board of
health is backing Troughton, and sew
ara1 libel sT1Ifs are likely To he the ont