Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-02-10

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At Solomon City fire broke out il
Barrett's drug store and destroyed {
whole block of wooden buildings. Tota
loss, $4,000.
Madison special: The Farmers Unior
Cooperative Alliance exchange of Mad.
ison, doing general merchandise bust,
ness, went into the hands of a receive,
with over $1,000 liabilities and nominal
assets, catching number of farmers fol
large sums Of money. Red liquor, inca.
pacity and reckless management are Civ
en- as the causes.
A Beloit real estate dealer has sold re-
Gently three Mitchell county farms at
good prices. One, Quarter" section
upland farm for $4,000. Another, an
80 acre tract of bottom land, for $4,000;
and the third, "quarter" section of
bottom land, for $500. These sales
were all cash. Mitchell county farm
property isn't losing any of its old time
vigor.
Pittsburg special: A new $4,000
school building has been dedicated in
this city with appropriate speeches,
making the fifth fine edifce of school
architecture now in the city. The build
ing is of the latest modern school archi-
lecture, substantially constructed, and is
considered one of the hondsomest and
most convenient of this class of build
ings in the state.
Pittsburg special: The mysterious dis
ease among the colored miners, con-
tinues to aff1ict them and deaths are re-
ported among them nearly every day.
This is creating considerable excitement
among them. Three deaths were reported
from Yale in one day, recently. These
men do not seem to become acclimated
to Kansas, or the air in the mines proves
too much for them.
At the oratorical contest at Washburn
college, Topeka, the marks given by the
judges awarded George Reginald Lord
first place and representative of Wash
burn college at the state oratorical con-
test; Miss Gertrude Dewey second place,
and who will also 60 as delegate repre-
senting Washburn college at the meet
ing of the state oratorical association,
and Ferry Platt third place.
From Hutchinson: Great improve
ments in the road system of Reno coun-
ty are in progress. The county commits
sioners have sixty-seven men and TWEEN
ty-three teams at work, and Hutchinson's
street commissioner is employing eighty
men and twenty-four teams. The idea
in doing so much work at this time is as
much tofurnish the unemployed with the
means of subsistence as it is to improve
the roads.
Wichita special: The courts of Kan
sas will for the first time be called upon
TO settle the question of the lawfulness
Of the numerous bond investment COM
panies that have sprung up in Kansas
N the last year, in a suit fled in the dis
5rict court here, against the Safe Invest
nent company, of this city, which was
recently forbidden the use of the mails
BY the postmaster general. The action
IS brought for the recovery of moneys
paid on bonds.
The new catalogue of Kansas university
shows marked increase in the number
If high schools in the state which pre-
pare for the university. There are now
lO2 high schools and academies which
ire on the accredited list. Notwith-
standing the fact that the requirements
lave been made more rigid there has
,een steady increase in the number
# preparatory schools. In 1S88-90
here were 80; in 189O-91, AZ; in 1891
y, IS; in 1928, IA; and in 1893
a, 1O2.
The wire nail machines are started,
ldding new industry to the list in
lawrence. Those in position will be
thoroughly tested, and if satisfactory,
more will be put in operation at once
The mill is in connection with that of |
he Consolidated Barbed Wire company
nd occupies their new building built |
asst year. The company has been max
ng preparations to start this industry
or more than year. It draws it's own |
wire, and now has the only nail mill in |
he west.
Both the Santa Fe and Union Pacific
emit special trains to Lawrence January
% to begin the harvesting of ice for fill
ng the numerous houses along both |
abroad systems. The ice on the Kan
as river there is about seven inches |
hick and the quality excellent. There |
re several hundred men employed by
he railroads, and this, with many more |
Working to fill the houses OF local dealers
makes the scenes along the river very
'usy ones. It will take two weeks to |
,et as much ice as is wanted.
Neodeshs letter: An. oil company of |
Pennsylvania, which has been prospect
ng for oil and gas near this city, has
lrilled twenty-one wells and only two
ave proved valueless. Five wells have
een ''shot" with nitro glycerine, causing
hem to flow in great quantities into
srge tanks. One of the wells has yield
d oil at the rate of twenty-four barrels
er day. The average depth of the wells
} S55 feet. Two gas wells have been