The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-29
STATE NEWS.

the city hospital.
At Fort Scott lightning struck TWO
bouses and church The house OF Geo
Bacon was almost entirely ruined. Mucn
damage was done by heavy rains ana
strong winds.
Topeka Capital: The Mid Continent
mills has received six new double stanos
which, when placed in position, wiz lli-
crease the daily capacity of mill fron
4SO to 600 barrels dav.
Enterprises troubles, caused by tne
failure of the bank, are disappearing
since it has been announced that 'he
bank will paw out in full, with pros
pect of its resuming business.
Oswego News: Thirteen more oil and
gas leases were recorded at the register
Office, making in all about fifty recorded
in the past two months. Those recorded
cover land in Mount Pleasant town
ship.
Seneca also reports the heavy raln' OF
rains, as five occurred in as many days
Harvesting is delayed. The Nemana
river flooded the bottoms and several
iron bridges were carried Oft their aou'-
ments.
Topeka Capital: The secretary OF
the Masonic home states that circulars
will be sent to every community IN Kan
sas where Masonic organization exlsts'
requesting propositions for the locatlon
of the Masonic home.
A Mcpherson county girl, Miss Carrie
Mills, of HAYES township, is probably tne
youngest common school graduate III
Kansas. Although but IL years olo
she this month received a county dl-
ploma on good grades.
In the republican league migration to
Denver there we're only two special
trains. though nearly all the trains GO
ing west had extra coaches. Local busl-
ness was good, and people took adVan-
tage of the cheap rates to go 10 tne
mountains for two weeks or a months
outing.
Mcpherson Republican: J. Wlckes'
son John, thirteen years of age, was
hauling milk for the Heston creamery,
and when passing over bridge near
Heston. the bridge broke down on ac-
count of the heavy rain the night be-
fore. The boy fell off the wagon just
behind the horses which kicked him tu-
riouslv. The man who arrived first found
him dead.
People of Oswego and surrounding
country, B. w Perkins home, assem-
bled at the opera house at the time OF
the funeral in Washington. The grand
armv and other organizations first gath
cred at their respective halls and
marched to the opera house, to mutfied
, drums. The services consisted of short
eulogies by friends and neighbors OF the
deceased.
J. 4. Smith, the populist lawyer who
5 wrote letter to Governor LewellinG
last January, setting forth wholesale
charges of boodling and corruption OF
the part of the police authorities o
Kansas City, Kan, was acquitted OF th'
charge of criminal libel by jury IN th'
Wvandotte district court. 1t was Smith
: second trial on this charge, the lur.
which heard the testimony at the frs
trial having failed to agree on verdict
d Oskaloosa Times: f. Hughes, of Val
lev Falls. has at last had his account
S settled with Uncle Sam and has received
. a check for SS4.S4, the amount Uncl
\ Sam has owed him for thirty years
t. since his discharge from the army a
's ouartermaster. He wrote the govern
- ment that he was now in his S0th year
e and if they ever intended squaring &C
J. counts with him now was the time, wit
(, the result that he received the money
d dav or two ago, Justly due him for hi
% services to Uncle Sam.
re A fax tow factory may bs Fol
u Scott institution before long. W. F
ly Pavne, of DAYTON, Ohio, has been lool
le ing the matter up and is favorably in
OF pressed. Davis & Co, and Garrison Bro
e. have been shipping the flax from that So
- - ton to Mr.. Payne at Dayton. The plaI
n. Mr.. Pavne will establish will utilize SOC
be tons of fax straw per year and emplo
IN a force of twenty-five or thirty men. NJ
IS Payne desires to try the effect OF impor
re ing foreign faxseed from Belgium an
be if successful the departments of Il
ad plant will be increased TO accommOda
the longer fibered straw in the man
facture of linen threads and kindred a
G. ticles.
rt, TvLo. II G+orr1orp a Taurapco bo
who has devoted several years to t
~ collection of geological specimens
m. museums. has recently made very VI
On; liable find in the northeastern part
4 Lane county. The main part OF the b
of fossils is remains of elephant bone
ge and among them is almost the enti
tn skeleton of hairy mammoth, similar
rev the one in St Petersburg, Of which
ait. cast was exhibited at the worlds ia
rec Over $50 elephant teeth were also four
urt and very large number Of fossil re
tiles. Mr.. Sternberg will move the me-
red valuable part of his find TO Lawren
Nv Nv where he will dress out and mount
eep fossils for market.
nj, An excursion will be run from cent
|, in and eastern Kansas points TO Gard
City some time in July for the p1
are are pose of giving large number Of int
by ested farmers an opportunity TO see
and workings of irrigation in the Arkans
en- en- valley
Walter Lippincott. formerly Of To
ally ka. son of ex-ChancellOr Lippincott
but E.rs,s ,,yi,.arai.r ,aoaivad sraoial m,
vio- r