The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-25
STATE NEWS.


The semi-annual convention OF the
county school superintendent OF Nan
gas will be held at Hutchinson, May
1924
Winfield claims to have one hundred
and forty miles of stone sidewalk. Mucn
stone is shipped from there to other
cities for sidewalk use. It is quarried IN
large slabs.
Rev. Thomas d. Wallace, pastor OF
the First Presbyterian church of Cnl-
cago, has been secured to deliver the
baccalaurate sermon at Kansas unlVer-
sity at the June commencement.
There has never been boy valedic-
torian among any of the graduates nf
the Atchison high school. The race for
the honor this year was very close De-
tween boy and a girl and the girl
won.
From ElDorado: By the decision OF
the supreme court in affirming the YER
diet of the district court, G. 0. Boards
lev, of this city. will have to serve thlr-
tv-five months in the city prison and
pay $4,000 fine for violating the prohlb-
itory liquor law.
Atchison Champion: Eggs seem to
have been a staple product on the Cen
trail Branch lately. Five cars of eggs
from this road were shipped from here
last week. one for New York and two
each for Pennsylvania and California.
One car of poultry was sent to California.
W. D. Peyton, of Emporia, lost his
house bv fire. Loss, $4,000 or $4,000;
insurance, S6,O00 No one was in the
house except Mrs. Peyton, who was not
awakened until all escape was cut OFF.
She climbed out of a second-stOry WIN
dow and was rescued by the tiremen.
Commencement exercises of the Lyon
county schools took place at Whitley S
opera house in Emporia. The gradu-
Ating class consisted of thirty-fve young
ladies and fortv-one young men. The
salutatory was delivered by Miss Flor
! ence B. Christian and the valedictory
by Roy Triggs.
A flowing we'll has been struck at the
depth of 868 feet on the Nye farm, near
Thayer. When the drill was withdrawn
the oil gushed to the height of ten or
twelve feet and has continued flowing
since. The work at the several ether
wells is being pushed as expeditiously
as possible, with good indications OF
successful finds.
Topeka Journal: DR.. Geo. Dick, of
this city, has horse which seems to
possess the faculty of Judgment. The
doctor drives the horse to his office ey-
cry day, except on Sunday, and then he
is driven to the Presbyterian church.
He has learned the system so we'll that
now his driver LAYS down the lines,
and the horse trots to the office, if on a
week day, but on Sunday he goes to the
church without line being drawn. He
has done this repeatedly.
Atchison Globe: Farmers say the
country is swarming with tramps, who
beg food at farm houses during the day
and sleep out under the trees at night
The tramps steal great deal of garden
truck at night, which they eat at their
camp fires. A good many of the farm
ers have quit giving them food, as the
demand has been too great of late. Ar
Atchison man who drove to Huron re-
Gently says he saw at least fifty tramp:
along the road.
Neodesha special: Another gushel
was found in the Neodesha oil fields. A
charge of sixty quarts of nitro glycerin'
was lowered into the Theo. johnson
we'll, $50 feet deep, followed directly by
q fifteen pound "go devil" which ex
ploded the nitro glycerine charge, ant
the grand sight was on. For fully ff
teen minutes the oil Was thrown many
feet above the top of the seventy -fou
, foot derrick and continued to flow at IN
, tervals until stream of oil fully eigh
inches deep was flowing through ra
vine leading from the well. Work oil
the storage tanks has begun and is be
ing pushed vigorously. Some of thes
have a capacity of 10000 barrels.
When the second day of the Kansa
Knights of Pythias grand lodge meet
ing opened over 1900 members of tn
3 order were in Leavenworth, and the at
: tendance was the largest ever known i
: this state. At the grand lodge meetin
! officers for the next year were selecte
: as follows Grand Chancellor, 2. {
: LOOMS, Galena; vice chancellor, {
7 E. Elliott, Wellington; grand prelat'
e Robert McGonigle, Colby; grand maste
e at arms, J. H. E. Wiegant, Leaver
worth; grand keeper records and seals
Gus. J. hubert, Kansas City; gran
# master exchequer, F. S. Larribee, Stat
e ford: grand inner guard, w. A. S. BirC
i Topeka; grand outer guard, W. |
Swartzel, Parsons.
d The grand council of United CONNER
e cial Travellers will meet at Wichita Ma
% and 26. The ladies, working as tra1
= cling saleswomen, are now knocking *
admission into the order. The supren
n council will consider the question of az
hitting them in June. at their meetin
in Columbus, Ohio. Councils from Tt
ct peka, Salina, EmpOria, Hutchinsol
II Fort Scott and other cities will sen
ct large delegations TO this convention
"a Onlv members of the order and their Il
a. dies will be admitted to the banque
Mayor Cox will deliver the welcomin
address. The travellers claim the ere,
l. it for the building of the new auditor
IS um and propose to dedicate it. A
~ elaborate programme has been pr
'e pared.
Topeka Capital: Pink Persely, Il
night porter at the Hotel Throop, VI
- moving some trunks to an upper flo
and had them on the baggage elevate
when, at the second floor, the elevat
= suddenly dropped. and in the drop