Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-11-03
STATE NEWS.

gas Tor mOGlVe power.
The recent suspended bank at Jen.
nings, Decatur county. has paid its de-
positors III full and will soon resume
| business.
The Wichita city officials have tele-
graphed TO brokerage firm in New
York their acceptance of bid on the
bonds voted to bore for gas, oil, etc,
amounting to $4,000. The broker in
question offered par value for the bonds.
R. M. De Garmo, of Pittsburg, who
is said to be the largest owner of unin-
numbered lands in the state, died there
last week after an operation for cancer
of the stomach, with which he has been
afflicted twenty years.
Oil was struck at Caney, on lots owned
by Mr.. Fugate, at depth of 85 feet.
A well was being drilled for water, and
the presence of oil was noticed By
lowering bucket number of times six
or seven gallons of genuine oil were Sc
cured
Emporia Republican: The flag rails
ing at the school house in District No
53 was an occasion of unusual interest
A programme was rendered consisting
of music, recitation, and declamations
by the pupils Speeches were delivered
by the county superintendent, members
of the school board and others. A num-
ber of citizens from the city were present.
Wichita Special: James Herman, a
farmer living six miles west of here. was
fatally shot during the night by a
stranger He got out of bed and went
to the we'll for drink There he sud
denly ran up against a man on horse
back, who shot him without word.
Herman, in dying condition, dragged
himself to the house and the man es-
capped.
The county clerk made report to the
auditor of the state of the amount of
delinquent taxes to be credited to Shaw
noe county as required by law. The
report shows a very small delinquentage
compared with year ago.
The delinquent taxes are as follows:
Personal property y................ 1902. OF
Real estate ...........- ............ 1S9. 63
halIroad .-..-. Observation-Disclosures. 6S7.l6
Topeka Journal: The office of poor
commissioner will be conducted differ
entity this season from heretofore. Up
to this time people able to prove them
selves worthy of charity, were given
flour, potatoes and other provisions as
we'll as fuel, by the poor commissioner.
Now the applicants must go without this
small assistance and go to the poor farm,
or take care of themselves, leaving no
middle course. There is no doubt but
under the old system the county was in
many cases imposed upon, and the change
was made largely to remedy this feature.
Some of the farmers in the vicinity of
Lane, Franklin county. are engaging
largely in the culture of tobacco. Fully
200 acres have been grown this year, and
the venture has proven SO profitable that
next year the acreage will be more than
doubled. Several men have more than
ten acres each. The yield this year
was about 1,500 pounds to the acre,
which is good. As the price in the Gin
clnnati market, where all of it is sold, is
10 cents pound, and the cost of grow !
ing it is not more than $50 an acre, it
is readily seen that the crop was profit /
able one. One man bought farm |
year ago for $4,000, and raised $4,000
worth of tobacco this year in addition to |
a sufficient value of other crops to meet
all his expenses for the season, leaving
him as net profit so per cent on the cost
Of his farm. The quality of the tobacco
raised in Franklin county is excellent, /
MI fox 1a4
5he best tobacco growing districts OF
Kentucky.
From Winfield: This city was visit
ed by severe storm Saturday night,
Oct. 20. The storm came from the south
west and was about two miles wide. J.
P. Baden's warehouse was totally de-
stroyed, and the store of J. B. Linn was
lnroofed and damaged to the extent of
1900. Baden's damage will amount
20 $4,000. Plate glass was broken in
several business houses and trees and
were thrown around in a
way. The damage to prop
,rty in this respect will amount to about
$4,000. Geuda Springs, eighteen miles
southwest of this city. suffered a great
oss. Several business houses and dwell
ngs were blown to pieces. The heavi-
'st losses are: Nat Wells, one-storv
rame blown to atoms; Tom Royal, one
tory frame business house blown away;
Teal livery barn, total loss; Hubbel
block, total loss; Pond Lumber company
'ard scattered and Office blown awav;
Albright block, damage $4,000. DIR.
)ufield, who was in his buggy, was
'lown over and received internal injuries.
The bus on its way from the train with
drs. Ayers and Mr.. Wood inside, was
'lown over, but both escaped unhurt.
The billiard hall had the roof blown off.
Barns and outbuildings are down gener-
lily. A fiat car loaded with coal stand
ng on the switch was blown out on the
lain track and was found Sunday morn
lg mile west of Arkansas City. A
arm on the Gilstrap farm was blown
own the hill into the Arkaneas river.
10 lives were lost and the damages are
at something near $4,000.