Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-01-12
STATE NEWS.
Sabetha people are agftatiEg water
works and electric lights.

works and electric lights.
Labette county received the flag for
having the greatest enrolment of teach
ers at the state association.
Beloit has several more miles of stone
sidewalk than it had year ago. 1t is
the best town for stone sidewalks in
Kansas, excepting Winfield.
Burr Oak Herald: Burr Oak is
neither dead nor sleeping Arrange
ments are being made to erect several
stone and brick business houses in town
during 1895.
Green Baker. wealthy farmer near
Atchison slashed Will Slatterv with a
knife few days ago. Worry over the
affair caused Bakers mother to become
violently insane and she died.
Leaders in the anti-lottery movement
in Kansas City, Kan, now assert that
there is no doubt that the Kansas leg
islature, will pass such bill. "And Gov
ernor Morrill, will not hesitate to sign
it, said close friend of the governor
elect.
A large force of mon and teams are at
work of improving the Atchison fair
grounds for the fair and races next
summer. The races on the "a, 25 and 26
of July will be big event. The cleo
trio street car line is being extended to
the fair grounds.
William Peyton, the 18-year-old son
George Peyton, farmer living one
mile east of Hammond, Bourbon county,
was brutally assaulted in his fathers
house by a burglar and lay uncon-
scious for an hour and half before the
fact of the assault was discovered.
From Reading: Dr. Mullens shot and
killed William Blake at Arvonia, six
miles southeast of here. Both were
drunk and the trouble occurred over
some trivial matter Blake had lived at
Arvonia for several years. Mullens is a
young physician of Lebo. He declares
that he shot in self defense.
Holton Recorders University notes
We are quite sure no other school in
the state has made as large an addi-
tion to its equipment this year as Camp
bell university We have purchased a
fine telescope, the entire outfit of a
school of physical culture in Des Moines,
Iowa, several fine casts of statues for
the Art School, and are now considering G
the purchase of tablet chairs for some
of the recitation rooms.
The fourth annual convention of the
Interstate Literary association was in
A Il, L.
dred delegates attended from Kansas, Ne
braska and Missouri The society is
one of the largest colored literary as
sociations in the United States, its presi-
dent being James A. Page. of Topeka.
Tue papers are intelligently written and
discussions are attracting considerable
attention even among the white people.
Among the papers read was one by
Tilfred Davis, of Kansas City.
The state board of public works Wis
tied Atchison to investigate the advisa-
bility of erecting three cottages at the
Soldiers Orphans home, and making
other improvements which will involve
an expenditure of 100000. The home
will not accommodate one-half of the
homeless children. 1t is understood that
Superintendent Faulkner is to prepare
a bill asking the legislature for an ap-
preparation to cover the cost of the con-
templated buildings. The board will
recommend the appropriation.
Wichita Beacon: ''All trains flag
crossings" in this city," said Detective
Bedford Woods ''That is fact The
trains in and out of Wichita do not stop
for the crossings, but flag in and out.
This tramp problem is getting to be a
mighty important question for the peo-
pie to wrestle with. If we should put
third of the tramps in jail that dai-
ly visit the city we would fill the city
building and the county building and
then there would be lots of the buns
left out. They don't care for being put
behind the bars Hear the rascals sing
down stairs. Tvs warm here and they
get something to eat. Kansas is a
tramp's paradise"
Beloit correspondence of Atchison
Champion: Beloit, as a town, has Jared
well the past year. To be sure but lit
tie money has been made by her busi-
nSoS OuO oil VI GAOm A0pb
their heads above water. Some have
adopted the cash system, and not one
Of them has succumbed to the hard
times. Liberality has been displayed
by them with the printers, for they
have had faith in printers ink. They
have kept the columns of our three
newspapers hot telling the people where
to come to buy goods. The town has
been free from epidemics. There have
been no disastrous fires, thanks to our
efficient fire department. The nine
churches in this city, all having houses
of worship. have been literally patron
lied, and our three school houses are
getting too small for Beloit's increasing
population. Some new residences have
been built, while others have been fixed
over. Our secret lodges are increasing
their membership, and work is progress
ing on the new wing of the state IN
dustrial school for girls. Take it all
round Belolt has better prospects be-
fore her than IN all the twenty years of
her history The handsome title of 'sGem
City of the Solomon Valley" is and will
always remain a reality as far IS Be-
lott is concerned.