The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-09

departments The northern depart
ment is constituted of the counties OF
Wyandotte, Leavenworth, johnson,
Douglas, Shawnee, Wabaunsee, Morris,
Dickinson, Saline, Ellsworth, Ellis, Rus
sell, Trego, Cove, Logan, Wallace, and
all counties lying north of said coun-
ties.
The southern department is composed
of all the counties lying south of the
counties above named. These two de-
partments are each divided into three
divisions, known as the eastern, CEN
trail and western divisions. The east
ern division of the northern depart
ment is the largest and most important
division in the state, being composed
Of the counties of Wyandotte, johnson,
Douglas, Shawnee, Wabaunsee, Potta-
watomia, jackson, jefferson, Leaven-
worth, Atchison, Doniphan, Brown,
Nemana and Morris, with terms of
court at Topeka. The central division
of the same department is constituted
of the counties of Marshall, Geary.
Riley, Washington, Clay, Dickinson,
Saline, Ottawa, Cloud. Republic, Jewell,
Mitchell, Lincoln, Ellsworth, Osborne,
and Smith, with terms of court at Con-
cordia- The western division of the
northern department consists of the
remaining counties of the north
ern department, with terms of
court at Colby. The eastern divi-
ision of the southern department
is made up of the counties of Miami,
Linn, Bourbon, Crawford. Cherokee,
Labette, Neosho, Allen, Anderson,
Franklin, Usage, Coffey, Woodson, Will
son, Montgomery. Chautauqua and
Elk, with terms of court at Fort Scott.
The central division of the southern
department consists of the counties Of
Lyon, Greenwood, Chase, Marion, Nc
Pherson. Reno, Harvey, Butler, Sedg-
wick, Kingman, Barber, Harper, Sum-
ner, and Cowley. with terms of court
at Wichita. The western division of
the southern department consists of
the remaining counties of the south
ern department, with terms of court at
Garden City. The judges appointed by
Gov. Morrill, few days ago will hold
their term of office until January 1,
1897. The law provides that at the
general election in 1895 their success
sors shall be elected by the people.
The salary of the appellate judges is
fixed at 81, 500 per year.
Washin gtOn's Birthday.
House bill No. 1877, which became a
law early in the session, makes Feb
ruary 22-Washington's birthday-a le-
gal holiday. For several years past the
public schools in Kansas have been OBJ
serving this day as holiday, but not
until the bill above mentioned was
passed has it been made a legal one.
The bill was passed during the first
three weeks of the session and was
signed by the governor about February
1, and was very generally observed as
a holiday on the ed.
FOR Western Kansas Sufferers.
One of the practical things done by
the session just closed was that of
sending aid to the destitute in western
Kansas. During the cold, clustering
days of January train after train load
| of coal left the state mines at Leaven-
worth bound for western Kansas,
where the destitute were suffering.
| Two appropriations of So, 900 each was
made for this purpose in the enact
ment of senate bill and house bill
| No. s62.
The sending of coal was n OF all the
aid rendered, however. More than
500, 900 were appropriated for the pur-
| pose of furnishing seed grain to the
farmers of the western part of the
state. The provisions of this appropri-
alton are such as make this seed only a
| loan, and caused much dissatisfaction
in some counties, few of them refus-
| ing to accept any seed from the state
at all under such conditions.
The railroad commissioners have
charge of the distribution of the grain,
and while they find numerous COM
plants as to the conditions imposed by
the state yet they have demands for
seed grain to the full amount of the
appropriation, and will have no diff
Guilty in distributing all they are au-
| thorized to disburse under the pro-
| visions of the bill, which is senate bill
No. 54I.
For the Grand Army of the Republic.
The Grand Army of the Republic has
no cause for complaint in the matter
of legislation. For several years that
organization has been asking for a
room in the state house in which to es-
ia blish museum. Senate bill No. 365.
| which was passed unanimously through
| both houses of the legislature, pro-
| vides for this very thing. The museum
is ia be in charge of some one to be ap-
| pointed by the department command
er. The only cost to the state involved
is that Of fitting up a suite of two OF
more rooms in the state house for the
purpose designated, after which all the
expense of retaining the museum is t.
be borne by the G. A. R.
The law provides that in said rooms
shall be stored and properly displayed
such records, relics, flags, banners and
mementos of the service of Individual
and organizations who fought in tbs
late war of the rebellion as shall nov
be or may come into the possession o
the Grand Army of the state of Kansas
or which shall from time to time come
into possession of such Grand Arm,
museum, all such records being at al
times under suitable rules and regula
tons accessible to the members of th'
Grand Army of the Republic or other
engaged in collecting historical infor
nation; it being understood that Their,