Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-23
STATE NEWS.


ty. at the last meeting of the county
commissioners, paid $1,000 for the in
significant rabbit scalp.
The citizens of Horton have shipped
carload of provisions and clothing tc
Sherman county. A large amount was
also raised for the poor of Horton.
Ottawa: Quite a little excitement
has been caused by the discovery, while
drilling on well on J. L. Hatfeld'e
farm, just west of this city, of six-foot
vein of coal. The coal is quite hard and
was discovered at depth of fifty feet
Mr.. Hatfield has purchased fifteen acres
on the strength of the find, and pro-
poses to work the mine at once
The new police board of Fort Scott
has served notice on all the saloons to
be closed permanently and have given
out that the prohibitorv law will be
strictly enforced. AS eleven saloons
have been paying fine of $105 a month
it will deprive the city of revenue OF
81, 155, which more than paid the ex-
pense of the entire police department.
The colored Masons of Atchison, who
compose one of the largest organizations
in the state, have purchased building
at the corner of Second and Commercial
streets, and will convert it into hand
some structure for lodge purposes The
lower floor will be rented as a store
room. They paid $4,000 for the building
and ground.
Wichita special Charles A. Watkins,
AZ years old. at one time a prominent
real estate operator here, was found
dead in a cottage in the sonth part of
town where he lived alone. The body
lay on the floor attired in night clothes.
Severe bruises on the head and hands
indicate that Watkins was sand bagged
into Inconsistencies and left to freeze
to death.
Mrs Jane Martin, mother of the late
Governor John A. Martin, of Kansas,
has been critically i'll at the home of
Atchison. Mrs. Martin is now almost
81 pears old Mrs Martin and an
elder sister, Miss Belle Crawford, who is
in her 95th year, have been living here
in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Mills
since 1890
What is thought will do more to i'm
prove conditions in the regular army
than any measure adopted in years past
is the introductiono of the Kelley cure for
alcoholism and the opium habit upon
such plan as TO give both officers and
private soldiers an opportunity of re-
ceiving it's benefits, an institute having
been opened and the first treatment
given with DR.. Leslie E. Keeley's noted
cloride of gold cure remedy, by DR..
Brown, Kelley physician, to class of
twelve soldiers, at Fort Leavenworth.
Severance News: While splitting up
the trunk of a large cote wood tree,
Ed. Clark discovered an iron bar two
feet long and one inch thick imbedded
in its center. The discovery is the Sc
quel of another story. Twenty years
ago when Ed. was freckle- faced school
boy, and daily patron of the swimming
hole below Hooper's Ford, and when
the tree was in its infancy, he found
this iron on the farm and placed it in
the fork of the tree. Gradually, it be-
came imbedded in the tree, until at last
it was entirely concealed. Ed. removed
it and now it hangs in his kitchen,
valuable souvenir of his boyhood days.
Ottawa special: Six stores, four offices
and hotel lie in ashes as the result of
a fire, and $4,000, will scarcely repre-
sent the amount of property destroyed.
It originated in the book store of Clark
Bros, on Main street. Clark Bros. book
o. IL,
store, G. B. Jones' boot and shoe store,
j. G. Shomo's book and jeweIry store.
A. Morrison's drug store and j. @. Arm
strong's iewelry store we're burned, to-
gether with the Hamblin house and
George Stinebaugh's insurance Office, @.
B. Mason's law Office, Parkinson's land
Office and the offices of Davis and Gil
lev, physicians. Two buildings were
burned to the ground, and the third
completely ruined. They were all three
story brick blocks, located on the prin-
cipal business corner of the city.
A few weeks ago d. L. Holloway,
hardware merchant of Dewitt, Neb., To-
Gated his mother whom he has been try
ing to find for twenty-five years, in
AIchison, in the person of Mrs. E. r.
Wentworth. Mrs. Wentworth was mar
ried about thirty years ago to man
named Holloway, who died. Her son
was taken by relatives, from whom he
ran away, and went in search Of his
mother. She married E. r. Wentworth,
and moved to place unknown to her
son. She tried to locate him for long
time. but was unsuccessful. and finally
thought he must be dead. Years rolled
by, and Holloway went into business in
Dewitt, Neb He had occasion to go
to Irving, Kan, not long ago, and acct
dentallv got into conversation with
brother of E. r. Wentworth, who told
him where his mother could be found.
He went to see her at once, and the
meeting is said to have been very af-
fectionate one. Mrs. Wentworth has
been i'll for long time and died last
week. but her son was at her bedside
when she breathed her last.
The Globe wants the city of Atchi-
son taken out of the county high school
district 1t says the school is of no
more benefit to Atchison than it is to
Jerusalem, although it has cost the city
thousands of dollars.
Topeka Journal: Postmaster Arnold
has received two brand new flags from
Uncle Sam, and one of them is flying
now 1t is only five by eight feet in di-
mensions, and will be used every day.
The other Is ten by nineteen feet, and
will be used only on holidays and gala