Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-06
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


Great Spirit Springs, near Cawker
City, is in litigation.
Another promising vein of coal has
been struck near Atchison.
The Osawatomie creamery building
will be turned into canning factory.
Beloit's registration beats the record.
being $40. The issue was to close the
joints.
The Fort Scott public library has re-
ceived 500 check from Eugene F.
Ware for use in the magazine depart
ment.
The Sterling Bulletin says the Ster-
lingIyons telephone line is meeting
with encouragement and will probably
be erected.
At lola the criminal libel suit against
Senator John Martin has been contin-
ued by consent to the June term of the
district court.
Nickerson Odd Fellows have bought
two story brick business building, the
upper part of which they will utilize for
lodge purposes.
Weir City has 1866 pupils in it's public
schools, and voted on a proposition
to issue $4,000 in bonds for a new
Ichool house April 2.
Atchison will endeavor to refund the
$4,000 of bonds issued to purchase the
site of the State Soldiers Orphans home.
Thov fall dJ7o T771I1
One third of those who registered for
the city elections in Emporia are women.
The women registered number about
800 which is 800 more than were ever on
the books before
Fully 400 school teachers are expected
to attend the annual meeting of the
/ Northeastern Teachers association
which will be held in Kansas City, Kan,
April Is, 19and 20.
AtSeneca, Mrs James Brannaugh and
her two sons started for church, when
the horse turned around, upsetting the
cart Mrs. Brannaugh received inter
nal injuries from which she died.
Alma has lost by fire a two-story
stone building occupied by stock of
furniture all of which was burned. A
two story frame building was torn down
while on fire to save the rest of the
| block.
At Sedgwick burglars entered the
| postoffice and blew open the safe, but
failed to get the cash box open. After
taking everything of value they could
find, the thieves stole horse and buggy
and escaped.
The Monitor says the Fort Scott Nor
NAL school has been worth $4,000 a
year to that city and advocates the prop
osltion for the city to issue bonds to
pay the debts and repair the buildings
of the college.
The Masonic fraternity of Pittsburg
have decided upon building fine tenn
pie. It will be IS by ITO feet. located
on the corner of Fourth and Broadway,
and five stories high. Nearly every
room in the proposed structure has been
contracted for on five years lease.
Hiawatha World: William Preble, of
Everest, was running an emery wheel,
when the belt ran off the wheel on the
shaft above his head. His jacket caught
on a sprocket wheel on the shaft. In a
second he was wound around the shaft
twice when fortunately the belt broke
and his life was saved, though how was
the mystery He was taken off hang
ing head downward. Every stitch of
his clothing had been torn off. He was
badly bruised.
Capital: Ex-Consul John J. Waller,
formerly United States consul at Tama-
tive, Madagascar, who is under arrest
by the French, is colored man from
Kansas. He was born in Missouri, in
slavery He was one of the slaves con-
fscated by Federal troops in 1862 and
sent into Iowa, being then eleven years
old. He is an attorney at law and at
the time of his appointment practiced
law in Topeka. He was prominent in
politics, being an elector of President
Harrison in 1888. He is spoken of very
highly as man we'll read in the law and
of good habits. He had the best of APP
plication papers when he was appointed
by President Harrison consul at Tama-
tive in February 1891.
Commissioners Frost of the state irri-
cation board has selected three points
in the Southwestern district at which
wells and irrigation plants would be To-
Gated. They are as follows: In Hamil-
ton county near the east line; in Grant
county at point six miles south of
Ulysses; in Gray county at a point six
miles south of Cimarron. Com mis-
sioner Tomblin has selected point one
mile east of Goodland in Sherman county
and point near Almena, Norton county,
as the locations of the two plants allotted
him. Commissioner Sutton has not de-
cided upon the location of his two
plants, but thinks he will place one each
in Logan and Scott counties. Commits
sioner Frost expects to trust to wind
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