Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-27
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The rock for the extensive addition to
The Soldiers Orphans home building
at Atchison will be quarried on the
ground.
Ell Dorado Republican: An agent of
Canada mandatory is in the county
buying walnut timber. A good walnut
tree Is worth a good deal Of money.
The CLYDE Herald gives a statement
of the membership of the various secret
societies in Clyde that calls the Green
leaf Journal down on its claim that
Greenleaf is one of the greatest secret
order towns in northern Kansas. Clyde
has II different lodges with total
membership of 1929. The population
of the town is only 1900.
Chief Robertson, of the Fort Scott pc
lice, has determined to rid the city of
all that class of people who come under
the vagrancy law as printed in the city
ordinances. He has had largo cards
printed for the purpose OF giving all va
grants. idlers and treaspassers on rail-
way companies grounds due notice to
get away before being arrested.
Fl. Leavenworth item: Seven thous-
and pairs of campaign shoes manufac-
tured in the prison shoe department,
were shipped to the clothing and equip
ment department at st. Louis. 1t is
proposed to distribute the surplus shoes
on hand when the prison is trans
ferred, to the different posts throughout
the army. The manufacturing of rub
Der heeled shoes still continues.
James Stickler, who is credited with
being the first farmer in Kansas to
plant a fruit orchard, died at his farm
west Of Atkinson last week. He was 80
years of age and settled in Atchison
county in 1854. A portion of one of
his trees planted when he first settled
here was exhibited at the Centennial at
Philadelphia.
ElDorado Republican: Lena Luen-
berger, who lives south of Leon, is re-
covering. A week ago door blew shut
on her, driving the iron latch two inches
and half into the front of her skull.
After three days of Inconsistencies the
doctors trepanned the skull and sewed
up the wound and she is now doing
nicely.
John Manson, the 49, year-old son OF
John Manson, of Lancaster. was iu-
stantly killed last week. He was haul
ing manure in his fathers orchard, and
was standing in the front end of the
wagon. The team coming to sudden
stop, he was thrown over the dash board.
This frightened the horses and they be-
gan to kick, and lunging forward, drew
the wagon over Manson's head, fractur-
ing the skull. He died a few minutes
afterwards.
Congressman o. l.. Miller, of the sec
ond Kansas district, has appointed John
III. Watson, of Shawnee, johnson county,
for a cadetship at West Point military
academy Watson Is 20 years old and
is a son of James Watson, a prominent
johnson county farmer. He is also a
brother Of George and Arch Watson, two
prominent young lawyers of Kansas
City, Kan. He is a graduate of the
Lawrence high school and is now a
member of the junior class in the Kan
sas university at Lawrence He will go
to West Point and take the first ex-
animation on June 5.
From LaCygne: A boy about IA
fears old who has been making his home
With Mrs. Shepard, near Twin Springs,
was leading a young mule to water, and
the halter rope became wrapped around
his arm in such manner that he could
not get it loose. The mule became fright
ened and ran away, dragging the boy
all over the lot and through hedge
fence, killing him instantly. It is said
the boys head was split wide open on
the crown and that his body was a mass
of hedge thorus. The young fellow had
been taken to raise by Mrs. Shepard,
having previously been an inmate OF the
Orphans Home in Kansas CITY.
Proceedings we're had before Judge
Benson in Ottawa, over the foreclosure
Of mortgage on the Parkinson & Mum
day tract of 1000 acres, near Pomona.
This property is under mortgage for
$4,000. A nice point of law was raised
by w. II. Clark, attorney for Mr.. Park
Inson. Cornell university, which holds
a mortgage for $4,000 on note matur-
Ing February, 1894, demanded II per
cent interest from that date. This was
opposed by Mr.. Clark and the attorneys
of the second and third mortgages, who
claim that under the bond only per
cent could be had. Judge Benson de-
cided that no more than 6 per cent could
be legally collected. A SIX months stay
Of proceedings follows.
The city authorities of AtchiEon are
talking Of making an attempt to com
pei the county commissioners to pay the
city $500, which was paid out last
year for taking care of patients during
the smallpox epidemic. The city au-
thorities claim that the state law pro-
vides the county shall take care or all
paupers and pauper sick. AS all the
persons who were cared for at the pest
house were paupers it is claimed that
the city should not have been CON-
PEELED 60 pay the expenses OF taking
care of them. There is at present q