Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-31
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Inc new mdSOhtC hOLlO ah tfiShito
was damaged Sc, 900 by a fire the other
night.
Wheat prospects in central Kansas
are pronounced the finest for many
years
The free delivery system in country
districts is being tried in Wyandotts
county.
James Sill, of Emporia, an inraate OF
the Topeka insane asylum, is also deaf
and dumb.
Editor Scott, of the lola Register.
has good fan Which he would like to
trade for pair of skates
The office of United States Coffimis-
sioner Perry, at Kansas City. Kan, has
been declared vacant, Mr.. Perry hav-
ing removed from the state.
The Topeka society of-the Battle of
the Blue, which occurred at Westport,
Mo-, October %, 1864, celebrated the
32d anniversary of the event
The 1897 meeting of the state irriga-
ton convention will be held at Law
renee The meeting will be made the
occasion of great irrigation fair.
A lone bandit entered the depot at
Saffordsvil1e at three o'clock the other
morning and relieved the frightened
agent of all the ready cash in sight
The Kansas supreme court decided
that Thomas E. Watson's name should
remain on the fusion electoral ticket
Mr.. Watson had ordered it taken off.
M. E. Stevens, bookkeeper for the
Neosho Valley bank at Chetopa, COM
mitted suicide by shooting while alone
in the bank the other day. Poor
health was the cause
Roy Evans, an Emporia boy, will
pitch for the ST. Louis National league
baseball team next year. Another
Kansas boy, young Mr.. Geer, of Linn
county, is pitching for the Cleveland
team.
The Kansas Council Independent
Order of Redmen, in session at Chanute,
elected E. w. Poindexter, of Topeka,
grand sachem; c. A. Wolf, of Atchison,
grand secretary and Joo Ennis, of
| Girard, grand treasurer.
Frank Williams. OF Leavenworth,
went home drunk the other night and
| tried to whip his wife. but she picked
up a shotgun and, although her aim
| was faulty, she managed to fill his arr1
with shot from wrist to elbow.
Postmaster Pepperil1, of Concordia.
was forced to resign as secretary OF
the democratic state committee. He
was requested by the postmaster-gen-
eral to either do that or resign his po-
| sition postmaster, SO he chosc TO
hold on to the postmastership.
The body of child, prematurely
born, was recently found in an aban-
aoned well at Russell. 1t was in
eunay sack under six feet of ashes.
| Joe Cady, who was arrested for undue
| intimacy with his step-daughter, is ac-
cused of the crime.
The 18th anniversary of the found
L, r T,,fh a t.
| Lindsborg was celebrated recently.
| During the Is years the college has
| graduated PCS students. This years
enrolment is 437 The college is pros
pering in every way.
George NJ. Munger, of Eureka, viii
| be candidate for United States sena-
| tor if the populists control the next
legislature. Besides owning several
| hundred acres of land in Greenwood
county, Mr.. Munger is proprietor of a
big laundry in Kansas City.
| John Casad, of Labctte county, is
| the father of 10 sons and six dau yhters,
all of whom are alive The local pa
per declares that at 70 years of age
| Mr.. Casad is as vi gorous and happy as
though he had never been worried by
the bringing up of a single child.
At Peabody the other day Arthur and
tOlt1e slower, dSeu ulnt anu oCfChi NSA y
left at home alone. They got to play.
ing with a revolver, and while in
Arthur's hands the weapon was dis
charged and a bullet struck Ollie In
the right eye, ranging downward and
killing him instantly.
The Woman's Home and Foreign
Missionary societies of the English
Lutheran church of Kansas, in session
at Lawrence, elected Mrs Alice u.
: Bond, of Ottawa, president; Mrs Will
liams, of Peabody, recording secretary
Mrs. Oberholtzer, of Salina. correspond
ing secretary and Mrs. Hoffer, EN-
poria, treasurer.
Rev. Don S. Colt, who recently re.
signed the pastorate OF the NJ e;
church at Wichita to accept a call
to Allegheny City. Pa, is having
trouble about the matter. Before Rev.
| Colt reached Allegheny City the Pitts
burgh conference had designated a
| mem Der of its own body to take charge
: of the Allegheny City church
1t is related that in Gray county
there is school district in which bu1
single family resides The family
consists of a man, his wife and nine
children The man, his wife and one
: son elect themselves trustees of the dis
trict and employ one of the daughters
of the family as scnooi-teacher at
salary of s35 month Non-residen
taxpayers foot the expenses
The grand lodge of Select Knight
A. o. U. W., in session at Hutchinson
elected w. T. Bancroft, Kansas City
past grand commander; Ben d. Lillard
!. Ottawa, grand commander; E. M
I Forde, Emporia, grand recorder; L.
] Nettleton, Ottawa, grand treasurer
: Ed Fl. Wheeler. Colony, and w. T. Ban
VI croft, Kansas City, supreme represent
S atives; A. NJ Davis, Colony, gran
: medical director.
Mrs Ross Burns, of Topeka, has pur
+ chased for 81, 900 the large painting
a s.The Battle of the Blue" and will pre-
: sent it to the Shawnee county distrie
n court to ornament the court room
l. The Y. NJ C. A has ten city, 10 co
/, lege and one railroad association, wit
an active membership of g. COS One