Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Markes.
Hutchinson will have poultry show
Decem Der 1918.
The Rock Island railroad is building
a roundhouse at Caldwell.
Fort Scott will expend SIS. 600 on
waterworks improvement
A valuable vein of coal has been dis
covered ten miles west of Emporia-
Wilson. in Ellsworth county. is said
to be the greatest egg shipping point
in the west.
Charles Good died at Waldo the other
day. He weighed 300 pounds and
measured feet 6.
The latest government crop report
80 and of wheat at 20.
The Hiawatha schools have discarded
the Spencerian system of writing and
adopted the vertical system
1t is said 81 fire departments from
over Kansas will attend the reunion
and carnival at Topeka Sept IS to Oc
tober &
Ed P. Greer, of Winfield, who was
born. in Kansas, has a boy old enough
to go away to college Kansas is get
ting old.
1t was rumored that the Santa Fe
railroad would lease all its Kansas coal
mines to a fuel company in Kansas
City, Mo.
Gen. Merritt. in command of Fort
Leavenworth, says the troops at that
point will join the old soldiers at the
Topeka reunion.
The September state crop bulletin
credits Doniphan county with the high
est average corn yield in the States
bushels per acre.
Lon Holding and Judge Tucker, free
silver repu blicans, are publishing
campaign paper at Wichita advocating
Bryan's election.
George w. Crane is trying to get the
courts to prohibit the American Book
Co. from doing business in Kansas On
the ground that it is trust.
The 31st school year of the state uni
versity at Lawrence opened on the 9th
under most favora BILE auspices An at
tendance of /, 900 was expected.
Mayor Selig, of Lawrence, vetoed a.
curfew ordinance passed by the coun-
Gil and all the youths and maidens of
the town are singing the mayors
praises.
The city schools of Phillipsburgh
have been closed on account of an cpl
demic of diphtheria and children
under 16 were prohibited from going
on the streets.
The Ellsworth Land & Cattle Co.. in
Ellsworth county, was recently at
tached for debt The company owns
e. 600 acres of land and fed 2,7OO head
of cattle, on which they lost.
lola had a three days gas carnival
recently. Large crowds of visitors
were in attendance and speeches were
made by Hon. Tom Watson, of Georgia;
Of
and others.
A number of valuable pearls have
been found in the Neosho river near
Burlington and Ottumwa lately. In
one case a stone was found which, it is
claimed, would be worth 5000 with
proper setting.
The Amity irrigation canal and un
derfiow ditch has been completed and
opens a new era for western Kansas.
1t extends from Lamar, Col, to Coo
lidge, Kan, and waters a very rich
soil. 1t cost 81, 600, 900.
Following are dates for the joint
debates between Jerry Simpson and
Chester 1. Long in the Seventh con-
gressional district: Hutchinson, Sep
TENDER %; Newton. "a; Wellington,
&c; Harper, 20; Great Bend, October I;
Wichita, s.
The handsome nome Tor OlSa DleQ
Kansas masons. at Wichita was dedi-
Gated on the 10th. 1t was purchased
by the grand .odge from Robert E.
Lawrence for SCI ,OOO. During Wichi-
ta's boom days MIR. Lawrence built
1t for 5000
A Wichita lad has received big
coyalty from wholesale house on a
little paper bag he invented. The bag
is fastened at the top by a metal strip
which holds it very tight and no Irvine
is needed. Irvine for ,OOO bags would
cost IL cents. The lad refused So, 600
for his right
When the improvements now in
progress at the soldiers orphans home
at Atchison are completed the institu-
lion will have accommodations for car
ing for 275 children, and will be. SD
perintendent Faulkner says, one of the
most modern and commodious in the
United States
Gov. Morrill, appointed Orrin ]. Pc
terson. son of eX-Sherif Peterson, .
police commissioner of Kansas City in
place of o. @ Clafiin. resigned. Peter
the appointment was made, it is ST.
legged to restore harmony in the re-
pu blicau ranks in Wvandotte county.
William Blaylock and Charles Pound,
life prisoners in the state penitentiary,
made bold attempt to escape the
other day. They were working at the
bottom of 72O-foot mine, but daring
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