Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24

). A R., has prepared some interest
ing data regarding the recent Memo
rial day observance He says 333 posts
observed the day with 5,O44 We terans
in line The graves of 12.133 soldiers
and sailors We're decorated in s27 GEM
eteries- The amount expended for the
days observance was s.. 500.
May Depend Upon the Mails.
In a case brought before it last week
on appeal the supreme court decided
that litigant has a right to depend
upon the mails and when correspond
ence miscarries and the parties show
reasonable diligence a continuance
should be granted, if the failure of
parties to appear was due wholly to
the mistake in the mails.
District Courts Are All Right.
The supreme court, in a recent
unanimous opinion, held that the law
to repeal Ger tain obsolete and re-
dundant portions of the general stat
utes of 1885, but which inadvertently
abolished six judicial districts of the
state, is unconstitutional and void.
The decision was on an appeal from
the Eleventh district
A Warning to Stockmen.
John T. White. an experienced stock
man of Ottawa county, says there will
be big collapse in the cattle business
in Kansas this fall He says farmers
are paying too much for stoclers in
their desire to get them In case of a
short corn crop, Mr.. White says the
collapse will be still more disastrous.
DimcuIt Questions for Teachers.
Examiners of applicants for teach
erS' certificates in many counties de-
clare that the questions recently sent
Nv ho To no md Of To,
be the most puzzling ever known and
say if the papers were Vigorously
marked less than one-half he appli-
cants would pass.
What 1t Takes to Fatten a Sheep.
j. Jucks, representing a Kansas City
firm, will feed 10. 600 sheep in Marshall
county, and he wants 30, 200 bushels of
corn, 10, 900 bushels of oats and 600
tons OF hay to winter them. He s.>ys
it takes two bushels of corn. one of
oats and siX-tenths of a ton of hay to
fatten one sheep.
webb's Authority Questioned.
Judge Webb, of Topeka. who has the
contract to revise and compile the state
laws, says a great many laws that are
obsolete and have outlived their use
fulness will not appear on the statute
books. Some lawyers dispute Webb's
right to use his own Judgment in the
matter.
Better Price for Potatoes.
The destruction of about half of the
potato crop in the Kaw valley by the
weevil and dry weather has made
those that are left bring a better price
Potatoes are selling this year at 40 and
IS cents a bushel, while this time last
year they were less than half this price.
Refrsrd to Sever the Tie.
In the Wyandotte county district
court Judge Alden refused to grant
Mrs. Ida Riney a divorce from her con-
Wet husband. The refusal was due to
the fact that she had married her hus-
band in Jail. after he had been SEN
fenced to states prison.
Many Counties are Delinquent.
According to statement prepar ed
by State Auditor Morris there is due
from about - counties in Kansas $685.
/ 600 in state taxes. The state auditor
is urging settlement. With some coun-
ties the delinquency reaches back over
IS years
Fish Poachers Beware.
State Fish Commissioner Shul a.. OF
! Wichita, says tons of fish are taken
daily from Kansas streams by poach-
ers and he is going to put a stop to it.
! Already he has named fish wardens in
90 counties.
No Pardon for Young Sells.
| A Topeka telegram said Gov. Leedy
! would not pardon Willie Sells, the
Neosho county murderer. notwith-
| standing the state board of pardons
had recommended the pardon.
Minor State News.
The government has discontinued its
| agricultural experiment station at
| Manhattan.
/ III. A. Perkins, the well-lxnown re-
| pu blican editor of Manhattan, is out
| for state printer in 1898.
The last monthly report of the state
grain inspector shows the Office to be
/ far from self-supporting.
Albert Fiske, only IS years old, of
Coffeyville. is in Jail charged with at
| tempting to murder his mother.
Charles Tippy. farmer near Pitts
h11ru was sent tn Jail six months for