The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-14

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/ ment of wool ever made from this place
| was the consignment of 1,400 pounds
| fro NV G. Fowler to the E. Q. Taylor
! Commission company of St. Louis. Mr..
/ Fowler sheared 225 head which aver
| aged between 6 to pounds; he expects
4 to get about II cents for his wool, but
\ his principal profit will be in the lambs
4 that he thinks will bring about 81 per
I head.
| LEAVENWORTH = County Clerk
! Niehaus has completed the footing up
! of the returns Of the assessors for
| Leavenworth county. The total pOpu-
latlo t9 OF ~ the county is 35,569. gain of
/ about 1000 over last year. Half of the
! gain was in the city. The population
| by townships is as follows: Alexan-
| dria, 1893; Delaware, 1861; EastOn, l.
/ Reno, 947; Stranger S45; Tonganoxie
| 1,421. The total number of dogs in the
county is 1852.
| LEAVENWORTH-J. T. Martin of
| Lenape was brought to this city yes
| terday and lodged in the county jail
to be cared for until he RECEIVERS his
! mental balance Martin was a store
| keeper at Lenape until he failed in
| business, and then he went to farming.
| His mind was shaken over the failure
and he went crazy. His great fear is
/ that his family will starve to death and
| he talks of this and nothing else.
LAWRENCE-The Douglas county
/ league of Republican clubs held its
annual meeting Saturday. A long adj
/ dress was delivered by w. F. Schoch
| of Topeka The following officers were
/ elected: e. B. Schall, president; DR..
| w. Osmond, vice president; L. P. Pete
( fish, secretary; w. c. Ross, treasurer.
| INDEPENDENCE The grand jury
called by Judge SkidmOre was dismiss
ed today after having been in session
about a week It examined nearly so
witnesses and found Il indictments, but
no arrests have been made, as the
! jointists have all left
INDEPENDENCE = Miss Lettie
/ Monfort, a teacher in the Elk City
schools, came to this city on her bicy-
Gle on June for visit with friends.
She left here a week ago today, and
heard of her. She was raised in this
county, and was perfectly familiar
with roads. so that she could not posi-
bly, have lost her way
GARDEN CITY = Superintendent
Edwards of the irrigation canals was
the busiest man in town this week.
Monday he received a message stating
that water was coming down the ditch
! es. He drove out Immediately and in
every way assisted his patrons to get
water on their crops, which had al
| ready begun to perish from the effects
of the hot winds.
GRINNELL-The Union Pacific de-
! pot here was struck by lightning last
night and partially burned.
ABILENE-The National Fence Ma
chine company held a business last ev-
ening in the offices of the Abilene Ma
tional bank and declared a. dividend of
S43.5 so to each stakeholder Only one
month ago a dividend of $3.50 was de-
| clared, making $50 in two months.
LAwRENCE-At the meeting of the
Kansas university board of regents,
DR.. David H. Holmes of the depart
ment of Latin of the university, offered
his resignation, and it was at once ac-
cepted by the board. The cause of the
resignation is not given out, but it is
said that there is some question of sal
airy behind the retirement.
HUTCHINSON-The Kansas Grain
cOmpany's elevator, which was partial
ly destroyed by fire recently, will be re-
built Immediately The work will be
pushed so as to have the elevator ready
for this seasons crop
HUTCHINSON-The ladies' chorus
will go to Salt Lake City to take part
in the contest at that place July 20. Mrs.
w. s. Bracken of Detroit will direct the
chorus.
HORTON-The Hags had scarcely
been planted on the graves in the HOr-
ton cemetery Decoration day till grave
yard ghOulS took them all. It is la
mentable fact that this community con-
tains people so utterly depraved as this
would indicate.
GREAT BEND-The Santa Fe has
its steam pile driver at work putting
down piles to build the trestle work
across the irrigation canal where it
crosses the roadway.
HOLTON@The HoIton Tribune has
been merged into a stock company.
with a capital of $4,000. The board of
directors and stockholders is composed
of former owners and employees of the
office.
SENECA-Frank Lammas has turn
ed his pool and billiard tables over to
the county in part payment of fine and
costs for violating the liquor law, and
says he is going out of the joint bust
ness for keeps.
sENECA-The G. A R post of this
city is virtually out of debt. 1t has a
small note outstanding and money
enough to pay that off and have a bal
ance in its exchequer. The post has
had hard shedding since its organiza-
ton. 1t built the large hall that was
lost through s. K. Martin to a cOmpa-
ny that forfeited 1t to the tornado.
Ell DORADO-Eugen Ware, Iron
Quill" generously donates to the FL
Dorado free library a copy of his poems
Mrs. Clara H. Hazelrigg has also do
mated to the library a volume of her
history of Kansas. The officers of the
library are very proud of having the
works of these Kansas authors in the
library.
this week again fixing up the reunion
grounds. The grove. on Cedar creek,
is an ideal one. Besides this the com
mittee is going to have a large well dug
in the part set aside for camping A
large space of cleared land just east of
the speakers stand has been set aside
for camping. The speakers stand is
being built this week, facing the north.
1t is 20x3O, with q good roof.