The Topeka state journal., 1898-01-25
FROM KANSAS TOWNS.


Blame no one for this
FROM KANSAS TOWNS.
BURLINGTON-Isa Payton brings
his speciality and dramatic company
here on his way to New Orleans, filling
three weeks time between Denver and
that point.
WELLINGTON local dry goods
firm sold and delivered to a Wellington
$500 sealsl0in sacque which is the most
elegant garment ever purchased in
the city. This is the first sealskin gar
ment sold in Wellington during the
past ten years.
FIT. SCOTT-The petition circulated
by J. NJ. GOodsel this week protesting
against the passage of the proposed
bankruptcy bill by the national legis-
lature was signed by nearly all the
leading merchants of Fort Scott. 1t
cOntended that this bill which assumes
to give every creditor an equal claim
on a bankrupt stock will practically re
quire the wasting of the stock in litiga-
ton in process Of settlement.
LAWRENCE W. S. Bum start
ed on his trip to the Alaskan gold fields
Kansas City and from there will go to
Portland Wn., to join the government
relief party of which he will become a
member.
GALENA-ImprOve is shown in
the lead industry. ]. J. Luck, of Aurora,
Ill, is figuring with the fOundries and
lumbermen for the erection of a big
mill which will be built on the Scher-
nerhOrn ground al once. It will have
a capacity of handling $50 tons of dirt
per shift. Details of the plan will be
given later.
INDEPENDENCE town clock
suspended business early in the week
"a mill n
weather. The hands of the clock are
exposed to the weather and We're fro
zen fast by the sleet a few days ago.
PARSONS-Dr. r. w. Wright last
week purchased the first frame dwell
ling erected in OSWegO, and will fit the
place up in OsWegO, and
place up and make it a repository of
relics collected by him in his 30 years
residence in this county, allied with the
history of Oswego and Labette county.
GALENA-Quite a little excitement
has been created about town by the
announcement that Justin Thompson
and Denman Holden had discovered
lead with a right smart smattering of
silver, in the mine on the Bliss & Cow
an lot on the Central Mining company
lease. Jacob Snyder spent several
years in the silver mines in Mexico and
is competent to judge. He says that
the silver in the lead will go 80 ounces
to the ton.
INDEPENDENCE Albin has been
brought up from CoffeyviIle and lodged
in jail to serve sentence of thirty
days. He was also sentenced to pay a
fine of $1OO and the costs of prosecution.
This sentence was imposed by Judge
Matthews because AIbin acknowledged
that he had been violating the prohibi-
tory law. 1t has been some time since
any notice was taken of such little
matters at Coffeyville.
ADTT 17Drr, rr,1,o rJov5,,-r4-,, rr1;,,.-.. -
been digging up some ancient history
and recites that it is a matter of fact.
as well a matter of record, that the
main court house building in this city
never cost the county a cent but was
put up and paid for by Abilene folks
rather than run the chances of having
the county seat moved to Enterprise
or some other place.
WINFIELD-A F. Dauber has purch-
ased the handsome new Tice residence at
the corner of Twelfth and Manning and
expects to move in a short time. This
is one of the handsomest residences in
the city.
GALENA-A. Miller. the Kansas City
pugilist, has closed an agreement to
fight Tom Martin. at Galena some time
during next month Miller's fighting
career is quite extensive, and it is said
that he has fought 40 battles and al
ways been victorious.
PARsONs-The Southeastern Kan
sas Fair association, an organization |
formed for the purpose of holding a |
series of circuit fairs in this part of the !
state, has about perfected its plans and |
it is said has leased the fair grounds |
east of this city and will hold a fair +
here this fall. The circuit, it is thought, |
will include besides this city, Erie, |
Fredonia, Chanute. Independence Win |
field and Wichita.
WELLINGTON-T band under the |
leadership of Prof. ]. J. Anseu gave the |
first of a series of indoor concerts last |
evening at c. F. Luening's furniture |
store. Once each week following, this |