The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-01-29

the point OF q revuise, ~ .-.ease cell
lateral held by the First National bank
Of Harrington. Dunlap has been placed
under bond.
John welmer. Of Hiawatha, packed
and shipped 12,S00 barrels of apples.
making eighty carloads. during tue
season. Welmer says that apples will
keep poorly this winter, and that he
expects the wholesalers to lose at least
65 per cent Of their cold storage stock.
G. w. Parker, whose merry-go-round
factory at Abilene Is the largest In the
nation with one exception. employing
fifty hands. has begun the building Of
three special railway cars for his own
use. He could not get them made In
Chicago In time and has determined to
construct them In his own shops.
A freight train was wrecked on the
Rock Island at Zyba. Two cars were
demolished and steel bridge over the
Nlnnescah was damaged. One of the
cars jumped the track at the bridge and
car behind became fastened in the
upper structure of the bridge. Traffic
| was pioSheu Aoui houio. S~o one "oS
injured.
A site for the new $4,000 aCrnegie
library at Emporia has been finally de-
cided upon. The council has been
! quarreling over the site for several
months. and the whole town was divid-
ed as to the proper location. Mrs.
Plumb's free site was rejected. and Tie
location decided upon will be largely
bought by popular subscription.
II the reports Of the county superin
tendents OF schools can be relied upon
twenty-five counties In the state have
no colored school children. They are:
Cheyenne, Comanche, Decatur. Elk
Cove. Grant. Greeley. Hamilton. Has
kell, Jewell, Kearney, Kingman. Lane
Meade. Ness. Rawlins. Rush, Scot;
Seward, Sheridan, Sherman. Smith
Stanton, Thomas and Wichita.
! As Q Missouri, Kansas & Texa
freight train was leaving Paola one o
the crew saw q man dragging by" =,
clothing by the side of the track. Tn
train was stopped and the man wa
found to be dead. The body has nc
been identified and II Is supposed b
} was stealing q ride. He was about /
: years old and wore two suits of clothes
: A book. In which the name William
Santrom appeared. was found in one q
} his pockets.
Postmaster waring Of Abilene ha
applied to the postoffice department 10
| q mounted mail carrier to be attache
! to the city delivery service. The FIRE
delivery system has 30 much territor
to cover that In bad weather II Is i'm
possible for the carriers on foot to &C
, over It. Four rural delivery and on
star route delivery line have been add
ed to the Office since the present nd
ministration took charge and the husl
! ness Is the largest In the city's histor,
, The report Of the regents of the Kan
sas State Normal school 10 about read
, for the printer. In this report the RI
I gents will ask for an appropriation q
go, 900 for q new building to be erecte
,, west of the normal. Another appropri
alton is asked with which to buy IN
Midway park and the Ryder lots at
joining. The legislature will also b
: asked to provide for better system q
ventiiating the main building. Audito
George Cole recommends the ne
. building asked for By the regents.
The Union Electric Railway & Cor
: struction company has applied to III
commissioners of Harvey county for
right of way for the electric ltn
! through Harvey county. connectin
|. Mcpherson, Newton. Arkansas City an
: : intermediate points with Wichit'
sedgwick county already has granted
'' franchise to the company and 1t
probable that work on the proposed II
terurban line will begin soon. The roa
9 will be for both passenger and freigl
Q traffic and will. In all probability.
y extended to other towns The compan
2 backing the enterprise is compossd
|. a atarn IN nit liatQ