The Kanzas news., 1858-02-20
Territorisl News Itama

SAD ACciDkkT--He learn that on ".
day evening last, a man named Tboms. non 4
sord, living about Al miles from Cs..,p' top'
was shot under the following circur0sayy'
ces /: he, with neighbor, started oa4 a.''AA-
hunting excursion, the latter aorss;. vi
drive UP the game, while Mr.. T. eonoss,o 70
himself snd awaited his reighbor's annrosls eaiso
who. mistaking him for TURKEY. fra5 fIA.n' 81
contents taking effect In his side. Ha An, ;as
in short time after. A coroner's iurv ea
dered a verdict in accordance with The f.o.i
Mr.. Z. emigrated from Indiana. and le.res' ss'
wife and several children. - Oso,co,o.s:a
Herald.
Mr.. Parrott writes from Wasbipcto,
that Mr.. Brindle of the Lecompton Land
Office, win be deposed from the Receiv.,
ship and the notorious Ex-Sheriff JoDo.
viii be appointed to fill the vacancy. WeE
''The laborer is worthy of his hire" and
as Jones has been good servant of tb..
Propagandists, it is fitting that the man
who wrote the late Message should reward
the Hotel burner and Printing Press d..
stroyer with a fat Office.
Judge John Curtis, Member from the
nineteen counties TO the late Territorial
House of Representatives, died on Monday
last, in Lawrence. His death was superin.
duced by incorporate habits. The Judge
was man naturally of fine parts, but
whose usefulness was in great measure de-
stroyec by the vices which he had contract
ed. He was prominent actor in the ear
lier part of the Kanzas struggle, having been
a member of the Convention that framed
the Topeka Constitution and also of the first
State Senate under that instrument. He
was President pro tenn. of that body and
during the summer of 1856, when Robin
son was prisoner and Roberts absent, he
was, from his position. Acting Governor.
''Peace to his memory"
1t is reported that Denver has received
his commission as Governor of the Terrific
ry from the President.
= The Moneka University has been in
corporated, with liberal charter of $780,.
600 capital and four sections of land.
-Leayenworth City, it is said. has teen
made a distributing Office for the Territory
through the efforts of NJ. J. Parrott, our
Delegate to Congress.
"A strong effort is being made at Kan
zas City to have the telegraphic wires
stretched from Boonvilie to that city. The
cost as estimated by Mr.. Stebbins, would
not be more than twenty-five hundred dol
lars; and thousand more would take it to
Leayenworth City. The line should be put
up by all means.
A vein of coal has been discovered on
the farm of John F. Townsend, one mile
south of Sumner, it crops out in the bluffs,
and requires but little mining. The indi-
cations are that the vein is from one to three
feet thick, short distance from the surface.
We discovered valuable copper mine on
Mrs. Brumfeld's farm about mile and q
half from our Office while hunting.-Suns-
'ser Gazette.
"A quarrel sprang up in liquor saloon
in Tecumseh few days ago, when a man
by the name of Kerr was set upon by Ad-
AIMS and another man by the name of Horr,
we believe. The latter struck Kerr over
the head, when Kerr fell against the count
er.. Adams then drew his revolver and shot
Kerr through the liver. DR.. Huston ex-
tracted the ball, which he found lodged near
the kidney. The people became greatly eI-
cited, arrested Adams, and determined to
hang him upon the spot A jury of TWEEN
ty-four men were selected, who heard the
case, and decided that Adams should hang
as soon as Kerr should die. He was pass
ed over to the civil authorities 10 await the
result. On Thursday morning last Kerr
died Friday morning the people were
greatly excited, and were rushing in from
all parts of the country to be present to en-
dorse the execution, which was to take place
yesterday. No doubt Adams has paid the
penalty of his crime with his life.
Adams is the man whom Ruddle shot in
The thigh last spring. the former being en-.
gagged at the time in the pleasant pastime of
stoning him.-La1renee Herald.