The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-08-15
State News.

At Severance, in DOniphan county, the New
York Tribune had a circulation of forty copies
before the Cincinnati Convention. Now it has
but subscriber at that place, and he offers
years subscription for fifteen cents.
SUDDEN DEATH.-On Monday morning last, Mr..
J. II. Clemmens, an old and highly esteemed cit
izen of this county, was found dead in field near
| his residence, about three miles northeast of
this city. Mr.. c. was subject to apoplexy, and
the verdict of the jury that he died FROM that
| disease.-Neosho County Journal.
Timothy Fitzgerald, an employe at the Kansas
Pacific railroad shops, Mt Armstrong, was sun
struck ON Monday last, at noon. He has been
lying in critical condition since, but strong hopes
| of his recovery are entertained.
We learn from the Lawrence Joarnaf that about
noon, Thursday, two men were injured at Seeon-
dine. They were employed with Others on the
mason work the Kansas Pacific is having done at
that point, when the derrick gave way. One of
| the men was not seriously injured, the other
whose name was Joseph Little, was badly hurt
One of his ears was mangled, and he sustained
fracture Of the skull. He was still insensble at
last accounts.
severe storm occurred at Independence last
Saturday. Houses We're lifted from their f0unda-
tiOns and moved off like feathers; lumber was
| strewn around, signs were broken, and the mis-
chief played generally. The school house was
| injured either by wind or lightning or both.
Some ten or fifteen houses were moved several
feet, and two or three were torn to pieces. Any
number of outbuildngs were blown over.
Washington, Washington county, is one ofthe
towns in this State recently made money order
| Office.
There was shooting scrape ut Ellsworth Sat-
urtay night, in which two men, named Olive and
| Kennedy, were hurt. The difficulty arose from q
game of cards.
The controversy over the land grant to the
Central Branch road has terminated favorably,
and the patents have bOen issued on all the COM
pany's lands east of Waterville.
Ross Liberal meeting at Wichita, closed with
three cheers for Grant and Wilson.
Five families in Linn county, living on adjoin-
ing farms, aggregate forty-three children.
Three lady operators have been married from
the Topeka telegraph Office within year.
Twenty-Five hundred voters in Lyon county;
not over five hundred of them will be for Greeley.
Mr.. Crumer, residing near Neolesha, has thrrsh-
ed 1s acres of wheat and realized ss} bushels to
the acre.
The Lawrence Journal states that disaster
happened to Lent's circus at Ottawa Friday NOR.
ming at four O'Clock. The train which was to
convey the circus to Kansas City was standing
on the track ready to start when the car in which
the wardrobe Of the company was stored took fire.
Ihe cause of the fire was the upsefting of lamp;
q can Of naptha had been suffered to leak in the
car, and the floor saturated. The consequence
was that in an instant the car was wrapped in
names. There was great rushing around among
the circus people, who were all on hands to take
the train. but nothing Of importance was saved.
The wardrobe ofthe company was thus swept away.
From the Kansas City Bulletin we learn that on
Thursday night last, shooting affray took place
on the Kansas Pacific express train between
Stranger and Kansas City. 1t appears that at
Stranger two men got on the train, and when
Conductor Cheney demanded their fare, they |
told him they had no money. but still proposed |
TO ride The conductor Immediately put them of, |
but ON going to collect the fares again found them
on the rear platform. Heagain put them Off; they
got frUm the train, and when il rot in r,otion |
opened fire on Cheney, who promptly stopped |
the train again, and he with several Others went |
in pursuit, but il being DIRK the two men made |
their escape into the woois close by.
The Burlington Patriot learns that the college
building ut Ottumwa, the burning Of which We
noticed few days ago. was fired by an incendiary.
The fire was discovered about II o'clock, Wetlnes-
day night of last week. burning in the cupola
and roof. The alarm was instantly given, and
parties were soon on the ground. The doors Of
of, showing that the incendiary had broken open
the DOOR To gain an entrance. The fire, when
had gained such heaiway that it was
impossible to save the building, and the roof
fell in. The upper story of the building was
completely destroyed and the lower story so dam
aged that il is nearly worthless.
NJ. d. Hartman, of Fort scott had his collar bone
broken Monday. by being thrown by colt he
was breaking.
r, on Thursday, August LIST, the son of Squire
i iarr, OF Auburn. Shaw~ee county, while practic-
ing gymnastics in a swing fell and broke his neck.
"a. dnnghter Of Joseph Powell. aged about four
Ill, Issuing ao'tif three miles from Wyandotte,
whhe irving TO light fire on Saturday evrpiuy
last by the aid Of kerosene, the finiJ bv come
means ignited, causing the can which abe held
in her hands 70 explode, throwing the ker,sepe
over her clothes, which at once took fire, and
lew hours.