The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-11-21
State News.

State News.
Tha Jewell City Cg4rie. learns of another fatal
accident resulting from the careless use 0ffrearms.
Mr. Charles Huntington, young man living near
Burr Oak, In Jewell County, was engaged in haul
ing poles o. rails, and had . loaded gun lying On
the top Of the load which he sttemptsd to remove.
taking It by the muzzle for that purpose, when it
went of, tho ball entering the breast Of the nm
fortunate man, and passing out near the spine.
He managed To get ON his wagon and drive home
(about half mile, but had 20 be lifted of when
he got there. The accident happened ON Friday
last The young man died ON Saturday, about
twenfy-fonr hours after the accident.
The Pleasanton Obseyr1 notices the finding
near Merle creek bridge of the dead body of Carl
August Znnke. He was recently an inmate Of
the poor house. Being obliged to leave it and
on reaching the timber, made mp his mind to
commit suicide, and succeeded in doing so by
starvation and exposure. Persons found him
there, and offered him food, which he refused,
saving ne wanted to die; suPposing him to be
drunk, they left him alone. 1t appears that he
lived in that condition for at least eighteen days.
During the storm Monday night of last week, a
house belonging to J. r Pruden, twelve miles
south of Hanover, was blown down and complete
ly destroyed.
The twoyear-old son of Mr.. Robert Lester,
who resides at the corner of Eleventh and kicka-
poo streets, LeavenwOrth, was drowned by fall
ing into well last Saturday.
Near Republican City, in Clay County, last
Thursday afternoon, Mrs. Rodney johnson. while
her husband was at the election, took dose of
oxaiic acid, and died that evening.
A little South Kansas boy ran away from
school, Monday, to 60 chesnuting During the
expedition, he fell twice out Of one tree, to the
Imminent danger Of breaking his neck, was licked
by one of the other boys whose breath he mate
rally lessened BY stumbling against his stomach
ran Il silver into his knee, and was bitten violent
iy ON the neck by new kind Of bug. When he
got hume his father amounted him with tie boss
end Of a billiard cue, and the next day at school
his teacher escorte,l him twice around the room
by his poorcst eass-1 1e says that chestnuts
wormy this year that It don't pay to go after them
The State Of Kansas now has population of
over 100000, which is net gain of 100000 since
| le62 Sixty thousand people annually settle here;
larger number than is acquired by any Western
State.
Over 125,OOO head Of Texas cattle have been
shipped and driven from Wichita during the past
summer.
The last WAS the twenty second Presidential
election held in the United States.
The gopher Bounty expires in B.own County
or the lst Of December.
delegation fire.. Ashtabula County, Ohio, has
hees sent to Southern Kansas for the purpose of
| securing good lands for colony of about
two hundred and fifty persons. They want two
| townships.
Two hrrar.d ,hors,,a 5,,,,,r. 4,
voted ly butler Countv TO -. vas '"e ."' :, NJ
They h.a u" H.
400 m 20, '.o, 80 1awher lily lew aays
! g h"h '''"es "eio "' iAise '' "ueh essS'
The fire, bridge at Hutchinson, is one-third of n
mile longand is composed of twenty eight spans.
Eighty-!wo head OF cattle were burned to death
by prairie fire IN Greenwood County, last week,
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n,.ia' anele CIV. was man sno. al aahee mousse III
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ine hansas Legislature stands ll9 Republicans,
to IA Democrats.
There were over one thousand tons of hay
~. .ne niln u next month Topeka Will be
81 ,hamS o" ;ne,;, Hom Chains Popoia''o"
. man IN Tra.,",;" ,'.", ,.. .,.,,