The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-06-12
State News.

r. " R.,a.r,oo. Of Marshall County has this
..S-or ri.r,.d 10. serps 70 orchard and shade
tr,sa. lie he's put cat 1900 white ash and 4O,-
600 fencing willow.
The Clay Csatre DisPstea announces the death
of Iorenso Gates, Who ssttlsd in Clay County IN
Ias6 He was the ASss superintendent Of Clay
County, and twice representesi the county III the
Legislature.
Young man by the name Of Dean, living three
miles from Mcpherson, was badly hurt last Sun
day by horse falling with him.
A sad accident happened some six miles west
Of this place. says the Hiawatba DsPofch, ON last
Thursday afternoon, resulting in the death Of
Mrs. p. n. Hart. Mr. Hart and wife had beas to
Hiawstha trading, aud were ON their way hon'c'
when, near tho residence Of Mr.. J. Weltmer. they
met another wagon after which young colt wns
following. The colt ran against wire tsnes.
tsehsd 70 Mr.. Hsrt's wagon. They then gave .
quick benud and made short turn. npsettins
the wagon and throwing Mrs. Hart violently TO
the ground. The neighbors gathered In aud ear
ricd the helpless form to the house of Mr.. Welt
mer. where, in shout twenty-One hours she sx-
pired.
A shooting scrape occurred near Brnokvills On
Thur.dsy last, bstween Ashael Lambotto and
Hyaciuth De T0mbay. in which the latter was
quite severely wounded. The parties had had
some didicul'y over tho pay for "nme work which
Lamb0tts had performed for De Tombsy. Lam
botte was armed with . musket and revolver, DE
Tombay with shotgun. Do Thmbay says LAM
bottle shot sr him first, shooting at distance Of
abOut twenty spaces frUm him, and with his mus-
ket, and about ninety small shot entered his
right side, arm and breast. DE Tombay then
discharged his shotgun at Lambottr, the load
Of which, by his falling. went upward After
falling ~ the ground, De Tombay claims he was
shot ut six times
A fendish outrage was committed on last
Wednesday night; ths stable Of VIM. Steinmeyer,
mn, .I~ xts
set on fire and two valuable horses, all Mr.. 9.
owned. were consumed in the fames Two 6ns
hogs sf bis, in u pen near by, were also horribly
mutilatcd the same night with hatchet an
1T Steinm~yers, 10 supposed to bo the guilty par
ty. He had been arrested = short time before
fur procuring go"ds under false prrtcnsrs, and
Mr.. .. had been witness against him. II is sup
posesi this is the cause of the outrage. Koblitz
has ted the country.
4 Young ssn Of George Cooper. living in Cen
tro Township, Marshall Comfy, near Reeds
school house, was drowned on Thursday gld ult.
He went to pond the house, which was
much swollen by the heavy rains To get pail If
water, and fell in. He was dead before asss-
tance reached him.
VIM. Harris, u welchman. al'ont thirty-five
years Of age, residing ON Phenix Greek, Lyon
County, was drowned, ON the lsrh ult., in q
slongh the south side of ottonwooi, near the
farm Of A. 4. Hickox. Mr.. Harris had b-en to
EmpOria, and on his way home was urged by
nnml,cr Of parties not To attempt tn cross the
slough; bot having successfully crossed it bcf,re
he did not heed the warnings, and. getting into
the wafer, his h"rsc bccane solnewli liat refractory
and the saddle, it is believed, turned and threw
him into the water.
In the storm Of SUNDAY, the 25th ult.. Mr. Full
toms honse, the divide about six miles east If
Arkansas City, wss lifted bsslily and moved q
distance of ten feet from the Foundation Mrs.
Fulton was out of dOors at the time, and Was
dashed tn the ground and severely brr,i.esl A
hsusc belonging to Mr.. King. in ths same neigh
ir'rhoost, was blown down, snd also in tho
neighhOrhossti of Thomasvillr, belonging tn Mr.
Gardner. Nine or ten other houses were dcrnol
ishrsi IN different parts of the county.
Mr.. Marty, residing some fonr miles north of
GrasshopPer Falls was killed by lightning ON last
M"'mlay evening. He rude out for the purp.~e
OF driving in his e"ws, and when aLouf a half
mile fry'u home the lightning cauie DOWN in
stantly killing him aud his horse. As il was near
dark and no one to search for him but hi. wife.
he was mot f,nnd until the next morning. when
his wife found him lying by the side of his horse.
dead. He leaves wife and four little children
So says he Nes Ers.
MIR. Bridges, an old and we'll known farmer of
Mount Peasant Township, Atchisoa County,
met with an injury ON the 9th that was very
painful. From what can learn of the aeci-
dent, 10 appears that he was leading bis hprs.
out Tor the PURPOSE "f harnrssin. it up prrparu-
tory to going home, and had the halter strap
rntanSlcd around his thumb in su,ne manner
While passing along the li"rse Iscan,e frightened
at some object and jerking the halter suddenly
IN his effort to get away, he tore Mr. Bridges
thumb fr'm his hand.
Topeka l'oaIdng house iend named James
Ming, tells the story that duiiug recent tLun-
der storm the warning Of the .lements wa. 80
awe-inspirimg that the k,ir in the butter in the
pantry, turned completely white during the
night.
PerTyville gentleman whose memory ia no,
quite NJ g'.s: an it uScd to l~, when he ha. any
thing particular tn remember next morning
makes practice of turning one If tb.. pictures
IN BIS led ro''m with the face tn the wall. He
hnds ,t very aunsing uext day trying to r-collcct
what he turned il for.
The trial of Crawford who murdered Mr. Dav
snp'rt at Praboiy year ago, has been ayai,,
postponed. by change Of vcnne to Lyon county.
Mr. Henry Snow, father in-law of ID. C. Com
slant, who resides few miles west of O.wrso.
was kicked BY u horse on the 21st ult, receiving
internal injuries from the effect Of which no died
the following day.
Samuel Half. Esq, Of Wyanlottr. met with .
singular and very dangerous accident, ar the 4th
inst., IN tue foI"wing n'anner: Ono of hi. h"rses
inansgei IN sop'c way to kick him in the groin,
at the sane time striking his pen knife and cane
ing the blade to reuetrsts the aLove named part,
'nnieti"g very serious aud painful wound.
The Bcll1ville Rspubiic learns that an old ueu-
tIeinan by the name Of Clemmons " bo carries. the
mail from Scandinavia tn White Rock and kis
team. were dnwned last Wednesday in Whit
R'sk Creek. aud tho mail sack, containing IT,
mail aud Registered letter, Was ls,.t. He A. |
fcupted To cr,ss the creek at the bridge. which
bad been partly washed away. His Issay and |
team wers found some distance below the bridge.
but the mail sock has not yet boon recovered.
A little boy, aged eleven y~ars, son of l.. I.
...1sm, mason in Independence, was found |
lead In his "wa koos by . neighbor weva. vho |
wss passing the houss sftsr . nail III vater. n
.onid seem that the little f.llow was irving IN |
ax swing tn the joiss overhead, in the bc.se.
bile the rsst Of ths family were absent. He ri |
goteea mp on the table and tied one end Of she |
rie, and it 10 suPposed had . clip nonse over /
a's hesd. wsen he fsll and was caught around ths |
seck snd struggled 10 death.
THE OT0Es WILL sEiI--The Msrysvil1e N,r,
cys the Otas Indians have held cuunci NJ the;r
'iiIsG snd nssOIved 70 sell tho west half Of t.;,
Plsnd'd rsservstion of laud, lying twelve miIes
'ostb ot that city. The land will bs SID In n,
l'Gsest bsddes. In lots 70 suit purchaser. % We
, ,ns'cssssost The tribe have resolved 10 sspd \
'sss9ssso. ~ % Washington to make known their
sseca, when tts Isnd win 10 surveyed and III
. atsve stated. Hthey would soll th,;r vhoi.
ssesssfssn : ss it wosd b beaeat to tb. vhitss
! us ssrniry. snd develop rich and fertile 70
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