The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-07-17

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: ma, ,bey named Jimmie Call, uine yeass
honse, at Ottawa last Thursday afternoon.
I.k,- Hart and hi. d.nvhter swed eixht Years
v.r. dro~ns.3 In Pnmnkin ereek. in Montgomery
ccnnty- I'M Wrdnr..i.r n last week.
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Dette county tas year o"e"s :. o'''h s''S'
Tho last whiskey mill as EmPons nes neen
worn out The proprietor vss arrested nve unes
in one week, and 6ncd $l0o eech time.
Henry Dalby. an Ottsws ssioon keeper has put
out having q 900 in debtHunsettlod. His wife
md child are both left behibd - security.
.oIa;.r n.m.a sm;tb made 4 basouet charge
-. " .ncsIa, ..,i.s;., nsm,.I I.andssE at Leayeu-
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wssplnesSn, est vncse ses.e ~ ossA sou""' "o'o
mp UNDER en tsouble hke esu'
Mr.. Rankin, . stock dealH from Grouse creek,
Cowlcy county, wss mardsrsd while travelling in
Arkanaas lately. The thieves caught him, and
after rObbing him Of considerable money, hung
him uBfer the pretense of being . horse-thief.
The matter should BE- investigated, and tho MUIR
derers brought to Justice.
The ofacera of Nem.h. Coupty arr after a man
....d III, T.tin,r :. ,-.sithsr farmer iivinv near
MI Pn;nt. for brofsIly .bn,iue his family. He
Luock. "A ~. l,ov down . few i.ya ayo and the
Iad ran avay. NEXT morning. because of this,
n, .tt.eked ibia viii. with 4 chair. Knocking her
down. and inflcting severe injuries on her per-
son. The woman came 70 seueca on Wednesday
morning aud entered complaint against him.
Tatluw Is said ~ be aWan Of ungOvsrnable pas
sion, and 20 have bee66 the habit Of brutally
abusiug his family .WanAevsr one of his fits Of
On satuniav Of last week n difficulty occurred
between Mr.. Geosve Brown and . man named
Steele hoth liyinr. near Buffalo. in Wilson conn
tv. Some stock Belonging ss Steele was in the
crow;nv crons of Mr. b., and he was driving
ssh.r, az. hen Steele came mn and attackrS
him with n Ia1l,d wbip stock. striking him sew
.raI blows on the head, fracturing his skull.
m. so.;,.. P.,.hy;.,.;s ;nf,-,,.5 h,.
the mail carrier between Baxter and Pleasant
View, that man was killed by accident in the
northeast part Of the county, one day last week,
under the following circumstances: Two MEN,
names unknown. living over in Missouri q short
distance bappened to meet on Cow creek, when
one, in joking mapnef, drew revolver and de-
manded the other 10 give mp his money. The
other, however, understood that it was only
intended in fun, and took one ont of his pocket,
with the remark that he wasn't afraid of him, rs
he had the biggest revolver, aud thinking it was
cmpty, without stopping to examine it, cooked
the hammer, took deliberate aim. and pulled the
trigger. But to his horror, hat had he done,
and what did he realize! The revolver happened
to be loaded, went off, and the contents entered
the brain of his friend and neighbor, killing him
instantly.
An IysrnAycx CksE.-Edward Pane. of Tone
ka. travelling agent of the Home Iusurauc. Com
many wa. arrested bv Constable Bullock in To-
peka, ON the complaint of Charles Achning.
charging him with obtaining money under false
pretences, and also of fraudulently obtaining
signatures to certain notes and mortgages az sub
scription to said company. Pape was brought
before Judge Christian on Tuesday, and was ad-
mitted 10 baii IN the snin oi so,OU, winch was
promptly gwen. jacob smith, OF Topeka, was
one OF ms sureties.
lhere Is percept'oie od"r ABOUT TINS Rome
Insurance company, aud we understand that u Is !,
70 lose none oi Hs Hagrai'ce ior want oi ieSa'
stlrring.-L'rreHoe JoHrnai.
CONE To GRlEr.-Two men, named George
Stilman and Eugene Moore. wer. arrrsted at
Carbondalr last week. charged with stealing a
check for S9O The check was payable to a sol
dier. either bounty or pension. and WAS stolen
from letter obtained fron the postotfice at Law
renee. They signed the soldiers name TO tb.
check and urrsent ed IL 10 ON. of the Lawrence
banks wher. il was payab;e. Here the fraud WA.
detected. but the rascais got on a train for Car
tou,lale. and when they reached that place they
found an officer waiting for them, and they were
taken back to Lawrence for trial.
FIRE AT wIcnrfA.=fane of our reporters learns
from Mr.. Duucan, sp employee If the Atchison
and Santa Fr Sairosd, that destructive lire &C.
Cured yesterday (Frdayo morning. The Doug
las Avenue House, the largest and finest hotel in
the Arkansas valley, was entirely destroyed. The
furniture was mostly saved, and also the baggage
of the guests. The building is u total loss the
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