The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-29
State News.

Wichita is fast getting rid of that elemen
which has proved such curse to her prOspcri
ty, thanks to the County attorney and the i'm
proved sentiment Of the place which is back
ing him up. ROwdy Joe made q telling sI,o
| chat night. Ii shot Red into etcrnty, him
self out of the country, Anderson through th
head, Beebe, Reds bar tender. into the psniten
tiary, Rowdy Kate to parts unknown, and Smith
Omet and another into Jail for perjury. Tn,
mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind ex
ceeding small. Patten was sentenced for year
Beebe for three years, and Josephine De Merritt
for ten years.
Fun FOR TAX PAYER.-Here is a little item
worth mentioning: A man by the name of Mai
son Is guardian Tor boy in Washington county
and some time ago he purchased some school
land for the youth short time ago the good
people of that district concluded to build schoo
house, and voted to that effect Now the fun
c0rnes There is hardly if any land taxable in
that district but the l6O acres that boy owns
and he is compelled to come down with tbi,
years taxes 30 the tune of si40! How near doe,
that come to coufscation i-Marysuille Ncms
A curious rs well an a sad accident is thus re-.
corded by the Olathe Mirror:
As Mr.. Giles and wife were coming to the city
in wagon one of the fore wheels of th. wagon
Nothing was thought of ths affair for sonie time
afterward, when Mrs. Giles discovered blood ooz.
ing from her babes mouth. In few minutes
the child was dead. The sudden Jar caused the
bursting Of blood vessel. The child was about
three months old.
A BIG sToRr.-The Jewell City Diamond saws:
ave met 7. Richard Comstock the other day.
and he told MS about a tree he lately cut on his
place on White Rock IL sounds large, bnt Ills
true, for several men who don't know Comstock
vouch for it. Il made 900 feet of lumber. five
cords Of four foot wood, 5000 shingles, one eight
gon loads of chips and bark, and the mill that
sawed it was run three weeks on the slabs"
The Arkansas City TYarelcr says: "On Friday
night of last week some five or six men of Butler
County, accompanied by several of Goose creek
came to the house of W. ID. Show, and enouirei
for Rige Beemis, who was stopping with Mr..
Show for the purpose Of bunting. Mr. Beemis
stepped out Of the house, when he was surroun-
ded and taken to the timber close by, where
rope was placed around his neck and thrown
over the limb Of . tree. The vigilanters then
told him to tell all he knew about horse stealing.
He told them that be knew nothing about ID,
and they let him 60. Mr.. Bsemis had been ar
rested In Butler County On suspicion, had trial
and was acquitted. and the parties, not satisfied
with the result, took the above mode to see If
they could not make him confess"
Adsy or two ago, boy fourteen years of age,
son Of Mr. Lyman, residing ten miles southwest
down from the gun rack, an old musket, which
bad remained loaded for year. The gun was
discharged, the lead going towards the hawk,
and the brecch pin Of tho gun the opposite di.
reetiou, burying itself in the side Of the boys
lace, where II remained until Dr. Turner came
md removed IL. The boy is seriously injured,
put Will survive. no doubt - Hiaratha Dispatok
crazy Mexican prisoner. at the penitentary, |
lttacked the hospital steward few days since, |
NTH spade, knocking him down, and would |
'crnaps have killed him had he not broken the |
pade' which stopped him until assistance ar
ived Tie doctor is recovering.
Inc wichita BeaooR states that several heavy
ooacco growers from Virginia have bought land
tnat vicinity for the purpose of cultivating
oesceo. Ihey have bad years Of experience,
pa : say .ney are willing, from their knowledge
Tue necessary soil and climate, to risk raising
gooo an article here as the Virginia leaf.
me INST prize, blue ribbon hog of the State, is
leu messenger on the Lesvenworth, Lawrence
ualvestcn railroad. He refused to let the
~, rescued from drowning near Garnett, last
eek, warm at his stove.
MI. Foster, of Bourbon County, is peculiarly
lapted for q situation on the rallows He is ,
. man VINO lately wrecked train on the Gulf
"a, because ne had some cattle killed by the
70.
Shawnee County is in favor of specie payment ! !
'iIen siirers has lately been elected chairman !
Ine board OF County commissioners.
! ne local editor Of the Girard Press has been
rsented with nice walnut bootiack. He uses
WnereWith 70 serape the mud OF his bare feet. :
,es your Job work dope at home. An Ottawa
trs nsu ~sht 70 Lawrence for his visiting !
! ~. II a. Iee Ottaws Jsxrnai comes down on
'd and No. 8 boot"
,oung Nathan High, Of Inaenanseo.s. Ia IN. d
man who has tried to ksIx fosl ia = gan y
putting his hand over tbe rszzje he hss fe
ee fingers left.