The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-08-16

The car turned over toward the SOUTH All thu
passengers whe could do %, had taken seats the
north side, TO avoid the sun, and consequently had
the whole width Of the to fall, hence the large
| number Of wounded. Moral-never try to get out Of
the sunlight.
DIR. Cruikshank was in our Office, while the train
was detained He said his folks would be at Sever
ance, waiting for him We advised him to telegraph
them not to wait; that be could 60 mp the Atchi
son and Nebraska Road, to Highland Station and get
home in good time. He said he would do so; but he
didn't and therefore got hurt Next time, take an
editors advice.
little forcthought and Accommodation ON the
part Of the trainmen would have saved some Of the
wounded. A number were bound for Nebraska, rio
the Atchison and Nebraska Railroad. Had the train
not been detained, they would have made connec-
ton Bat the train could not proceed they would
have to remain ut Troy junction till the next day
when they did get there. When it found that
this train must wait, had the conductor told these
people that they could make the connection by get
ting of and going to the Junction in the hack they
would have saved days time, and avoided the acct
dent.
~ Farmers who intend to SOW Fall wheat should
call on Sehletzbaum 4 SchneI, in Donphan, and buy
one Of Gundlachs Patent Grain Drills which
ranted to do better work and of lighter draught,
than any other Drill in the market.
MORE KILLING IN HOLr.-A man named Belshire,
living south of Fillmore, Andrew County, No., was in
town, Friday and Saturday, and related bloody af-
fair as having occurred near Forbes, Holt County,
last Thursday. The St. Joseph papers have cores
pondents in every part of Holt County, and of
them have written from Forest City and other points
since this killing is alleged to have been DONE but
have made mention of it, which leads us to think
our informant must have had his credulity imposed
upon. The facts of snch affair would have been
known either at Oregon Forest-City, very af
ter the occurrence. But murder is almost a daily
occurrence in Holt County, it may have ceased to
cite interest. However, give inforinants story
as he gave it us.
In the vicinity of Forbes there immense black
berry patches, covering hundreds of One
farmer named something like Fancher had fenced in
his land, and put up sgn-boards about the place,
warning people to keep out. He wished to gather his
berries himself, and market them. Hundreds of peo
pie, from far and near that vicinity for black
berries some of them camping in the vicinity. The
vines outside of this mans enclosure pretty well
picked over but those inside full of ripe berries
Last Thursday, two men from Nodaway County came
there to gather berries; and finding poor picking out
side, but bushels of berries inside, they entered the
enclosure, and commenced picking. Fancher's wife,
seeing them, went and requested them to go out
the berries wanted by their They refus
ed to 60, whcreupon she went for her husband who
came, and ordered them out. They informed him |
that if he wanted them out, he would have to put
them out. He proceeded to do So but the two were |
too many for him. and getting the better of him,
when his wife to the house, got doublebarreled
shot gun and coming back to the of action, fired
upon of her husbands antagonists, blowing the
Top of his head off. The other then started to run |
away, when she fired the other barrel the charge tax
ng effect in his breast, inficting mortal wound.
Our informant says he q wounded man being
,oveyed away in a wagon, and told that it was
Inc one last above mentioned.