The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-10-17
TO ESCAPE PUNISHMENT
KANSAS NEWS.
suits brought Against the D0ugIas
County 1reasurer.

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Three suits were begun on Monday last
| by the county commissioners, against Jas
Z Watson, the defaulting county treasurer
J W. Cullock, RVbt. j. Young and T. {
Ts-ker.
An Injunction has been obtained, re
strainiDg the collection Of certain tax Ger
tticates, which are claimed to be fraudu
! lent as against the county. Hon. Ro5er
Morrow, the present county treasurer, is al
- made defendant as a matter of form, :,
AZ 10 enjoin him from paving any OF tn,
c. rtiticaIes.
The petition alleges the fraudulent char
acter OF these certificates, that they are pnr
ported to be held by parties having no rea
pecuniary interest in them, and prsys fOI
their traD-fer from the county :. NJ. Al
len, W. W Nevison and 5. A. Rigs are
attorneys for the county.
This il an important suit, and il il ex.
pscted that its developments vii, have a
tendency to uncover al l,a-r one OF the big
holes into which 50 mu,h of the people
money has been falling, and that possibly
a few dollars may still be ti,hed out OF the
holes.
ka"sas Academy OF Science.
Topeka commonwealth, ~.
At the morning session of the Kansas
Academy Of Science yesterday, the follow.
ing persons we're made members Of the soci.
ETY.:
Hon. d. 3. Long, of Ellsworth Prof
Geo. Stearns, of Washburn College Mr.
Parker, of Robinson, Kan; Mrs. n c. Nc
Farland, of Topeka, and Mrs. Campbell
and Miss A. f. Motley, of Wyandotte,
Kansas
The Secretary's report for the past year
noted the receipt of large number of the
publications of other societies for the library
of the Academy, and also the donations to
the museum.
The programme wa, taken up and papers
read in the order given below:
Prof. b. F. Nudge spoke on the connec-
ton between the fossil forests of the Da-
kota group of Kansas, with the fossil for
ests Of Greenland, showing the great simi-
larity between now extinct forest trees of
Greenland and some Of those in the fossil
beds of Western Kansas, and also certain
sIecies now living in the Southern United
States.
A paper on certain new Kansas materials
was then read by Prof q. +. Patrick, in
which he stated that he had carefully as
sayed some of the supposed silver bearing
rocks from near Chanute, but failed 10 find
a single trace of the precious metal. He
also stated that true magnetism Limestone
is not found in large quantities in this
State, the 20 o-called magnetism limestone con-
tanning less than one-half OF one per cent
of niagnesia.
In speaking of the crystalized gypsum in
Western Kansas, this speaker stated that
the two different forms of crystalized gyp-
sum occur in separate localities. These
two forms are the true crystal. and the pol
lated or leaf-like crystal. The former oc-
ours abundantly in the Salina River Valley
While the latter occurs farther west.
The gypsum CRYSTALS and veins occur in
ledges OF blue shale and are supposed by
Prof Patrick to originate on the evapora-
iion Of the water holding the gypsum in
when il passes through the shale
near the face of the ledge in which they are
found. This theory is supposed by the fact
that many veins of gypsum disappear at
distance Of about two feet from the exposed
face Of the shaie.
In the course of the discussion On Prof.
Patrick's paper, Prof. Nudge remarked that
here was no proof of metamorphic rocks in
Kansas, and consequently statements Of dis
Of the precious metals in the State
we're to be discredited, as the metamorphic
rocks are the mineral bearing rocks.
A list of additions 10 the list Of Kansas
plants was read by Prof. J. H. Carrurh,
which increased the number to about l15O,
md still further additions may be looked