The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-24
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

the following NOtaries Public: j. b. Holman,
Montgomery County; J. C. Ross, sChautau-
qua; II. C. Solomon, Atchison; o. F. Eli
thrope, Rocks; VIM. De L. McClintOck,
Sumner; James Christian, Cowlcy; +. NJ.
Unkefer, Brown.
EDDIE SCOTT, about Is years old, was
around the station at Salina, few days ago,
and, in attempting to jump on an engine that
was working there, fell under the side Of it,
getting his foot crushed. He was carried
home and his wound attended to, but shortly
after died in spasms.
EX-CHIEF JUSTICE KINGMAN has been
nominated by the Judges Of the Supreme
Court for the office of State Librarian, vice
DIR. Dickinson, deceased.
Mrs. JOHN O'FARREL of st. Marys went
to Topeka on the 14th and attended to GER
tain errands, feeling as well as ever. About
slightly, and a hemOrrhage ensued, which
resulted in her death within five minutes.
The following changes in the proprietor
ship Of newspapers in Kansas have taken
place within the past few days: Mr.. S. w.
Willis of Milwaukee, Wis.,, has purchased
the Wichita Herald. Mr.. Martin, the old
proprietor, goes to California about the LIST
Of january next. w. T. Bruer has sold the
Kinsley Leader. The new editor gives a
salutatory, but neglects to give his name.
A. A. Banta has sold the Carbondale Journal
to VIM. Z. Baxter.
OFFICIAL reports of the State Superin-
tendent of Public Schools from 30 counties
show an increase of 1852 in our school pop
ulation over the number reported from the
same counties last year. The State now has
over O,OOO school children between the ages
of five and 81. On the basis of three persons
to one child of school age, the State has a
population of over 100000, an increase of
$1,000 during the past year. Shawnee is the
second county and Topeka the second city in
population. Leavenworth still maintains
the lead, with Atchison and Douglas follow
ing close to Shawnee for the third and fourth
places. Shawnee stood fourth on the list last
year, and Topeka was behind both Atchis0n
and Lawrence.
DURING the week ending October II the
following changes were made in Kansas post
offices: Discontinued-Cedar Mcpherson
County; Elkhart, McPherson; Lilly, Nc
Pherson. Name and Site changed
Broadview, Saline County, to TORY,
and Alfred Z. Ward appointed Post
master. Postmastcrs appointed-Far West,
Morris County, VIM. Kendall; Iaddam,
Washington, MvardO Tansel; Laing,
Rawlins, Levi Il. Worcester; Larkin,
Atchison, A. C. Green; Valley Falls, Jeffer-
son, A. G. Patrick.
c1xrv <bn,r,,d l,o,d of c,ttla arc ounod
in the vicinity of Dodge City, the heavy cat
tie men being Messrs. Day, Anderson and
Kent, Morgan Bros, j. l.. DriscOll and Sons,
johnson, Howard, Evans, Hunter Il Co., Pat
Ryan and Dennis Sheedy.
MAYOR KELLEY's celebrated greyhound
switch" died the 18th inst. ut Dodge City
from being ovcrheated in a race for an ante
lope. She has caught since last spring over
100. Witch cost the owner 500. Romeo, the
next best greyhound in Dodge, is the prop
erty of A. J. Peacock.
THEY have organized Prohibition Club
at Lecompton, which has one hundred mem.
bers, and it is getting work well under way
for the campaign of 1880. The temperance
people are awakening all over the State.
IT is rumored in Harper County that the
Santa Fe Railroad Company will not build
their branch from Wellington to Caldwell,
but directly to Anthony, the county seat OF
Harper County. If they do, Caldwell will
be left with the "bag to hold"
THE Governor, on the 18th, issued the
following commissions: Notaries Public
c. T. Coleman, Usage City; w. ii. G. Bow
ers, Sumner County; John ID. Brown, Sum-
ner; w. A. Gebhert, Ellsworth; o. Leroy
Sedgwick, Shawnee; Jerome W. Smith, Nc
Phcrson.
AT Hutchinson, on the 18th, Walter Court
right, son of Mrs. COPYRIGHT, postmistress
At Arlington, was SO mangled by the cars that
he died in few minutes. 1t seems that the
boy was climbing on the cars of detached
part of the train, and was knocked off by the
train coupling. lie fell under the train, the
wheels crushing his left leg and the left side
of his body TO jelly. His right leg was
broken i'm two places. The Coroner impan-
eled a jury, and held an inquest at once. The
verdict eXonerated the railroad company
from all blame, and pronounced it an acct
dental killing.
THE wife and 10-year- daughter of j.
II. Gartend of Rice County were among the
victims of the railroad accident at jackson,
Michigan.
MARK BURKEL has been arrested in Rice
County on suspicion of numbering his brother
Anthony, a bachelor living alone on his farm.
One of his neighbors recently found him
dead from gun-shot wound. lie had been
dead week.
MIR. HENRY FRIEND of Illinois Township,
Sedgwick County, was struck by lightning
and instantly killed, few days ago, near the
residence of Mr.. Jordan, in Minnesota Town
ship.
ONE of the most singular freaks of cleo
tricity occurred few miles northwest of
Wellington on the evening of the 9th inst.
Elias Drake was leading his horse by the
bridle-bit. A flash killed the horse, passed
over the body Of the young man, and burned
his boots to crisp. Although he was dead
for a time, he called at the Press Office later
in the week and reported the above facts.
Kansas City Markets.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, October 81.
Cattle-Natiye Feeders, sales at S2.15d3.25;
Native Cows, S2.a012.5O.
IIOgs-Sales to Packers at $3.1503s0.
Sheep-Colorado, SIS.
Wheat-NO. 2, Sl.H bid; No. 5, SlO6ss 6l.07.
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