The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-31
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

THE Governor, on the 18th, Issued tho
following commissions: Notaries Public
C. T. Coleman, Osage City; w. II. C. Bow
ers, Sumner County; John d. Brown, Sum.
ner; W. A. Gebhert, Ellsworth; o. Leroy
eedgwick, Shawnee; jerome W. Smith, Nc
Pherson.
3 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 a detached
part of the train, and was knocked of by the
train coupling. He fell under the train, the
wheels crushing his left leg and the left side
Of his body to jelly. His right leg was
broken in two places. The Coroner impan-
eled jury, and held an inquest at once. The
verdict exOncrated the railroad company
from all blame, and pronounced it an acct
dental killing.
MARK BURKEL has been arrested in Rice
County on suspicion Of numbering his brother
Anthony, q bachelor living alone on his farm.
One Of his ncighbors recently found him
dead from gun-shot wound. He had been
dead week.
MIR. HENRY FRIEND Of Illinois Township,
Scdgwick 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 time, he called at the Press Office later
in the week and reported the above facts.
THE coal field of Usage County is roughly
estimated as being 20 miles long and three
miles wide. Reduced to acres 1t would be
IS, 400. Up to October LIST, 1879, only 81 Ia
acres had been mined, leaving SS,00 1-2
acres still to work.
THE public library in Emporia City has
been closed, and in all probability will be
sold by the Sheriff at an early day to satisfy
claim against it of about $50.
The Kansas State Fair Association filed
its charter with the Secretary Of State, at To-
peka, on the Goth. Some 70 or "A gentlemen
are the incorporators, and the corporation is
formed for the purpose of the encourage
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State Of Kansas. Its business is to be trans
acted at the City of Topeka, State Of Kansas.
It is to exist for the term Of % years, and
the affairs of said corporation will be
managed by thirteen Directors, and for the
first year the Directors have been decided
upon as follows:
James Smith, Marshall County; William
Griffenstein, Sedgwick j. n. lnsley, JEFFERSON;
ppfrl, Snli
Dickinson: L. T. TAYLOR. Reno: Levi Wilson.
Ieavenworth; W. L. Challiss, AtchisOn; viii.
liam Sims, Shawnee; JOab Mulvane, Shawnee
T. j. Anderson, Shawnee; =. j. BOnebrakc,
Shawnee; NJ. BoswOrth, Shawnee.
Its capital stock Is to be $4,000 in shares OF
$40 each.
On the Goth Governor st. John issued COM
missions as follows: Justices of the Peace
Nelson S. Pease, Minnesota Township, Sedg-
wick County; A. H. Rexford, Pena Town
ship, Osborne; f. II. Russell, Franklin
Township, Lincoln; D. H. Scott, Larned
Township, Pawnee County; j. w. Mercy
nolds, Franklin Township, Lincoln. Nota-
ries Puplic-M. L. Carver, Wichita; d. S.
Young, Sumner County; j. C. Kennett'
Davis.
THE State Auditor has sent out 40 patents
to State school lands, including 4,SlO acres,
for consideration Of $1,000, an average Of
$3.50 per acre. The lands are located in the
several counties rs follows: