The Iola register., 1881-07-29

KANSAS STATE NEWS.
A mass-meeting was held at Topeka
on the night Of the 18th, to discuss the action
Of the City Council in licensing the sale Of
mineral water and other drinks. Col. C. x.
Holiday presided, with long list Of Vice
Presidents. Speeches were made by Col.
Holiday, ex-Gov. Robinson, and others, and
Q series Of resolutions adopted setting forth
that the Prohibitory amendment and conse-
quent legislation have been proved most det-
both foreign and native immigration has
been stopped and the growth Of the State
checked; that municipal corporations
are threatened with empty treasu-
ries; that the expenses of courts
are being greatly increased instead Of dimin.
ished, as was claimed by the friends of pro.
hibition; and that . further attempt to en-
force the law will be detrimental to the
moral as well as the material welfare of the
people. It was thereupon resolved, ''That
we heartily indorse the sensible
course Of the Mayor and City
Council of Topeka in their endeavor
to save their constituency from ruin; that we
demand the repeal Of the iniquitous laws, SO
that Kansas can again secure her share Of
immigrants, and that peace, good order, and
prosperity may return to our State; that We
demand the enforcement Of the law by fair
and constitutional means only; that We de-
plore bulldozing in law as we'll as in politics;
and that we recommend a little moderation
and temperance in all things to our Prohibi-
tion friends.
The Santa Fe Land Department has
prepared plans for an elaborate display Of
Kansas products from along the line Of that
road for the State Fair in September. The
plans provide both for the display of pro-
ducts generally and of the products Of par
ticular counties or communities, all Of which
will be arranged in an artistic and at the
same time conspicuous manner.
The Commonwealth says: The militia
ry features of the State Fair here, in Sep.
tember, will be among the chief attractions.
Gen. Sheridan will undoubtedly be present,
and every company of militia in the State
will be on hand. The Soldiers Reunion it.
self will be sufficient to bring all our militia
ry-loving people to the city. Major Ander-
son has the matter in charge. This is an as
surance of splendid success.
A correspondent of the Commonwealth
writes from Harper County: Texas cattle
are ruling very high, though "yearlings'
have been sold as high as thirteen dollars
per head. Major Drumm sold 5000 head Of
three-year- -olds (wintered) for the snug lit
tie sum Of $1sO,OOO. Although prices are
running high, everybody seems anxious to
buy, and herds are being sold as fast as they
arrive on the range.
William H. Fairchild, charged with
the French murder in Harper County In
1878, has been found guilty of manslaughter
in the fourth degree, the punishment being
imprisonment in the County Jail not less
than six months, nor more than two years in
the Penitentiary. Fairchild admitted the
killing, his defense being that French had
sustained illicit relations with his wife.
The county seat of Rawlings County
has been located at Atwood. The following
are the county officers: Representative, O..
L. Palmer; County Commissioners, Herman
Kase, August C. Blume, Lorenzo Demmer;
County Clerk, w. B. Shirley; County Treas
urer, G. Leeper; Probate Judge, B. W.
Fowler; Register Of Deeds, John E. Hayes;
Sheriff, Ed. H. James; Coroner, Leonard
Wiltse; County Attorney, Pat. Fleming;
Clerk Of District Court, AL Birdsall; Coun-
| ty Surveyor, John Bliss; Superintendent of
Public instruction, w. w. Denniss.
Within the past thirty days, says the
Commonwealth, several County Tressurers
from the Western part of this State have
made their semi annual settlement with
State Treasurer Francis, and have returned
to their respective homes with more money
than they had before making said settlement,
the mileage to which they were severally en-
titled amounting to more than the funds
which were due to the State. In view OF
these rather ludicrous facts, the Common
toealth gently suggests for the consideration
of the State Solons that the statute requiring
of County Treasurer's semi-annual settle
ments with the State might be so amended
rs to provide for q different manner Of set.
tlement for the extreme Western counties.
Sheriff Allen, of Trego County, re.
Gently brought in from the western part Of
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to wreck Union Pacific train at Gopher.
One of the parties had, an hour before, been
put off train, and out of revenge, It is sup
posed, >, he placed obstructions on the track,
which, If not discovered, would have caused
a serious disaster.
The leading colored people at Topeka
have effected an organization to be known
as the Mutual Protection Association of To.
peka. The object of the Association is to
look after the business and political interests
of the colored people of the city.
Says the Greenwood County Repu6li'
can: Last August farmer named Freund,
near Atchison, bought bag of bran from
Lukens & North, millers. He fed the brar
to COW and she died in few days. Freund
and some Of his neighbors opened the cows
stomach and found therein two copper
rivets, which were afterward proved the
same kind as those used in the mill o1
Lukens s. North. He brought suit for the