Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-09-22
KANSAS STATE NEWS,

OF WITCH inc Onurcn dictates the law which We
must obey, when preachers enter the role of
politicians and the pulpit becomes the forum
of state-fed clergy
The Legislature of 1881, authorized a State
road to be laid out between Topeka and Grant
vile, and required the counties of Shawnee
and Jefferson to pay for the same. This the
County Commissioners OF Shawnee refused to
do, and man Janus was askei for In the
District Court to compel such payment
Judge Morton decided in favor of the county,
on the ground that the Legislature hal no
right to Inn pose such burden on the county
against its consent. The Supreme Court
recently reversed this decision, and held that
the Legislature had the right to require .
county to build road within its limits and to
pay for the same
Chas harris, who was recently murdered in
New Mexico, was from Topeka. He was
member Of wealthy family of Columbus,
o. His father had lately purchased the Fifth
Avenue Hotel in Topeka for him, but he was
not to take charge until after the Exposition.
de temporarily accepted a situation as de-
tective on the Santa Fe Road, and while in the
discharge of his. duty, was murdered. He
was married but four weeks previous to his
tragic death.
j. c. Grail apromin ent citizen of Atchison.
while at the Marysville Fair, attempted to
quiet quarrel between some young men.
when young man named Glendenning took a
part. A fight cnsued when Grail received
several severe cuts from knife in the hands
of Glendenning.
Miss Jennie Freely, the ffteen-year-old
daughter of P, w. Pree ly, of Richland, Shaw
nee county, was assisting in the hay harvest
by driving the horse in sullxy hay rake The
horse became frightened and ran away, throw
ing the girl under the rake and dragging her
some distance, from which she received inju-
ries producing death In short time.
Usage county, claims the honor of holding
the first fair in the State without having
horse race. The success has been very graft.
lying, much better than its warmest friends
had hoped. The attendance has been equal to
that OF former years, and the gate money suf-
u ient'to pay all premiums and expenses and
pay 10 per cent to stockholders
Mr.. MCDANIEL, of Tiblow, bought at the
Kansas stock yards 1876 head of horses and
mules for $14, 800. He undertook to drive
them across the bridge at Wyandotte, when
they stampeded and scattered through the
town. He had lively time getting them to-
gether again.
Leavenworth ladies are indignant at hard
ware merchants for leaving coils of barbed
wire on the sidewalks. One Ia y, who spoiled
her new lawn dress, is especially indignant.
The talk now is that the Smith packing
house at Atchison will be reopenel in short
while. stock company controlling 50 O,OOo
has beenformed torun it. This is hoped for,
but the people of that town will only believe
it when the smell reminds them of the fact.
Sam Stevick, of Lancaster, in some manner
injured his thumb, which caused ester so
painful that amputation for relief was re-
sorted to.
Two valuable horses belonging to Mrs.
Morris, were killed by the cars on the Carbon
dale road a few DAYS since.
soldier named Merritt threw a stone
through the large show window of furniture
store in Leavenworth and was arrested. when
he plead guilty and said a term in prison was
better than soldiers life. He was jailed for
one year.
Winchester has an old man seventy two
years OF age, named Mitchell, who has
been married ffty-two years, since which time
he has not tastei alcoholic liquors He is one
of the few men who kept the promise made on
the wedding day.
The Ellis county Jail is said to be so filthy
as to be no better than cesspool.
Honesha, one of VictOria's leading warriors.
has been taken to Fort Leavenworth under
military escort and put in jail. He is reporte
to be one of the most blood Thirsty Of all of
that savage band of Indians.
Nine soldiers recently deserted at Fort Leav-
snworth. Three went to Kassas City, where
one was captured. Six went West.
Rev. W. ID. Clegg, pastor of the Baptist
church at Atchion, died last week of malarial
fever after lingering illness.
John Reynolds, in Jail at Hayes City for put
ing distractions on the railroad track last
July, has become raving maniac, and will be
taken to the Insane Asylum.
The Dunkards will have meeting m La.
bette county on the 23d and oath
People in the extreme western counties of
Kansas continue to haul bones TO the Union
Pacific Railroad.
. A colony of Russians has settled at the head
of the Pawnee, in Buffalo county. Buffalo
joins Pawnee on the south.
Anthony Broderick, of Lane county, came
home off the range recently with seventeen
heal of wild horses.
Gen. Pope states that all apprehensions of
an Indian outbreak on the southern border of
the State have disappeared.
A young man named J. n. Rankin. about
twenty years old, was drowned recently in the
riyer near the railroad bridge at Topeka, while
bathing.
Lloyd B. Terrell, manager of the Western
Union Telegraph Office at Wichita, was re-
Gently committed for contempt by G.. H.
Bentley,a notary, for declining to answer
questions as to the contents of kilograms sent
through the Office. He was called as wit
ness and counsel for plaintiffs sought to elicit
from him the contents of certain kilograms
sent by merchants of that city to Morris Kahn,
of New York City, which kilograms seriously
rejected upon the credit of certain business
men of Atchison. Mr.. Terrell declined to an
swer all questions on the ground that he was
not permitted to do so by the rules Of his
company.
Jno. T. Robinson, of Sslina, was accident
ally killed on the fair grounds at Topeka BY a
shot from a target gun in the hands of a man
who was fifty yards away. Robinson was
sfandiDg with a marty of men looking af soma