Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-06
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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Church, South, held its annual session at Wy
andotte. Bishop Cranberry presided, and
MADE the following appointments: Atchison
District-Atchison, C. M. sherman: Leayen-
worth, w. P. Eakin; Oskaloosa, A. j. Law
less; Holton, j. w. Faubion; Troy, ]. 8. Sta
ten; Kulo, w. 7. Ready; Nebraska City, w.
P. Caples and N G. Faubion; Rock BLUM. 7.
l.. Austin; Efingham, c. w. Thorp; Kicka-
poo and Fairmount, j. T. Winstead: Water
vile, 3 K S2yre. Council Grove District
Council Groye, w. H. Conner and J. M. Gross;
Strong City, j. r. Bennett; Walnut Valley,
W. W. Jared: Whitewater, w. II. Younger:
winfield, s. j. Catlin; Howard City, II. T.
Brown; Elk City, s. T. Harris; Kinsley, J. L.
Gibson; Wellington, w. E. Rroadwell; Har-
per, TO De supplied. Fort Scott District-Wy-
andotte, j. w. Payne and A. A. Lewis; Shaw
nee, W. L. Stampfer; Paola, to be supplied !;
Barnard, I. c. Sparkman; Fort Scott, w. j.
Blakey; Oiathe, Charles Boles; Labette, John
Hyatt. r-
Rev. Harper, of the Wichita Baptist Church
In recent sermon, said: SIT will be bad
day when the State prescribes mans religion,
or when the Church dictates the law which we
must obey, when preachers enter the role OF
politicians and the pulpit becomes the forum
of State-fed clergy"
Edward Henderson, an Atchison County
farmer, was gored by bull he was leading to
water. His injuries are of a terrible nature
and will probably result fatally.
The third annual reunion of old settlers
OF Nemaha county, will be held at Seneca,
October 8. Senator ingalls, has been invited
to address the gathering.
The City Council of Wichita accepted prop
ositions for the erection of water-works from
Colorado parties, and passed an ordinance to
that effect. The water will be furnished from
wells excavated upon the banks of the Little
Arkansas River, about one mile north of the
city.
John Boyle, q bachelor of seventy, who
died lately at Salina, left by will some
$500 to the city of Salina for the purpose of
prospecting for coal, strong indications of
which are found in various places in the
county. A fine bed ofcoal, whichit is thought
undoubtedly exists there, if uncovered, will
be Of untold benefit to the city, and render the
old gentleman's name immortal.
The thickest and best seam of coal In Kan
sas is said to be the Cherokee bed, found in
| Cherokee, Crawford and Labette counties
1t extends from the Indian Territory entering
the State near Chetopa and running across
the Southeast part of Crawford county. Like
other strata, it dips to the Northwest but how
far it extends in that direction is unknown, as
the same peculiarities in the deposits have
been noticed as those existing in the Fort
Scott seam. The thickness of the coal is from
fifteen to thirty-four inches.
The State Superintendent of Public In
struction reports the recent erection of
school houses in the State and their cost as
follows: Oswego, at a cost of $1,000; Solo
mon City, $4,000; Carbonate, $500; Arm
strong, $4,000; Usage City, $1,000; Wyan-
dotte, $4,000; Burden, $500; Florence, 81
500; Sabetha, S7,700; Abilene, $4,000; Meri-
den, s., 900; junction City, S1O,O 600; Nickerson,
$4,000; Cnerryvale, $500; Manhattan, S1O,-
600; School District No. 81, Shawnee County,
! s., 200.
Charters were recently filed with the Secre-
tary of State for the Cherokee Brilliant and
Coal Mining Company, Cherokee County, cap
ital stock, 100000; Topeka Packing House
and Stock Yards Company, capital stock,
$500, 600; the Davis County Advance Publish
ing Company, located at Junction City, cap
ital stock, $1,000; and Bethany Academy,
Lindsborg, Mcpherson county.
Merchants and professional men of Topeka,
are making vigorous kick against the occu-
patton tax to be levied upon them by CITY
ordinance. Lawyers say they will not pay it
without first trying its Constitutional legality
with test case in the Supreme Court. Soon
the Shawnee County Bar Association will hold
meeting and determine what to do.
An exchange estimates the agricultural pro-
ducts Of Kansas this year to be worth at pres
ent prices $13S, 1885,, 315, and the other products
Of the farm, garden, and pasture, including
live stock, will bring the total up to SIG OOO,-
600, or an an average of SIG for every man,
woman, and child in the State
POstoffice changes in Kansas during the
week ending September 10th. Postmasters
appointed: Ashmead, Ellsworth county,
Herman B. Mohlman; Cults, Lane county,
Julia Emmons; Ovo, Butler county, Mrs.
Lizzie NJ. Hawk; Willis, Brown county, John
| Goodwin.
cutting scrape occurred in North Fort
Scott lately, in which VIM johnson was Sc
riously and Will and John Brown slightly cut.
They were camping out in the bushes, when
ive roughs from Mapleton attacked them and
| in the free fight which ensued the cutting was
| done.
The Board of Trade of Fort Scott met and
discussed Railroad freight rates lately. An
organized effort is to be made to influence
Railroad managers to let Fort Scott into the
Kansas City pools.
fire in Topeka, recently, destroyed frame
store building on West Eighth street, in which
man by the name of Carter had about s4OO
worth of groceries. The building and goods
were entirely consumed, entailing loss of
! $500. The building and stock were insured
for 5000.
Hazelnuts are very plentiful this year. and
the boys are laying in great stores of them in
the localities where they abound.
A boy twelve years old was run over at the
depot in Newton, last week. He is the son of
an employe of the company and was climbing
on a car when he slipped and fell under the
wheels. His legs were crushed and he was
otherwise injured.
A Wyandotte somnambulist walked out of
his sleeping apartments lately-the second
story of a building-and received injuries
which physicians pronounced fatal.
| Charters have lately been fled in the Office
of the Secretary of State for First Evangelical
Lutheran Church of Lincoln county, Kansas: