Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-23
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

road bill provides that the Executive Council
shall on or before, April LIST, appoint these
| Conmissioners.h 1t Ia presumed three Com
missioners will be appointed on the 18th.
! Governor Click, Treasurer Howe, Auditor
| McCabe, Secretary Smith, Attorney General
Johnston and Superintendent Speer compose
the Executive Council 1t takes four votes to
! elect.
! Kansas grown fruit trees are he.best.
Box elder make thrifty shade free.
: Corns seems 70 be steadily advancing in
/ price.
Farmers are piowi6g' for corn in Southern
4 Kansas Sam ACreiIr 81 1rft0 l-
Newton will engage in tree planting this
! spring. ....
The corn acreage viii be greater than ever
[ before iH
The Cherokee Strip Live Stock Association,
of Cowley County, was incorporated recently.
1t is estimated, that the past session of the
! Legislature cost the State about $4,000.
IL is stated that there was but one member
of the two Houses of the Legislature who had
I his whole per diem and mileage allowance in
( tact on the dayof adjournment
An agent OF q St Joseph newspaper was
robbed o thirty-three dollars at a hotel in
/ northern Kansas one night last week. A
newspaper man who habitually carries around
! with him such a fabulous sum OF money is en-
titled to but little sympathy.
! William Davis, a brakeman, was recently
killed at Garrett while coupling cars. He was
nineteen years old.
~ Don't go into the woods for shade trees :;
take those on the outer edge. Oey.will sue
coed better. .,-f-,... .aE vs
Nearly every newspaper in the State makes
| mention of mad dogs, in several instances
people and animals being bitten. The shot
gun policy might be inaugurated to good ad-
vantage. ri - a.I.-I $500 s.. SOD .T
Not single State Legislature has vet strug-
gled with the toy pistol.-Prouidence OR. IL
Star. The Little Rhodan editor should read
up on Kansas Legislative history
A new coal company has been organized at
Atchisou, consisting of ID. r. Anthony, Sidney
Dillon, Jay Gould, Mr.. Mcdonald, of st. Jo-
seph, and others, for the purpose of operating
the extensive coal mines in the vicinity of
Huron, near Atchison. JED Tie t'''.''' '
1t is reported that man living I'm WAN
dotte had, in anticipation of the Virgins
! storm. constructed cave, and putting in a
good stock of provisions, taken up his tempo
rary abode there to await developments. The
persons who went into the cave were he and
his wife, his son-in-law and his wife and her
child. r-, s.-, ...fr.- ..t
George kenney, an ex-soldier, suicided at
Fort Leaven orth the other dav by blowing
the top of his head of with carbine. He
formerly served in the Second and Fourth
Cavalry and Fourteenth Infantry. The cause
was illness and being out of work and money.
For months past horse thieves have success
fully operated around Atchison. Last week
the five ringieaders were captured by the
Sheriff and safely lodged in jail. Their names
were Seymour Slauson, Bob White Ed. PRAY.
ther, Charles Tillman and Ed Benstraw The
evidence against them was conclusive.
Charters were filed with the Secretary of
State last week for the United Brethren Glass
OF Pleassnton, Linn County, and the Fall
River Library and Lyceum Association of Fall
River Greenwood County. Also the McPher-
son Hotel Company, capital stock $50, d.
vided into sixty shares of $50 each. The di
rectors for the first year are G. p. MCCourt,
j. f. Hughes, NJ. P. Simpson, E. P. Williams,
j. K. Wright. Parsons and Western Railway
Company; place of business, Parsons; capital
stock, 81, 100000. The purpose of this cor
poration is TO build a standard gauge road
from Parsons to the west line of the State al
the crossing of the Cimarron River. The APP
proximated length of the road to be 400 miles
Many Kansas farmers are constructing ar
tifcial tonds.
Early planted corn always does the hest ir
our State. er- 10 .r"
Considerable wheat is still in the hands o.
the farmers. ,sy ....
Kansas towns seem to have the water work.
fever. POI
Irrigation win be given thorough trial IL
Western Kansas this season. b.
An unusually large number, of settlers ar,
proving up on their homesteads.
The gang Of horse-thieves lately arrested a
Atchison had been organized for year O
more under the leadership of well connected
captain. Their operations extended from
Nebraska City in Nebraska all through
southern Nebraska, northern and eastern
Kansas, thence south to Dodge City, Kas.
and embracing portions OF Arkan
sas and Texas. The gang has been ex
ceedingly bold in its work, having stolen up
wards of one hundred head of horses anC
mules. AS far as known about forty member
constituted the crowd, who are in some in
stances respectable farmers, they operate,
stations, as the gang called their various hid
ing places, at which stock was kept for day
until the excitement abated, and then passe,
from station to station at night until Kansa
animals reached Nebraska, or the reverse o
were driven into iowa and Missouri, or to tn
southern states. and sold. One station wa
in the heart of Atchison, in which part O
: the gang with a few stolen animal
was caught. Another was located near Cum
: minsvllle, on the Nebraska line, and two Il
: |
lines in the direction first noted, and thiever
being the object of each station, its plunde
passing along the line. Other arrests will fo
low, duplicating many heretofore respectful
people. }i tflF Hii '"~i.
! Samuel Vanable, colored man who reside
at Lecompton and was employed on the SAINT
Fe Rock Crusher at that place, recently SUI
rendered himself toSherif Asher for shooting
: William Britain, also colored, who was Ell
: gagged In hauling stone to the crusher Britai
made an accusation against one Taylor, Eco
, ored) affecting his reputation as "masher
} which led to a fight. Vanable, in trying {
part them, turned the wrath of Britain upo
himself, who threatened to kill him with th
: razor he had in his hand. They engaged in
, wrestle and vanable in some way got hold {
Britain's pistol, shooting him twice in Ii
neck and head. .,., ~
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"A gentleman who has been engage
in the, lumUer bus ness for forty year
: is aui hority for tho statement that tn
year the Boston, Concord y Montrea
Railroad was opened W cd W wortl
one dollar cord mo ut the station
along its line than il is to day. and h
; sa further that in his opinion WOO
: grows faster than it is used for feel in