Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-01-05
KANSAS STATE NEWS

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Convention have promulgated an adore. =,
the people of the State in which thev ..r.
"Knowing that there exists in the mira. :,
the people of this State strong des,r. -,
check by reasonable and just Legislation tho
glowing tendency of Railroad manaoers -
evade their obligations to the public "a com.
mon carriers, ana assume powers that are detri-
mental to the business interests of tho corn
monwealth; and believcing that many indiyid-
ual instances OF oppressive and unjust dis.
examinations in rates of freight and passenger
fare have been practiced by roads AGAINST
particular localities, towns, and persons;
and in obedience to resolutions
adopted by the Abilene Convention of the 14th
inst.,'we respectfully call upon the people of
the whole State to aid the COMMITTEES of Nine
teen in securing specific information concern
ing the determinations and extortions COM
planned of. An adjourned meeting of those
members Of the next House of Representa-
lives and Senate who favor railroad reguia-
ton will be held at Topeka, January s. We
earnestly urge all farmers, shippers, mechan-
les and other persons who have knowledge
oI aneged outrages to report at once to
members OF the committee, in order that re-
naole information may be had by Convention
ana Legislature. Communications should be
addressed to either of the following named
members OF the Committee of Nineteen:s E.
:. turner, Leo Herzig, A. r. Greene, Geo. 8.
Greene, f. Charlesworth, s. L. Ryan, Writ
W. walton, NJ +. Knappenberger, D. REEVES,
). W. Ware, Butterfeld, Z. f. Ware, j.. 8.
Waters, P. P. Elder, J. B. Craneey, C. r.
Mitchell, W. c. Sweeney, F. W. Rush, G. B.
Hoffman and John Russell.
A lady named Polly A. Hoppins, aged SEVEN
ty-two years, committed suicide in Atchison
last week by throwing herself into a well
forty-two feet deep. She had been suffering
for year past from chronic disease of the
stomach, which caused intense pain, and had
several times stated that life was intolerable,
and that she meant to end 1t.
Postofice changes in Kansas during the
week ending December 8, 1892 Established
Catharine, Ellis County, Jacob Schmidt, post
master. Observation-Disclosures, Norton Coun-
ty. Postmasters appointed-Bonita, johnson
County, George M. Osman; Brush Creek,
Cherokee County, r. F. Greer; Clayton, Nor
ton County, E. L. Pease; Grand Summit,
Cowley County, N. L. Virgins; Highland,
Doniphan County, Oscar S. Long; Scipio,
Anderson County, Herman Brummel; Wav-
erly, Coffee County, H. H. hurry wild
Horse, Graham County, John w. Coles.
Name and site changed-Oriole, Smith Coun.
ty, to Sherwood, Alexander D. Murray, post
master.
Archibald Hamilton and Michael Murphy,
two soldiers stationed at the Fort near Hayes
City, recently got team in town and drove
five miles south Of the Fort, stopping at the
farm house of Mrs. Hiss, whose husband is in
Colorado. They broke into the house, where
were Mrs. Hiss, four young ladies and some
children. After they gained admission they
drew their pistols and fired off several shots
in the ceiling other parlor, after which Mrs
Hiss aud her daughters got an axe, hatchets,
etc, and drove them out. They then drove
to the house of German named Krumfus,
who was absent, and offered indignities to his
wife, but she seized a Ratchet and struck one
of them, when two colored soldiers who were
out hunting came along and drove them off,
The next morning Mrs. Krumfus walked to
the Fort and made complaint to Col. Dudley,
who handed the men over to the civil authori-
ties for trial.
The third biennial report of the Blind Asy-
lam, located at Wyandotte, states that the ad-
ditional buildings provided for by the last
tuition is in a most fiourishing condition. The
average number of pupils in attendance in
1881 was fifty-two; the average number this
year, So. Seventeen new pupils were admit
ted during the past year. All blind persons
residing in the State between the ages of ten
and twenty-one years, who are not incapaci
tated by physical, mental or moral inArmity
for useful instruction, are eligible as pupils of
the institutions; but no one whose age does
not come within the limits above described
can be admitted.
Hog stealing is reported to be thriving
industry in and around Parsons. The thieves
steal the hogs from the stock merchants and
take them back next day and resell them.
The Board of Trustees of the State Chart
table Institutions have issued their third bien-
NAL report, relating to the management of the
State Reform School. This school was opened
June 6, 1881. Owing to the limited appropria-
ton but forty boys have been admitted for the
year. The Board asks for additional buildings
and larger appropriations for the next two
years. An appropriation is also asked. for
establishing workshops.
The Kansas Legislature will convene Tues
day, January 9th. The election of State
Printer will take place Thursday January 18th,
and the election of United States Senator
Thursday, January 25th. 1 81 &
Confidence men continue to fleece green
horns out of their money at the depot at
Atchison. People who never read the news
should not attempt to travel on a railroad.
Atchison claims that her elevators now al
most equal those of Kansas City in number
and capacity, and far exceed those of st.
Joseph. -.s.1,ss.-
Mrs. McKune, who murdered George Lord
in 1880, was recently arrested and taken to
Wakeeney for trial. In May, 1880, George
Lord, aged about sixty, left his family for q
trip West in company with this woman. They
travelled together to Monument, near which
they camped, and while Lord slept in the night
she killed him by shooting him in the back OF
the head with pistol, after which she dragged
him down in a ravine and buried him. Next
morning she took his team and about 500 in
money and drove back to Hayes City; there
she sold the team, took the cars and re-
turned to Kirwin, near where she lived on Bow
Creek. She married shortly after McKune,
under which name she is now arrested. She
was doing well, and the family were well
thought of nv their neiUhhora She Ia ahorIf