Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18
KANSAS STATE NEWS

Teachers Association at Madison, Wis,
next July. Senator Ingalls, delivered
an address before the Association, his
subject being "Garfield.n The Principals
Association met and elected the following
officers: President, d. c. Tillottson, Super.
intendent of the Topeka schools: Vice
President, L. w. Conway, President of the
Independence schools; Secretary, L. NJ.
Knowles, Principal of the Peabo schools;
Executive Committee, Prof. Wasso, of
Mound City, Prof. Sherry, of Valley Falls.
and Prof. Chichester, of Oswego. The
County Superintendent then met and
passed a resolution requesting the State
Superintendent or State Board of Educa-
ton to prepare course of study for coun-
try schools. The State Superintendent
said course of study would DO issued in
eight weeks. "A course of s.udy a great
deal larger than the one in use at Institutes
could be published by him at a cost OF from
three to five cents copy. These should be
distributed not only among teachers and
parents but among pupils, so that each boy
aud girl might know exactly what was ex-
pected for each day. This would enable
pupils who missed a few weeks
to keep their studies up ut home.
A RUMoR was current in Topeka that the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe were about
TO remove their offices to Kansas City.
What gave color to the iumor was the fact
that the contractor of the new general
Offices had been ordered TO cease work
and send in to the Company a state
ment as to how much he would take to
throw up his contract. What this all
meant the future only can reveal.
GOVERNOR CLICK has decided that the
successor to Hon. u. G.. Haskell should be
chosen by the old district which elected
him in 1882, and not by the new district In
which he was placed by the Legislature
after his election, and has called a special
election on March 1.
A PETITION was recently sent to Wash
ington from Topeka asking Judge Brewers
appointment to the vacancy made by Judge
McCrary's resignation. The petition was
signed by the Governor, Chief Justice Hor.
ton, Associate Justice Valentine and every
other official at the State House, and the
recommendation they gave to Judge Brewer
was very strong.
III. VAN FossEN, prominent citizen of
Wyandotte County, and proprietor of the
Kansas City, Kas., Globe, died recently at
Hot Springs, Ark.
THE history of the grain trade of Atchi.
Son for the year 1888 showed a gratifying
increase over the previous year. In 1882
the amount of wheat received was 1,91I, 925
bushels, and for 1883, 2.729 3G) bushels,
showing an increase of S17, I45 bushels. The
amount of corn received in 1882 was i ,2)2,-
800 bushels, land in 1888 2,215, 3i4 bushels; an
increase of 1,0l2,246. The amount of grain
handled by elevators in 1882 was 7,4S9, $40
bushels, and in 1855, a total of 10,913,450 was
reached, being an increase of 3,42S,50J
bushels.
CAPTAIN H. d. BAKER, of Salina, fell from
the State House foundation, at Topeka, re-
Gently, a distance of fifteen feet, and was
seriously injured. After being taken to his
hotel and examined by the physician it was
discovered that hereceived concussion of
the spinal. column and one of his hips was
badly bruised. 1t was thought that his in
juries might prove fatal.
AT the time of rendering their late decis.
ion in the complaints from Newton and
other places against the Santa Fe Road, the
Railroad Commissioners adopted a schedule
table of distance tariff rates on all classes
of goods and stock in which the old prices
were reduced about fifteen per cent. This
tariff is based upon the Central Branch de-
cision.
THE snide Insurance Company, which
some time ago had its headquarters at MIN
rod, in this State, and was dissolved by the
Attorney General, it is said, has come to
life again, this time with headquarters in
the State of Georgia, and is sending circu-
lars to its old policy-holders in Kansas,
offering TO take back its policies on
mules and cattle, in part payment for new
life insurance policies.
THE Salina & Southwestern Railroad
Company made its annual report to the
Board of Commissioners recently, covering
thirty-five miles of road, which completes
the entire list of lines in the State as hav.
ing reported. This road is branch of the
Union Pacific.
UNKNOWN parties entered the Office of
the Kansas Prob Jitionist, at Leavenw orth,
the other evening and pied forms and threw
half the type in che stove and melted it,
A MAN named John Byrne appeared be-
fore the United States Commissioner at
Leavenworth, the other day, and entered
complaint against himself for collision in
defrauding the Government out of 800 while
member of the Nineteenth infantry,
United States army, in 1869. In his final
accounts there was $50 of clothing money
due him, and he and the company clerk
raised it to S1S2. 1t weighed on his con.
science, and he wanted to confess and get
pardon.
Mrs. MARY HANDENscHILD. of Arm.
strong, was recently burned to dsath-her
clothing igniting while size was kindling a
fire.
THE recent cold snap nipped sour Italian
skies" in the bud.
A LATE fire in the Boyd building, in
Leavenworth, extended TO the Mckee
building, each being damaged to the extent
of 1900, and the damage to goods, offices,
etc., in the buildings extended the total
loss to about $4,000, mostly covered by
insurance.
UNDER the new Post-office law the fol-
lowing offices in Kansas have become Presi-
dental offices at the salary named: Frank
fort, salary $1,000; Howard, Sl,100; Lnds-
borg, $1,000; Harper, Sl,400; Carbondale,
$1,000; Usage Nilsson, $1,000.
The late cold was hard on stock.
The United States Pension Office at To.
peka, comprising in the district Missouri,
Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and the
Indian Territory, now has on its rolls 49,
O5T names. There were paid during the
year $3.50 vouchers. The total disburse-
ments reached the sum of 81, AZ, sTs45 The
amount of postage used during the year
was s., 209.92. The'number of letters mailed
was 1921; number received about H.
300.
1T seemed to be pretty well settled that
Judge McCrary would be George r. Peck's
successor as Solicitor of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.
THE Governor is of the opinion that 60,
300 people will come to Kansas during the
present year.
THE other night man and woman regis
tered at hotel in Topeka as ID. Moffitt and
wife, of Nebraska. Their strange actions
were noticed, and they quietly left before
breakfast next morning. Soon an officer
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