Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-07-18
NEWS SUMMARY
DOMESTIC,

DOMESTIC,
The secretary of the interior has issue.
emphatic orders 1t keep open cattle trails.
A telegram from Eagle Pass says i'm
mense CROWDS of grasshoppers of the Kan
sss variety have appeared in the state O
Coahula, Mex, flying westward, and tn
natives are greatly alarmed and fear /.
famine.
Brigadier General John Gibpon has beer
assigned by the president to the com manc
Of the department Of the Columbia anC
ordered to proceed to the headquarters O
the department at Vancouver barracks
Washington Territory.
The Patent office issued 522 patents, four
teen designs, twenty -four trade marks, anC
eco labels and reissues. Thirty patents were
awarded to Cit Gems of foreign cOu . tries. o
the domestic patents issued, New York re.
ceived SO, Pennsylvania So, Massachusetts
~, and Illinois AZ.
A $50 compound interest bearing note
with the date of the authorizing act printed
Oh it's face, as July 2, 1864" was presented
at the treasury department for redemption
The first auditor refused to pay it on the
ground that there was no such note a. rep
resented. Some little excitement arose in
consequence. when il was reported that
about SIS. OOO, coo in similar notes had been
issued. Subsequent inquiry, however, de-
veloped the tact that the issue in question
was regularly authorized by the act of June
80, 1864, which was made continuous and
probably accounted for the typographical
error in the date of the note in question.
The note wat redeemed, the price paid be.
ing $50.
Postmaster General Vuas has been in.
vestigaling the methods formerly pursued
in the postofice department in leasing the
buildings for postOffces and has arrived at
the conclusion that in certain cases where
leases have been made for q number of
years, the prices paid were exocbitant. The
question was submitted to the attorney
general as to whether the government is
bound by the leases made in such cases. In
his opinion the attorney general held that
in the sbsence of express authority con-
general has no right to make q lease for
any period hey ond the time for which the
appropriation was made. Under this di-
rectiOn Postmaster General Villas feels that
the leases are not obligatory upon the gov
eminent, and proposes to terminate them
upon notice, in any case when it appears
proper tor him to do so.
Several days past rumors have been cur
rent that w. A. Jackson, senior men. Der of
che big firm of W. il. Jackson & Bro, of
Hilsboro, Texas, is mysteriously missing
About three weeks ago Jackson started for
Chicago with train load of cattle. From
Chicago he wrote to his wife that he in
fnyo Inl ro%v ,r,,sr he &c CO.
where he would visit relatives for several
days. His wife supposed he was in Louis
lana but received word yesterday that be
had not visited his relatives, nor did they
know anything of his intended visit. Tel
egraphic inquiry at many points fails to
discover any trace of his whereabouts. l,
is now learned that Jackson is behind in
his accounts to a very large amount. Al
ready $55, 900 worth of matured paper has
turned up for payment and it is believed
the amount will be largely increased. The
total liabilities. it is believed, will aggre-
gate 100000 Jackson is still missir but
detectives are searching for him.
The reported obstruction of the cattle
trails through the Indian Territory by set
the attention of the secretary of the inter
drovers that they were not permitted to
take their cattle over the established trails
the secretary telegraphed that no one had
right to obstruct the trail Nevertheless, it
appears that the officers of the federal
courts in Kansas, whose jurisdiction ex-
tends over the Cherokee strip, have disre-
garded these kilograms and persisted in ex-
cludirg Texas cattle under an act of May
"a, 1884, which forbids any person to drive
cattle on foot through any state or territory
knowing them to be infected with conta-
gioxs disease. Secretary Lemar has now
the attorney general to instruct
the court officers to cease their opposition
to those using the established trails and
from interfering with cattle drovers while
on the trail in the Indian Territory.
VIM. II. Pudney, the gray haired and
gray bearded sexton of st. Georges church,
New York, who was convicted of assault
ing Eva A. McMichale and Lizzie Spear
each about 10 years old, was
to twenty years in the state
prison by Judge Cowing, in the court of
general sessi ms. In passing the sentence
Judge Cowing said: ITO think that our
church doors are thrown open and tie
sanctuary polluted, can any one conceive
Of any other place where children will be
'aft? If girls 60 to dances till late hour
IN the morning and fare illit is bad enough,
but this is worse than all. The sentence of
he court is that you be confined in the
tate prison for twenty years." Hardly
had the judge finished wnen Pudney sank
o the floor in senseless heap. he was
al ried into the rear of the court room and
to. He was then taken to Cham
,ers street hospital in q very wesk condi.
ION. i
A special dispatch from the Indian terri
DRY the other day said that the excitement
vas hourly increasing. The Cheyenne, for
hree or four days, have been going of in
lands of from twenty to fifty. Some of
hese bands return in q day or two and
hen 60 again, 50 it is impossible to tell |
low many are away or how far some Of
hem have gone. The bridge across the
liver between the fort and the agency is be- |
ng pushed rapidly. A band of Cheyennes |
topped at the ranch of the @. & A. cattle |
having in their possession herd |
# stolen mules and horses. They forced |
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