Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-11-25
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
i School land Decision:

4 School Land Decision:
fhe Supreme Eqtrt lfs made IN import
&tit decision which is OF interest To settlers
! that of the Stats VS.. Budgett Budget
| settled On scHcol land q. few days prior to
the passage Of the act Of the list ssssisn 81
the Legislature amending the school laws,
| and made application to enter his land
! under the Odd law, which was in force
when hs mads HE settlements. The lower
court decided in his favor and the case Vas
taken to the Supreme Court. The latter
tribunal holds that ssttleftent spd It'll:
pfovement Upon school lands unass tle
provisions Of section 4, article II, c. 122,
session laws 1876 with view to purchase
the same for the appraised value thereof,
exclusive of the value of the improvements
dc not confer vested right in the lend so
settled iipot. After review Ut the sase
the court summed tp as followsi sTnt
only way Of making the lands granted by
the Congress Of the United States to tue
State for school PURPOSES available; is by
their sale. To accomplish this eeftaih rutss
and regulations are necessary. The PEG.
pie who are the benefciaries, acting
thraugh their lie gislature adopted
certain terms for the purchase of
these school lands in the act of 1876 but
these terms have been changed by the act
IT 1890. Budget paid ND money, tor ten:
defed any money for the lands he now
claims, prior to the passage Of the act of
1856, and he filed no petition to purchase
the land Until the act was in full force. He
has never received any receipt Of cettifl.
cate Of purchase, and his claim rests solely
upon his settlement and improvements
ON the land, consisting 1T d Sod house and
five acres of breaking. There Is nothing i'll
these acts Of his to confer a vested right or
any kind OF claim to the land against tho
Stats. If he wishes to purchase the land
settled Upon by him, for tho appraised
value thereof, exclusive of tho value of the
improvements, he must comply with all
the prerequisites of the law in force at the
time he presents his petition to the probate
court. The judgment of the district court
will be reversed and the cause remaqded
for further proceedings"
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Mistaiiancous.
j. N. BAKER, a farmer who lives in the
northern part of Missouri, was in Topeka
the other day for the purpose Of organizing
a search for the supposed murdersrs of his
son, William Baker, who was found dead
one morning in August about six miles
from Atchison, on the Topeka road, and
whose body had been SO mangled by the
cars that it could scarcely be recognized.
The remains were buried, and about
month and half elapsed before the news
reached the ears of the parents. The father
had been to one of the western counties,
where his son had homestead. There he
learned that his son had started home,
having on bis person some $500 and carry
ing valise and a bundle of clothes. Mons
Of these things were ever heard of and the
father is confident that his son was MUIR
dered and his body placed upon the track.
The railroad charter boom continues.
The following charters were filed with the
Secretary of State on the 18th: The Now.
ton, Augusta e. Fort Smith Railway Com.
pany, which company proposes to build
road from Newton southeasterly to the
south line of the State. Capital, $1,000, 900;
the Omaha, Lincoln. Hartland & Ell Paso
Railway Company, which proposes to build
road from Omaha via Lincoln, Neb,
through Kansas and Texas to Mexico.
Capital, 81 900 600; the New Orleans, Kan.
sas & Western, and the Chicago, Omaha
& Southwestern Railway Company, which
proposes to build from Abilene to the
south line of the State. Capital, Sc, O00, 900.
The election returns from all but seven
counties had been received by the Score.
tary of State on the 18th. and the footings
foil
142 1873; Moonlight, 1O9,SOS; Branscombo,
S,06i. For Lieutenant Governor-Isiddle,
146.5S0; Islet, l03, $50; Houston, S.041. For
Auditor-McCarthy, 14s470; Kelley, S..
464; Langston, S2lS. For Secretary of
State-Allen, 5,OS4; Petition, 10l, 1895;
Klairn, 1916.
JEFF SMITH, delivery man for a North |
Topeka grocery firm, recently skipped out |
with woman and 500 that he had col. |
lected for the firm
LATE postofice changes in Kansas: Dis. |
Labette County; Lund,
Clay County; Glendale, Bourbon County;
Pleasant Run, Pottawatomie County; |
James Crossing, Jackson County; Stan.
wood. Leavenworth County.
EDGAR JAMES, boy sixteen years old,
dry goods store.
THE Salvation Army lately invaded
North Topeka and runaway horses and
broken limbs were in order.
KANSAS has more ladies holding the O flee
of county superintendent than any other
State in the union.
CHARLES H. ROBERTS, the attorney OF
Ia, died at the Sisters Hospital,
in Leavenworth. the other morning, from
injuries received from falling from tho
Missouri & Kansas bridge several nights
previous.
MORTON County has been organized, and
Richland named as the county seat.
MANY cattle arc said to be dying in Will
son County. Their death is attributed to
smut in corn.
In late quarrel between Tom Austin
md John Northington, both colored, at
Topeka, the latter filled Austin with the
contents of a shotgun, inflicting serious if
lot fatal wounds.
A MEETING of the stockholders of the
State Fair Association was held recently
It Topeka and a committee of five was ap-
pointed to make suggestions and reports
IS to the next State fair.
THERE are in Sherman County seven
owns within q radius of seven miles, all
lighting for the county seat.
w. d. SPEIILMAN, line repairer in the
mploy of the Santa Fe, met with pecu-
lar accident near Topeka the other day.
was carrying steel bar on his shoulder
vhen it fell. passing entirely through his
DOT, pinning it to the ground.
SHAWNEE has Il, 900 school children.
OTTo RUSSELL, ten years OF age, was acct
lenta'ly shot and killed by his elder BROTH
r, Daniel, while out hunting near Fredo-