Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-06-05
STATE NEWS.


STATE NEWS.
A bill has been fled in the district
court of Harvey county, to foreclose the
first mortgage on the st. Louis, Fort
Scott & Wichita railroad. The mortgage
amounts to about "a, 100000, two semi
annual installments of interest being due.
The suit is begun by the Union Trust
company of New York, trustees under the
mortgage. The st. Louis, Fort Scott &
Wichita railroad is about 800 miles long,
it's main lire extending from Fort Scott
by the way of Ell Dorado and Wichita to
Anthony, in Harper county, with
branch already constructed from Ell
Dorado to Newton, and projected through
Mcpherson county westward. The road
is very fine piece of property, ma
jority of the stock being owned by the
Gould interests. The bill charges the
parties in control of the road with pur-
pose to deteriorate the value of the
property so as to acquire the bonds at a
low rate.
Topeka Commonwealth: It is stated
by gentleman in this city, who is en-
gagged in the stock business, that the
passage of what is known as the oleo-
margarine bill now before congress, will
decrease the price of cattle in this part
of the country 81 per head and lower,
hogs so cents per head. 1T is a fact"
said he, ''that owing to the using up of
the material from which butterine and
oleomargerine are made, and the drying
of beef, etc. in Kansas City, we have
been getting nearly as much for our
stock in that city as they would bring in
Pittsburg. Formerly we shipped to
Pittsburg, but we discovered that we got
within Is cents as much for cattle in
Kansas City as we did in Pittsburg, but
if the bill passes, of course the thing is
knocked. am in favor of law allowing
the manufacture of the goods, but think
they ought to be stamped and sold for
what they really are"
A case of considerable importance has
Just been decided in Ottawa county, the
facts being as follows: The wife of A.
J. Willis died and left will giving all
her property, consisting of valuable real
estate adjoining this city and money in
bank to the amount of $4,000 in the
aggregate, to- three sisters, one brother
and an adopted daughter, leaving her
husband out in the cold. Under the
laws of Kansas, this will would have
been imperative as to one half Of this
property, but this did not satisfy Willis
who brought suit to recover the whole,
the theory being that the testatrix was of
unsound mind at the time of making
the will. After being out for sometime,
the jury returned verdict for the de-
fendant. The case will be appealed.
Judgment has been recovered at Hia-
watha for Leander Finley against the
Missouri Pacific railroad for $3.50, the
value of twelve head of cattle that died of
Texas fever in August, 1884. The facts
were these: The Missouri Pacific shipped
some cattle over its road to Nebraska
from Kansas City. The train was
wrecked near Baker, Brown county, and
the cattle were driven from the wreck to
Hiawatha along the highway. Mr.. Fin
ley's cattle passing over the trail, took
the disease and died. Judge Webb
Drought suit for Finley and the jury re-
turned verdict as above stated. This
is under the Texas cattle fever law Of
1881.
George E. Clayton, postmaster at
Willis, Brown county, was the other day
taken out Of bed by twenty men, blind
folded, stripped, tarred and feathered,
and, in default of rail, ridden around
town on wagon tongue. Awoman, said
to be milliner, came to Willis about
three weeks ago. Clayton wanted to
rent her room and board her, but his
wife refused to cook for her. Since then
Clayton has been living with the milliner
up stairs while his wife slept down stairs
When Clayton was seen in the postoeice
he had got the tar off his face and put
on his clothes over the rest. He will pick
the feathers off later at his leisure.
Dennis j. Daley, a tramp, visited the
residence of j. 81. Everts at Wallace,
Wallace county, the other day, and on
the condition that he was to do some
little work about the house, he was to
receive meal. After he had filed the
latter part of the contract be refused to
go any further and Mrs. Everts alleges
that he struck her. When her husband
appeared on the scene short tine after,
be procured shot gun and started in
pursuit of the tramp and at length dis
covering him, emptied the contents Of
the shot gun in his body. Everts was
arrested and bound over to the district
court in the sum of $4,000.
The other day a stranger called at the
house of a man named Guise near Flor
ence, Marion county. nd asked for a
meal. It was given him and after he
had finished he made improper advances
to the woman who resented them and
called for assistance, whereat the man
fed The woman's brother followed
him however, and shot him, killing him
instantly. The slayer was arrested and
jailed at Marion.
J. p. Rogens, farmer, residing near
Cleveland, Kingman county. became en-
gagged In dispute with his nephew, j.