Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-10-16
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
At HOME AND ABROAD.

At HOME AND ABROAD.
John NJ. Corse has been appointed post
master at Boston, Mass.
At the state election in Georgia, Gen. j.
B. Gordon wss elected governor. The DEM
Ocrats carried the state.
The president has appointed John @. A.
Sheldon, postmaster at Manhattan, Kansas,
vice A. A. Stuart, suspended.
The steam boiler in Jordan Buckwells
saw mill. seven miles northwest of Warren,
Ind, exploded, fatally injuring two men.
Sacks containing thirty pounds OF giant
powder exploded in the Cadonia mine near
Oeadwaod, Dakota. -Four men were killed
outright.
A.. /. Coleman, of Centralia, was nomi-
mated for representative of the 46,h district
by the republicans.
A number of cattle have died in the vicin.
ity of Stoddard, Mo-, in the eastern part OF
Green county. The nature OF the o1sease mas
not been determined.
Information is received at Washington, ID.
O.. thnt Admiral Porter is lying very i'll at
New, ort, the result of a carriage accident at
Milford Srrings, Mass, ten days ego.
nc. Towsop, resident of Los Angeles
CAL, while on his way east, jumped from a
rapidly moving train on the Santa Fe road,
as it was drawing into Topeka, and was
fatally injured.
Rose Elliott, girl of 16, living with her
parents on jefferson street, in Kansas City,
Mo-, disappeared about week ago, and has
not been heard from. The case has been
ziven to the police.
The steamer "Belzic" has arrived in San
Francisco. Among the passengers is Prince
Louis Bonaparte, travelling in cog. as Count
je Moncalieri. He will remain few days
and then proceed east.
Wallace, the murderer of the Logan fam
lily of Eve persons-fathe-, mother and three
childr ,n-was taken from jail at Steelvlile,
Mo-, by a mob and lynched.
La the district court of Junction City, Will
liam Lessman, William Roseul and ID. w.
Phillips were convicted of violating the
prohi bitory law, and were each fined S2OO
and costs, and sentenced to Jail for sixty
days.
w. B. Knight, chief engineer of the Kan
sas City, Wyandotte & Northwestern rail
road, has resigned. The survey uf the road
has been completed to Valley Falls, Kan, and
will not be continued beyond that point un-
til next spring.
An unknown thief threw three handfuls
of red pepper into the eyes of Tom Donnel-
y, q diamond broker at 118 Dearborn street,
Chicago, and then robbed the place of
tray of diamonds valued at between 800
and 5000. It was while the streets were
crowded that the thief entered the place.
The miners of the Philadelphia & Reading
comp ny's Peerless colliery struck on the
scarcity of cars. The breakers can not pre-
pare coal steadily, and several miners de-
manded that the time be allowed them
which was thus lost. The request was re-
fused, and as consequence 300 persons are
die.
The Democratic State convention met ct
Hastings, Nebraska, end the following state
ticket was placed in the field: For governor,
James E. North; lieutenant governor, @. B.
Boldly; Secretary of state, Richard Thomp-
son; state treasurer, j. T. Hale; auditor,
Thomas e. Berger; attorney general, w. s.
Green; land commissioner, Thomas w.
Smith.
Fay Templeton, a somewhat cratic comic
opera singer, who married William West,
negro minstrel performer and was divorced
from him three years later, has sailed for
Europe in company with Howell Osborne.
It is stated in some quarters that they have
been married. Osborne is one of the richest
young men in Wall street. His wealth is
counted in the millions.
The town of CASTLE, Wyoming county,
New York, is greatly excited over a murder
committed there recently by Robert Van
Brunt, an Englishman and member of the
Salvation army. Van Brunt boarded with
the family of Simon Ray, and one night
found his son, Will Ray, sitting Up late with
his half sister, Eva. Van Brunt told Eva to
60 to bed and she refused. He then drew a
revolver and fired at young Ray, causing q
fatal wound in his head. The murderer was
by the brother of young Ray
and handed over to the town constable. Van
Brunt is very excitable and quick tempered. |
At the repair shops of the South Chicago |
rolling mill company the roof of corrugated |
iron, supported by heavy trusses, caved in
without warning at a time when five men
were at work on it, and five inside the build
ing. The list of killed and wounded are as
follows: Killed Edward Divvons, aged 30
years; Michael Hoffman, body not recovered.
Wounded: Anton Smith, bruised and crushed
about the body, cannot recover; Joseph
Hartz, badly cut on the head and chest:
William Bogie, badly hurt internally: An
drew Sibonski, badly crushed; John Discall,
slight cuts aud bruises about the head;
Thomas Conley wounded on the breast and
head; George Poskey, wounded on back:
Charles Donnald, right leg crushed.
General Miles annual report, as com-
mander of the military department of
Arizona and New Mexico, which has been
received at the war department, is volum-
nous document, containing a full history
Of his operations against Geronimo and his
band, together with a statement of his posi-
ion in regard to the terms of surrender.
General Miles, argues at some length, the
question of punishment, and calls attention
10 the fact that heretofore in any such cases
removal has been deemed sufficient. He
,ites several cases in which no greater pun
shment has bsen inflicted, and speaks of
he great good done Arizona by their re-
,ther Indians have been treated under SINH
lar circumstances. He highly compliments
Captain Lawton, Lieutenant Gatewood and
he officers and soldiers generally for their
neritorous services during the campaign.
, Intense excitement prevails among the
Polish residents of Pillsburg, Pa, over an
.lleged attempt to assassinate Rev. Father
who presided over little Polish
hurch. 1t occurred while the priest stood
,efore the altar. Mass had been said. and
he father had just turned to address the
congregation when srash came bullet
trough a window on the south side of the
hurch. flattening itself against the solid
1al on the opposite side. For a minute
reigned in the church. The
'riest showed great GOODNESS, notwithstand-
no this fact that the missile must have
sssed within six inches of his body. No
race of the perpetrator of the deed could be
ound. There has been great deal of
rouble between the different factions in
his church in time past, the more recent
cling long, bitter fight with company of
Iussars which the pastor refused to recog-
ixe.