Western cyclone., 1886-09-30
VOL l. NO. %


to an audience of sociaistic tinge, in the
market square in Kansas City, and when
he finished the police took him in charge
and told him that hencetorth Kansas
City could dispense with him.
1t was reported that some Texas cattle
taken to Creston, Ia, and dying with
Texas fever, had been taken from the
Kansas City stock yards. Such is not
the case however, as it has been ascer-
tanned that the cattle were not unloaded
IN Kansas City at all.
a little son of Chas. Norton of Smoky
valley was kicked in the head by horse.
and piece of skull three and a quarter
inches long and one and a quarter inches
wide, mashed in. The doctor removed
the broken piece Of skull, and the little
fellow after lying ten hours as one dead.
is now recovering.
Hopokhe, chief of the Quenemo Sac
and Foxes, is the chief obstacle in the
way OF the removal of this band from
their present reservation. He processes
to be a sort of Medicine Man-has COM
munion with the Great Spirit whom he
claims differs in opinion with the great
father at Washington on the question of
moving south.
Anthony Daily Republican: S. King
was carrying around in bottle the other
day couple of five inch centipedes that
we're killed by Mrs. King. They made
their entrance into the room from be-
hind window casing and attracted at
tention by scratching noise they made
crawling down the window frame. They
are nice looking insects bottle.
The Burlington Insurance company, OF
Burlington, Ia, offers reward OF 5000
for the best practical design for tornado
cave, plans to be submitted to the COM
pany on or before December Is, when
they will be forwarded, unopened, to
Lieutenant Finley, of the United States
signal service, Washington, d. c., who
will pass upon them and adjudicate the
award.
Abilene Reflector: While returning
from church Mrs. Fred Beathe, of Jeffer-
son township, met with an accident
which caused her death on the following
day. Mrs. Beathe and another lady were
riding on seat in the rear end of q
wagon when the horses started suddenly
overturning the seat and throwing the
ladies out. Mrs. Beathe injured her
spine.
Winfield Courier: The embankment,
being excavated for the abutment of the
Walnut river bridge of the Florence, FL
Dorado & Walnut Valley railroad, caved
in the other day and killed G. w. Rowe,
young man of % years, from Larned,
who had just begun work that morning.
The bank caught him, buried him, and
when he was taken out he was alive,
but large, solid lump had struck him
on the left side and produced internal
hemorrhage, from which he died.
N. +. Weeks, sheriff OF Finney county,
went to New Mexico after prisoner
named Bill Hynes, on requisition of
Gov. Martin. Mr.. Weeks had his man
shackled, and guarded him closely on
the train, but Hynes locked himself in
the water closet, and jumped from the
window. Mr. Weeks stopped the train
at once, but the track was almos. under
water, and the man had managed to get
away into the half submerged brush
along the track and could not be found.
Oberlin Herald: A gentleman and two
young ladies were viewing the interior
OF the Bank OF Oberlin recently, when
finally desire was expressed to 60 into
the huge vault and examine IT, When
once inside they wished the outer door
closed that they might discover how
dark ii was within. The request was
complied with, but unfortunately in clos.
ing the door the handle broke of short
and the trio found themselves unwilling
captives with visions Of death by suffo-
cation staring them in the face Happily
Mr.. Hate, blacksmith appeared on the
scene and soon released them from their
unpleasant position.
Colonel William A. Rankin, Of Law
renee, has a historical horse. 1t is IS
years old old enough to have q history
but is still as smart as many a 4-year-
old. In the spring OF 1865 Colonel Ran
kin, having rode the hsrse all through
the tennessee campaign, shipped the an
inal to Lawrence, and In July 1855, the
colonel was notified from the auditors
department at Washington, that the
claim for transportation for the horse had
been audited Yesterday, after an expi
ration OF twenty-one years and three
months, Colonel Rankin received draft
for payment Of the transportation.
| DR.. Frankenstein, o' Hillsboro, is Ell
citing the inhabitants of that city by his
peculiar freaks. His child, aged
months, died few days ago, and refus-
ing 10 let the neighbors touch it, be kept
the body three days, then preparing il
for burial, be took the body II wagon
TO town twenty four miles distant. The