Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-04-10
KANSAS NEWS.

KANSAS NEWS.
Newsy Notes Cleaned From the Kansas
Press Throughout the State.
On the 9th of December last L. W.
Lind, prominent physician of Clifton,
and married man, eloped with mar
ried woman named Mrs. Servis, also a
resident of Clifton. The husband of the
woman made an attempt to follow his
wife, but her father, L. Long, started In
pursuit, and after following them for
four months found them at Garden Grove.
Iowa, and Immediately had Lind arrested
by Frank McGrath, sheriff of Mitchell
county. Mr.. Long took charge of his
daughter, who was perfectly willing to
return home, as she had been forgiven
by her father. She is very pretty, be-
ing only "a years of age. 1t is said
Lind has ruined three other women, and
Mr.. Long stated that he would send him
to the penitentiary. Lind is said to be
handsome man, and possessed of con-
siderable money. When the couple left
Mrs. Servis took her little boy, five years
old, with her, but sent him back to Cliff
ton from Salt Lake City.
A dispatch from Columbus, Cherokee
county says: Fire started in the restaur-
ant of Richard Hirtz, on the east side of
the public square, and in fifty minutes
buildings owned by D. NJ. SOVEREIGN, Jane
A. Whitcraft, Bramin Bros, G. W. Hoyt,
Freeman & Cowley and the upper story
over Hoyt & Bramin Bros. The losses
on buildings are about as follows; 8. M.
Sovereen, $500, insured for $3.50; Jane
A. Whitcraft, 81 900, insured for 81, 900;
Bramin Bros, 500, insured for $500.
George w. Hoyt, $1,000, no insurance;
Freeman & Cowley, $500, no insurance.
The losses on stocks were: E. NJ. Glen
dening & Co., grocers, $4,000, insurance
$4,000; Bramin Bros, stationers, 81 500,
insurance 3,400; Richard Hirtz, bakery
and restaurant, $2'5O0, insurance 81 500,
Allison Bros, grocer, $4,000, insurance
$4,000; J. B. Thurman, physician, fully
insured; NJ. NJ. Edmiston, attorney,
$500; no insurance; w. r. Brown, jus
tice Of the peace, all papers and dockets.
Garden City Sentinel: A new scheme
is being practiced by sharpers over the
country. A man with documents pre-
tending to show his authority; comes in
to neignborhood and wants to hire a
lot of men on a new line of railroad or
some work in another part of the state,
and offers big wages. Herequiresa GER
tain amount paid down by each one to
pay the necessary car fare. The sharp
er succeeds in getting the eight or ten
dollars from each one and suddenly dis
appears and they hear NO more of him
The schemers will take Finney county
about this summer.
By the caving in of some dirt in the
Monmouth coal shaft at Monmouth,
Crawford county, Robert Kinpe and Fred
Maahs were buried alive. The mine had
been considered in a dangerous condition
and work had been stopped but Maahs
wished to continue and did SO until his
death. Thirty minutes after the acct
dent the men were dug out but they were
both dead.
Fire destroyed seven business houses
at Melvern, Usage county, the other day,
with losses as follows: r. P. Cushman,
restaurant, $3.50: B. F. Stanfer, $1,000;
w. J. Collier, $1,000; w. J. Haskins,
5000; J. Hand, $4,000; s. B. Enderton,
$1,000; w. Shreves, $1,000; M. Broth
ers, $500. All but Stanfer and Cushman
were insured for about full value.
Wichita Eagle: The Fort Scott COM
pany's new iron bridge at Clearwater is
nearly completed. 1t is one OF the most
extensive bridges on the road, and is
built with two spans of $50 feet 9 inches
each, making it a trife over 300 feet in
length. The trrsses are twenty eight
feet high, and the total weight of the
bridge is $4,000 pounds.
Judge Hindman, of Olathe, added
three inmates to the Leavenworth peni-
Tertiary, by sentencing George Taylor,
a burglar and highwayman, to six years;
Charles Harris, a tramp burglar to five
years and three months, and Fl. l..
Thompson, a mule thief, to eighteen
months.
Commissioners have been issued to
the following Kansas postoffices: Jere-
miah B. Fuson at Coursen's Grove, Gill
bert L. Kahle at Kelso, Jacob d. Dros-
e at Plympton, Michael J. Heating at
Wheaton.
Harper, Harper county, is the first city
in the state to act in the matter of
public library. They already have fine
one, and it Will be donated to the city as
a nucleus around which to build.
Ed. Malloy was convicted of violating
the prohibitory law at Kingman, the
other day. He was sentenced to thirty
days in the county jail and to pay fine
of 500.
DR.. J. II. Branford was convicted at
Council Grove last week of violating the
prohibitory law and was fined 500, and
given thirty days in the county jail.
Clay Center will vote, April q, on a
to give 800, 900 bonds to aid
in building the Omaha, Abilene and
Wichita railroad.
One of the best, if not the best coun-
ties financially in Kansas is Trego, hav-
ing redeemed her last dollar of outstand-
ing bonds.
The Good Templars of Meriden, JET
ferson county, are making strong efforts
to have the druggists license, revoked in
their town.
The Touring mill of Markley Brothers,