Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-10-25
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


ARTICLES of incorporation of the Dodge
City & Denver Railway Company werere-
Gently hled in the Office Of theSecretary Of
State. The capital stock of the company
is $, COX, 900 and its term of existence is
liked at ninety-nine years. The counties
through which the line is intended to run
are Ford. Gray and Finney, in Kansas;
Bent, Pueblo and Arapahoe, in Colorado.
The estimated length of the line is S75
miles.
ACCORDING to the report of the Super
intendent of Public Instruction Topeka
has a school population of 1884; Kansas
City, Kan, 1858; Wichita, 1881; Leaven-
worth, Z, 166; Atchison, ), $50. Number OF
teachers employed-Topeka, so; Kansas
City, So; Leavenworth, SO; Wichita, 40;
Atchison ~. -t
PENSIONS allowed Kansas veterans on
the 18th: David P. Houaghland, of OLA
the; Charles Schroeder, James McNamar,
Edward johnson and Ellis Thompson, Of
the National Military Home; Daniel 81.
Young, of Leloup; William Hosley, OF
Goodland; William II. Bean, Of Burling-
ton; London A. George, Of Canton; AL
fred Dotson, of Concordia; Robert Smith,
of Jewell; Joseph w. Garrison, of Kin
caid; William Wagstaff, Of Garrett;
Mathew Galbreath, of Larned; Ancit B.
Mathew, of Cimarron; John w. Turner,
of Wilmington; Thomas B. Anthem, of
Dunlap; Hiram Coon, of Fredonia; John
Anderson, of Santa Fe; Mary L. Lovett,
of Neodesha; Julia NJ. Hart, of Beloit;
Elijah A. Willis, of Leoti.
MRS. LAWRENCE, of Massachusetts,, Wild
ow of Amos A. Lawrance, has given the
State Historical Society ten manuscript
account books of the New England Emil
grant Aid Company, of which Mr.. Law
renee was treasurer, covering the period
from 1854 to 1862. consisting of accounts OF
original shares of stocks, with the names
of shareholders, three volumes: one cash
book; one journal; three ledgers; two
volumes of quit claims, and one book con-
tanning type writer copies of 256 letters
written by Mr.. Lawrence from 1854 to 1861,
all relating to Kansas.
THE other night Barney Guinan, a men,
of the soldiers home, was run over by the
rapid transit line near the home and in
stantly killed.
ARRANGEMENTS have been completed for
the building of an additional barrack at
the soldiers home.
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, cOlOred, was shot
and instantly killed in Kansas City (Kan.)
the other day by Isaac Parker, colored
constable of that city. The killing re-
suited from a dispute that arose in refer
ence to q pot of four cents in game of
poker. The two men were playing in a
small room above a billiard hall on Min
nesota avenue. When the dispute arose
Parker took the money and Williams OBJ
iected. This led to dispute which re-
suited in the killing. Parker Immediately
surrendered to the sheriff and was placed
in Jail. The tragedy created great eX-
element among the colored people and at
one time there were serious threats OF
lvnching.
Topeka is to have stone bridge across
the Kansas river, 1000 feet long and so
feet wide. 1t is estimated to cost $500, OO0
THE United States Grand Jury at Leav-
enworth recently returned indictments
against the following citizens of Stevens
County, charged with conspiracy to muir
der Sheriff Cross: John Hall, G. E. Cook,
Charles Moore, Sam Robinson. j. w. CAL
vert, Sol Colt, A. NJ Donald, James Rig
ley and A. J. Cook. The case has been
continued until the next term of the court
in Topeka.
The Post-office Department has author
ICED the following new money order offices
in Kansas: Admire, Argentine, Askalon,
Atlanta, Beeler, Benedict, Brakeman,
Bucklin, Cain, Claf1in, Clements, Crestline,
Dwight, Edna, Eminence, Fairview, Fort
Riley, Geneseo, Hallowell, Hill City,
Hoisington, Holyrood,. Horton, Hoxie,
Hoyt, ingalls,, johnson, Keystone, Leb-
anon, Lewis, Lone Elm, Ludell, Nc
yuma, Mound Ridge, Mullinville, Nicode-
mus, Olcott, Overlook, Paxico, Preston,
Quinter, Redfeld, Russell Springs, Santa
! Fe, Sharon Springs, Shockey, Springfield,
! Sylvan Grove, Sylvia, Virgil, Wilsey.
E. j. CAIRNS and George Townsend,
{, managers of the Edwin Ryan Combina-
&, ton, which recently closed an engage
4; ment at Lawrence, skipped out the other
! night, leaving the entire company in that
y, oly-Sc al
| The National Grange and Farmers Con-
J eress of the United States will each con-
| vene in Topeka on November IA, and q
| public reception will be given the organ
| izations in Representative Hall, at two
O'Clock p. M, on Thursday, November Is.
TIE Odd Fellows have 346 lodges in Kan
sas, fifteen new lodges having been or
! ganized the past year. The membership
! on June 80 was Is, 3S2, being an increase of
i e23 members during the year. The sick
and funeral benefits paid by subordinate
| lodges for the year ended June 80 were
/ $57, "a.
In the district court of Shawnee County
! Judge Guthrie recently instructed the
! grand jury to look into the acts of certain
! city officials of Topeka, who are said to have
been interested in some 500, 900 expenses
for street improvements over and above
>he paving contract and the revenue de-
! rived from poll tax. He informed the jury
that these officials paid their laborers with
time checks, which were received by them
at their store in exchange for goods.
On the 10th patents were issued to the
following Kansas inventors: Charles NJ.
Garrison, of Wichita, for a roofing; James
G. Parker, of Woodston, for disk signal ;
David S. Snediker and j. r. Graham, of
Emporia, F. D. McCallum. of Florence. for
q head-rest.
! ORDERS were given at Topeka recently
by General Superintendent Sands to the
superintendents and heads of the mechan-
ical depal tments of the Santa Fe to reduce
the working hours sixteen per cent. at
once. The reduction is made by cutting
off one hour each day, and half day Sat-
urday, making five days in the week in
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