Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

AT Kinsley the other morning as the
cannon ball express on the Santa Fe road
was taking water another train, which was
one hour late, rushed into the depot at a
thlrty-five mile rate. The engineer OF the
running train seeing the danger applied
the air brakes, but was unsuccessful in
stopping it and @ collision resulted which
did much damage to the train, but FORUM
ately no one WAS seriously injured
The annual readjustment OF the salaries
OF Presidential postmasters has just been
completed and the following ara the
made in Kansas: Abilene, g. 80; Ar
kansas City, &. 200; Armourdale, $l-4OO;
Ashland, 81, 400; Augusta s., $40; Belle
vile, q. 500; Chanute, $1,7O0; Coney-
vile, $3.50: Colby, sl,4oO; Coldwater, 81.
200; Concordia, 8, soc; Dighton, 81, 400;
Emporia, s26co; Galena, 1880; Garden
City, g. 800; Greensburg, $3.50;
Holton, s1,70O; Hutchinson, s., 400; juno
tion City, $500; Larned, $1,000; Lincoln,
81, 500; Lyons, LOO; Mcpherson, 81, 100;
Mankato, $3.50; Marisn, s1,7O0; Meade
Center, 81, 400; Mound City, 81. 100; Neo-
desha, 81, 100; Ness City, 81, 500; Nickerson,
81, 200; Norton, 81. 400; Oberlin, 81, 700; Pea
body. 81, 700; Pittsburg. 81. 800; Pratt, ST.
500; st. John, 81, 200; Salina, 81. 40; Scott,
81, 400; Smith Center, 81, 200; Stockton, 81,
400; Syracuse, $500; Wichita, s., 100;
Winfield, g, 400. The salaries OF the offices
at Caldwell, Harper, Kinsley, Medicine
Lodge, Solomon and Washington have each
been reduced 500.
IT is claimed that If the cattle OF Kan sas
were formed in single file they would reach
from Atchison 10 New York.
THE Democratic Congressional Commit
tee of the Second district met in Wyandotte
County on June %, and nominated Colonel
John 7. Burris, of Johnson County, for
Congress.
RAILWAY post-ofice service has been es.
tablished on the line of the Missouri Pacific
railway between Wichita and Kiowa, q
distance OF eighty-four miles. .s
JUDGE SHIRAs of the United States cir
cult court, at Dubuque, Iowa, has denied
new trial in the famous case of Sallie Hill
man against the Mutual Life Insurance
Company the New York Life and the Con-
necticut Mutual Insurance Company. The
three cases were consolidated. They are
well known in legal and insurance circles
and were brought nine years ago in Kansas
to recover the policies held by plat ntiff's
husband. In the recent trial at Leaven-
worth the jury found for the plaintiff in
the sum of s37, 600
THE wheat harvest is completed and in
the Kansas river valley west of Topeka
the average yield is thirty bushels an acre.
Plenty Of rain fell during June, greatly
benetitting both corn and oats.
THE other morning. the dead body OF
Chinaman was found in the suburbs south
OF Meade Center. The body was horribly
| convulsed, the knees being drawn up un-
der the chin, and the head almost severed
from the body by CHASTITY cut IN the
throat. Within few inches of the body
was found an old case knife, which fur
nished an explanation as how the Celestial
found his death. He had received news OF
the death of his mother in China and it
seemed to craze him to that extent that he
Oh rala F1Fo1i~f tod mi
eide.
GOVERNOR MARTIN has decided not to ap-
point State veterinary surgeon in place
OF A. A. Holcomb, resigned, on account Of
the meager funds on hand with which to
pay his salary. Should veterinarian be
appointed there would be little money re-
manning after the payment of his salary
with which the Livestock Sanitary Com
mission could enforce the law in case of an
outbreak of contagious disease.
ARTICLES of consolidation were filed re-
Gently with the Secretary of State be-
tween the Chicago, Kansas q Nebraska
Railway Company and the Chicago Rock
Island & Colorado Railway Company, of
Colorado, the name OF the consolidated or
ganization to be the Chicago, Kansas &
Nebraska Railway Company, and the capt.
tai stock S35, 600, 600.
PENSIONS recently granted the following
Kansans: Original, invalid, George w.
Robinson, Antrim; Joseph S. Graves, In
dependence; Isaac B. Ellison, South
Haven; Daniel D. Burnett. Lane; Jehu
Nicklin, Emporia; William Smith, Ports;
Orlando f. Vale, Larned; Elisha Weirr,
Leavenworth; John II. Tomas, Hiawatha;
Thomas j. Matlock, Burton; James R
Duncan, Mortimer; Martin r. Phillippi,
Independence; Edward A. Clark, Sun City;
John H Wolever, Fredonia; Morris WentZ,
Piedmont. Increase, Dan Markham, Wal.
RodHal1.
Reynolds, Nickerson; Charles S. Martin,
Usage City. Reissue, Thomas E. Marcy,
Blue Rapids. Original, widows, ETC., Mary
A. johnson, former widow of Lee Yingling,
Wyandotte; minors of Lee Ying!ing. Wy
andotte and Pittsburgh; Mary E., widow
of William Pickett, Rosedale; minors OF
Gilbert n. Sims, Wilmington; Harriet M.
butcher, former widow OF Gilbert n. Sims,
Wilmington. Mexican survivors, reissue,
William E. Row, Baxter Springs; John
Judson, Ottawa. Mexican widow, Mary
NJ, widow of G les Wells, Farmersburgh.
HE'Governor has commissioned the fol-
lowing justices OF the peace for the new
county of Grant, under the law relating to
the organization OF new counties: For
Sherman township, G. A. Sanborn and A
J. Crum; for Howard township, John Cooer
and James A. Kitchen; for Thomas town
ship Ben Morris and T. B. Dehart; for
Sheridan township, David Holmes and w.
II. Chown.
The Railroad Commission recently de-
cided that where a township issues bonds
to a railroad under the promise Of station
facilities the road must maintain such sta
ton even IL the receipts are insufficient to
pay the expenses Of maintaining such
station.
THE claim-jumper who tried to steal
Judge Bailey's homestead by contesting it
could not find lawyer in Garden City who
would accept fee and take his case, which
was finally dismissed without hearing
TIE farmers OF Finney County are hav-
ing trouble with one of their ditch compa-
MES, which refuses to let the water run to
those who gave literally to construct it