Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-06-21
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

TIE Union La Dor party OF the Third Con-
gressional district recently renominated
Rev. w. h Utley, of Labette County, Tor
Congress.
A CHARTER was recently filed with the
Secretary of State of the Kansas River I'm
provement Company. of Quivera, the object
being Ito make the Kansas river navigaole
| for boats for the carriage OF freight ana
! passengers from point on the Kansas
river near Quivera to Lawrence, and Tor
| the maintenance Of facilities for stating.
rowing, achting and other innocent SPORT"
J. RAILsBACK, a prominent attorney OF
| Columbus, was placed under arrest the
other day charged with the ENLIGHTENMENT
! of about $1,000 from jefferson Rainey, OF
| BellevilIe, Ill. for whom he had been agent
| and attorney for the past five or six years
| for the purpose of loaning money.
THE State Sunday School Association
convention opened at Abilene on the 6tb
with about two hundred delegates and
many visitors in attendance. A children's
mass meeting was held in the afternoon.
In the evening the convention listened to
an able address OF welcome by Rev. W. A.
Welshe. d. D., of the Baptist Church. Hon.
| A. B. Jetmore, of Topeka, delivered an elo-
| ouent address, the title of which was
..Christianity More than Education the
| Sure Foundation of a Repu bic"
Sedwlck County. returned home from
visit the other day she found the doors
| open with every indication that robbers had
been about. George Dennis, thirteen
| year old boy who had been LETT in charge
| could not be found and valuables were
missing, but her money. about 500, was
found where left. Two days later she
heard noise in the cellar, and the boy was
found bound and gagged, where he had
been thrown by a tramp who had applied
for and received meal and maltreated the
boy because he refused TO tell where the
money was. The little fellow died soon
after discovery.
ANOTHER large gas well was struck re-
Gently just northeast Of Olathe.
john STUDEBAKER, q farmer living near
Jetmore, recently went from his field to
| the home of Thomas Andrews and shot him
dead in his own house. Studebaker was
| ARE sted and there was strong talk OF
lynching, although he had for some time
been regarded as crazy. An old time feud
caused the crime.
The following new post-offices were lately
established in Kansas: Bison, Rush County,
| Samuel Rothiveiler, postmaster; Fern,
| Sherman County, Augustus l.. Holbrook,
postmaster; White Water, Butler County,
Isaac H. Neiman, postmaster.
A MAN supposed to be Edward Bowers,
of Wano, Kan, was recently found by a
farmer buried to the armp1ts In quick
sand in the Republican river near Benkel-
man. Neb He was rescued with difficulty.
There was on his person s., 600 in currency,
| but his mind was entirely gone as result
| of his terrible experience.
| JOSEPH BECKMAN, tailor forty five years
| old, suicided at Horton recently by hang
ing himself. He had been on spree and
left letter stating that he loved widow
and wanted to die.
SENATOR PLUMB has introduced bill In
the Senate authorizing the counties OF
Platte and Clay, No, and Wyandotte, Kan,
to construct free bridge across the Mis-
souri, river at the most accessible point at
or near the mou h of the Kansas river
EDWARD DooTZ recently attempted to
board Il freight train at Rosedale for the
purpose of stealing a ride when he fell
under the wheels and had both his legs
crushed, causing his death two days later
He had been attending an inquest on the
bodies of two men who had been killed by
the cars at Kansas City the day before
while walking on the track with him
The Kansas City, Wyandotte & North
western road gave the DELEGATES to the
International Typographical Union an ex-
cursion to Leavenworth and the Soldiers
Home during the recent annual session at
Kansas City.
THE body of woman named Stewart
was recently found in the river at L aven-
worth. She hal been missing about a
| week. She was not resident OF that city,
but was said to have been looking for her
husband who is or was soldier.
AT the recent meeting of the State Sun
Gay School Association at Abilene the fol
lowing officers were elected for the ensu-
ing year: President, j. w. Love, Wichita
general secretary, j. A. Bright, Abilene {;
treasurer, c. II. Lebold, Alb ,lene; record
ing secretary, Prof. Frank KIezer, Downs
executive committee, j. w. Redden, j. q.
Haskell, I. Z. Dewey. H. G. Rash, E. w.
Cunningham, j. w. Campbell, L. B.
Sweet, W. Rymer, B. F. Watson. A petit
ton was adopted to be sent to Congress TO
enact law prohibiting Sunday work in the
| mail service and other departments OF the
| Government and also a petition to the Re-
| publican National convention to insert in
| their platform plank against Sunday
work for workingmen and clear indose
r.ent of prohibition. Mcpherson was de-
cided upon the place for the next con-
! vention.
The Supreme Court has confirmed the
sentence in the case of j. II. Marlborough,
who was convicted of the murder of l. D.
Collier, son OF DIR. Robert Laird Collier,
formerly of Kansas City. at Emporia on
| November %, 1856
PATENTS lately issued to Kansas in.
veutors: Thill coupling, +. w. Allen,
Chanute; machine for excavating, Charles
S. Jones, Yates Center; Combined wire
tightener and staple driver and extractor,
Fiangus G. McHenry and 81. Martin,
Bloomin gtou; folding step, Alexander II.
Nichols, Bronson; harness rack. Emory
Phillips and A. n. Edwards, Wichita
hame attachment, Robert F. Russell, Abb
Iene; hamestring, Robert F. Russell. A BIZ
lene; grapple, William H Wiley, Stock
ten; clawbar, Archibald r Wygle, King
man.