Dodge City times., 1888-01-12
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

JONATHAN LONG, known as ''the mayor
Of Sumner" and one Of the most peculiar
characters that ever lived in Kansas, died
the other morning in his cabin on the old
town-site Of Sumner, .Atchison County
The town several years ago was destroyed
by cyclone, and when the people were
deserting the ruined village they elected
Long mayor as joke. and he appointed
John j. Ingalls,, now United States Senator,
his city attorney. In the early days Sen
at0r ingalls, resided at Sumner and made
Long the subject OF famous sketch in the
Kansas Magazine Of fifteen years ago, enti-
tied 'Catfish Aristocracy. Long was
nearly seventy years old, was soldier
in the Mexican war and served in the Union
army during the late war. He stood six
feet seven inches in his stockings, but
weighed only LIS pounds.
| The State Bar Association commenced
its fifth annual meeting at Topeka on the
evening OF the 81. Judge s. o. Thacher,
Of Lawrence, delivered the opening address
on the subject, ''Milestones of the Law, u
and Judge Hubbard, Of Iowa, entertained
the association with the Dramatic Side OF
a Jury Trial"
LETTERS lately received from Western
Kansas state that the narrowing stories
told of recent destitution and suffering are
pure fabricatons.
Upon complaint of F. NJ. Lavering to the
Railroad Commissioners that after apply
ing to the st. Joseph & Grand Island road
| for ticket without success, he boarded
the train and was charged the excess fare,
the board decided that the excess was
| wrongfully collected.
AT the late meeting of the State Teach
oioti h., IL
officers were elected: President, II. Il.
Larimer, Topeka; vice-president, B. T..
Davis, Anthony; secretary, A.. P. War
rington, Minneapolis; executive commit
tee, L. H. Dinsmore, Emporia; II. G. Will
son, Topeka; State superintendent, j. H.
Lawhead, Topeka. The convention will
meet in Topeka in December, 1SSS. ,.--
THE State treasury contained sos, ,O79. "a
in hard cash on the first of the year.
A LETTER was recently received at
Leavenworth inquiring the whereabouts of
James A. Woolner. 1t was from Nova
Scotia and contained the information that
an unc.e of Woolner mad died and left him
$1,000 in cash. The matter was investi-
gated. when it was found that in the fall Of
1856 the man had been arrested and con-
victed of forging the nams of a farmer to a
check and obtaining money thereon. He
was sent to the penitentiary, where he now
is. The news of his good fortune was COM
municated to him, and he expressed much
regret that he was not free. He has about
two years yet to serve. ~
The Supreme Court during the year just
closed handed down 416 opinions and 500
cases were disposed of, as compared with
800 in 1856. f.e.. .t
THE returns Of Internal Revenue Col
lector Acers for the district of Kansas
show an aggregate Of 49, zoo, 1888 for the
year 1857, against So. S27, 1853 during 1856,
falling off CT S3,1z7 for the last year.
The receipts for December, 1887, would rot
have been half Of those of December, 1886,
had not the sale of oleomargarine increased
from s343 in 1886 10 S5,6i2 in 1887.
AN old miner at the Riverside coal mine,
near Leavenworth, was recently dis
charged, whereupon half the other miners
struck. New men were put in their places,
who went to work under police protection.
THE State Bar Association, recently in
session at Topeka, elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: President
W. @. johnson, Minneapolis; vice-presi-
dent, E. +. Ware, Fort Scott; secretary,
John W. Day, Topeka; treasurer, Daniel
NJ. Valentine, Topeka; executive council,
John Guthrie, Topeka; s. B. Bradford,
Carbondale; George j. Barker, Lawrence;
j. W. Ady, Newton; J. Il. Mahan, Abiline;
delegates to the American Bar Assoca-
tion, s. o. Thacher, Lawrence; A. H. Hor-
ton, Topeka; II. G. Sluss. Wichita.
THE St Louis e. SanoFrancisco road re-
Gently sent notice to the Southwestern AS
sociat1on that on January Is, it would re-
duce rates on corn to st. Louis five cents
from all stations in Kansas. Rates to
Chicago will also be reduced. The Burlng
ton filed notice that 1t would retaliate with
a twenty five per cent. reduction on rates
on live stock, in common cars. A rate war
seemed impending.
LATE post-cffice changes in Kansas:
Established, Agra, Phillips County, L.
Daniels, postmaster: De Mum, Thomas
County, Robert w. McConnelly, postmas-
ter; Jolma, Meade County, Nancy A. Will
kins, postmistress; Vlicts, Marshall Coun-
ty, Samuel r. Gromes, postmaster; Zorro,
Linn County, Joseph Powell, postmaster.
Names changed, La Grand, Seward Coun-
ty, to Springfield, Alonzo +. Turner, post
master; Lone Lake, Gray County, to En-
sign, Joseph Thyre, postmaster; Howet
Vernn, Chautauqua County, to Monett,
John L. Taylor, postmaster; Stafford, Chase
County, to Kenyon, C. NJ. Baylcs, post
master.
IN the Wyandotte district court the other
day the decidedly sensational Srlitlog-
Clay-Murphy cases were summarily dis
posed Of by verdict in each case in favor
Of the Splitlogs. The cases have attracted
wide attention on account of their connec
tion with the vast landed interests OF Ma
thias Splitlog, the millionaire Wyandotte
Indian. and also by the alleged fraudulent
transactions Of Moses W. Clay, a French
Canadian, in securing an option of seventy
one acres Of the Splitlog property and dis
posing of it to George s. Murphy, Of the
the Rock Island road, by contract, and also
to Colonel Fellows, upon fraudulent pow
er of attorney from Splitlog.
THE Union Depot at Atchlson burned on
the afternoon of January G. The building
was used as the depot for all the railroads
in the city, with ticket and tele-
graph offices, baggage, express and wait
ing rooms, while the upper story was oc-
cupied as hotel under the management OF
W. c. Johnston. All the hotel and depot |
furniture excepting the carpets was saved.
The loss was about $125.O0O, upon which
there is an insurance Of $50, 0OO.
CONGRESSMAN MORRILL, has purchased
the stock Of Vice-President Rice in the
First National Bank
Two citizens of Perry, named Wilson and
Linwood, recently became engaged in a
dispute at q religious meeting oyer Lin
woods stepping on Wilson's toe, which led
TO fight. Later the two again met and
Wilson attacked Linwood with club,
him down, and when down shot
him in the abdomen. Wilson fed.
INCENDIARIEs at Emporia.
SEVEN farmers were lately arrested in |
Lane County by . deputy United States
and taken to Topeka for trial, hav-
in baon Indicted b, ftba 'rnita3 Stofoa |