Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-06-07
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Carson was recently given seven years in
the penitentiarY.
PENSIONS granted Kansas veterans on
the 24ih: James a. Swepston, National
Military Home; Thomas l.. ) DRY, Wichita;
Frank Stoeher, Maryv.lle; Edward &. Alt
man, Melrose; John Morris, Morantown;
William Meohurst Pittsburg; Thomas nj.
Hamilton, Garnett Increase, John L.
Nichols, Waierville; Howard Ross, Beloit;
Abijah s. CheIrs, Burton; William p
Darby, Shockey; Stephen A Holcomb,
Powhattan-
Pension AGENT CLICK has given notice
that the fund on hand is $3.50 0O0 short of
the amount which will be required to make
the time payments. He will be unable to
pay pension vouchers hereafter presented
until an appropriation is made by Congress
for the deficiency.
AT recent meeting of the Kansas & Ne
braska Railroad association at Topeka one
and one-thIrd rates were mace to the fol-
lowing meetings: Kansas State Temper
ance Union, Topeka, June IL t. ID; Interna-
tional Typographical Union, Kansas CITY,
June IL to 10; GiImore's Musical Festival
! Kansas City, June - To 21; Kansas Horti-
cultural Society, Holton, June 10 to 80;
K State Millers' Association, Enter
prise, Kan, July Is aud IA; North Nebras-
Ka Fair and Driving Association, Norfolk.
Neb. August ~ to 81 ;4TurnVerein, LeaVen-
worth, Kan, June to IL.
THE other afternoon about a m lie east of
| Seeley,a small village on the Santa Fe road,
Robert Watson and his slxteen-year-old
brother Harry, were playing cards on the
bank of The Walnut river, when Harry.
who did not think a revolver which he
was carrying was loaded, pulled the trigger
and sent ball crashing through his
brothers brain. The victim lived four
hours.
The report o. the warden of the State
pen'tentiary, filed May "a shows that there
are confined in the penitt n larry at Leaven-
| worth 922 convicts, I39 Of whom are colored
and 10 are females. There are 10 life male
| prisoners and two life female prisoners.
There are 81 males sentep ced to be hanged
and three females under the same sentence.
A bout t6 per cent of the inmates are under
the age OF thirty years and three-fourths OF
these confined were convicted of grand
larceny.
Ten buildings were recently destroyed
by a cyclone at Argonia, among which
were the Metbo dist Church, the Palace
Hotel and numb,r of stores aud dwell
lLgS. Several persons were injured.
BOSTON CoRBETT. the slayer of John
Wilkes Booth, recently escaped from the
insane asylum ut Topeka, while out with
! other pItien taking exercise. A horse
which belonged 10 Wis tor stood near the
building saddled and bridled, and catching
sight of II Corbett jumped from the ranks,
Embossed the animal, sprang into the sad
die and was away before the guards could
realize what had happened. Corbett had
ben MOI or less violent for some time and
often declared that he would escape and
be revenged upon persons whom he mag
1ned were prosecuting hun.
AT Council Grove the other evening ]. b.
! Alters family took supper, but he d not,
and his mother, wife aud children soon be-
came dangerously Ill with symptoms of
arsenical poisoning. One child died and the
coroner was Inves tlgating. 1t had been
-certaned that there was arsenic in the
coffee pot.
THE Rock Island is pushing its Texas
line south through the Indian Terrific ry.
JAMES MCINTYRE attempted to jump on
crowded rapid transit ca at Leav
the other day, when he mi ,sed his footing,
fell under the wheels and was lied. He
was twenty-eight years of age and an iron
/ molder by occupation.
A CORRESPONDENT, from Myra, asserts
that j Ohm Bealer, residing in WoodsonCoun-
tv, was at the battle of Bunker Hill, June
IL, 1775, and was then seventeen years oil.
He was drum Y. He is now about
! 80 years old, and is enjoying good health
He has cut or got second set of teeth
HIS eyesight is so good that he does not
need spectacles.
JOHN NAU, a wealthy German, of Wich-
.
for thirty days for selling liquor.
HENRY MILLER, one of an organized gang
of horse ttteves, was recently convicted at
Larned and given free trunsporta, ion to
Heavenwprth.
NJ. S. KErCH, chairman Of the Democratic
committee nf Lane County, recenAy died
of pneumor ia contracted at the Wichita
convention.
PATENTS recently granted Kansas in
ventors: Jesse Chandler, Redstone, gate;
Aolph Geenen, Belnit, atta chment for
| brides; Charles E. Holdings worth, Min
neapolis, oven ATTACHMENT; Thomas II.
Millsap Harper, bench plane; jacob Shor.,
Concordla, instrument for measuring YER
tical and horizontal diStau cas; Lew B.
Snow and j. Howard, WITCH Ia, composition
for tanning hides.
B. II. JONES, said to be a bank defaulter
from Stafford, was recently arrested at
Pittsburgh, Pa
GOVERNOR MARTIN has rardoned Wilson
Campbell, who was convicted of incest IN
Cowley County in 1884 and sentenced to
Ten years in the pc itentiary. The Board
of Pard IDS recommended the action as the
prosecuting witness was known to be with
out character and had made affidavit that
her Testimony was 1aise CampbelPs wife
consI ired with the daughter to have the
hu band and father sent to the penitintiary
to get him ont OF the way in order that they
m G t lead dis republic lives
EDWARD WARD, a yong man residing
near Big Springs, in Douglas County, re-
Gently shot himself and died insi antly
Dependency on account OF i'll health was
the cause.
THE Chicago. Kansas & Nebraska Crock
Island) announces that il will sell tickets
to both the Democratic and Republican
National convent ors at one cent per mile
each way from all points in Kansas west
0f the river thrOuUh
Louis and Chicas o to parties who wish 10
attend the conventions, or 10 those wishing
to take advantage OF The low rate to go
Ea and visit their friends
The Kansas State University has been
in successful op ration twenty-five years
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