Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-31
miscellaneous.

miscellaneous.
AT the ninth annual meeting OF the Kan
sas Pharmaceutical Association, recently
held at Abilene, the officers elected were:
Pre-i1ent. W. W. Naylor of Holton: first
Nite-president, II. n. Carey, of Salina;
second vice-president, Fred Mcdonald, of
Topeka; treasurer, Charles D. Barnes, of
Abilene. R j. Brown, CT Leavenworth,
was elected delegate to the American
Pharmaceutical Association, and also to
the Missouri State Pharmaceutical Asso-
cation.
AT Columbus the other day Judge Chand-
Ter gave the following sentences in the
Blalock- Frye cases: Jonathan c. and Will
liam Blalock for the murder of Constable
David Gordon March 10, life sentences in
the penitentiary; Ellen Blalock, mother of
the boys, three years for receivigg stolen
goods; Andrew Frye, father of the Frye
boys, five years for concealing stolen
goods; Alexander Frye, for burglary on
two counts, fifteen years; j. d. Frye, bur-
glary, three counts, sixteen years: +. w.
Frye, burglary, one count, eight years;
Grant Alley, burglary, two counts, thirteen
years.
A LETTER from the Secretary of the
Treasury was submitted to Congress the
other day transmitting estimate of the
expense for the Infantry and cavalry school
at Fort Leavenworth. The amount asked
is S242, 296.
THE grand lodge (. of P, at its late ses-
sion in Newton, elected the following Off
GERS: Grand chancellor, A. +. Riddle, of
Minneapolis; grand vice-chancellor, NJ.
Carraway, of Great Bend; grand prelate,
n. l.. Hallowell. of Kngman; grand mas
ter of arms, l.. S. Sprague, Of Usage City;
and keeper of records and seal, Gus j.
Neibert, Kansas City. Kan; grand master
of eXchequer, George Lincll, of Leaven-
worth; graId inner guard, c. S. knight,
OF klrwin; grand outer guard j. j. Hines,
of Leavenwcrth. Leavenworth was Sc
lected as the place for holding The next
encampment, May IA. - and IL, 1882
REPUBLICANS of the Third district have
renomlnated Hon. B. w. Perkins for Cou-
gress.
THE other day Miss Hulda Gustafson,
aged twenty-five years, was fatally burned
at Mcpherson by her clothes taking fire
fr m a cook stove.
PROF. HAY, of junction City, in an article
in the quarterly report of the State Board
of Agriculture, says: Rock salt WAS first
struck at Ellsworth at Il depth of 80 feet
in August last; ut Hutchi Ison at q depth
of AGO feet little later; at kIngman at II
depth of 665 feet; on December >, at Lyons,
at a depth of 7o5 feet; little latter ut An
thony at depth of S25 feet. These five
important fields were opened up 10 bust
ness enterprise in 1887. These salt dis
coveries are as remarkable any in The
world. If each area discove' ed should
prove to be lin; ted 10 a few thousand or a
few hundred acres, tie supply is practi-
cally inexhaustible.
THE committee having in charge the ar
rangement of details for the transportation
of the Kansas delegation to the Chicago
convention has completed its labors. The
delegation will so by The Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fee route and will leave on the
afternoon of the 10Th of June. The train
leaves Topeka at 2:4J p. NJ. and Kansas City
at 6:30 p. M. arriving in Chicago at 30 p.
m. on the 18th. Sleeping car accommoda-
tions have been secured for the delegation.
In the report of the Democratic State con-
vention the district delegates elected to st.
Louis for the Sixth district were irad-
vertently omitted. They are: George A.
ColIett, OF Ellsworth, and Howard Carpen-
ter, of Thomas County.
THE body of a boy about eight years old
was found the other afternoon in the K an
sas river two miles above Lawrence. The
remains were discovered by two boys while
gathering driftwood. The officers having
previously been notified ihIt a boy was
missing from Wamego telegraphed TO that
place and next day james Beck of Wa
mego, went to Lawrence and Identified the
body as that of his little son. 1t Yves
thought he had ia len into the river while
playing on the bank.
Work is being actively pushed Oh tie
extension of the Rock Island road from
Caldwell into Texas.
LATE post office changes in Kansas: ES-
ia blished, Atwater, Meade County, Albert
A. Countermau, postmaster; Berry ca,
Shawnee County, George w. Berry, Jr.,
postmaster; Nicely, Leavenworth County.
Lyman s. Morgan. postmaster; Pyramid,
Cove County, james g. Bowman, post
master. Discontinued, Clawson, Garfield
County; Hail Ridge, Linn County; Lud-
vic Pratt County; Sonora, Harper County.
GOVERNOR MARTIN recently pardoned
Charles B. Rotrock. who was serving a
years sentence in he q. tawa County Jail
for assault with intent to kill while drunk,
on cond ton that Roti ock forever abstain
from using Intoxicating liquors.
The other night the body Of Thomas
wilson was found IN his cellar ut KingmAn.
Early in the evening Mrs. Wilson heard
pistol shot and went to the cellar but dii
not make a very close search. Later she
went To the cellar again and made a closer
examination and found the body. 1t was
dou btless case OF suicide
ANTHONY has struck salt
TsE other day VIII lie Charles Peterson
was lowering a heavy stone on the big der
rick at the State house building, Topeka.
he lost his hold and attempto TO catch the
rope used for a brake, when he was struck
by the crank, VIII CHI was turning with
lightning speed, and knocked senseless,
and his skull fractured.
PATENTS recently granted Kansas inven-
tors: F. s. Thomas, Topeka, desk cabinet
(desigu); G. s. Currier, GARRETT, car
mover; F. S. Dimon, Fort Scott tire tight
ener; S. F. Kellogg. Clay Center, device
for converting motion; o. L Langworthy,
Nortonville, trace carrier; E P. Newbanks
and ]. Mahaffa, Beloit, feed trough.
DURING late storm the spire of the
Swedish Lutheran Church at Topeka was
str-ck by Lightning and totally destroyed