Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-26
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

JUDGE BREWER. Of The United States cir
cult court, the other day signed the de-
cree in the famous Ziebcld & Hagelin case,
in which The United States Supreme Court
q short time ago sustained the constitu-
tionaIity of the Prohibitory law of Kansas.
The decree was issued in accordance with
the mandate OF the Supreme Court the
judge noting the exceptions OF the defend
ants, who claimed the right to manufacture
beer to be sold outside Of the State. The
judge holds, however, that the decision OF
the Supreme Court prohibits then, from
manufacturing beer in the State for any
purpose, and he directed the United States
marshal to close up their brewery at Atchi-
son as a nuisance. This was the last Of
the Kansas breweries, ard IL now leaves
the State without a single brewery.
C. n. KEKNEs, who was reported some
time since as being forger, was lately ar
rested in New Orleans and taken lack TO
Salina for trial.
Tom SMALLY and Richard RAYMOND. horse
thieves, were recently hanged by party
of farmers near Tyrone, on the Kansas
border of No Mans Land.
sTHE large livery and feed stables owned
by George Painter and w. p. Alcorn, and
q two-story brick store house owned by X
Z. Edwards, at kinsley. were destroyed
by fire early the other morning. Seven
ing two trotting horses and some valuable
Holstein cattle. The loss was over s., O00
Fire supposed to be of incendiary origin.
MANDAMUS proceedings have been COM
menced in the Supreme Court against the
commissioners of Haskell County to com
pei them to Immediately convene and make
the formal order calling an election to vote
upon proposition to bond the county for
s4S, 600 in aid of the d. c.. NJ. & T. Railway.
The writ is returnabe May 3.
IT is stated that George NJ. Stone,
Topeka artist now in Paris, has had one OF
his paintings admitted TO the salon. There
were eight thousand pictures in competi-
ton this year. and thus far only one
hundred and fifty have been accepted. The
successful picture is a portrait of prom
inent Parisenne, and is Stones first com
mission in France, where he has been
studying the past year.
PATENTS issued to Kansas inventors
for the week ended April -: Corn-shel-
Ter, Samuel G. PIllsbury, Long Island;
shutter, John Il. Miller, Thayer; snap
hook, John L. Martin. Canton; hay-press,
Thomas S. Gorrell, Pittsburg; calf-weaner,
Henry w. Fuller, Seneca; railway-switch.
William S. Arnold, Clyde.
w. b. MILLER. student at the Ottawa
Univertity, recently committed suicide by
shooting himself. No cause known.
THOMAS FITZGERALD, a workman in
Kingun & Co.'s packing house, was shot
dead, and Joseph Sinnott, boss of the tierce
gang for the same firm, was shot twice and
wounded ina desperate ARRAY
in ArmOurdale about eleven o'clock the
other night. John Redmond and Edward
Kirwin both of whom worked at Kingan's
packing house. WEI e arrested charged with
being accessories to the murder. The
shooting was supposed 10 have been done
bys young man named Herman, an APP
prentice of Joseph Beackley, the black
smith in ArmUurdale. Tiernan was also
arrested.
The other morning the separator in the
creamery at Hazleton, Barber County,
burst and piece hit the right leg of n. P.
Moon at the knee and cut it off, and his
son hal both legs cut of
and died in an hour. G. NJ. Clark, manager
and principal owner of the concern, was
hit OF the left leg above the knee, and
while amputatlon was being performed he
died 1t was thought Moon might recover.
He is one OF the leading farmers OF the
county and had just reached the creamery
with his usual morning supply of milk.
Clark left a wife and three children.
YOUNG man named j. D. Lyon was re-
Gently arrested at Topeka for forging the
name of a business firm TO an order for one
weeks board at a restaurant.
OTTA AUsTENAT, late cashier of the pas
senger and freight department of the Atch
ison, Topeka q Santa Fe railway at Nick
erson, has been arrested at Bremen, Ill
He embezzled some of the company's funds
and fed March 3.
PROF. BURLEIGH, of Hanover, n. H, has
been employed to fill the chair OF physiolo-
CIV and veterinary science recently created
at the Agricultural College.
AT the second annual meeting of the
Kansas State Musical Association at EN-
poria, the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Pres dent. W. Nc
Donald, Lawrence; secretary and treas
urer, II. z. ShaltZ. Kansas City. EXecu-
tive committee. a. W. Sicken, Wichita; A
C. Moss. Emporia; S. w. Vandeman, Ster
ling. Programme committee, j. W. Met
calf, Wichita; Mrs. A. L. Simpson, Empo.
ria; c. A. Bailey, Ottawa.
THE convention to form farmers trust
will meet at Topeka, Tuesday, May l.
AT Spencer, ten miles east of Topeka,
the other morning. William Richardson, a
Santa Fe section hand, playfully threw a
pillow at his room mate, Larkin Cameron,
striking him in the face. This SO incensed
the latter that he picked up a heavy poker
and struck Richardson across the side OF
his head, fracturing his skull ana causing
death the same day. Cameron was ar
rested.
Mrs. DIR. COULTER, female physician |
of Atchison. recently arrested for
resulting in the death Of w. |
NJ. Vernon.
TIM CLARKE. supposed to be ". s. Well |
ing, who, in 1885, killed l.. V. II. Stanley |
at Calusa, Cal, and for whom there was |
reward of 50 600, was recently arrested al |
Wichita He confessed having spent six
years in Sing Sing and four years in Joliet. |
SENATOR PLUMB has introduced bills &c |
pension John r. Ross, of Baldwin; Carl NJ. |
of Burlington, and John K
Evans, of Marion.
The President has approved Congress
man Morrills bill granting pensions &c
Mrs. Capitola V. Harsh, of Holton, and
John A. Buck, of Robinson.