Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08
Miscellaneous.

miscellaneous.
SENATOR PLATT. from the Committee on
Territories, has reported favorably bill to
extend the southern and western bound
aries of Kansas so as to include what is
known as the public land strip within the
limits of the State.
The people of Lyndon have unanimously
voted So 500 for the sinking Of a gas well.
WHILE the jailor was giving the prison
ers in the Jail at Olathe their supper the
other evening, one, a negro, grabbed
a poker and dashed for the door. The
jailor caught him, when two other negro
prisoners attacked him. The officer sue
ceeded in locking the door. The county at
torney was sent for and others came to the
rescue, but when ordered into their cells
the prisoners showed fight. They were
finally handcuffed and put in their cells.
Two men were recently arrested in Stew
ets County for perjury and fraud in enter
ing Government land. 1t is stated that
others are implicated in this and sim liar
transactions, and these are the first of sew
eral arrests which have been ordered by
Special Agent Cleary.
JOHN BURNS. a prominent farmer, living
near Reynolds Station, on the Missouri
Pacific, seven miles southwest of Fort
Scott, while trying to ford The Marmaton
the other evening, got beyond his depth
household goods from one farm to another,
and was driving a team to a wagon on
which was hay ladder. The wagon was
unloaded at the time, and, being in some
thing of hurry, he attempted to cross the
river at place where there was no regular
ford. He leaves wife and one child.
TIE Board of Railroad Commissioners re-
Gently decided that the Missouri Pacific
road must furnish the people of Kickapoo
with depot facilities.
THE man whose body was recently found
in he Smoky Hill river near junction City
with his throat cut, has been identified as
Frank Matson, Dane, who, it IS believed,
was murdered for his money, as he was
known to have 800 in money and gold
watch when last seen. Fred Blackburn
was arrested at st. Joseph, Mo-, and held
on suspicion of being the murderer, as he
was known to have boon with Matson a few
hours previous to his disappearance. The
murder was probably committed last De-
cember.
PATENTS granted Kansas inventors for
the week ended February 81: Wagon brake
lever Walter A. Westbrook, of Kingman;
mower, Lambert Erpelding, Of Leonard
vile; refrigerator, Gilbert NJ. Lee. of JEFF
ferson; cultivator. Schermerhorn & Jury,
of Terra Gotta; Fender for horse rakes,
Lebbeus Mundy, of Morgan.
The Fort Scott road recently made a
sweeping rOQuCblOA III gnu TdlCS III Or
der to meet the cut mahe by competing
lines from st. Louis into It's territory.
Glasses l, 2, and were reduced respect
lively from So 40, 80 and 25 cents to 25, 90
Is and 10 cents.
IN letter to the Governor Mrs. Senator
ingalls, has acknowledged the receipt of
the beautiful doll sent 10 the Grand Army
fair at Washington, and expressed her adj
miration of the young lady who brought
Kansas greeting to the Potomac Division
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
REPRESENTATIVE MORRILL,, of Kansas,
has succeeded in getting favorable COM
miitee report on the Prisoners of War
Pension bill, whereby exprisoners who
were confined sixty days or more get two
dollars per day extra for such confinement,
and for any disability contracted during
confinement the same pension as now pro-
vided for like disability.
CHARLES SCHNEIDER, an old and highly
respected citizen of Atchison, committed
suicide recently by severing his jugular
with case knife No reason could be as
signed, as he was worth about SO 600, and
had his life insured for 1880 in the Odd
Fellows, and few minutes previous to the
commission OF the act he was conversing
with his brother and family aud seemed
quite rational. He was sixty four years Of
age and left a wife and four grown chill
dren.
KENNETH BEATOS, aged JWenty-S1X. ana
the son Of one of the wealthiest citizens Of
Armourdale, recently eloped with the wife
of 6. c. Liddle, the woman being thirty
eight years old. Beaton left a young wife
and child. kilograms revealed the fact
that the runaways had gone to Denver and
Sheriff Bowling, of Wyandotte, immedE-
ately took the train 10 bring the fugitives
back.
GIRARD will have a canning factory.
THE body of an unknown man was found
in the Smoky Hill river, near junction City,
the othhr day His throat had been cut
from ear to ear, and there were several
scalp wounds. There was nothing on his
person by which he could be identified. He
had probably been in the water for three
weeks. HIS clothing consisted of a leather
coat with red lining, a striped cotton over
shirt and a red flannel undershirt and gray
jeans pants
DIR. V. j. II. WHITE was recently arrest
ed at Logan by an officer from Pennsylva-
MIA and taken TO that State to answer to the
charge of crime committed there years
ago
THE sixteen-year-old daughter OF pro
minent Topeka physician recently eloped
with auack doctor.