Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-11-08

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Miscellaneous.
oECRB3ARY MOHLER, Of the State Board
Of Agriculture, has made the following
appointments of delegates and altern ates
90 represent the board at the coming meet.
ing of tho Consolidated Cattle Growers'
Association in Chicago: J. F. True, OF
Jefferson County, delegate; Joshua
Wheeler, Of Atchison County, alternate;
@. =. Morse, of Linn County, delegate; 8.
=. Carter, of Coffey County, alternate.
In reply to letter of inquiry, Secretary
Adams, of the State Historical Society,
writes Q letter stating that the population
OF Kansas in 1884, as estimated by Secre.
cary Sims, of the State Board OF Agricult.
gre, was 4, 13O, 0OO that of 1888, IS reported
By Mr.. Mohler, the present secretary, 10
1.51S.552 giving an increase in tho four
years of 3SS, 551 The popular vote ios
1854 vas 244,5 $50.
Topeka registered 5000 voters and 1esv.
Anworth's registration was 1888.
ON Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
December 26, 81 and %, the annual meet.
ing of the State Teachers's Association
will be held in Topeka.
PENSIONS recently granted 60 Kansans:
Joseph p. Parish, of Cimarron; Albert 8.
Edwards, of Delphos; Samuel r. Hutch.
tnson, ofLoco; Evan Thornburgh, Of Great
Bend; William n. Goodner, OF Larned;
Harvey w. Stubblefield, of Winfield:
Chloe M. Jones, Of lola; ZacariAh Nun.
don, of Fort Scott; 'Corydon J. Farwell, Of
Norway; Dawson p. Smith, OF Larned;
Simeon Summers of Liberty; Frank Kitx.
nniller. of Highland; William Ogle, Of
Mcpherson; Aaron III. Fuller, of Latham:
Charles y. Anderson, of Topeka; Levi
Kunkel, of Highland Station; Zacariah J.
Tate, % Belleville; Samuel Dell, OF Bar.
Son; Walter Reynolds. of Emporia; Fran
eis NJ Kinds, Of Atchison, and Jonathan
Crouch, of Ashland.
MICHAEL LEARY, one OF the participants
IN the memorable strike on the Gould
Southwestern system, and who laid with
Hamilton, Lloyd, Fossen, Geers and New.
port in the Wyandotte Jail for period Of
eighteen months, charged with the crime
OF wrecking a Missouri Pacific train and
killing Carlisle and Horton, has filed suit
tn the Wyandotte district court against
Che Missouri Pacific Railway Company for
10000 damages.
ABOUT five O'Clock the other evening Sol
8rubaker, aged twenty-t t rec years. resid-
ing near Washington, killed his mother,
aged about fifty five years, by cutting her
ithroat with a razor, and then cut his
own throat, but in such . bungling manner
Shat he only succeeded in severing the
windpipe without cutting the juglar vein.
He had been i'll with typhoid fever and
was just able to be up and around. The
murderer acknowledged the killing and
said that he had done il because his mother
would not 60 for q doctor. The young
Fellow is about half simple and the family
had had constant trouble with him
The eighth semi annual meeting q the
Social Science Club of Kansas and West.
srn Missouri was held at Atchison Novem.
Der ! and 2.
PATENTS recently issued to Kansas in
ventors: Barber's dressing case. Charles
Brown, Emporia; thill coupling, Drake &
Wait 6alina; device for cutting corn.
Solomon G. Cross, SedgWick; arch bridge.
Jesse B. Ellis, Great Bend; vehicle brake.
Ehorles Fuller, Ludell; nut lock, Howard
Gamble, Lansing; water Wheel Seldom E.,
Laird, Waterville; fire escape, Louis p
&hanty, Clements; double acting force
pump, Winfield s. Shahan, Russell; keeper
Cor tie loose ends of straps, Henry Shep-
man, Luctor; operating mechanism for
station indicators, William 7. Snedden.
Wyandotte.
IHE Santa Fe has cut down wages ten
Per cent?
IL the United States court az Leaven-
Oorsh the other day. Judge Brewer handed
aown decision adverse to the settlers OF
4he disputed Government land grants r.,
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad in
Allen County. The title to thousands Of
Acrao of valuable land is thereby ouieted
IN favor of the Missouri, Kansas e. Texas
And the settlers who have improved it and
lived upon it for years will be the sur.
3erers.
THE following Kansas post Offices have
tecently been discontinued: Banks, Os.
borne County; Calhoun, Cheyenne Coun.
tys Crystal Plains, Smith County; Nau.
700, Comanche County; Oklahoma, King.
man County; Orwell. Hodgeman County:
Plum Grove. Butler County: Sheridan.
Sheridan County, Sigel, Douglas County.
THANKSGIVING November %.
JOHN STREIBEL, farmer living six
Sniles southwest of Wichita, was burning
brush in field near his house the Other
day and was Unexpectedly called to an /.
other field when his ive-year-old daueh.
ter, Laura, strayed into a bed of hot Goals.
Her cries were heard by the mother. and
she ran to the child, who was burned to .
crisp before she reached her. In getting
the corpse out the mothers clothes caupht
hrs and she was fatally burned.
Ed DUDLEY, young man Just entering
upon manhood, while suffering from a fit
OF dependency. took fifteen grains Of
morphine at Wamego the other morning.
irofn the effects Of which he died.
HE warehouse of Rice and Moorehouoe
dealers in wall paper at Hutchtnscr -