Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-04
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

KANSAS STATE NEWS.
A LATE dispatch stated that d h.
Anthony would soon resume control Of
the Leavenworth Times and that the
paper would be Anti Prohibition.
RoBERr MALONE, . packing house em>
ploye at Wichita, recently entered the
home of an eleven-year-old girl when the
rest of the family were away, and ma de q
criminal assault upon the child and. after
threatening his victim with death il she
betrayed him, stole . shotgun from the
house and made his escape. The alarm was
soon given and the man was surrounded
but for a time stood of the police. he
finally surrendered and was hurried to
the county Jail to escape a mob. 1t was
thought the girl would not recover.
SOME time ago Mrs. K. 81. Mears, the
wife of a noted resident of Leavenworth,
disappeared. Her absence could In no
manner be accounted for until a few days
later when parasol, hat and certain arti-
cles Of clothing, which were identified a.
having been worn by the missing woman,
were found ON the bank Of the river. Mrs.
Mears was subject to fits Of Dement'S, and
it is supposed that she drowned herself in
the river.
THE other afternoon whom Jailer Gill
entered the corridor of tho Jail at Topeka
he was attacked by Elijah Jones. a negro
convict awaiting sentence, who threw his
arm around Gill's neck and struck him q
blow on the head with . heavy piece Of
iron. William Fisher, another negro con-
vict joined in the assault and Gill was
speedily rendered harmless. The keys to
the outside doors were taken from him
and the two men escaped. Jailer Gill re-
covered in time to cut of the escape Of
twelve other prisoners, who entered tho
corridor and made q rush for the open
doors. jones' wife had been permitted to
visit him and was in the Jail at the time
of the outbreak
HAYS CITY citizens have subscribed
500, 600 and secured the Sickle Header
manufactory. Work on the building will
commence at once.
Two young men employed as farm
hands on Fox creek, In Chase County, got
into dispute the other evening, when one
of them, named Hull, drew knife and
plunged into the heart OF the other, named
Pronicker, killing him instantly. The
cause of the dispute was a mere trifie.
Hull was arrested. q
w. 81. Comps residence at Larned, a fine
two-story brick building Of modern type,
was recently burned to the ground with
its contents. The loss will reach $50, 600;
The other day two section hands work
ing on the Missouri Pacific road at Pome-
roy discovered the body of a woman in an
advanced state of decomposition in the
Missouri river. lodged against a huge pile
of drift wood. The body was taken from
the river and proved to be that Of Mrs. e
R. Mears. who disappeared from her home
in Leavenworth the week previous. Mrs
Mears had evidently thrown herself into
PRoF Snow, of the State University, has
study Of the chinch bug. This insect is one
of the Kansas farmers greatest enemies.
and for many years has done incalculabls
damage 10 growing crops II home parts of
the State. From recent observation Prof.
Snow has discovered that a contagious
disease has made its appearance, and is
RAPIDLY destroying the chinch bugs.
DURING the past year there were in at
tendance at Haskell Institute in Lawrence
375 Students of which number 135 were
girls. There were twenty-one tribes
represented, as follows: Apache. Arapa-
hoe, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Chickasaw,
Greek Comanche, Caddo Delaware, Iowa,
Kaw, Kickapoo, Muncie, Usage. Ottawa,
Omaha, Pawnee, Peoria. Ponca. Piute,
Pottawatomie, Quapaw, Seneca, Sac, Fox,
Shawnee Sioux. Seminole. Ute, Wyan-
dotte and Wichita. The pupils of the
Cheyenne tribe were most numerous
numbering 80.
AT Manhattan the other night the eight
year old son of 81. N. Shepherd accident
ally shot and killed Lew Hayden's six
year. old boy while playing with an old
pistol.
THE crop prospects Of Northwestern
Kansas are pronounced by experts as
never better than at present
IT is stated that Lawrence man swan
the other day from Baldwin's branch to
the water works, distance of four miles.
IT Is confidently asserted that even
sOld Hutch" can not corner the Kansas
wheat crop. this year.
A YOUNG man by the name OF Keiser
was recently drowned in the Kaw river at
Kansas City, Kan.
THE four express companies doing busi-
ness at Leavenworth have given notice
that they will each sue the city marshal
and police commissioners for $50. 600 dam
ages on account Of seizures by the police
at different times Of packages containing
beer and whisky consigned to individ-
uals.
CHARTERS recently filed with the Secre-
tary of State: The Rhode Island Salt and
Mining Company, of yelling ton, capital
stock, $50. 600; the Boston Salt and Mining
Company, Of Wellington. capital stock
$50 600; the Voorhees, Sugar and Syrup
Company, of Voorhees, Stevens County,
capital stock, $25, 900; the Lacrosse Lum-
ter and Gram Company, capital stock.
SIS 600; the United States Elevated Transit
Company, of Kansas City. Kan, and
Kansas City, No, capital stock $l50 600.
THE other morning Fred Reddy, thir
teen-year-o boy, was struck by pas
senger coach in the Northwestern yards
at Wyandotte and killed ms antly. The
boy was carrying a wash boiler over bis
mead and did not see the train backing out
of the yards.
THE Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road
has issued a sweeping no.ice that it
viii not only put into effect the rates
directed by the Railroad Commission
in relation to Wichita, but will
also apply the same rates to all the
'arger towns of Kansas on its line. The
announcement was made on the strength
Il telegram receiv d from Presiden.
Strong. and the necessary thirty days
notice has been issued from the
eneral Offices at Top ka- The order
will include Lawrence, Topeka, Abilene,
Hutchinson, Arkan~as City, Winfield,
cPherson, Emporia, LaIned and a few
ther towns. All hese will get the same
10 bing rate given to Wichita by the