Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-24
KANSAS BrlEE Jews. J

A BOLD but unsuccessful attempt was
made. to rob the Bank of .Armourdaie the
other afternoon. As J. +. Pocock, the
teller, was standing at thecounter making /
up his cash account just prior to closing
tho bank, and while he was counting a
pile OF gold. coins, q young. man entered
the room. and suddenly drawing pistol
leveled it at Mr.. Pocock's head and ordered
him to hand out the gold The assistant
cashier. was at another counter, and when
he heard the demand OF the robber, he
quickly drew q pistol from the drawer in
his desk and covered the intruder. who
was arrested and handed over to the pc.
lice. He gave his name as Charles locke,
and his age at seventeen years.
AT q caucus of membersrof the Legisla.
ture held on the 9Th, Hon. p. B. Blunab was
renominated for the United States Senate
and G. c. Baker Tor State Printer
The tin and blacksmith shops connected
with the Missouri Pacific shops at Atchison
were totally destroyed by fire the other
night. Loss about s.. 600. Hfe sIs
PROF. MARSH, OF the Kansas State Uni
versity, has resigned his position to take
similar place at an increased salary at
Harvard University. .safl3
On the 10th Governor Martin pardoned
81. s. Day, formerly mayor of Parkerville,
who killed DIR. J. A. Hopkins, in 1887, and
was sentenced to three years for man
slaughter. Many prominent men signed
the petition for pardon. w. w. Magruder,
of Kingman, sentenced in May 1887, for
two years for assault with intent to kill
was pardoned the same day.
A GRAY COUNTY farmer harvested two
thousand bushels of peanuts from fifty
acres. - HFs ii -is
The Kansas City glue and fertilizing
works at Armourdale burned the other
night. Loss, $50.
PENSIONS granted Kansas veterans on
the 18th: Samuel A. Click, of Castleton;
Orrin g. Davis, Of Lincoln; George Fritz
niger, of Scandal; Adolph Goldt. of
Atchison;' s. Rathbone, of Kingman;
Thomas j. Mccall, of the National Mill
tary Home; John r. Reese, of Wichita;
James r. Chambers, of Eidorado; Josiah
P. Akers, of Mankato; John Osborne, of
Eustis; Thomas Monroe, of Industry;
Charles Weber, of Beloit; William Craig,
of Blue Rapids; Levi G. McGiben, of King
man: Irwin Ford. of Albion; James A.
Nellis, of Stockton; Charles 81. Pratt, of
/ Kendall; Isaac T. Richie, of New Albany;
Hugh p. Wilson, of Clifton; Polly L.
Cory, of Oswego, and Jane Grandlienard,
! of Wilson. EtsH- yet.t
THE Supreme Court of the United States
| has affirmed the judgment of the Kansas
courts in the case of Willie Baldwin, con-
victed of the murder of his sister at Atchi-
| son and now in the pe~itentiary under
sentence of death. g.
THE jury in the Tennyson murder case,
recently tried at Oiathe, after being out q
little over four hours, returned a verdict
| of guilty Of murder in the first degree.
| The defendant is a woman sixty-two
! years old and was charged with poisoning
| her husband. - s>isss,..i.r.E-r -,.- ri
THE other morning Wilson Henderson,
| an old resident and prominent business
| man, was killed at Columbus by falling
| under the cars, one wheel passing over his
head, nearly severing it from his body.
| A PARTY of Ingalls, men recently at
| tempted to forcibly remove the records OF
| Gray County from Cimarron, when they
were fred upon by Cimarron men, and q
| fight ensued in which j. w. English. of
| Cimarron, was killed, and several others
! wounded, two fatally. The trouble was
| the result of a county seat war. ,5.
JAMES BARBER, prominent farmer Of
| johnson County, was killed the other day
| bya Holstein bull which he was leading to
market. Mr.. Barber was horribly gored
in the abdomen and chest by the infuri-
ated animal.
PATENTS recently issued to Kansas in.
ventors: Safety brake; for cable cars,
Chester Bullock, Kansas City; vehicle
| brake; Charles Fuller, Ludell; lawn
mower, Lewis D. Hall, Concordia; gate,
| .
| drill and channel cutter, John p. Paynter,
Pomona; elevated street railways, Robert
F. Robinson. Kansas City; delineatcr,
DavidK. Wade, Mcpherson. ''a"
AT the recent annual meeting of the
State Board of Agriculture, at Topeka, a
!. resolution was offered by Ex-Governor
Click which had for its object the keeping
| of Kansas City dressed beef out Of the
| State. It demanded that the Legislature
| provide by law for inspection on foot of
| all beef animals that are to be slaughtered
for sale as food in the various cities, aud
| that such inspection be enforced by severe
| pena' ties. Lii A.
J!D. CARUrHEKs, a freight conductor on
| the Rock Island road, fell from his train
while it was crossing the bridge at Topeka
| the other morning and ten cars passed
over his body, completely severing his
lower limbs from the body. He was
| twenty-six years old and had only bean
married six months. as 'f'4.f-s ~
THE Main Street Hotel at Independent ce
burned the other morning and with con-
tents was destroyed. Loss about $40, 600:
insurance, 81. 900.
The new State officers are now: Cover
nor, Lyman U. Humphrey; Lieutenant
| Governor, Andrew j. Felt; Secre: ary of
State. William Higgins; Auditor. Timothy
Mccarthy; Treasurer, James w. Hamii-
ton; Attorney-General, L. B.. Ke logg;
| Superintendent of Public instruction.
| George w. Winans. "a
A RECENT midnight fire in a hotel at
Goodland caused the inmates to hustle out
in short order. but no serious results fol-
| lowed. 80 Ti
THE Presidential Electors met at Topeka
on the 18th aud cast the nine voses of the
State for Harrison and Morton.
G.. C. BAKER was reelected State Printer
by the Legislature on the 18th. ~ g
! WHEN Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. Stowe, of To-
| peka, returned to their home after few
hours absence the other day, they found
| the doors locked. and Mr.. Stowe was
| obliged to enter at q window. After he
had admitted his wife she went up stairs