Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-31
KANSAS STATE NEWS

th6hiel Moore. OF Gbllexale; MIRA Gibbs
q Holiday; Edward Riggs, of Pawueo
Rock; Perry w. Blanchard, Of ElDorado:
Charles d. Austin, OF Brotherton; C. n.
Mcclure, Of Phiifipsburg; Philip K, Eiler--
man. Of Chetopa; George Billingsley, of
per: Albert AcCauley. Of Hoisington;
Jacob Howard, OF Cottonwood Falls:
Matthew Handle, Of Peabody; Mahala
Ferguson. of Holton; John Q. Tom-
hnson. E OF Winfield; George Walker,
OF Rock; Frederick w. Turner, OF Stock
tom, William n Towney, of Lexington:
JAMES W. Gail, of Wichita; John N Will
kins. OF Niltonvale; william b. Baum.
and 81. II. Stone, of Wellsville; Benton r.
Fuller, Of Blue Mound; Julian #. Field, of
Osborne; Anthony L d. Scott oftGalena;
Nathan Harper, OF Atwood; John N. Rob-
erts. at Lawrence; Frank B. Woodward,
OF Manhattan; Robert NJ Stewart, of Troy;
Roswell Norton, Of Leroy; William Thomp-
son, Of Emporia; William III. III. WEIGH, of
Climax; john Stockwell of Sterling; Will
liam 7. Jones, OF Mcpherson; Richard J.
Littlewort, of Humboldt; Sarah Brazie, Of
Moline and Mary J. Fleming, of Topeka
The full committee appointed to investi-
gate charges as to the management Of the
penitentiary consists Of Senators F.. p.
HARNESS, N. C. Kelley and F. c.. Price,
and Representatives J. V. Admire, T. j.
Walrond. d. s. Elliott, Thomas E. Berry
and w. Nj. Rice. 80
OLLIE TRIPLnr, bright young school
girl of Wichita, disappeared the other day
mysteriously and her relatives and friends
feared foul play.
THE committee appointed by the State
Encampment of the Grand, Army of the
Republic last spring to locate State
soldiers home inspected the Fort Hays
reservation the other day. and after maxi
ing inspections elsewhere will report to
the Legislatures. * :
The second annual meeting of the Kan {
sas Dairy Association will be held in To-
peka on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, February s. 6 and I, 1889
ON the 21st Governor Humphrey granted
his first pardons. They were to A. G.
Knadler. convicted in Scott City last
spring of assault with intent to kill, and
Charles G. Cothron. of Ellsworth County,
sentenced last May to two years for lar
ceny. 80 2, fi1'a'' i'iti !
SAMUEL HArroN entered the house of
W. II. Beale at Riley the other night and !
shot Mrs. Beale and her two-year- old 2
daughter W hen the husband returned a few
minutes later he found his wife and child
dying. The crime was attributed to too
liberal indulgence in intoxicants, coupled
with the fact that Hatton was jealous of,
Mrs. 5Beale, on whom he had no claim
whatever. The murderer fed but scores
were in pursuit nt'
AN Arkansas City man recently had his
pantaloons stolen and had to lie in bed
next day until q friend went up town and
purchased him another pair. =
E. T. BROWN. capitalist and real estate.
man. recently mysteriously disappeared
from Wichita, and was believed to have
been murdered Brown was last seen about
eight O'Clock the night before when he
was preparing to start for home. He was
seen to board a street car which passed
within block of his residence. Next
morning his hat with a cut in the
back of it and blood inside was found on
the sidewalk midway between the street
car line and his residence and beside it
lay heavy freight car coupling pin with
which the apparent murder is supposed to
have been committed. Near by was found
the wheel marks of the buggy, in which
the body was supposed to have been
carried of. He wore about 500 worth of
diamonds and valuable gold watch.
In the midst of the excitement over the
investig CATION of the Brown mystery at
Wichita on the 22d, Henry johnson, who
lived in a little house on Fifth avenue with
his wife. who was about to be confined, be-
coming maddened at her condition made a
murderous attack upon her with a beer
bottle She was weak and helpless, but
before the f1end finished his work neigh.
bors interfered. The child was born, but !
its skull was crushed and the left side of
its face horribly disfigured. 1t lived but
few moments. The mothers injuries
were fatal. 80 e..~z.IE
The Postmaster General has ordered the
omission OF the star services from Oberlin
to Colby during the prevalence of small.
pox at the former place.. sI 3fit 60
AT Wichita the other night lack Null
hall, q cattle dealer, was shot and danger.
ously wounded by Al. Sanders. The
tro uble grew out of the arrest of Sanders
upon a warrant sworn out by Mulhall !
charging him with stealing fifty head of
cattle. n 5. rE.i ,e,t.st' .,4.a -r
ARTICLES of incorporation ofItheC Colorado
& Northern Kansas Railway Company
have been fled in the Office of the Secre-
tary OF State; capital stock. $40, 00O, 60
and it's directors are Thomas w. Osborn
and George E. Hubbard, Of New York: s.
Webster, A. p. Morrison. J. A. Troutman,
r. S. Cross and j. 81. Dennis of Topeka.
Its purposes are to build, equip, operate or
lease a standard guage railroad from a
point on the northern line Of the State of
Kansas in the counties of Marshall, Wash.
ington or Republic, throug h the counties
of Jewell. Smith, Phillips. Cloud, CLAW.
Mitchell, Osborne. Rocks, Graham, Sheri-
dan, Lincoln, Russell, Ellis, Trego, Cove,
Logan, wichita, Greeley and Hamilton to
the western line of the State, with such
branches as may seem expedient and de-
sirable.
PosTMAsTERs lately appointed in Kan
sas: Blaine, Pottawato County, Michael
j. Welsh, vice Thomas Fleming, resigned;
Welcome, Davis County, John s. Clark,
vice John E. Smith, resigned; Woodland.
Bourbon County, A. w. johnson, vice
James A. Gross, resigned. strH3,
Or ;e%;-
of being the only United States Senator
elected from Kansas with no votes re.
corded in the opposition. ,s.s i
HENRY HENSON filed his petition in the
Supreme Court the other day against D.
81. Anderson reciting that the plaintiff