Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-02
KANSAS. STATE NEWS.

KANSAS. STATE NEWS.
THE opening of Oxlahoma was celebrated
at Wichita by the firing of canon, ringing
of bells and other noisy demonstrations.
L s. PAIGE recently returned to Wichita
from Oklahoma with his arm shattered by
a rifle ball. The arm was amputated.
ABOUT three O'Clock the other afternoon
Q train on the Wyandotte & Northwestern
road ran over James Muir. an inmate of
the Soldiers Home, at Block bridge in
South Leavenworth. Muir had evidently
gone to sleep on the track, and was liter
ally ground to pieces. His head was sew
cred from his body as completely as if
done by butchers clever and no part of
the body foot in length was left to show
the semblance of a human being.
PATENTS recently issued to Kansas in
ventors: Latch and lock combined, John
A. Campbell and F. j. Best, Ellis; car
coupling, Frank j. Case and j. F. Preston,
Arlington; combination coupon ticket
stamp and punch, Wilson NJ. Dunaway,
Delphos; clothes FOUNDER. Lewis N. Mar
tin, Leavenworth; portable oven, Joseph
Middleby, Gibson; fire escape, Samuel II.
Sprague, Befoil; cultivator, Harrison
Stages, Valencia
ABOUT eleven O'Clock the other night
row of one story frame houses at Wichita
occupied as fruit stores burst simulta-
neously into a blaze and before water could
be thrown were in ruins. The loss was
small, but the origin being incendiary
served to rouse the fears of the people,
especially as an hour later an attempt
was made to fire the Santa Fe depot. The
City Council has offered a reward of $500
for the arrest of the incendiaries, and
extra police were put on with instructions
to shoot the first suspicious person found
lettering around buildings.
A YOUNG Cedarvale dry goods clerk re.
Gently insulted the wife of a druggist.
The husband of the lady Immediately
sought the offender and compelled him at
the muZzle of a frowning revolver to get
down on his knees in the presence of sew.
eral other ladies and humbly apologize.
The young clerk has since become con-
vinced that Oklahoma is most inviting
country.
The Governor on the Goth issued a
proclamation declaring gApril 80 legal hol-
iday and enjoining upon the people of the
State that the same be devoted to proper
observance of the great centennial as
day of thanksgiving and instruction.
A MAN who represented himself to be
Rev. Joseph Manning was recently col
lecting subscriptions in the East, as he
said, for st. Mary's orphan mission of
Leavenworth. He exhibited a certificate
which purported to come from Bishop
Fink, of Leavenworth. He was arrested
in New York and proved to be peddler
by the name of Reynolds. 1t was thought
that he had picked up several thousand
dollars.
GEORGE EWING, a prominent young busi-
ness man of Topeka, a few weeks since
went to Colorado on a wedding tour. A
week after returning he was attacked with
smallpox, contracted on the trip, and ten
days later died, leaving bride widow.
THE Central Hotel at Horton was re-
Gently destroyed by fire.
The building known as the "Old College
Boarding House," at Manhattan, was
burned recently. The building was OF
stone. three stories high. and cost origi-
nally $40 900. 1t was occupied by Frank
Woodward and family, but they were
away from home and it was supposed to
have been fred by some tramp. Mr.. Wood-
wards family lost all their household
goods. The building was erected under
the old college dispensation while DIR.
Denison was president, and was consid-
cred in that day a great enterprise.
PROF. Snow, of the State University, IS
reported to be engaged in making out the
temperature observations he has made
during the twenty-one years he has been
connected with the university, with a
view of getting the normal temperature
of each day.
The new city marshal of Leavenworth
is making a war on the liquor joints. Most
of them have closed up.
E. B. CowGILL, State Sugar Inspector,
says that there will be a number of new
sugar factories started in Kansas this
year, and that the sugar product of the
State will be many times greater than it
was last year.
The Commissioner of Agriculture has
appointed w. w. Scott, of Medicine Lodge.
to be superintendent of the Governments
experimental work in sorghum sugar
manufacturing. He will visit all the su-
gar factories in tho State and report his
observations to the Agricultural Depart
ment.
MRS. GRESHAM, the wife of prominent
and well-to- do farmer, committed suicide
the other evening at her home, twelve
miles from Hutchinson, by shooting her.
self with a revolver.
BYERLY & DARK. the largest dry goods
dealers of Medicine Lodge, recently made
an assignment Their liabilities were be-
tween $4,000 and $40, 600. Assets not
stated.
JOSEPH SpENDLovE has been held in
$40. 900 bonds at Topeka for the murder OF
Gustave Werner. This is the case in
which. several weeks ago. Werner and
Spendlove were found in their store, Wer-
ner dead and Spendlove badly wounded.
The theory of the prosecution is that
Spendlove attacked and shot Werner and
in the death struggle Spendlove was acci-
dentally shot with the same pistol.
TROUBLE had for some time existed be-
tween o. c. Cox, of Strong City, and N.
A. Dobbins, deputy sheriff of Chase
County, owing it is said to alleged i'm
proper attentions by Cox to Mrs. Dob
bins, and the other night the two met on
the road near the deputy sheriff's house,
when Dobbins drew q revolver and shot
Cox. inflicting a serious wound. Neither
party would make any statement in re-
gard to the shooting.
THE President has appointed Benjamin
J. Horton, Of Lawrence. A. J. Aten, OF
Hiawatha, and A. d. Walker. of Holton,
commissioners to negotiate with the
prairie band of Pottawatomie and Kicka-
poo Indians in Kansas for the sale of all
OF portion of their lands in Kansas, and
the allotment of the remainder in several.
ty, under the provisions of the act of Con.
gress, approved March 2, 1889.
THE seventeenth anniversary of Odd
Fellowship in America was duly cele-
brated by the fraternity of the State on
the 26.h.
COLONEL MOONLIGHT, who was recently
hor,ncad Of