The Globe-republican., 1889-10-23
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

AoSy "0AV AAASAOO 0u0 lu0 kIII0K OCe
CURED While both were intoxicated.
Heron was running . restaurant and
whisky joint Rhodes is highly connect
cd and had q bright future until strong
drink got the better Of him Rhodes
waived preliminary examination and was
held for trial.
WHEN William Stanley, North Topeka
groceryman. went to his store the other
morning he found but little left except the
building and empty shelves. When he
went away from his store the evening
previous he left it well filled with a com.
plete stock OF groceries, but during the
night burglars had visited it and nothing
was left but empty shelves, barrels and
bins. Flour. meat. tobacco. cigars. sugar,
coffee, potatoes-every thing worth hav-
ing-had been carted away.
On September 16 Thomas A. Giblin. ex.
aminer and general agent OF Lockwood
Mortgage Company Of Wellington, left
bis home in Pratt on a trip in the interest
OF bis company. since which time nothing
has been heard from him, either by his
family or company. Facts have since
come to light showing him to be de-
fanlter to the company to the amount Of
about s., 900.
The other day Mr.. and Mrs Martin
Ridenour, Of Fort Scott, celebrated their
golden wedding. They have forty living
grandchildren and nine great-grand.
children.
1HE jewelry store OF e. L. Viets, at Au-
gusta, was completely cleaned out by
burglars the other night
AT an carly hour the Ter morning the
Lawrence water works engine house was
damaged to the extent of 81, 900 by fire.
The fire was caused by spontaneous com.
bustion in the coal bin.
ANNIE GRIMES. the daughter of a promi.
nant Douglas County farmer. recently
eloped with James Wilson, the hired man
of her father.
The first convention of the Young Mems
Christian Association of Kans as was held
in Topeka in 1882 with only tn irty-seven
delegates present On the 18th of the
present month the annual convention of
the Y. II. G. A. was again held at To.
peka with over eight hundred delegates
present. The cOnven tion was a very in.
teresting one and the following officers
were elected: President Manford Schoon.
over. Garnstt; first vice president, w. H.
Howell, Baker University; second vice.
president & Hobbs Kansas City, Kan
secretary, w. w. Bowman, Concordia;
assistant secretary, S. w. Naylor, Wash
burn College; assistant press secretary,
A. l.. Ackley, State University.
MAX. the fifteen year .old daughter of
Slerlf Thomas b Bowling. of Wyandot.e
County. recently eloped with Ollie G.
Cannon. a street car conductor, aged
twenty one years. kilograms were sent
in all directions for the arrest of the
elopers. but they had got the start and
were married at Carthage. Ill.
A. H. BENEDICT, an old gentleman o.
eighty five wears residing FIVE miles
northeast Of Lawrence, was thrown from
his wagon the other evening and injured
SO seriously that he died the following
day.
THE State Board of Railroad Commits.
sioners recently made an inspection of the
Southern Kansas division of the Santa Fe
road from Holiday to Winfield and noti.
fled the officers of the company that the
track from Holiday to Ottawa was in n
very unsatisfactory condition, and at
other points the rails were badly worn.
AT the recent biennial session of the
Grand Legion Select Knights A. o. U.
w., held at Emporia the following officers
were chosen: Grand commander, L. A.
Alden. OF Atchison; grand vice-com-
j. A. Rsgnell, McPherson; grand
tenant-commander, S. d HalIowell,
Wichita; grand +. cordcr. f. NJ. Ford, EN-
poria; grand treasurer, A. j. Huntoon.
Topeka; grand standard bearer. X. p.
Ray. Topeka; grand senior workman. c.
W. Green, Topeka; grand junior work
nan, Ed. Russell, Lawrence; grand
guard, j. P. Duncan, lola; grand medical
examiner. j. b. Hibben, Topeka.
A RECENT letter received at Topeka |
rom Washington stated that GeneI al A. |
B. Campbell, of Topeka, has been assured |
If an appointment as Consul at Nj Melbourne
Australia.
INFORMATION recently received at To. |
,eka from the Paris Exposition was to !
he effect that the State of Kahsss had |
'een awarded a gold medal for the best !
agricultural report exhibited.
ROBERT HENDERSON, the colored boy |
sho shot and killed his step-father at |
1eaven worth last spring while the latter
vas abusing his wife (young Henderson's
netherD was recently tried and acquitted.
The Parkinson Sugar Company. Of Fort
&c, tt. has just closed a most successful
eason in spits Il the delays incident to
he wet weather in the spring. The prod.
ct of marketable sugar will he about
no. coo pounds. The run on the lS:h was
900 rounds from cane that was planted
ulv IL
SIX THOUSAND Southern sheep were
ately driven into Russell County.
IT is stated that the most SUCCESS ful
ugar making this year with the highest
rade of molasses has been that Of the
vicni.a Sugar Company, a. Conway
prings. In addition 10 fifty barrels Of
ugar per day. a car load OF sirup per day
'as turned of, every drop of which for
be entire season has been contracted at
,ore than twenty cents per gallon.
THE will of the late Bishop Vail con-
aimed the following bequests: College Of
he Sisters of Bethany S. 600 TO be invested
Y the trustees and held as scholarship
, aid the education and support Of
lergy mans daughter, to be named by tho
ishop of the diocese and to be known as
Bishop Vail scholarship in aid of poor
|ergvman's daugbter;" Christ's Hospital
|. 900; College of the Sisters of Bethany
|. .00O to be known as the Montgomery H.
iarkson scholars hip in aid of a poor
Iergyman's daughter. Bishop Vairs ex.
ensive library is given to the chapter Of
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