Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-18
GREAT BEND KANSAS, THURSDAY. JULY 49, 1889.
KANSAS STATE NEWS

Ton CAvANAUoH, formerly Secretary of
State-of Kansas, has been appointed Sur.
veyor-General of Washington Territory.
A MORTGAGE for $50, COO 600 was recent
ly filed in the recorders Office OF Wyan-
dotte County. It was executed May by
the Chicago. Milwaukee & St Paul rail-
road to the United States Trust Company
Of New York. The entire Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul system is placed under
mortgage for $50, ,000. 600 for a period of
100 years. The mortgage bonds will be OF
the denomination of 81 200 and there will
be 100, 900 of them.
The other day $50 men were discharged
from the Santa Fe shops at Topeka. The
reduction was utterly unexpected, and
was made on the strength of a telegram
from President William b Strong. The
cut was divided between all the depart
ments, and is supposed to be in the inter-
est of economy. Single men only were
discharged.
WILLIAM PARISH, afoung man twenty
five years old. the oth1r night visited the
residence of George R Callahan, who had
but recently been married, and while sit
ting on the porch suddenly drew a pistol
and shot Mrs. Callalp dead. He then
left and when ofiicersswent to arrest him
he completed the tragedy by shooting
himself. Parish was rejected by Mrs
when she was Miss Eva Curry, and about
two months ago he attempted to commit
suicide by taking laudanum, but was
saved by the timely arrival of physicians.
At the time of the killing he appeared to
be on the most friendly terms with the
young married couple.
THE other night John Chambers and
John Chessner. two Kansas City crooks,
attempted to burglarize the house of Ed.
Hyatt, a farmer living ten miles northeast
of Olathe. Chambers, who was the first
to enter the house. met with a warm re-
ception in the kitchen from Mr.. Hyatt,
who fred three shots, two taking effect,
one in the left arm and the other in the
stomach. Though wounded, he fought
desperately, when Mrs. Hyatt went to the
assistance of her husband and with q
heavy club struck the thief senseless.
Physicians pronounced his wounds fatal
The other crook made good his escape.
The house OF William r. Seilars, near
Medicine Lodge, was recently struck by
lightning and Mrs. d. r Bailey, who had
her baby in her lap, was killed. The child
was uninjured.
THREE or four negro boys, ranging In
age from fifteen to sixteen years, recently
went into the river swimming at Kansas
City, Kan, when one OF them, Frank Low,
was drowned. It was thought to be an
accident, but day or two later one of
the survivors told the story that Bud Pat
terson. . boy fifteen years old. had held
the boy Low under the water and drowned
him out of revenge for Lows connecting
Patterson with a stealing transaction.
Patterson was held for trial
1T 10 stated that confidence men are
swindling old soldiers in Kansas by in
ducing them to sign notes under the inn
preston that they are placing their sig-
natures to pension claim papers.
IRRIGATION has been complete failure
this year in Kansas. Che bitches have all
been washed out by the rains.
Ex-GovERNoR CLICK advocates. az q
means of overcoming the exactions of the
binding twine trust, a law providing for
the manufacture of twine in the State
penitentiary.
JUST before noon the other day the
house of II. II. Olney, Clay Center dem
tist, caught fire from a gasoline stove.
His young wife took their two small chill.
dren to place Of safety and then re.
turned to try and save some of the VAL
uables. She went in and out safely twice,
but the third time she did not return.
When assistance arrived the house was
too far gone to risk an entrance and Mrs
Olney perished.
THE trial of DIR. Stewart at Clay Center,
for the killing of J. B. Wellington, tho
drummer who persisted in paying atten-
tion to his married daughter, resulted in
an acquittal by the jury.
MAN was found on the streets of Jack
sonville, ILL.,, the other day with a bullet
III his head and would probably die. From
letters fonnd on his person it appeared
that he was a well-to-d do farmer in Kansas
named George E Trainer. He had writ.
ten to a brother in Minneapolis saying
that he was insane and preferred to kill
himself rather than be sent to q hospital.
JAMES Cow0ILL, SON of Postmaster Cow
gill, of Baldwin City, has been declared
insane. He received sunstroke some
years ago and at intervals since then has
been considered of unsound mind. He
will be sent to the asylum at Osawatomie.
JOHN EBEN, bus driver and night mail
carrier at Lawrence, has been arrested for
robbing the mail of packages of merchan.
disc which had been traced to him.
THE other day Thomas Martin and c.
,, NJ. Middleton, Pratt County farmers
. quarreled over the ownership of some
grape vines that had been planted jointly.
| Martin emptied three barrels of q re-
volver into Middleton. Death was almost
claimed self-defense.
DURING a late storm at Kinsley Mrs.
Matthias Sehon and her daughter were
, rendered unconscious by q lightning
stroke.
LOUIS ToURNIER. an old Frenchman,
who resided as q hermit on the island
south of Arkansas City, was recently
found dead in his corn crib with three
bullet holes in his body. He was eighty
two years old and somewhat eccentric.
It is alleged that he lived on the proceeds
of moonshine whisky which he was maxi
ing himself.
THE Secretary of the Interior has &C.
cepted the resignation of O. e. Leonard,
superintendent of the Haskell Institute at
Lawrence, and has given the Commis.
sioner OF Indian Affairs authority to des-
ignate DIR. William v. Coffin, of Law
! renee, superintendent in his place
THE son Of Eli Neidlinger was recently
drowned near Fort Leavenworth, and q
few days later the body was found noat-
ing in the river near Pomeroy.
THE glucose works in operation at
Leavenworth consume daily 4 600 bushels
of corn, ninety tons of coal and employ
$50 men, paying them $35O0 per week in
wages; $50 barrels Of syrup are turned out
every day. which are shipped to all parts
Of the country.
Tn other evening the seven-year-old
and only SON OF ex-Adjutant- General
Campbell was killed by car on the EIec-
tric road at Topeka. He attempted to
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