Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10
KANSAS Stair NEWS.

eoclataon recentty hold It TOPEKA. AZ
which ono thousand teachers were present
addresses were made by many prominent
educators.
THE first annual State convention OF the
Kansas Chautauqua Association was re-
Gently held at Topeka In connection with
the teachers meeting and nearly 30
Chautauquans were in attendance.
WHHE impersonating Santa Claus st his
residence in Leavenworth Christmas night,
Frank Marshall was seriously burned He
was handing Christmas presents from q
ladder, and while leaning over the
tree his false beard took fire from q
candle and in an instant he was enveloped
in flames. A blanketwas quickly wrapped
around him and the fire was extinguished,
but not before the skin and flesh on his
hands, neck and ears We're badly burned.
A NEW post Office has teen established =
Kackley, Republic County.
THE other evening John Herzig accident
ally shot and killed himself while out
hunting. seven miles south of Emporia,
with q party OF friends. They were seal
ing hedge fence and he carelessly pulled
his gun through after him 1t was dis
charged, the load entering his right breast,
causing almost instant death. He was
about nineteen years of age.
In his annual report to the Governor, al
fiscal agent OF the State, Hon. s. j. Cray
ford says: 81 have succeeded in securing
an adjustment OF all claims for money ex-
pended and Indebtedness assumed by the
State, on account of the volunteer and
militia forces called into service since the
admission Of the State. except the class
known as Price raid claims. - Isee
no reason why the Legislature should not
make provision for the payment of every
piece Of legitimate scrip now outstanding.
But in providing such payment great care
should be exercised in order to secure pay
ment to the proper persons, and only of
such scrip as is known to be legitimate3'
SUIT has been begun in the Supreme
Court in the name of the State against j.
b. Field, treasurer Of Wabaunsee County,
to GUST him from office because of his
alleged failure to secure sufficient bond.
AT Topeka the other day Frank O'Hara,
a young man employed by the Rapid
Transit Company, was standing on NOV
able scaffold used for stringing electric
wires, and failed to observe a cross wire,
which struck him under the chin and
caused him to lose his balance. He fell to
the ground and his lower limbs were par
alyzed through the injuries he received.
His injuries were thought to be fatal.
CHARLES SCHAUER, seventeen years old,
was recently killed by the cars at Horton.
The lawyers of Southern Kansas who
recently met in convention at Fort Scott
to take action in regard to dividing the
State into two judicial districts passed
resolutions favoring the division of the
State into two Federal Judicial districts,
to be known as the Northern and Southern
districts of Kansas; that such division is
made necessary by reason of our present
facilities for travel and for the reason that
it will be more satisfactory to the people
of the entire State, and that the Senators
and members in Congress from the State
of Kansas be earnestly requested to use
oil honorable means to secure the passage
of the necessary legislation to divide the
vide for the necessary officers and places
for holding court in said districts.
w. p. HIGGINBOTHAM, the noted banker
of Manhattan, recently made an assign
ment for the benefit of his creditors.
Liabilities reported at 100000; assets,
500, 600. His bank was the first in Man
haitian, being established in 1853 Mr..
Higginbotham is also owner of the we'll
known Blue Valley herd and stud.
ONE Samuel Brooks was recently arrest
ed at Wichita upon the charge of passing
counterfeit gold coin. Upon his person
was found $500 of the spurious coin.
The Association of homeopathic Ply
sicians of Southern Kansas recently held
their annual meeting at Wichita. Officers
were elected as follows: DR.. T. L. An
drews. president; DR.. E. A. Whitlock, vice.
president; DIR. J. NJ. Minick, treasurer; DR..
A. Whitlock, secretary. Drs. G. K. Wiles,
j. A. Kirkpatrick and L. o. Thompson
were elected as board of censors. The
next place of meeting will be at Arkansas
City.
A coLoRED wood thief at Atchison the
other night put a large chunk of wood
which he had stolen in his stove, and in
about five minutes there was a loud report
accompanied by flying fragments of cast
iron and stove pipe. The stove was ruined
and the thief badly frightened, but other
wise uninjured. He had for some time
been suspected and the wood was loaded
for his benefit.
THE sensational story recently sent out
about Whitecap outrages in Northern Kan
sas proved to be a falsehood without q
shadow of foundation for truth.
AT the recent session of the State Teach
er's Association held at Topeka, the fol-
lowing officers were elected: President, j..
N. Wilkinson, Emporia; vice-president,
H. A. Cabin. Baldwin City; treasurer, r.
FL. Hays, Winfield; secretary, j. W. Fer
| guson, Kansas City, Kan: executive COM
| mittee, George G. Ryan, William M. Da-
! wilson, Topeka; D. S. Pence. Wichita.
| Resolutions were adopted favoring the
minimum age for admission to the schools
at six instead five years; praying the Leg
| islature to empower boards of education to
purchase text books for their schools; the
Inc present lnlquitous system of tax alton
should be abolished; asking the Legisle-
ture to establish a county or township sys-
tenn in which ali the schools of the county
or township may be maintained for the
same time; condemning the use of tobacco
| in any form by the instructors of our youth
and that the use of tobacco by pupils in or
about our school tu i:dings should be pro-
i hibited.
| CAPTAIN W. g. PORTER, of Emporia, " as
recently killed at Hamilton. He had a
| quarrel with William Smith. drew a pis-
tot and fired twice, one bullet blowing q
furrow through Smiths scalp. The latter
drew his knife and stabbed Porter We
| times.
4 Tur other dev xrh;1o r.1.