Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-27
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The stalls and cattle sheds at the
fair grounds at Salina, Kan, were de-
stroyed by fire the other day.
A soUTH-BoUND passenger train on the
Santa Fe road was wrecked five miles
south of Wichta on the 18th. Road
master Peters, who had charge of the
engine, was killed. The fireman had a
leg broken and several passengers were
injured Four cars and the engine were
smashed up. The wreck was caused by
the train running upon q burning
trestle, which it was thought had been
fired by some tramp.
SECRETARY MoHLER, of the State
Board of Agriculture, who recently re-
turned from trip to Northwest Kansas,
says the farmers up there have con-
Guided that the way in which to procure
q good price for corn is to feed it to
stock. Those who were compelled to
part with their corn at a low price have
done 30, but there is An abundance left
which will yield the farmers hand
some profit.
THE Governor has appointed BENJAMIN
F. Simpson, of Topeka; George S.
Greene, of Manhattan, and J. C. Strong,
of Larned, Supreme Court Commission
ers- These appointments will take eff
1,
years. The Governor has also appointed
Judge Samuel C. Parks, of Winfield,
member of the State Board of Pardons.
ACCORDING to the report of Labor
Commissioner Betton the total amount
of capital employed in manufacturing
in the State the past year was $29, 367,-
$50; the total value of product for the
year was S51, 442, Sol, and the total
-
factories) was So, 269,652. Wyandotte
County heads the list with $12, O73, 600 of
employed capital; product of $50, 209,-
81, and Sc, $50, SIT paid for labor. Sedg-
wick ranks second with an employed
capital of 81, 36S, SIS; product, So, $40, TIT,
and paid for labor, $500, $50. Leaven-
worth is third with an employed capital
of s., s67, 300; product, So, 94s, 332. and for
with an employed capital of So, 629, SIS;
product, So, 442, 913; labor, S725, 733.
EUGENE F. WARE, of Fort Scott, has
made the city a proposition to the eff
feet that he will furnish $4,000 with
which to begin a free library in that
city, provided the City Council will fur
nish rooms for the same.
THE sheriff of Douglas County recent
ly raided every joint in Lawrence and ar
rested seven persons charged with SELL
ing liquor.
FRANK SABIN, at one time leading
real estate dealer of Wichita, was re-
Gently arrested and sentenced to three
months in the county Jail for wife beat
ing.
AT the recent meeting of the grand
lodge A. E. & A. NJ, of Kansas, held at
Salina, the following officers for the en-
suing year were chosen: j. c. Postle-
thwait, of Mankato, NJ. w. G. NJ; A. NJ.
Callahan, of Topeka, D. G. M; D. B.
Fuller, of Eureka, S. G. W.; w. D.
Thompson, of Minneapolis, ]. G. W.;
Christian Beck, of Leavenworth, grand
treasurer, and J. 81. Brown, of Kansas
City, grand secretary. It was voted to
hold the next annual meeting at Fort
Scott. The Royal Arch Chapter elected
Henry c. Cook, of Oswego, grand high
priest; M. M. Miller, of Clay Center,
deputy high priest; J. C. Postlethwait,
of Jewell County. grand king; Bestor G.
Brown, of Topeka, grand scribe; C.
Beck, of Leavenworth. grand treasurer;
John H. Brown, of Kansas City, Kan,
grand secretary.
T. r. SHIRLEY, of Stevens County,
was lately in Topeka asking for aid for
the people of that county. He said that
owing to the poorness of the crops in
that county, which were small in spite
of the abundance in most of the State,
and owing to the newness and poverty
of the country, the people there are
in very needy circumstances. They are
in want of both food and clothing.
WILLIAM HATFIELD. once well-to-do
business man of Wichita, recently at
tempted suicide by taking poison. There
was little hope for him.
LEVI WALKER, who shot and killed
j. E. Perkins at Liberty November 25,
has been captured in Springfield, Ill
He is an old soldier and is ffty-five
years old.
THOMAS MARTIN, aged fifty, farmer,
was killed about six miles northwest OF
Atchison the other day while trying to
stop team of horses which had tried to
run away.
FARMERS claim that they can clear
fifteen cents a bushel ION twenty-cent
corn by feeding it to cattle.
JUDGE J. T. MORTON, of Topeka, re-
Gently received a note executed by him
fifty years ago for 81 with compound in
terest, which with principal and in
terest amounted to $1S.7 A half a
century ago Mr.. Morton bought hand
kerchief of Alfred Kitchell in Illinois
when the two were school boys together
and gave him in payment this note
bearing compound interest due in fifty
years. Judge Morton offered to pay the
note but the holder declined to receive
the money.
THE State Mine Inspector has made an
official report on the Alma Company's
mine, which indicates that the venture
is going to prove valuable to the people
of Eastern Kansas. The vein for which
the company is sinking is at depth of
1,SS5 feet, is frst-class anthracite coal
and rather above the best Pennsylvania
anthracite. The vein is fifty-four inches
thick, as shown by the drill, but is
likely to prove six feet thick when
reached.
j. n. PETRo, a merchant of Silver
Lake, Shawnee County, has assigned
with 81, 900 liabilities.
). N. KERR, a Sedgwick County
farmer, awoke the other morning to
find his house in flames. He managed
to escape through an upper story win
dow and then broke in the door of a
room below, where slept his wife and
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