The Globe-republican., 1890-05-07
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The other evening several boys were
playing in deserted barn in the suburbs
of Wichita when they removed some hay
that had not been disturbed for over a
year and were Mortified to discover the
remains of woman, which had evident
" been there for five or six months.
The body was too badly decomposed to
be identified, and even the clothing had
nearly all decayed and had to be care
fully handled.
WHEN a west bound Rock Island train
reached Topeka the other day there was
on board Mr.. P. A. Thomas, wife and
seven children, of Pueblo, Col, all Of
whom except one were suffering from
poison. Physicians who were summoned
pronounced the trouble to be meat
poisoning from the eating of chicken
which had become unfit for food.
A UNION PACIFIC freight train was
wrecked at Bismarck Grove, near Law
renee, the other night by several cars
jumping the track. No one was hurt
QUITE an excitement was recently
caused at Lawrence by the appearance
OF mad dog upon the streets. Before
being killed the dog bit two horses and
colored boy.
LATE post-ofice changes in Kansas:
Established, Clarence, Stevens County,
Clarence A. Younggren, postmaster;
Esther, Shawnee County, John Doane,
postmaster; Keysville, Pawnee County,
Herbert E. Miller, postmaster; LeOran-
da, Graham County, Peter Hanselman,
postmaster. Discontinued, Dillwyn,
Stafford County; Oasis, Logan County;
Won, Comanche County.
On the Goth Kansas Odd Fellows gen.
orally celebrated the seventy-first an
niversary of the establishment of the
order.
THE right leg of the murdered Mrs.
Mettman was found the other day on the
bank of the Missouri river, near the
Planters House at Leavenworth, by a
number of boys who were walking along
the shore.
w. 3. BALDWIN, agent of the Santa
Fe at Lovelle, absconded the other day
with $1,000 belonging to the road.
Through some means it became known
to the officials of the road in Topeka and
they Immediately telegraphed their
agent at Denver to have him arrested.
Just before the message was received
Baldwin entered the general Offices
of the Santa Fe at Denver and
asked for employment as telegraph
operator. While he was in the Otice
the message asking that the absconder
be arrested began to come in over the
wire. He quickly detected the purport
of the message, and clearing the railing
about the telegraph desk made his es-
cape.
JOHN LANE, farm hand, returned
from Kansas City to Edwardsville the
other evening under the influence of
liquor, and after chasing the family out
of the house with knife and shotgun,
he swallowed half a box of rat poison
and ran to a pond of water short dis
lance from the house, laid down and
drank all the water he could swallow.
Medical aid was secured but his recovery
was doubtful.
AT the late Interstate oratorical con-
test at Lincoln, Neb.. S. w. Naylor. of
Washburn, College, Topeka, won first
place, and A. C. Douglass, also Kansas
man, second place.
THE Railroad Commissioners have re-
ceived petitions signed by 1000 farmers
of Central Kansas, asking for lower
rates to the Missouri river on farm
products.
THE livery stable of w. NJ. Engle, at
Kingman, was burned the other morn
ing. Besides carriages, buggies, ETC..
twelve valuable horses were burned.
The horses belonged mostly to persons
in the city. The loss was $4,000, with
s., 900 insurance.
A PRACTICAL joker in Leavenworth
tied the hands and feet Of a boy and
gave him a coat of black ink. The
amusement cost him five dollars in the
shape of fine.
w. T. MAGEE was recently held for
trial at Hays City on the charge of de-
frauding farmers by obtaining promis-
sorry notes under false pretenses. The
evidence showed that he had been
working extensively among the Rus
sian farmers, appointing them as agents
for the sale of a patent fence and hav-
ing them sign certificates to show them
that they were agents. These certifi-
Gates in each case proved to be plain
promissory notes, the negotiation of
which caused his detection.
THE population of Leavenworth, as
shown by the recently finished census
of the city assessor, is 20,57s, falling
off of 22S in the last year.
A FARMER near Bala recently found a
casket of diamonds, pearls and other
precious stones near the Rock Island |
railway track. The gems were identi-
fed as those stolen from Mrs. johnson,
a Chicago bride, en- route to Denver on |
her wedding tour week previous.
A RECEPTION was given to General
Merritt and staff at Fort Leavenworth |
upon the occasion of their departure for |
St. Louis.
THE old soldiers belonging to Bren-
nan Post at the soldiers home recently !
passed resolutions declaring the charges
made against the MANAGEMENT Of tho |