The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-07-11
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

prominent business man OF wichita were
recently arrested in dry goods estab-
lfshment for shoplifting. They were
found to have some stolen articles ON
their persons.
LAST winter ]. S. Frazer and w. n.
Gibson took lot of Texas cattle To
Chautauqua County. which engendered
bitter feeling against them. Some
weeks ago Gibson was found dead in bed
near Sedan. and his death was great
mystery. Some time ago Texas fever
broke out amongthe cattle and the bad
feeling was revived The other day
Frazer was found dead in . creek near
Sedan having been waylaid and stabbed
to death He was one of the most
prominent cattlemen in the county.
AS w. III. Hammel, q real estate dealer
OF Hutchinson, was lighting gasoline
stove the other morning. the lock on
the tank gave way and the tank fell
over with an explosion that saturated
the clothing of Mr.. and Mrs Hammel
and they were instantly on fire. Mrs
Hammel was burned from head to feet
and died at one o'clock and Mr. Hammel
died at three o'clock. They left two
children-ono a boy fourteen years old
and the other babe.
C. w. KRAUsE, a member of troop M.
Fifth cavalry, was drowned the Other
night in the large fab pond just south
OF the post at Fort keavenworth. He
was bathing with other comrades, but
was not missed until the latter had par
TALLY dressed themselves and found tn
clothing of Krause and he nowhere to
BIO seem He was evidently taken with
| cramps and drawn to the bottom. He
was twenty years OF age and had served
but three months. His parents reside in
Michigan.
IT IS said that Atchison's lady enumer-
ator secured more names than any of
her co-laborers-
Ir stated that thirty-six thousand
dollars will be spent this year in inn
proving the grounds and erecting cot
tages on the State G. A r. reunion
ground at Ellsworth.
TIE census supervisor gives out the
population of Kansas City (Kan.) to be
in round numbers 40, 600; Topeka, 81, 600.
Leayenworth will show a population of
about 10000
A HUTCHINSON paper remarks that 1t
is not the unknown dead but the I'M
counted living for whom the Nation
weeps to-day. The census enumerator
will not appreciate this joke.
E. E. MARSHALL who was fined and inn
prisoned at Lawrence for selling original
packages, and sued out writ of habeas
corpus before Judge Foster of the
United States Court at Topeka, was
released by the latter court
THE other night Nathaniel Smith
drank poisonous liniment in private
asylum in Atchison, where he was con-
fined, and died next day.
Two farmers in Comanche County,
Paul Morgan and Thomas O'Neal, got
into shooting scrape the other day and
the former was killed almost instantly
and the latter fatally wounded. The
trouble originated over the settlement
of a business matter.
UNDER the recent adjustment of the
salaries of Presidential post-ofices in
Kansas, fifteen towns showed an in
crease and thirty decrease.
PROF. Snow, of the State University,
in his weather report, records the past
month as the hottest June on his twenty
three years record. except June, 1881,
which surpassed it by only 0.23 degree
of mean temperature. The rainfall was
deficient. being less than half the aver
age amount and the smallest June pre-
cipitation on his record since June.
1872.
A BURGLAR entered the residence of
Mr.. Cannon, a Topeka plasterer. the other
night while he was absent and no one
in the house except his wife and child
Mrs. Cannon heard the intruder and
seizing a shot gun awaited his appear
ance. Soon the form of a large man
darkened her door when she fired and
he beat hasty retreat He was tracked
some distance by blood but not over
taken
ISAAC RoTHENBERG, of Rothenberg &
Schloss, the largest jobbers of cigars
and tobaccos in Kansas, was found dead
in bed at Leavenworth, the other morn
ing.
La GRANGE. the alleged theatrical
man, who is In Jail at Hutchinson for
bigamy. has been identified as having
served two years in the Arkansas peni-
Tertiary for the same offense.
A WICHITA man is engaged in the
work of collecting statistics concerning
silk worms and silk culture in Kansas,
which has never before been attempted.
WHEAT of this seasons crop was mar
keted at Leavenworth about two weeks
ago.
THE Republican Resubmission State
Central Committee met at Wichita on
the Sd and called State convention to
be held at Wichita September Q. the
basis of representation to be one dele
gate for every 400 votes cast for Eugene
Ware for Presidential Elector.
FIRE lately destroyed Ex-Governor
Eskridge's old stsre at Emporia, causing
loss of 81 800.
THE other afternoon George Austin,
aged twenty years, committed suicide
| at Strong City. No cause could be given
for the act except that OF temporary in
sanity caused by i'll health He was
member of the freshman class in the
State University at the beginning of
last year and was recognized as prom
Using young man.. and one of great
| ability.
A BOY named Freeiand, sixteen years
old, was badly injured at Robinson the
other day by the explosion of dyna-
mi te cartridge.
THE revenue collections for the dis
trict of Kansas the past month were
Se1. 694.03; for the corresponding month
OF last year they were 81, 551.3O. The
| increase was mainly from special stamps,
| the revenue from these last month be-
ing SIS, So, against "a. S1L60 for June,
| 1889. This is attributed to the ''oriR-
ina1 package" business
The two-year-old SON of Eugene
Graves. of Fort Scott, drank two ounces
| of coal oil recently and died of paralysis
| of the heart before medical aid could be
summoned.
IT is predicted that the Wyandotte &
Northwestern road will be q part of the
Gould system within sixty days
THE Daughters of Rebekah of Naoma
lodge Tonek1 have oranod n fraa a..