The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-06-27
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

frightened her, and in attemntin0 tn
avoid them she got lost and wandered
ten miles from home and was found the
next afternoon half famished. still
wandering further from home. She
slept in the grass at night
The other morning Thomas Gallagher
attempted to jump from a Santa Fe
train at Emporia and was killed. He
was twenty years old and beating his
way from Carbondale to Oklahoma.
TIE grocery store of Charles Gardner,
at Leavenworth, was burned the other
day. The family occupied the second
story, but was absent at the time. The
stock and building were fully insured.
TIE origin of the fire is unknown.
AUGUST WAGNER, who for sixteen
years had been prominent business
man of Wichita, went home the other
evening seemingly as cheerful as ever,
and having asked his wife something
about where the children were walked
into another room and moment later
! shot himself in the mouth and fell dead.
-Four years ago he was one of the
wealth;est men of the town, but lately
had lost considerable money. The day
of his death a suit had gone against him
for 81, OOO
THE eighteen-months-old child of s. E
Thomas, living north of Lawrence,
strayed away from home the other
morning, became lost in the woods and
was not found until it had wandered for
three days and nights. When found
the child was alive but completely ex-
hausted and it was feared might not re-
cover.
BEN CARROLL. of Garden City, had
] in hn hoH 90 i
and beating his wife. He attempted
his usual amusement the other night
when his wife turned the joke on him
by tying him to the bed and clicking"
him in good style. He then had her ar
rested and discriminating justice fined
her SO.
A DECISION was rendered recently by
the Railroad Commissioners in the mat
ter of the petition of the mayor and
Council of Oskaloosa for the restoratio
of the passenger train service on the
Lcavenworth, Topeka Sc Southwestern
and the Union Pacific railways. The
board recognizes the fact that the traffic
on the line is SO light that it will not
pay operating expenses, yet the people
along the line subscribed literally to-
wards it's construction under promise
the board holds that that promise should
be kept TWAS, therefore, ordered that
the passenger train service pctitioned
for be put on within thirty days.
A FEARFUL rainstorm visited Atchi-
son on ,tzIH 10Th, flooding cellars and
doing a great amount of damage.
THE Atchison County Fair Associa-
ton has decided to hold fair from Sep
| TENDER to IS.
REPRESENTATIVES, of Wichita and
Dodge City have drawn upa letter to
| President Manvile of the Santa Fe, ask
ing that the Wichita & Western be ex-
tended to Dodge City at once.
! PUPILS of Haskell Institute at Law
renee, to the number of go, have petit
/ oned the Secretary of the Interior to
remove Superintendent 'Meserve, be-
cause, they aver, ''he has called us
thieves and liars in talks to US in our
assembly rooms, and eversince he came
he has treated us as though we were
more treacherous than wild Indians"
IT is estimated that Kansas has Z, 40e,-
600 acres in corn this year.
J. +. WILLITZ, chairman, and S. w.
Chase, secretary of the Central Com
mittee of the Peoples Party have is
to be held in Topeka, August Is, 1890,
to place in nomination candidates for
State offices and to transact any and all
business that may be legitimately
brought before the convention. The
apportionment of delegates provides for
a convention of $40, the largest ever
held in the State. 1t IS based on the
population of the counties as no test of
the strength of the party has ever been
made.
The Missouri Pacific road having re-
fused to restore passenger service on
the Leroy & Caney Valley branch in
compliance with the decision of the
Railroad Commissioners, the Governor
| has directed the Attorney-General to
bring suit in the Supreme Court to en-
force the orders of the board.
THE Attorney-General has written to
each of the seven Congressman from
Kansas urging immediate action on the
Wilson bill in regard to the sale of
liquors.
A CHILD four years old was recently
killed by the pay-car of the Rock Island
road at Fairview.
A RECENT storm in the vicinity of
Logan did much damage to property.
Henry Fitch, twenty years old was
killed.
SENATOR INGALLS, has introduced a
bill into the Senate to REIN burse citizens
of Kansas for losses sustained when the
Confederate forces invaded the State
during the war.
TIE fat women of Harper recently
held a picnic. Women weighing less
than 200 were barred.
A STORY from Wichita is to the effect
that the foreman of the Santa Fe shops
compels all the employees to take out
life insurance policy in the company he
represents in order to retain their
situations.
SALINAS street car line is to be
changed to an electric motor and eleven
miles of road added
JEFF MERCER, a worthless negro who
had separated from his wife because of
his worthlessness, recently returned to
Argentine and going 30 where his wife
was employed, dragged her into the
yard and shot her dead. He then fed
before he could be arrested. The Gov
ernor has offered reward of $500 for
his apprehension.
JoHN w. LYONS, the colored janitor of
the Washington Avenue NJ. E. Church
at Kansas City. Kan, was killed by
Northwestern passenger train while
crossing the track at Ninth street the
other morning. The deceased was thirty
years old and leaves n widow and six
children.
THE census has played the mischief
with the boasts of many towns.
ATcHIsoN is kicking against the reve-
lations of the census.
JOHNNIE STEwARTs boy of twelve