Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-02-08
Miscellaneous,


Miscellaneous.
THE pupils of the public schools Of
the State generally celebrated the
twenty-ninth birthday of Kansas on
January 30.
REPORTS received by the State Board
of Agriculture show that many farmers
in Western Kansas are taking advantage
of the bounty offered by the county COM
missioners, under the act Of the Legisla-
ture in relation tc the planting and
growing Of trees. The maximum bounty
is $40 per acre for trees planted this
year and cultivated for five years, the
trees to be ten feet apart each way, and
to be kept in thrifty, growing condition
for five years. The provisions under
which the bounty is offered do not apply
to lands held as timber culture entries
under the laws of the United States.
ATToRNEY-GEN KELLOGG recent
ly addressed letter to the Governor in
reply to the question whether the sale
of lottery tickets in Kansas was legal,
saying that the organic law of The State
forbids the sale of lottery tickets, but
that the law was practically dead let
ter, because the statutes attached no
penalty to the offense. He said further
that the proprietors of newspapers
which printed lottery advertisements
might be punished under the law by
fine of not less than $50 nor more than
81, 900 or imprisonment for not less than
thirty days or more than six months, or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
ALPHoNsE L. DICKENS, SON of q widow
living near Eudora, recently committed
suicide by shooting himself.
THE other evening Perry Melander,
prosperous and popular justice of the
peace at Sharon Springs, opened his
clothing, even to his shirt, placed Win
chester to his naked breast, and by
means of short stick pulled the trigger,
blowing a hole through his heart. He
was not in debt, did not dissipate, and
no cause could be assigned for the deed.
He was about forty years old and had
lived happily with his wife for sixteen
years
GEORGE Z. FUNK, an old farmer living
north of Wichita, was killed recently by
falling on pitchfork.
SECRETARY MonLER has issued cir
cular on publicity of Crop Reports"
calling the attention of farmers and
others to the necessity of full, complete
and accurate farm statistics. He says:
THE farmer has every thing to gain
and nothing to lose by publicity of the
results of his labors. He can not keep
these results secret If he would, and it
would be extremely injurious to his in
terests if he should. These propositions
are susceptible of easy proof, and they
ton of these facts he must depend on
the Government. He represents too
numerous and scattered body to obtain
them otherwise. Once in ten years the
National census is taken, at cost of
several million dollars, and then it's ac-
curacy depends on the intelligence and
interest with which the facts are re-
ported to the enumerators."
IRA A. STEVENSON was recently ar
rested in Colorado for the murder Of
Albert Neubaur in Logan County, Kan,
on December, 1883. r7.a.f
A. j. EwART & Co., lumber dealers of
Topeka, recently made an assignment
for the benefit OF their creditors. The
liabilities aggregate $50, 1878, of which
amount S39, 2O9.34 is secured by notes
and real estate mortgages.
TIE Farmers Alliance is said to be
in favor of special session Of
the Legislature for the purpose Of pass
ing Stay law.
IL Shawnee County the other day Mel
vile Beard attacked younger brother,
when William, the eldest, went to the
assistance of the boy. Without a mo-
ments warning Melville discharged a
shotgun at William at short range, the
shot taking effect in the abdomen. The
murderer was arrested and jailed at To-
pela.
PROCEEDINGS we're recently brought |
before the probate Judge at Wichita by |
Mrs Florence Gibson, of Kansas City. |
No., to compel her mother, Mrs. jonas |
to show whether or not she |
had been for some years living with |
John Taylor in Wichita. James VIII
Jams died lately in Kansas City and his |
children and wife both claim pension.
The children allege that their mother
IN away from home with John Taylor
n 1869.