Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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GEORGE a. EVANS q Co., State House
contractors, have sued R. B. Kepley, of
Topeka, for ss,077.65, alleging that his
material was not up to sample.
The dead body of Jerry Donahue was
found the other evening near school
house four miles from Atchison. He
had been on spree several days and
the cause of his death was unknown
PROF. L. L BLAKE, professor of as
tronomy and physics of the State Uni
versity, has been offered the same chair
at Amherst at nearly double the salary
he is now receiving.
The residence of F. G. Adams of To-
peka. secretary of the State Historical So
ciety, was destroyed by fire the other
day. Loss, S., 600; insurance. 200. He
saved his library and the manuscript of
his history of Kansas.
FRANK AsIEs, young school teacher
living near Wichita, left home the other
day and has not been seen since. He is
thought to have been murdered. He
had been married only three weeks.
THE Hale Hotel, the first public house
in Hunnewell. was recently destroyed
by fire. Loss, So, 600; not insured.
KANSAS, although ranking eighth in
area and twenty-first in population of
the United States, stands second in
railroad mileage, Illinois alone leading
it. OF the LOG counties in the State only
six are not penetrated by the railroads.
These are Garfield, Grant, Haskell, Nor
ton, Stanton and Stevens.
T. j. OvERMAN, of Oklahoma City,
was knocked from a train at Wichita
the other day and fell on some railroad
iron. His injuries were thought to be
fatal.
THE Topeka Trade and Labor As
sembly has issued call for delegates
to State convention to meet in Topeka
July to organize State federation to
affiliate with the American Federation
of Labor.
The other morning as a Rock Island
car was being unloaded of lumber at
Clay Center the body of Patrick Con-
molly. boy apparently about seventeen,
was found damned between the ends of
the lumber piles. A letter on his person
gave his name and indicated that he
was from Michigan. He had evidently
been stealing a ride on the freight car.
FROM reports of correspondents
representing 1o3 of the JOG coun-
ties of the State the secretary of
the State Board of Agriculture learns
that the conditions throughout the
State for the growth and development
OF plant life were not in high degree
favorable during the month of May. In
some sections, especially in North
western and West Central Kansas, the
wheat is in bad condition, in many in
stances practically lost, and consider
able area will be plowed up, and through
out the State generally the crop has
been checked i'll its growth by INSULT
cient rainfall and unseasonably cold
weather during the past month. The
condition of wheat for the State is re-
ported at so per cent, a loss of IL points
since last report.
THE Governor has offered a reward of
$3.50 for the arrest of Theodore Pfe;fer,
who broke Jail at Dodge City May "a.
Pfeifer was convicted of arson and SEN
fenced to twelve years in the peniten-
tiary. The night of the day he was SEN
fenced he broke Jail and has not since
been heard of.
ACCORDING to the report of Secretary
Mohler, Kansas has not been for many
years so free from chinch bugs and other
noXious insects as at present Core
spondents report no damage whatever
from chinch bugs, and but few are seen
The millinery store of Clara E. Cook
& Co. at Atchison was recently de-
stroyed by fire. The loss was SO, 600; in
surance, 81, 500.
A VOUCHER for SIS, 974. 90 was recently
issued to Ex-Governor Samuel ]. Craw-
ford, State agent at Washington, as
commission on extra school lands he
had obtained from the Government.
The Santa Fe road complains of nu-
merOus raised pay checks recently. The
original figures are skillfully eradicated
with an acid and larger amount SUBJ
stituted.
The Lawrence canning factory canned
1,000,0 900 cans of strawberries this
season.
AT a late meeting of the Executive
Council the contract for supplying print
er stock for State purposes during the
coming year was awarded to Bradner,
Smith & Co., of Chicago. The bid was
| reduced below that of last year so much
| as to effect a saving OF $1,000. The con-
tract for binding, ETC., was awarded to
Cane Bros. IL Co, of Chicago. Both
firms held the same contracts last year.
WILLIAM BAKER, of Lincoln County,
has been nominated by the Farmers AL
lance conven ton for Congress from the
| Sixth district.
FRANK TUCKER, of Coyville, recently
committed suicide by taking 1audanum.
Financial troubles the cause.
The Democratic State Central Com
mittee met at Leavenworth on the 9Th
and decided to hold the convention to
| nominate candidates for State Offices,
at Wichita On September 9. The basis
of representation will be one delegate
for every $50 votes east for the highest
Elector for Cleveland for President
A FIRE at Washington avenue and
Fifth street, Kansas City, Kan, early
ON the morning of the 7th completely
| destroyed what is known as the ''Ryus
corner" The Ryus Planning Mill was a
complete loss, and the lumber yards Of
the Chicago Lumber Company were con-
siderably damaged
7. F. CoLwELI, proprietor of a Topeka
bakery, recently deserted crippled
wife and sundry creditors and skipped
for parts unknown
THE assessment of the Kansas rail-
! roads by the State Board of Railroad
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