Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-08-30
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

ABOUT two years ago q man named
c. c. Pigg stopped at the farm Of Mich
olas Wells, near Eudora, Douglas Coun-
ty, and talked Wells into trading him
some livestock that he had on his farm
for house and lot he had In an addi-
ton to Topeka, the value OF Wells
stock being 81, 100, while Pigg gave the
value of his real estate as 50, 900. Late
ly Wells went to Topeka and found that
the property he had traded for was not
in Topeka, but was really unimproved
land located about seven miles from
that city, and Wells thinking he had
been deceived, had Pigg arrested for
obtaining property under false pre-
lenses. Pigg, in default Of 81, 500 bail,
was penned in the jail at Lawrence to
await trial
THE residence OF j. II. Harrison, at
Emporia, was destroyed by fire at four
o'clock the other morning. The occu-
pants, Miss Sadie Hinkle and three lit
tie children, barely escaped with their
lives, in their night clothes. Mr. Har-
rison and his wife were absent and the
children were left in care Of their aunt,
Miss Hinkle. Loss, about SO, 500; partly
insured.
A GIRL named Carrie Perry recently
attempted suicide at Wichita by taking
m orphine. Her story was that she ran
away from her home in Ashland with
man named Carl Schwartz. who prom
ised to marry her at Wichita, butinstead
he took her to house of i'll repute, and
after accomplishing her ruin deserted
her.
THE Secretary of the State Board Of
Agriculture has issued q circular in
which he says: Letters have been re-
ceived at this Office, mostly from West
Central Kansas on the Union Pacific
railroad, also from northwestern coun-
ties, representing that large number
of farmers in those sections must in
some way be provided with wheat or
they will have to abandon their farms"
GEORGE BAKER. q young negro, was
probably fatally injured by Missouri
Pacific train at Leavenworth the other
night.
THE farmers in the vicinity of Ed
wardsville and Bonner Springs who
formed syndicate for shipping pota-
toes to Chicago, have struck bonanza
this season. Their total shipments
aggregated $3.50, 000 One farmer real
lied Sl2. 900 on his potatoes and another
on patatoes and other produce, S26, 500.
THE other night Policeman Brewer, of
Wichita, arrested a man named Laven-
der for running joint, when his broth
er knocked Brewer down with heavy
stick. The twain then kicked and
their victim until they thought
him dead, when they made their escape.
THE barn of ]. G. Gross. east of Ed
wardsville, was recently destroyed by
an incendiary fire, including several
tons of new hay and valuable farm ma
chinery
THE Ness City sugar mill burned the
other morning. 1t was the largest sugar
mill in the State and had a capacity of
300 tons daily. The machinery alone
cost 500, 900 and the total loss will reach
$3.50, 600. 1t was insured for about $780,
BOO. The fire was thought to be of in
origin, and as result of the
destruction of the mill thousands of
acres of cane almost matured will have
to be cut and used for feed. A bonus of |
sixty thousand dollars was voted by the
people and these bonds will have to be |
paid, while no benefit whatever will be
realized therefrom.
HARVEY SMITH, Of Mulvane, was fear
FULLY injured by vicious horse the
other day. Smith went into the stable
and closed the door when the animal |
made an attack upon him. There being
no means of escape Smith fought the
horse for nearly an hour, and finally
secured q singletree, with which he
killed the mad animal. The man was
10 badly bitten, kicked and stamped
Upon that his recovery was doubtful.
PRIVATE LYON, a soldier at Fort
Leavenworth, cut his throat the other
lay because he could not work out sat
results in a mathematical
problem. He failed at self destruction as
as he did in mathematics
AN unknown colored man was struck
~ train the other morning on the
Kansas City, Wyandotte & Northwest
I'm road, near Piper, and instantly
Tiled.
A LATE west-bound Santa Fe express
rain had attached one of tho United
states Fish Commissions special cars
oaded with fish from the Illinois river
nd destined for Kansas streams There
we're about 3, 900 fish in the car, mostly
lack bass, some Of them weighing as
much as pound.
THE other morning John N. Insley, q
cal estate dealer and assistant cashier
( the 0skaloosa State Bank, committed
nicide in his Office at Oskaloosa by