Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-03-01
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Gently arrested and sentenced to three
months in the county jail for wife beat
ing.
AT the recent meeting Of the grand
lodge A. F. & A. NJ, Of Kansas, held at
Salina, the following officers for the en-
suing year were chosen: j. c. Postle-
thwait, OF Manlsato, NJ. w. G. NJ; A. NJ.
Callahan, of Topeka, D. G. NJ; ID. B.
Fuller, OF Eureka, S. g. w.; w. d.
Thompson, Of Minneapolis, j. G. W.
Christian Beck, of Leavenworth, grand
treasurer, and j. II. Brown, Of Kansas.
City, grand secretary. 1t was voted to"
hold the next annual meeting ut Fort
Scott. The Royal Arch Chapter elected
Henry c. Cook, of Oswego, grand high
priest; M. NJ. Miller, Of Clay Center,
deputy high priest; J. c. Postlethwait,'
of Jewell County, grand king; Bestor c.
Brown, of Topeka, grand scribe; c..
Beck, Of Leavenworth, grand treasurer;
John II. Brown, of Kansas City, Kan,
grand secretary.
T. r. SHIRLEY, Of Stevens. County,
was lately in Topeka asking for aid for
the people Of that county. He said that
owing to the poorness Of the crops in.
that county, which were small in spite
of the abundance in most OF the State,
and owing to the newness and poverty
of the country, the people there are
in very needy circumstances. They are
in want of both food and clothing.
THE State Mine Inspector has made an
official report on the Alma Company's-
mine. which indicates that the venture
is going to prove valuable to the people
of Eastern Kansas. The vein for which
the company is sinking is at depth OF
1855 feet, is first-class anthracite coal
and rather above the best Pennsylvania
anthracite. The vein is fifty-four inches
thick, as shown by the drill, but is
likely to prove six feet thick when.
reached.
THE post-office at Maize was robbed
the other night of $50 in stamps and
$3.50 in money. In the afternoon Philip
r. Linck and F. E. Ehrard were arrest
ed at Hutchinson for the crime.
THE eldest son of Judge Hamilton, Of
Ell Dorado, recently, had his left arm
shot off while hunting. The muzzle Of
the gun was against his arm when dis
charged.
Mrs. SAMANTHA BAKER, a widow, and
her son, eight years old, were recently
burned to a crisp in their stable on q
farm three miles southeast Of Brook
vile. The indications were that they
had gone to the stable with lantern
to feed the horses Singularly the
horses had got out but mother and son
persisted.
PATENTS recently issued to Kansas in
ventors: r. A. Brogan, Usage Mission,
key rail joint; A. j. Chapel. Arkansas.
City, car coupling; w. r. Dean and w
H. Barnett, Ottawa, cash and parcel
carrier; C. F. Hartman, Valley Falls.
loading apparatus; G !. McCarten, Kan
sas City, means for supplying COM
pressed air to motors; A. Z. Perine, To
peka, listing plows; A. c. Sherman,
Rossville, self-registering canceling
stamp; Paul Thielen, Kansas City, steam
heater; William and E. II. Ulrich, Man
haitian, clamp for stone saws.
The militia of the State numbers
1,62S privates, 1868 non-commissioned and
16S commissioned officers, making to-
tai Of 2,179. The number of morgan
lied men available for military duty is
225,O00.
A CHARTER has been filed in the Office
of the Secretary Of State by the Omaha,
Garden City & Southwestern Railway
Company; capital stock, S7,20O,0OO. The
road is to be constructed from point
on the north line of Kansas, in Smithor-
Jewell County, running thence south
west through the counties Of Osborn,
Rocks, Graham, Trego, Grove, Lane,
Scott, Garfield. Finney, Grant, Stanton,
Stevens and Morton, terminating at
some point on the west or south line OF
the State, distance of about 200 miles.
The business of the company will be
transacted in Garden City and New
York City.
The first conviction under the Murray
law at Emporia was had the other day
when the proprietor of the Palace Hotel
was found guilty of having liquors in
his hotel and giving them away He was
fined 500 but appealed the case.
JOHNSON JORDAN was recently sem
fenced to six years in the penitentiary,-
from Topeka, for stealing a saddle.
THE Kearney, Hutchinson & Gulf Rail-
road Company recently filed its charter
in the office of the Secretary OF State.
The company proposes to construct and.
operate railroad from Kearney, Neb.,
through Kansas to Galveston, Tex.
DAVID LIMP, formerly Of company l.
Forty-sixth New York Infantry, has.
been dishonorably discharged from the
soldiers home at Leavenworth on the
ground of having received $1,000 arrears
Of pension and never having given any
to the support of his wife, she being a.
worthy woman and dependent upon him..
and for his persistent refusal to send