Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-04
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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A. dancenear sissl, Douglas couA-
ty, the othef evenilG row was en-
gagged in over key of beer, and we'll
known character named Thaddeus Ste
VEINS was shot and fatally wounded.
Atonta dozen parties were engaged In
the fracaA --------------
: Guy ADKINS, thirteen years old. was
killed the other day while out hunting
near Atchison. By the accidental dis
charge of a gun in the hands of another
boy. .+,l ssssss,.iissss-4 go .s5isi
JAMES HoRAN, a man advanced in
years, was caught in q rush of teams at
the Atchison fair grounds the other
evening about dark. and was so badly
crushed that it was necessary to ampu-
tate his leg.
The other night Policeman Brewer, of
Wichita, arrested a man named Laven-
der for running joint. when his broth
er knocked Brewer down with a heavy
stick. The twain then kicked and
dubbed their victim until they thought
him dead, when they made their escape
The barn of j. G.. Gross. east of Ed
wardsville, was recently destroyed by
an incendiary fire, including several
tons of new hay and valuable farm ma
chinery. s III f.,
A LATE west-bound Santa Fe express
train had attached one of the United
States Fish Commissions special cars
loaded with fish from the Illinois river
and destined for Kansas streams There
were about 8, 600 fish in the car, mostly
black bass. some of them weighing as
much as q pound. ~ ls.s., f.,a l
The other morning John N. Insley,
real estate dealer and assistant cashier
of the Oskaloosa State Bank. committed
suicide in his office at Oskaloosa by
shooting himself. He was a brother of
Colonel NJ. H Insley, of Leavenworth.
Business cares had unsettled his mind
and he was temporarily insane. He
leaves a wife and four children.
THE Democrats of the Second district
have nominated J. B. Chapman, edit o
of the Fort Scott Tribune, for Congress
E II. Funston, of Allen, is the Repub-
lican nominee, and A. f. Allen, of
Douglas, is the Alliance candidate.
JOHN T. WEST, aged sixty-eight years,
was recently found hanging to tree at
Bonner Springs His home was in Kan
sas City. Mo-, and while suffering from
a long-standing disease he wandered
away from home and committed suicide.
AT the late National Encampment of
the Sons of Veterans, held at St Jo-
seph, Mo-, Leland j. Webb. of Topeka,
was elected Commander-in-Ch
JOHN A. KUDoR, sixty-four years old
and paralytic, recently pleaded guilty
to perjury in the United States Court at
Topeka and was sentenced to ten days
in Jail and a fine of 500. He swore
falsely in attempting to get a pension
for his sister. The woman is held to
answer also
WILLIS HoUGHEY, a Sedgwick County
farmer. was recently killed by falling
from an oat stack upon the tines of a
pitchf fork. ...
A BULLETIN issued from the Census
Office at Washington has the following
as to the county Indebtedness of Kan
sas: Bonded debt of counties in 1880,
81, 364, GIT; in 1890, 81, 229, 675, or SO per
cent increase; floating debt in 1880.
1891, ga; in 1890, $5sS, 1O5 small de-
crease; gross county Indebtedness, in
1880, 1885, 92l; in 1890, $14, ST, 7S0, or
Sc per cent increase.
THOMAS KING, a colored man fifty
three years of age, met death under pc
culiar circumstances at Argentine the
other evening. Hewa engaged in car
rying a school desk from one school
building to another, walking on side
walk elevated about two feet when he
made misstep and fell from the side
walk to the ground, striking on his
head and breaking his neck.
JAMES ARNOLD, a farmer from Reno
County, who was visiting his brother on
a farm west of Wichita, fell from the
roof of a barn the other morning and
struck a picket fence. the points of
which penetrated his breast and held
him until relief came. His injuries
were thought to be fatal.
7 IT is stated that 5000 head of cattle
suffering from disease are held in quar-
antine near Newton. They were dying
off rapidly, but the nature of the dis
ease had not been determined.
RANDOLPH MUELLER, son of the Ger
man Lutheran minister at Lawrence,
was recently bitten by dog supposed
to be mad The boy was taken to Kan
sas City, Mo-, and treated. A mad
stone, when applied, adhered for six
hours i' ~ -'iii' -''---''.
FRANK s ROWLAND is in Jail at To-
peka for swindling E. f. Stone by trad
ing for valuable piece of real estate,
for which he conveyed other property
to which he had no title. After secur-
ing deed he mortgaged the property
for S1l, 900 in cash and skipped He
was arrested at Indianapolis, Ind, while
negotiating similar trade.
The Lawrence Canning Company re-
Gently added 500 hands to its former
force of 800, to care for the daily supply
of fruit. It received ten car loads of
fruit in one day. ....,...s,...
L. J. WEBB. Commander-in-Chief of
the Sons of Veterans, has announced
the appointment of Colonel Clay d.
Herrod, of Erie, Kan. for Adjutant,
and Colonel Hazleton. of Norton, Kan,
for General
The other day Dennis Carter, negro
boy seventeen years old, viciously
assaulted his sister Belinda, three years
older, at Rosedale, beating her with
club until she was almost insensible
and then cutting her throat The girl
was not fatally injured The boy was
jailed, but his sister refused to prose-
cute or appear against him.
HARVEY SMITH. of Mulvane, was fear
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