Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-13
miscellaneous.

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| on Joint ballot to elect
Miscellaneous.
THE Governor has pardoned William
Baldwin, who was convicted at Atchi-
son six years ago of numbering his sis
ter, and since been in the penitentiary
under sentence of death.
On October 25 B. c. Robertson and
John b Brown, attended a political
meeting at St Francis, got intoxicated
and quarreled over woman, when
Robertson shot and killed Brown. It
was the first murder case in Cheyenne
County. Both men have families.
| HARRY DILLON, meat peddler, mar
rowly escaped being killed by the cars
at the wagon road crossing at Turner,
Wyandotte County the other morning
He was driving across the Santa
Fe railway tracks and when in
the center of the tracks his wagon was
struck by an east-bound passenger
train The wagon was badly smashed
and Dillon was thrown out, sustaining
a bad scalp wound, some body bruises
and internal injuries
NANCY KIErLEY, a young colored girl,
died suddenly ct Argentine the other
day from the effects of corrosive subli-
mate which she took by mistake for a
dose of calomel.
THE Social Science Club of Kansas
and Missouri met at Emporia on the
9th with Mrs. L. b Kellogg. OF Topeka,
presiding. Many interesting papers
were read.
POLICE raided the warehouses of the
Western Brewery Company at Leaven-
worth the other day and confscated
f1- -
there during the original package period.
The proprietors were engaged at the
time in hauling the goods to Missouri
Every bottle was destroyed.
The other afternoon as John Rupert
and James Holloway were excavating
for barn foundation on the old Rupert
homestead, just west of Argen tine,
where an old stable was standing which
had been erected years ago. young Ru-
pert's pick struck an object that gave
forth sound as of iron. The curiosity
of the men became aroused, and they
| began eXcavating the strange object
quite rapidly. when huge iron kettle
with about five-gallon capacity and
covered with heavy iron Id was ex-
| posed to view. The kettle was found
to contain gold coins ranging from 81 to
$50 pieces and none with a later date
than 1854, showing that some one had
buried the gold in the year 1854. The
vessel con tanned just SIS. 600.
A CORRESPONDENT who has been on
visit to the barren hills of New
| England comes to the conclusion that
"a Kansas man just before each Thanks
giving day should take a trip East to
| fit himself for the day and it's exercises.
If after such an opportunity for observa-
ton and comparison he did not join in
| the anthem of thankfulness in a man
ner to make him heard all over the
neigh borhood, then he might be set
down as a creature incapable OF graft
tude to God or anybody else"
A CoLoRED man recently took four
opossums to Leavenworth VIII ch he
| offered for IS cents. He could not find
a purchaser and returned home vowing
| that he would hereafter vote for no
man who did not advocate home mar
| ket for possums.
JUDGE FOSTER, of the United States
Circuit Court at Topeka, has ordered
Receiver Kent of the Industrial Iron
Works in Kansas City, Kan. to proceed
with the operation of the plant The
sheriff had taken possession under at
tachments sued out in the WyandOtte
County district court The sheriff, who
had been cited to appear before Judge
| Foster for contempt was released upon
| condition that he release the attach
ments and turn the property over to the
| receiver.
| BY general orders issued from the
War Department the military prison at
Fort Leavenworth is constituted an in
dependent military post under the i'm
mediate command of the Major-General
commanding the army.
A THIEF attempted to enter the back
door of the home of Editor Landrey at
Argentine the other afternoon with the
view of improving his worldly condi-
ton. but the vigilant eye of the editor
detected him and the editorial shotgun
caused the scallawag to beat hasty
| retreat.
W. j. WILLIAMS, 25 years old, was re-
Gently injured in runaway at Kansas
City, Kan, and died two days later.
The horse he was riding was run into
! by buggy and he was thrown. his head
striking the curbstone and fracturing
his skull Williams was at one time
member of Buffalo BilPs Wild West
| show.
THE chrysanthemum craze has broken
out at Topeka
A CLASS in journalism has been or
ganized at the State Unworthy.
WILLIAM 81. SUMMERS shot and proba-
bly, fatally wounded Constable c. A.
johnson, who was trying to arrest him
at Liberty the other day. Summers
was arrested.
CoMsaANDER WEBB, Of the Sons of
Veterans, has appointed r A Hope, Of
Kansas City. R NJ johnson, of Parsons.
and John Henning. of Salina. aides-de-
camp on his staff
1T is stated that Atchison contains
seventy-five BARRIERS