The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-08-29
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


dangerous thing for the express COM
panies and liquor dealers The Attor-
ney-General holds that the Kansas Pro-
hibitory law is now more stringent than
before the Iowa decision, as the State
can now control the express companies.
while before, knowing that that could
not be done under the act affecting In
ter-State commerce, no attempt was
made to control them.
THE rains which have fallen over
Kansas within the past two weeks have
been of incalculable benefit to the
farmer as the ground is in prime condi-
ton for sowing wheat Secretary Mohl-
er. Of the State Board of Agriculture, ad-
vices small farmers in the northwest
and southern sections of the State to
raise wheat rather than corn. He saws
he knows of dozen farmers in his sec
ton OF the country who have raised
wheat for several seasons and have made
enough money to stock their farms and
purchase cattle to fatten. Now, since
they have gotten start. they will begin
raising corn again to feed, but not to
sell.
ALTHOUGH fine rains have recently
visited Eastern Kansas, 1t is reported
that many parts of Western Kansas con-
tinue dry.
A LATE fire at Augusta destroyed the
Journal Office and other property, the
total value of which was $50, 900. In
surance, SO. 900.
ABOUT two years ago a 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 SO, 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
JOHN DAVIS, of Junction City, has
been nominated by the Peoples party
for Congress from the Fifth district.
THE Farmers Alliance of the First
district nominated l. c. Clark, of Brown
County, for Congress.
THE residence of ]. Il. 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.
IRA I. TABER, cashier of the Holton
City Bank. was found dead the other
morning upon the lounge in the sitting
room of his residence. He arose from
bed about six o'clock with a severe pain
in the stomach, a complaint of frequent
occurrence with him, and to alleviate it
took what was believed to be an over
dose of chloroform and lay upon the
lounge for rest When found by mem
Der of the family life was extinct.
A GIRL named Carrie Perry recently
attempted suicide at Wichita by taking
morphine Her story was that she ran
away from her home in Ashland with a
man named Carl Schwartz. who prom
ised to marry her at Wichita, butinstead
he took her to a house of i'll repute, and
after accomplishing her ruin deserted
her.
THE Secretary of the State Board OF
Agriculture has issued a circular in
which he says: Letters have been re-
ceived at this Office, mQstly from West
Central Kansas on kksa Union Pacific
railroad, also from noEth western coun
ties, representing that large number
of farmers in those sections must il
some way be provided with wheat OIL
they will have to alb andon their farms. >
WILLIAM STUBBs a young man, was
recently killed by the cars at Wichita
GEORGE BAKER, young negro, was
probably fatally injured by Missouri
Pacific train at Leavenworth the other
night.
THE census gives Emporia a popula
ton of 4, $50; Arkansas City, 8. S54; For
Scott IL, SS7.
THE body of a man was recently
J found floating in the river near Conner
in Wyandotte County. It was supposed
, to be the body of the printer, Jane.
, Higgins who had committed suicide a
few days before by jumping into the
] river at Leavenworth.
SECRETARY MoHLER has completed {
J table made up from the returns of the
county clerks. which shows that there
are now over 40, 900, 600 bushels of old
corn in Kansas. He estimates THU
, years crop at rs, 900, 900 bushels, which
added to the 0,00O, 900 bushels of las
, years crop, which still remains in the
State, make a total of lis, 600, 600 bush
els.
HENRY HARDIN, colored well digger
was recently suffocated in a well a
Leavenworth-
THE farmers in the vicinity of Ed
wardsville and Bonner Springs, whG
formed syndicate for shipping pota
toes to Chicago. have struck bonanzs
this season. Their total shipments
aggregated $3.50. 900. One farmer real
lied S12, 900 on his potatoes and another
on patatoes and other produce, S26, 500
DURING the trial of an original pack
age dealer at Lawrence the other day
for violating the Prohibltory law, the
question arose as to the time when the
Wilson bill became law, and the tria
was stopped and an inquiry telegrapheG
to Secretary Blaine. The reply from
Washington was: 1.-THE Original Pack
age act went into effect upon approva
by the President, August 8
DURING late storm lightning was pc
! culiarly destructive in Allen County
In one neighborhood q large barn fiIleC
with hay, grain and implements wa,
burned, while q farmer had four cattle
killed and still another lost team o
horses Several persons were shocked
WASH WATERMAN, the eighty-year
old horse-thief who was but few week,
ago released from the Missouri peniten
tiary, was again arrested the other da,
at Topeka with horse and buggy tina