Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-26
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

TITLE EHRHARDT. aged five years.
was recently sent by her mother with
some milk to a neighbor at Topeka and
in passing several young street hood
lums they threw stones at her. which
frightened her, and in attempting to
avoid them she got lost and wandered
ten miles from home and was found the
next afternoon half famished, still
wandering further from home. She
slept in the grass at night
The other morning Thomas Gallagher
attempted to jump from Santa Fe
train at Emporia and was killed He
was twenty years old and beating his
way from Carbondale to Oklahoma
The grocery store of Charles Gardner,
at Leavenworth, was burned the other
day. The family occupied the second
story, but was absent at the time. The
stock and building were fully insured.
The origin of the fire is unknown
AUGUST WAGNER, who for sixteen
years had been prominent business
man of Wichita, went home the other
evening seemingly as cheerful as ever.
and having asked his wife something
about where the children were walked
into another room and moment later
shot himself in the mouth and fell dead.
Four years ago he was one of the
wealthiest men of the town, but lately
had lost considerable money. The day
of his death suit had gone against him
for $4,000.
THE eighteen-months-old child of S. E.
Thomas, living north of Lawrence,
strayed away from home the other
morning, became lost in the woods and
was not found until it had wandered for
three days and nights. When found
the child was alive but completely ex-
hausted and it was feared might not re-
cover.
BEN CARROLL of Garden City, had
been in the habit of going home drunk
and beating his wife. He attempted
his usual amusement the other night
when his wife turned the joke on him
by tying him to the bed and Licking"
him in good style. He then had her ar
rested and discriminating Justice fined
her 80.
A DECISION was rendered recently by
the Railroad Commissioners in the mat
ter of the petition of the mayor and
Council of Oskaloosa for the restoration
of the passenger train service on the
Leavenworth, Topeka & Southwestern
and the Union Pacific railways. The
board recognizes the fact that the traffic
on the line is so light that it will not
pay operating expenses, yet the people
along the line subscribed literally to-
wards it's construction under promise
that they should have good service, and
the board holds that that promise should
be kept Itwas, therefore, ordered that
the passenger train service petitioned
for be put on within thirty days.
A FEARFUL rainstorm visited Atchi-
son on the 10Th, flooding cellars and
doing great amount of damage.
THE Atchison County Fair Associa-
ton has decided to hold fair from Sep
TENDER to Is.
REPRESENTATIVE of Wichita and
Dodge City have drawn up a letter to
President Manville of the Santa Fee, ask
ing that the Wichita & Western be ex-
tended to Dodge City at once.
PUPILS of Haskell Institute at Law
renee, to the number of $50, have petit
toned the Secretary of the Interior to
remove Superintendent Meserve, be-
cause, they aver, she has called US
thieves and liars in talks to US in our
assembly rooms, and ever since he came
he has treated us as though we were
more treacherous than wild Indians
IT is estimated that Kansas has 7,000,-
600 acres in corn this year.
j. F. WILLITZ, chairman, and S. w.
Chase, secretary of the Central Com
mittee of the Peoples Party, have is
sued the call for a State convention
to be held in Topeka, August Is, 1890,
to place in nomination candidates for
State offices and to transact any and all
business that may be 1egitimately
brought before the convention. The
apportionment of delegates provides for
convention of $50, the largest ever
held in the State. It is based on the
population of the counties as no test of
the strength of the party has ever been
made.
THE Missouri Pacific road having re-
fused to restore passenger service on
the Leroy & Caney Valley branch in
compliance with the decision of the
Railroad Commissioners, the Governor
has directed the Attorney-General to
bring suit in the Supreme Court to en-
force the orders of the board.
THE Acknowledgement has written to
each of the seven Congressman from
Kansas urging immediate action on the
Wilson bill in regard to the sale of
liquors.
A CHILD four years old was recently
killed by the pay-car of the Rock Island
road at Fairview.
A RECENT storm in the vicinity of
Logan did much damage to property.
Henry Fitch, twenty years old was
killed.
SENATOR INGALLS, has introduced
bill into the Senate to reimburse citizens
of Kansas for losses sustained when the
Confederate forces invaded the State
during the war.
THE fat women of Harper recently
held a picnic. Women weighing less
than 200 were barred.
A STORY from Wichita is to the effect
that the foreman of the Santa Fe shops
compels all the employees to take out
life insurance policy in the company he
in order to retain their
situations
SALINAS street car line is to be
changed to an electric motor and eleven
miles of road added
JEFF MERCER, worthless negro who
had separated from his wife because Of
his worth1essness, recently returned to
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