The southern argus., 1891-07-30
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

N1chlta on q charge OF selling AQuOA
without government license
The preliminary examin alton OF
James Brennan for the killing of Col 5,
n. Wood took place at Hugoton on the
22d before three justices of the peace.
Attorney-General Ives appeared as as
sistant to the prosecuting attorney O.
Stevens county. The defendant was
held to answer to the charge at the fall
term of the dis trict court and remanded
to Jail at Hutchinson without bail.
Edward Beldan. the young man in
| Jail at Wichita under sentence of death
for the murder of Grant in Oklahoma,
and whose sentence was committed by
the president to life Imprisonment, has
made statement that Ben Grant was
murdered by John Foster in quarrel
| about their claims Belden witnessed
the murder and claims that under a
| threat of being shot he assisted Foster
to bury the body.
While but eighteen counties have
sent in their proportion of money for
the worlds fair exhibit, over seventy
counties have organized and reported.
The secretary of the agricultural board
is in receipt of many fine samples of
wheat, oats and such other agricultur-
al products as are ready The directors
feel that their work will be successful
and are assured that Kansas will have
an exhibit superior to the famous
Philadelphia exhibit.
Hermann Seibold, a wealthy brewer,
died suddenly at Atchison the other
day, aged 55. Seibold came into ma
tional notoriety few years ago as
defendant in the case of the state
against Seibold & Hogelin. The case
was taken to the supreme court of the
United States and decided in favor of
the state. The principal question in
volved was states right to practically
confiscate brewing property by adopt
ing prohibitory act.
The alliance managers are reported
to be engaged in preparations for big
state campaign during August, Septem-
Der and October. The big strike will
be made in September, when camp
meetings will be held in each of the
seven congressional districts The first
of these camp meetings will be held at
Ottawa, in the First district, first week
in September and will last three days.
President Polk, Ignatius Donnelly and
other prominent speakers are expected
to be present.
The pontoon bridge at Leavenworth
is to be replaced by a substantial struc-
ture across the river. 1t is said the
bridge will be built for and with the
backing of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad, and this road has
agreed to pay an annual rental of $40
900 for the use of the bridge for its
trains. Other roads desire to use the
bridge and some of them are ready to
help build it. A committee to organ
lze the bridge company and push mat
ters for building it has been selected.
The Central Bank OF Kansas. better
known as r. W. Hilliher's bank, at the
junction of Central and Simpson ave-
nues, with a branch at the corner of
Central avenue and Ewing street, Kan
sas City, Kan, made a voluntary as
the other morning for the |
benefit of its creditors. The bank held |
about So, 900 police funds and when the |
made a demand for the |
money the bank closed its doors and |
made an assignment The liabilities |
are between S27, 900 and $50, 600. The |
assets are given ont to be S65, 900.
1t is claimed that never before have
so many counties been redeeminp
school bonds before they were due as
now. Within the last thirty days more
than $4,000 in school bonds, many OF
them not becoming due till 1895, have
been redeemed in order To stop the iu-
-erest. In but few cases have the
bonds been permitted to run beyond
,he time when they mature, there being
10 other penalty than the added inter-
st at the regular rate School dis
riots have, as rule, been prompt, and
country districts, as we'll as city dis
riots, have generally anticipated ma
urity by year and in some instances
i've years.
Alexander Grourly, an inmate of the
rational soldiers home at Leaven.
worth, died recently at the remarkable
lge of % years Grourly was a noted
character in his day He participated
n many wars, and was q veteran in the
ullest sense of the word. His military
areer began with service in the war OF ,
Sl2, when he was 10 years old. He
crved throughout the Mexican war,
in it from the beginning ,
With Gen. Taylor's command He also ,
COX part in many Indian skirmishes ]
long the borders. His last military ,
uty was done in the late war, during
which Grourlv served four years en- !
listing in 1861 at the age of 6s years.
A tragedy is reported as having re- {
emily been enacted at the penitentiarv !
Fhich resulted in the death OF a con
let While returning from divine I
ervice in the chapel and upon enter q
~ the cell house two colored convicts t
appened TO be together in the ranks. a
ne of these, either through accident g
r design, kept stepping on the heels of
Is fellow convict This was kept up {
ntil the top corridor was reached. 7
hen a fight ensued, during which the q
convict was thrown or pushed r
} the stone floor beneath. distance of [
lirty feet He fell. striking uuon his / =