Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-12
Miscellaneous.

largest grocery in Lawrence, has sus-
pended.
A number of Alliance editors met in
Hutchinson recently and issued call
for a State convention to be held in that
city February "a.
Senator Kelley, of Mcpherson. has
introduced a resolution in the Senate
providing for calling a commercial con-
gresS OF Western States at Kansas City.
Governor Humphrey has nominated
w. H. Mcbride, of Osborne County, to
be Superintendent of Insurance in
| place of D. w. Wilder, whose term ex-
| pires July 1.
Charles III. Branscomb died in Denver
! Col, recently of pneumonia. He and
others laid out the town-site of Law
renee thirty-seven years ago. Four
years ago he was Prohibition candidate
| for Governor of Kansas.
The general legislative board of the
railroad employees of the State met at
Topeka the other day with about $50
| delegates present, representing about
$4,000 railroad employees of Kansas.
| The object of the meeting was to form
| State organization and agree on the
| necessary legislation in the interest of
railway employees.
The House Judiciary Committee has
introduced an entirely new mortgage
law covering the whole subject of mort
cages The bill as introduced abolishes
the present method of forec1osing mort
cages, doing away with large part of
| the expense, and it also gives the debtor
| q right to redeem and to occupy the
land for two years after sale under fore
closure.
According to the reports of all the
railroads reporting to the Railroad Com
| missioners there were killed during the
year ended June 80, 1890, 212 employees
and l, 122 were in jured. Of this number A
were killed and 37S injured from coup
ling and uncoupling, while 81 were
killed and 100 injured by falling from
trains. In addition, 354 passengers and
others were killed and 800 injured.
| The Davis murder trial terminated at
Leavenworth in a verdict of murder in
the first degree, the jury remaining alb
sent from the court room only fifteen
minutes after receiving the charge from
| the court. Davis was charged with the
murder of his wife. woman &c years
his senior Last fall the Davis resi-
| dence was fred and when the flames
were extinguished Mrs. Davis was
found dead in bed. The husband was
arrested on suspicion and the evidence
against him was entirely circumstan-
tial. The theory was that he married
the woman for her property, and muir
dered her to obtain it.
The State Senate on the I'd confirmed
the following appointments of the Gov
ernor: Trustees State Board of Chari-
table Institutions, 7. F. Rhodes, W. T.
Yoe, w. w. Miller; State Board Of
Health, d. C. Jones. G. 81. 7. johnson,
j. Milton WEIGH; Board of Pardons,
Samuel c. Parker; Industrial Reforma-
tory, F. w. Rash; Director of Peniten-
tiary, John S. Gilmore; Managers Sol
diers' Home, J. B. McGonigle, Ira B.
Collins, Henry Booth; Livestock SAM
tary Commission. Kenon Hurst; SUI
preme Court Commissioners, BENJAMIN
F. Simpson, George S. Green, J. c.
Strang; Regents of State Agricultural
College, T. P. Moore. R. W. Finley: Re
gents of State Normal School, S. 81.
Dodge, Nelson Case, James NJ. Gray bill;
Regents State University, Charles F.
Scott, C. r. Mitchell, D. A. Valentine.
A late fire destroyed the residence of
Mrs. Anne Herrihg, at Wichita, with all
the furniture md other chattels con-
tanned in it. The loss was about Sc. 600.
Judge Amos Harris died at Wichita
recently, aged 70 years He moved to
Wichita from Iowa in 1874. Governor
Click appointed him judge of the dis
trict in 1883.
Kansas City, Kan. is making efforts
to secure. the general offices of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway,
which are now at Sedalia, Mo. A
recent order of the United States Court,
in the hands of which the road now is,
compels the removal of the general
offices to Kansas.
The President has nominated John L.
Walker, the colored politician of Kan
ssIs City, Kan, as United States Consul
at Tamative, Madagascar.
The Arkansas Valley Bank at Wichita
has suspended, with liabilities of $685.
600 and assets estimated to be s275, 600
/ The annual banquet of the military
order of the Loyal Legion, Kansas de
partment, was held at Topeka, ON the
evening of the 4th. There was large
attendance of ex-Union officers from all
parts of the State.
Colonel James Blood, first mayor of
Lawrence and prominent citizen, died
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