Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-10-27

on all cotton without regard to deStina-
tion was made Tuesday by the Texas &
Pacific railway.
Henry Sanford of Bridgeport, Conn.,,
was chosen president OF the Adams Ex-
press company Tuesday, to succeed John
Hoey Frederick Lovejoy was chosen
vice president.
Fire partially destroyed the Champi-
on stOneware works at Canton. Ohio,
Tuesday.
The city election at Indianapolis
Tuesday, resulted in clean sweep for
the democrats.
The Central association of Congrega-
tional churches met Tuesday at Corn
ington, Ill.
At Lima, Ohio. Ray F.'Burke shot
his cousin, Mrs Frank Burke, killing
her instantly, and then shot himself
The Clinton Friedrich works at Ash
land, XIV, burned.
Kronthal Brothers, dealers in ribbons,
New York, made an assignment, with
preferences of So, 900.
Customs receipts at New York, dur
inc the first ten days of October we're
81. 598. 1856 less than they were during
the corresponding period last year.
c.. Flamn, dealer in dry goods at
Mexia. Texas, made an assignment, with
Liabilities of $40, 900 and assets of $780,
900.
It is estimated that the total yield of
corn in Iowa the present season will be
300. 600, COO bushels.
The steamship DevOnshire, from Bar
row to New York. has been passed at
sea abandoned, 1t is feared that the
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been lost.
Passengers on. the Umbria and Au-
gusta Victoria, which have just ar
rived at New York, suffered serious in
convenience during the stormy passage.
A number we're thrown down and injur-
ed so as to require surgical aid.
The wife and mother of Joe COe, who
was hanged by mob at Omaha Neb.,
Friday night claim that Joe was inno-
cent of the crime with which he was
charged.
At Elgin, ILL.,, Wednesday, $500
pounds of butter were sold at 30 cents
pound. A year ago prices we're firm at
A4(024s cents per pound:
Ex-Congressman Charles E. Belknap
of Grand Rapids, Mich, was nominated
for congress by the republicans to NIL
the vacancy caused by the death OF Mel
bourne HI. Ford.
Saturday the visible supply of grain
was: Wheat, 20, 1857 1881 bushels; IN
crease. 1,603,325 bushels. Corn, 5,S49,-
GOA bushels; decrease, 2,026, $50 bushels.
Ray Pressler, the 12-year-old son OF a
prominent citizen of Guthrie, o. T., is
in jail there on charge OF feloniously
stabbing a colored boy named Jones, OF
the same age.
Joseph Burrows, dissipated miner,
shot and killed his wife while she was
nursing their baby at Girard, Ill.,, Tues
day evening. He was captured and is
now in jail
At Portland, Ore. in shorthand con-
test, McGuerin wrote 81 words in SO
seconds from dictation on typewriter
He wrote 104 words per minute blind
folded.
A wreck occurred on the Albany q
Susquehanna road, near Blnghampton,
N. z. in which Engineer James Pat
terson was killed, and acouple OF brake
meu seriously injured.
The republican national executive
committee meets in Washington on the
23d. to name the time and place Of hold
ing the next republican national con-
vention, and to act on Quay's resigca-
ton.
Special Agents Weigel and Scothorn
arrived at Kingfisher, o. T., Thursday,
with instructions to 60 at once to Chey-
enne and Arapahoe lands west of that
city, and select sites for new county
seats.
Weather reports from the southwest,
including Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas,
Oklahoma and the Indian territory,
state that the coolest weather of the