The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-08-07
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Nixon, a farmer of Sedgwicl< county,
was recently gOred to death by
vicious bull
NJ J. willard, charged with robbing
the Kansas City. Kan, post Office was
recently arrested In Missouri and jailed
at Leavenworth-
A coIored constable undertook to
break up game OF craps at QuindarO
the other day when he was set upon by
the players, all negroes. The constable
made vigorous assault upon one Of
them and a result was himself ar
reeted-
John ". Nyce, of Caldwell, recently
finished threshiag his wheat He had
seventy acres from which he secured
2, IO3 bushels, machine measure. A
neighbor of his had 24O acres from
which he threshed 2, 500 bushels, ma
chine measure. He sold 9, 800 bushels
in the field and paid off his mortgage
and all his debts and stored 5, 600 bush
els to await higher prices.
Fred A. Stocks. of Blue Rapids, has
been appointed chief clerk of the treas
ury department at Washington. The
position is a very important one and
comm ands a salary of So, 600. Stocks
has been a member of the Kansas legis-
lature, mayor of his town, and is prOmi-
nent in his community, being a banker
There were fOrty-three applicants from
the various states, but only one from
Kansas.
J. NJ. Miller, president of the State
Republican league, hass issued a call
for meeting of the league in Topeka
August 26. Hon. ]. S, CIarksou, national
president, and Hon. T. z. Byrnes,
national organizer, will be present and
are expected to deliver public addresses
in the evening. The call instructs each
local league TO send three delegates be-
sides the president, who is a delegate
ex-officio.
Robert r. Tanl1ersly. aged thirteen,
died at Wichita the other day in horri-
BILE agony from hydrophobia. The boy
was bitten on the face and arm about
two months ago, and was taken to
hospital After being there a few days
he bOlted and nothing more was seen
of him until two days before his death,
when he was taken back to the hos
pital with all the symptoms of hydro
phobia-
The city council of Hutchinson
passed an ordinance few weeks ago
fixing the license on hop tea and ''B.
b. - at $500 per anuum. to be paid six
months in advance. Eight places took
out the license. expecting under the
head of ''B b" to sell beer. 4 few
days ago they were all arrested for
violating the law, and the manufactured
D
thirty days in jail
Ezra Comfort and family have reached
their home at DelphOs from TOpOlO-
bampo (MeNico), having hurried to
escape the tropic fever. The eighteen
year-Old son of Mr.. Comfort was
stricken before starting and died an
hour after reaching home. Another
son died at the colony. They went out
in April and report much suffering
I'M
has been 145 degrees for two months
and it is almost impossible to obtain
good water. Many have died.
To a Chicago reporter Senator Ingalls,
recently said: II am out of politics,
and I am studying other questions
now I am seriously engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits and I am not paying
sufficient attention to politics to be able
to say anything of moment about it. I
expect to sail for Europe on August p.
I shall remain in Europe several
months, probably till next winter, or
as long as my money holds out. l
have no mission to the other side, pOlit-
zeal or otherwise. 1 am not going to
be one of the alleged bureau of tariff
statistics am going for amusement
and instruction. After my return 1
may consider politics again, but do
not know that I will"
Receiver McGonigle, of the Oberlin
land office, in recently speaking of the
demand for western lands, said:
within the past ten days more con-
tests have been filed on claims in
~ estern Kansas than have been filed
before in six months. That means that
confidence in western Kansas lands is
being renewed by the splendid crops of
every kind of grain and fruit that are
being raised in that part of the state"
Hundreds of farmers have abandoned
their claims in western Kansas because
of crop failures and some of them have
been gone two or three years. An b
sence of six months fOrfeits mans
rights to his claim, and anyone may
file a contest, and if he can prove
desertion, take the land, imPr Ovements
and all
In escaping from his captOrs the other
night horse-thief is believed to have
been drowned in the Nescatunga river,
in the southwest part of Barber county.