Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

george VetZel. deputy city marshal
of Sterling, has been lodged in Jail at
Wichita on charge of selling liquor
without government license.
The preliminary examin alton of
James Brennan for the killing of Col S.
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 of
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 Belden, 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 a quarrel
about their claims Belden witnessed
the murder and claims that under
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 agriculture
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 SIS. 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 a 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 S2O,-
600 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
ize the bridge company and push mat
tiers for building it has been selected.
The Central Bank of Kansas, better
known as r. w. Hilliker'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 voluntary as
Segment the other morning for the
benefit of its creditors. The bank held
about $50, 600 police funds and when the
made a demand for the
made an assignment The liabilities
are between S27, and S35. OOo The
assets are given out to be S65. 900.
~ Ii CIlliAOo CldC ASNCT OtIOT0 nave
so many counties been redeeming
school bonds before they were due as
now. Within the last thirty days more
than $40, 600 in school bonds, many of |
them not becoming due till 1895, have
been redeemed in order to stop the in
terest- In but few cases have the
bonds been permitted to run beyond |
the time when they mature, there being |
9th ~ <h4 ID IL go
est at the regular rate. School dis
sricts have, as rule, been prompt, and |
districts, as we'll as city dis |
5ricts, have generally anticipated ma
turity by year and in some instances
i've years.
Alexander Grourly, an inmate of the |
national soldiers home at Leaven-
worth. died recently at the remarkable |
age of 9S years. Grourly was a noted |
character in his day. He participated |
in many wars, and was a veteran in the |
fullest sense of the word. His military
career began with service in the war of |
1912, when he was 10 years old. He |
served throughout the Mexican war.
in it from the beginning
with Gen. Taylors command He also |
Took part in many Indian skirmishes |
dlOuR Inc OOrOerS. Ills laSL m1l1Cdry /
1uty was done in the late war, during
which Grourly served four years, en-
listing in 1861 at the age of 6s years.
A tragedy is reported as having re-
GENTLY been enacted at the penitentiary !
which resulted in the death of a con- |
7ict- While returning from divine |
service in the chapel and upon enter |
ng the cell house two colored convicts |
to be together in the ranks. |
One of these, either through accident |
'r design, kept stepping on the heels of |
his fellow convict This was kept up |
Until the top corridor was reached,
when fight ensued, during which the
convict was thrown or pushed |
@ the stone floor beneath, distance of |
thirty feet He fell, striking upon his
head and shoulders. At the time he |
lid not apparently suffer much and
he indications were that he would |
recover. About three weeks
lgo he suddenly died. Conclusion of
he brain was the cause.
AS a result of the Howell, Jewett &
%. failure at Atchison sixteen lumber
ards in various parts of the country
we're turned over to the assignee to Sc
ure eastern creditors, and an agent