The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-07-09
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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the Santa Fe elevator in Atchison. The
elevator has capacity of 10000 bush
els.
The United States savings bank a
Topeka, which suspended some time
ago. has resumed business with ample
cash to pay all depositors.
Ira Jones, the fourteen-year-old son
of j. ID Jones, a prominent cattieman
of Kiowa, was struck and instantly
killed by lightning the other morning.
Gus Grassage, a man in charge of a
load of Mexican cattle, was knocked
from an early morning train by 4 low
bridge at Emporia the other day and
fatally injured.
Mrs Rautzahn is having hard work
securing bonds at Leavenworth. The
feeling is said to be strongly against
her, as she is believed to be guilty with
Benson in the killing of her mother,
Mrs. Mettman.
The close of the fiscal year shows in
Kansas 1,S11 post offices. During the
year forty were established and sixty
seven discontinued. This year Kansas
year the state gained twenty-three.
The sheriff at Dodge City has in
formed shippers of cattle from New
Mexico and Arizona that he has estab-
lished a quarantine against their cattle
and will not permit them to be fed or
unloaded at Dodge City. The cattle
men, it is said, will appeal to the gov
ernor.
A destructive storm burst upon Ar
kansas City and vicinity at an early
hour on the morning of the Goth. Hail
broke hundreds of windows. knocked
fruit from trees and riddled garden truck
and melons. The wind leveled thousands
of acres Of grain and corn to the
ground.
John Spence, Is years old, premature
~ attempted to celebrate tle Fourth on
the first of July at Kansas City (Kan)
by firing toy cannon. A package of
powder exploded badly burning his
hands and eyes and rendering him I'M
conscious. He will probably lose both
eyes
Charles Lease, the sixtcen-year-old
son of Mrs. M. 4. Lease, the alliance
lecturer, was lately arrested at Wichita
on the charge of stealing a check and
gold watch, the property of an insur-
ance man named NJ. f. Corn The |
youth was student in the county at |
torncy's office.
colored man named Wilson, whose |
home is in Topeka, met with bad ac- |
cident at the Santa Fe depot in Leaven-
worth the other day. He attempted to
Jump off a car while flying switch
was being made and got one foot on
the track, which was crushed from the
knee down in a frightful manner. The
leg had to be amputated
A fearful accident occurred in Ar.
mours Touring mill at Emporia the
other day. ). NJ. Summers, the miller,
undertook to crawl over a huge wheel
while it was in motion, when his cloth.
ing caught and he was spun RAPIDLY
round a few times and finally dashed
with great force against an upright
shaft Both legs were broken and his
BODY made mass of bruises. Strange
20 say hopes were entertained of his re-
;ovcry.
Senator Plumb, while lately In Tope.
"a, was asked in regard to the prospect ,
II the passage of free silver coinage {
lct by the next congress, and replied i
nat the matter was problematical II
vas hard to foretell what could be done :
y the champions of the white metal. a
lie SAID that the hard money advocates
we're so very hard that they appeared
nwilliDg TO listen to compromise
nd the free silver men were not as vet
trong enough to knock down and
rag out" O.
Inc executive committee of the Farm.
RS Alliance, with the state officers and
ne congressional lecturers, met recent t
at topeka to perfect an organization.
he state will be divided into congress d
onai, county and township Legislative
ounclls, OF which the lecturer in charge
the district will be chairman. The
'wnshlp chairman will report TO the u
'unty chairman, the latter t. the con.
'eSSlonal chairman and the CONGRESS "
onal chairman to the state lecturer. d;
an H. Prather, who will be subject tn
e national council
"o shawnee county farmers lately
III lawsuit over the owner hin of =
g. One finally proposed to the other 90
at they fight it out in Sullivan :
IN style, which was agreed to. AT
e appointed hour and place friends of
TWO were gathered to see the FIGHT c.
lie battle was for blood. and at the
q OF thirty minutes it was declared n II,
aw. One man lost a finger and two w
9TH, the other lost part of an ear and
'eived black eye. The principals GO
IN took the train for Topeka TO he ~ D2
tched up. NJ ~
ROT Snow says of the weather for
ne; The month was one of en- H
mes June 1876 seemed to have been 6 6n
lmilar one, and both lead the other nc
irs In the amount of rainfall. This BA
5 the cooler. While the humidity If
other June has approached that Of
: the wind was considerably below Po
average The mean tempera+nra
the month was 7o.74 degrees. which CA
% below the average The hirhes,
) DO B degrees, on the 18th, the leaS; ~ ~
: 53 dprraaS IN Yha al sFl -.