The historic times. [volume] (Lawrence, Kansas) 1891-1891, 1891-09-19
KANSAS s..

1euFy naH ICAAy a A0A A-EA 49,
the northern of Clay county, was
charged in the spring of 1890 with COM
/ hitting mum Der of forgeries and fed
| Recently he was located at Welsh, La,
arrested and taken back to, answer the
charge.
A foot bridge broke at the fair
grounds at Atchison the other after
noon and several women and children
were thrown into the creek and hurt
Miss Mary Koehner had her left leg
broken and was seriously injured in
ternally.
A strange disease has broken out
among the cows in Leapenworth~ and
the country adjoining. The disease
takes the form of a malignant fever,
and it seems to spread rapidly. NUM-
her of COWS have already died with It |
One milllman lost six animals. The
state veterinarian pronounced it Texas
fever.
At the late meeting of the Southern
Kansas Dental association, held at
Fort Scott, officers were elected as fol-
lows: President, DR.. G. T. Carpenter,
| of Girard; first viee-president, Dr. w.
q A. Coston, of Fort Scott; second vice.
president, DR.. T. E. Turner, Neosho.
8 Mo; secretary and treasurer, DR.. E. P.
Mossman, Oswego.
|, Three of the stables on the Topeka
fair grounds were recently burned. All
: of the horses were recovered with the
e exception of stallion owned by Mack.
S Hardy e. Davis, of Emporia. which per-
ished in the flames. The horse when
| yearling sold for 81. 200, and was con-
o sidered worth 81, 500. The buildings
were valued at Sc, 900. Insured.
. The Union Pacific railway has gath
~ cred up reliable statistics from the
4 4, thirty-six counties in Kansas through
- which it runs From these statistics 1t
lo is estimated that the total acreage OF
:, the corn crop of the state is 5000, O5O
~ acres. The general average yield is
W placed at thirty-two bushels per acre,
which IN axes the total crop 1865, 4Ol, SOC
- bushels.
- Henry Friedenburg, we'll known
- hotel man of Atchison, attempted tc
- take a dose of strychnine the other day
n but his little daughter knocked the
- glass from his hand Domestic trouble
- was the cause He was under the in
fiuence of liquor at the time. Invent.
- years ago Friedenburg was wealth.
! dry goods merchant, but misfortun
- overlook him and he lost everything.
he Statistics gathered at Topeka shoN
nm that the total number of mortgage
no recorded in fifty-four counties for tn
-or four months preceding September l az
of precated S4, 6S3, sos; released So, 2TO 81
excess of releases, S1,688, 465, or 30
yoe per cent. At the same ratio the gal
,,oe would be in excess of $4,000, 900 for til
mt wear and for the seventy-four counti'
rba east of the Tooth meridian it would
led. 81, 100000
red On the second day of the intersta
lize reunion of old soldiers at Kansas Cit
Kan, it was estimated that for
thousand people viewed the para
= and thirty thousand visited Chels'
III park. Hon. John L. Webster, of ON
1851 ha, was one of the speakers who d
lighted the veterans. His word palntl1
re- of battle scene was thrilling a
res realistic Lieut. Bachelor, Hon Jam
len R. Hallowell, Gen. j. C. Caldwe
nee Lieut.. Evans and others also spoke.
A state convention of the Dioces
- Mutual Life insurance societies
libi- Kansas lleU ~ 49,.
~. The convention was made up OF TWEEN
eight delegates, representing lnsurar
,:1 societies all under the auspices OF
- Catholic church. The principal VIC
of the convention was to form st;
nclS organization and to elect officers
'he the ensuing year, as follows: Ant
as Swoboda, Leavenworth, president;
oh fire.
the Samuel Shuck, Topeka, second vi
$ 10 president; P. c. Becker, Leavenwor
$ TO secretary, George II. Heavy, Leav
1872 worth, treasurer.
4, The census office has issued bulle
80 which gives the mortgage lndeot
q NJ ness of Kansas by counties The Il
aS- assessed valuation Of real and perso
property in 1890. not including
'ion' value of railroad property, which
- placed at ST., S66, 233, was $500, sos,
!, II is found that Kansas has m
gage indebtedness of S235, 4S5,
o.eu which does not include state and 7
= ms road land contract debt of S1,66l,
OF the total mortgaged debt Sl67, l45
aaso' is upon acres and $685. $40, 069 upon
40o' Thirtv-four per cent of the total c
in force against acres is on real es
.ayao - e.a-. haIt 90 tho state wi
fire. -. - L. and whore
Element was made but few years
pay Superintendent Porter says the la
'oyeo debt exists in the sections where Il
is the greatest prosperity and WI
LS'eFs there has been an advancement IN
:, 80 provementS
Mrs Juvenal. wife of j. NJ Juve
of Armourdale, died recently from
effects of poison that had been put
the water cooler and family groce
-a Juvenal and several other member
- the household were also poisoned,
saved by prompt medical aid. Mr.
Mrs Juvenal had been married or
little over three months Their we
;. - life had not been quiet one Juv
- had been divorced from his first
-. only ten DAYS when he married his
! ond wife One night several weeks
an attempt was made 10 blow III
Juvenal home By dynamite. and y
80 woman, who. it is alleged, JuvenaI
a. $3.50 / WAS DE2reG u