Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-07-28
GENERAL NEWS.
A CONDENSED ARRAN CEMENT OF
THE OCCURANCES OF THE PAST
WEEK AT HOME AND ABROAD-THE
THE PITH OF THE DISPATCHES.
Domestic.


the government cO-Operate with the
plete the canal.
It is reported that the grasshoppers
in Colorado and Kansas ane not OF the
dangerous kind.
General Thomas Harrison. an ex-
Confederate cavalry leader. died al
Waco, Tex.
The ST. Paul, Mimi, Chamber OF
Commerce has taken action looking to
the permanent union OF Minneapolis
and st. Paul.
Thirteen thousand dollar in sold was
found hidden in piano ST 'ol in a
Winona MINI, hotel. A history is
connected with the matter.
Canadian customs officer seized
the American sloop Flora while trying
to smuggle load OF Chinese into the
country.
William Hanlon, one of { famous
family of acrObats, was killed during a
performance in Lyons 10.
A box of dynamite cartridges in the
after hold of the steamship G. r. Booth
exploded at Brooklyn, killing two
men, injuring four, blowing 4 big hole
in the port side of the ship.
Mrs. Lucy Plat, young widow OF
San Francisco, sold strip of skin from
her body 9x5 inches for 800. The
skin was grated upon the leg Of pa
tient in a hospital.
Preachers of Topeka, Kan, held a
mass meeting for the purpose OF taking
steps to enforce the prohibition law.
Recent investigation shows that the
drug stores have practically taken the
place of the saloons.
A story from Nickerson, Kas., pre-
tends to clear up the mystery of the dis
appearance OF the Bender family, who
are said TO have been hanged and shot
in their own house before their absence
was discovered by their neighbors.
In formal report on the electrOcu-
ton of four murderers at Sing Sing.
Drs. Macdonald and Ward declare
that death was painless in each case.
Governor Campbell was renominated
by Ohio democrats at Cleveland on the
first ballet The vote stood: Camp
ball sos 7-16 Neal, 1876 GIG; Kline, So;
Johnson, /. The free-silver men were
victorious in the pla; form. -aess
At the tenth ne ional temperance
convention in S lgo N. Y, high
license was denoul> / and prohibition
advocated.
President HarY IN and Cardinal
Gibbons met at Ca ; May.
William Brenna was killed and his
wife mortally wounded while resisting
arrest in Jersey City.
Senator Major has issued card con-
corning his suit against certain alliance
men for damages.
Edison has won victory in his suit
alleging infringement in the manufac'
ture of certain incandescent lights.
Six Thousand teachers assembled in
Toronto at the annual convention Of
the National Educational Association
Thirteen glass companies of Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio and West Virginia have
combined
A German engineer has been fined
$115 at Glatz for bypnotizing girl sc
frequently that he drove her mad.
Major Powell has been ordered by
General Miles to investigate and make
report on The White Earth reserva
ton trouble.
1t is announced that there is no mon
ey to pay dividends on Denver and RiC
(rande railway preferred stock.
w. G.. France and son, of Lexington
KY, have sold the yearling bay colt by
Red Harold, to E. x. Larabee, OF Deer
Lodge, Montana, for $35, 900.
According to the estimate of the New
York Produce Exchange the visible
supply of wheat Saturday was II, 1854,
867 bushels, decrease of %, 354 bush
Is.
Mrs. Polly Newberry has been arrest
ed for the triple child murder at Joshua
Tex. She is the grandmother of the
children,
Salton lake continues to rise and nov
covers 1000 square miles.
Sir James Boxendalle, of England