The southern argus., 1891-10-22
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

There are ten colored students at the
Kansas university this year. "And his
soul goes marching on"
Ex-senator John J. Ingalls, will write
an article for the Christmas number OF
the New York Dramatic News.
''Us boys" exultingly announces the
Lincoln Republican, ARE now rejoicing
in the possession Of a new towel"
The contest for sheriff in Douglas
county rivals in interest and excite.
ment the state canvass in New York.
Several stag parties have been given
at Topeka in honor of the return of
Peck and Rossington by fellows who are
stuck on man stories.
Congressman Funston ought to have
been eating paw-paws when he declared
that the soldier who votes the peoples
ticket deserves to lose his pension.
The Kansas City Gazette has a re-
cord of the date of killing frosts in Kan
sas for seventeen years past. The ear
Hest was in 1888, on October Sd, and
the latest in 1882, November 18th.
A pipe organ, valued at S40O, was re-
Gently knocked down at the Santa lie
sale of unclaimed freight at Topeka for
$40. What a chance that would have
been for struggling church with an
amateur choir.
Within few weeks the Spooner es-
tate which was bequeathed to the Kan
sas state university, will be settled up.
What's the matter with using the pro
ceeds for the construction of street
car line on the gentle slope of Mount
Dread?
The Seventh cavalry has been prs-
sented with handsome flag on which
is representation of the famous war
eagle 'Old Abe" so we'll known to the
vetrans of the northwest The head.
quarters of the Seventh are now al
Fort Riley.
There have been three couples mar
ried in Brown county during the pres
emit year between go and 10 years old.
One man recently assumed the corjugal
relation at the age Of 80 years. People
never get too old In Kansas to fall In
love or to run for ONCE.
F. L. Vandegrift, who has beer
prominent on the Globe for severa
years, has accepted position on the
Kansas City Star, whore some of the
brightest lights of the country shine
Mr.. Vandegrift has made his mark or
newspaper journalismof the west.
The Kansas Central mixed train thai
went out at o'clock this morning was
partly derailed between here and Eas
ton. Two freight cars left the track
which caused the train several hours
delay Noon was hurt.-LeavenwOr
Standard.
The crumb bling bones of William Nc
Croty, q Bender victim whose relative
were never apprised of his fate, werf
brought from LAHORE to Parsons the
other day and buried in lakewood Gem
etery in the latter city. The skull
showed that it had been crushed in b.
one of the hammers used by the inhu
man butchers.
Judge Phillips in bis instructions t.
the jury, III the case OF the United
States VS. J. D. Smith, tried at Leavsn
worth, held that pension agent recsfr
ing excessive fees for the prosecutor
of claims before the pensicn depart
ment, under the guise of q gratutit..
was guilty of fraud under the law 81
made and provided.
A woman bought fifteen buttons in
Girard dry goods store at cent apiec
the other day. Next day she stoppe
in for some skirt braid, costing cents
and for payment presented three of tn
buttons bought on the previous day an
q cent. The storekeeper says that b
has had thirty years experience in tn
business, but this kind of legal tende
is absolutely new to him.
Work on the east pier of the new NJ
K. & T. bridge has been begun. A
excavation as low as the bed of tn
river was made and the bottom Is bein
driven full of oak piles. Masonry will
be built on top of that. The cotnp6n
now has under construction eightee
bridges along the line, all as long 9
least as the one being put over til
Marmaton here. The superstructure
are all steel.
Mrs. John A. Halderman of Leaver
worth, has filed suit for divorce froK
her husband. Halderman is rarely a
home. He began life in Kansas as pr
vate secretary to Governor Reedel
coming from Kentucky in 1854. Fl
was in the newspaper business in terri
torial days, has been a member of tn
Kansas state senate, and was appointe
by General Grant minister to Sian
The family are very rich and have a
ways been prominent.
1t is wonderful the amount of whes
there is in this country. The Conwa
Springs Star says that for over tw
months the numerous threshing ma
chimes have been constantly busy in tn
surrounding territory, yet their wor
is hardly perceptible on the thousand
of stacks of wheat yet to be threshet
Over in Eden township the farmers I
whole neighborhoods are clubbing Il
gether and are offering special induc'
ments to machines to come and thres
their wheat.-Anthony Republican.
The Grand Lodge I. o. 0. F., Il
Kansas, which met this year at Hutcl
insor. selected Fort Scott as the ne,
place of meeting in 1892, and electe
the following grand officers: Gran
master, DR.. N. B. Ward. Topeka: de-
uty grand master, Fl. w. Pond, Fol
Scott; grand warden, w. B. Patterson