The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-10-08

Miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous
IT. B. Ball, of Wichita, ext Judge OF |
Sedgwick county. has been selected to
preside at the trial of James Brennan,
the slayer of Col Sam Wood.
Paul Pauls, a butcher from Denver,
who was stealing ride to Kansas City.
fell under the cars at Hays City the
other day and had one of his legs cut
off.
The other day Richard Mcdaniel, a
convict at the penitentiary, escaped
from the guard who was in charge OF
gang of prisoners at work on the road
near Lansing. Mcdaniel was serving
a seven years sentence for horse steal
ing, he having been sent from Leaven-
worth county and had only three
months to serve.
Frank Robinson, of Springfield, Mo,
got into a quarrel at the depot at Fort
Scott few days ago and broke pane
of glass in a smoking car. He was ar
rested by policeman, but attempted
to escape when the policeman fired two
shots at him, both taking effect but
not inf1icting fatal wounds. Robinson
was then "corralled."
"Gipsy jack" somewhat noted
character at Emporia, was found the
other morning dead in an alley with
his neck broken. 1t is thought he was
killed by falling out of the hay loft of
a barn where he was in the habit Of
sleeping off his sprees. His proper
name was said to be John Overturf,
but he was never known to refer to
any relatives.
The other morning colored woman
found baby in a basket along the
Santa Fe track in the eastern part OF
Lawrence. The infant was neatly
dressed, and a change of clothing was
in the basket. On its dress was pinned
a note, neatly written with lead PEN
Gil, and reading as follows: "Dear
Friend: Be good to her and give her a
good home, and you will be we'll paid.
Call her Daisy. for me- She was born
the 5th of September"
The second annual convention of the
Kansas Retail Harnessmakers' Protect
i've association was held recently at
Wichita. The object of the association
is to prevent Wholesale houses from
selling at retail aud to stop sales at
: hardware stores and to persons not in
the harness business. Following are
the officers: President, ]. J. Crowley,
, Council Grove; vice-president, J. w.
Slaughter, Minneapolis; treasurer, +.
, c. Baurohas; secretary, II. s. Mueller,
Sedgwick.
During the month of September the
output of sorghum sugar reported by
the local inspectors to the government
laboratory in Fort Scott, which includes
the works at Medicine Lodge, Topeka
and Fort Scott, reached nearly 500, 900
pounds All of the sugar so far re-
, ported contains sucrose averaging 93
. per cent, and is therefore entitled to the
bounty of two cents per pound award
, ed by the general government 1t is
: claimed that the sorghum sugar output
9 | of the season will reach 5000, 600
pounds
Two robbers entered Pincgar's drug
store on side street in Kansas City,
Kan, about eight o'clock the other
evening and at the muzzlc of pistols
demanded the contents of the cash
drawer, which was handed out amount
ing to $40. They also robbed Piacgar,
=, and a customer, who was in the store 1T
: the time, each of watch The next
evening two men probably the same
: parties) in attempting to hold up an
electric car at the terminus of the
Quindaro boulevard track, shot Con.
ductor Sawyer in the face, inficting q
;, serious wound The robbers escaped
John d. Knox. whose bank at Topeka
failed some time since, was recently
:. arrested on the charge of embezzle
: ment The complaint was brought by
. Everett O. Fisk, of Boston, and charges
that Knox. as agent for Fisk, collected
eleven dollars in October, 1890. and has
; refused TO pay the money over 10 :he
. proper party. Fisk and his mother
4 purchased a number of mortgages ne.
gotiated by Knox on Kansas reai
= estate. The coupons were left for
: Knox to collect as agent for them
. When Knox made an assignment last
: winter the Fisks were scheduled among
: his creditors and the amount collected
and retained By him was placed among
the liabilities The FisIxs. however,
. say that they are not creditor and thai
Knox was acting only as their agent
=. II is reported that other similar salts
, will follow
!. Carter Williams a colored man, az
tempted TO drive across the l. road il
- front of train at Kansas City, Kan
), the other night when his wagon wa
= struck and demolished and his LEI
cut off
A snake den was recently discovere'
: on the farm of w. II. Polly, in jackson
l.
- snakes, rattlers and copperheadS wcr
killed. and 'since them" the story Is
the slaughter has been immense"
William Shook. OF Abilene, has Sc
. cured Judgment for S3s5 against IN
> Union Pacific road for damages in "a
ing put OF 9 train whsa he tendeFe
| money to the conductor