Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-07-07
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

reciprocity with other countries.
The Meade Republican complains that
the catfish are injuring the corn In
western Kansas.
Mrs. William Deering took chloro-
form Monday night, in order to free
herself from an abusive husband.
The people of Kansas City, Kansas,
are severely discussing the prOpriety OF
the city purchasing their water works
and electric light plant.
An Arkansas City man has a field OF
wheat that will yield fifty bushels to the
acre. The ground was we'll manfred
before the grain was sown.
The probate judge of Ottawa county
refuses to grant licenses to druggists to
sell intoxicating liquors who are in the
habit of using liquor themselves.
During the last two months there
were twice as many releases OF real es-
tate mortgages filed in Marshall county
as there were mortgages recorded.
A Hutchinson justice of the peace has
decided that city has no authority to
kill unlicensed dogs even if the owner
will not take them out of the pound.
President Hogeland of the boys and
girls national home and employment
association, organized the Kansas divis-
ion of the association at Topeka. A
state convention will be called soon.
Arthur Capper formerly city editor
o. the Topeka Capital has gone to New
York to get pointers on metropolitan
journalism. He will act as Washing
ton correspondent of the Capital when
congress meets.
There was man on the jury last
week in Osborne county who had form
erly been in the insane asylum, and the
strain of being compelled to sit on the
the again unbalanced his mind and he
went home and tried to murder his
family.
Many Harper county farmers are list
ing corn on their wheat stubble this
year. They use what is known as the
ninety-day corn which natures early,
and they are thus enabled to harvest
two crops of grain off one field in the
same year.
w. B. Kelly of the Kelly Hardware
company of this city, has been APP
pointed superintendent of the state re-
form school at Topeka. He will move
to that city in a few days, and will take
charge of the position July 6th.-Pitts-
burg Kansan.
Luke Herring of the Wellington
Standard, who recently submitted to
very delicate operation, for the removal
of cancer in hospital at Chicago, is
convalescing and is in fair way to re-
cover. He hopes to be able to return
IN Kansas in a few weeks,
Rev. J. G.. Dougherty, of the First
Congregational church of Kansas City,
Kansas started Wednesday for London,
England, where he goes as delegate
to tho international council of the Con-
gregational churches of the world to be
held in that city, July 18th to 22nd.
Mr.. Betton, Kansas labor commits
siOner, has just returned from nation
al convention of labor commissioners at
Philadelphia. He was elected secre-
tary and treasurer of the association
and is charged with the important
work of preparing the annual report.
A scuffle ensued at a ball game at
Downs between the umpire, Fred House,
and bystander named Frank Burton,
in which House was the victor. Later
Burton stole upon House unawares and
struck him with bat. The blow re-
suited in paralysis and the condition of
House is very critical. Burton is in
Jail awaiting the result of the blow.
The following distinguished lawyers
have been secured by the board of
regents of the Kansas State university
to deliver lectures before the law school
next season: Judge S. o. Thacher on
Equity and Jurisprudence" Judge A.
W. Benson on ''Pleadings and Prac-