Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

the country adjoining. The disease
takes the form of malignant fever.
and it seems to spread rapidly. A num-
Der OF cows have already died with It
One m1kman lost six animals. The
state veterinarian pronounced it Texas
fever.
Three of the stables on the Topeka
fair grounds were recently burned All
OF the horses were recovered with the
exception of stallion owned by Mack,
Hardy & Davis, of Emporia, which per-
ished in the flames The horse when
yearling sold for 81, 200, and was con-
sidered worth 81, 500 The buildings
were valued at Sc. 600. Insured
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 vice-president, DR.. w.
A Coston, of Fort Scott; second vice
president, DIR. T. E. Turner, Neosho,
Mo-; secretary and treasurer, Dr. E. P.
Mossman, Oswego-
Four convicts, David Boney, William
Britton, James Purcell and Samuel
Murray, alias Frank Binley, escaped
from the Fort Leavenwo-th military
prison before daylight the other morn
ing. They got away by cutting through
floor into the prison kitchen, then
used a skeleton key to gain the yard
and finally scaled the prison wall
The Union Pacific railway has gath
cred up reliable statistics from the
thirty-siX counties in Kansas through
which it runs. From these statistics it
is estimated that the total acreage of
the corn crop of the state is 5, 200, 050
acres. The general average yield is
placed at thirty-two bushels per acre,
which m axes the total crop 1876, 401, 600
bushels.
Joseph England, one of the wealth.
lest farmers in Shawnee county, fell
| into a cistern on his homestead near
Tecumseh, the other morning and was
killed. It is supposed that while draw
| ing water from the cistern he was over
| come by dizziness, to which he was SUBJ
| ject- He owned three or four farms in
| the county. He was forty-nine years
| old and leaves a wife and three chill
dren.
Statistics gathered at Topeka show
that the total number of mortgages
recorded in ffty-four counties for the
four months preceding Septem Der 1 ag-
gregated 81, 6S3, sos; released, Sc, go, 27O;
excess of releases, S1,6SS, 465, or 261z
per cent At the same ratio the gain
| would be in excess of S., 600, 600 for the
year and for the seventy-four counties
east of the Tooth meridian it would be
81, 600, 900.
j. M. Knight has brought suit for $780,
| 600 damages in the circuit court at To-
peka against the Kansas undertakers'
trust which has, through it's system Of
bOycotting, kept him from doing bust
ness Knight opened business in Topeka
but has been unable to buy hearse or
undertakers' supplies because other es-
Establishments notified dealers that if
they sold to him they would do no bust
ness in Kansas The constitution of
the undertakers' association limits the
mum Der of undertakes in the state to
one to each 10, 900 inhabitants, and no
more are permitted to engage in the
business.
The worlds fair stockholders recently
had meeting at Topeka and elected a
board of managers of nine members to
take charge of the worlds fair and ar
range for the Kansas display. About
$50, 600 is in sight, making the display
an assured fact The managers elected
| are as follows: At large, A. w. Smith,
of Mcpherson, and Fred Willhouse, of
Paramount. First district Col W. A.
Harris, of Linwood- Second district,
Capt r. w. Spar. of Lawrence. Third
! district, Col. E. H. Brown, of GirarA
| Fourth district Col A. S. johnson. of
Topeka Fifth district, w. H. Smith,
of Marysville. Sixth district, William
| Simpson, of Norton. Seventh district,
| O. E. Hildreth, of Newton.
Mrs Juvenal, wife of j. NJ. Juvenal,
| of Armourdale, died recently from the
| effects of poison that had been put into
| the water cooler and family groceries.
Juvenal and several other members of
the household were also poisoned, but
saved by prompt medical aid. Mr.. and
! Mrs Juvenal had been married only a
little over three months. Their welded
life had not been a quiet one. Juvenal
had been divorced from his first wife
only ten days when he married his Sec
| ond wife. One night several weeks ago
an attempt was made to blow up the
Juvenal home by dynamite. and young
woman, who. it is alleged, Juvenal had
declined to marry, was placed under
bonds to answer for the deed. Alto
gether it was a mixed and mysterious
| affair.
At the recent convention of bankers,
held at Kansas City, Kan. The follow
ing officers were elected: President,
Calvin Hood, Emporia; secretary, John
A. Swenson, Linsborg; treasurer. S. H.
Lanyon, Pittsburg; assistant secretary.
H. F. Ball. Topeka; vice-presidents, r.
II. Crosby, Valley Falls; b. j. Smith,
Ottawa; Alexander Warner, Baxter
Springs; ]. A. Lamar. Mankato; S. A.
Fulton. Marysville; E. L. Meyer, Hutch
inson; Edward Carroll, Leavenworth
w. Hetherington, Atkinson; IL H.
Gardner, Eldorado; R Morey, Scandal;
j. w. Rush, Larned; c. w. Trickett,
Kansas City, Kan; NJ. w. 10y. Wichita
P. G. Noel, Topeka; c. P. Drake, For,
Scott John R Mulvane, of Topeka,
was selected as the associations repre-
sentative to the American Bankers as
ISOLATION convention to be held at New
Orleans in November.
At the late meeting of the state
temperance union at Topeka the fol
lowing officers were chosen for the
coming year: President, James A
Troutman, of Topeka; vice-president
D. c. Miner, of Manhattan; secretary
F. O. Popenoe, of Topeka; treasurer