The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-07-03
KANSAS STATE NEWS

the catfish are inlurlng 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
and electric light plant.
An Arkansas City man has 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 a city has no authority to
kill unlicensed dogs even il 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 \
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 ap-
pointed superintendent OF the state re-
form school at Topeka. He will move
to that city in few days. and will take
charge of the position July 6th.-Pitts-
burg kansan.
Luke Herring Of the Wellington
Standard, who recently submitted to a
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
to Kansas in few weeks,
Rev. J. G. Dougherty, of the First
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Kansas, started Wednesday for London,
England, where he goes as a delegate
to the 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-
Rlced 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 5. o. Thatcher on
Equity and Jurisprudence" Judge A.
w. Benson on ''Pleadings and Prac-
tice." J. Willis Gleed on Real Prop
erty," and Samuel A. Riggs whose
subject has not yet been chosen.
WICHITA, Kas., June -. The first
wagon, load of new wheat was offered
on the Wichita market yesterday. 1t
was from a field that averaged thirty
bushels to the acre, and was clean.
plump white No. .. wheat. The first
carload of new wheat from Southern
Kansas was shipped to-day from ArgO-
mia, Sumner county. to Chicago over
the Santa Fe route. The wheat tested
at siXty-one pounds.
Rev. \. Fl. Tevis of Kansas City.
kas.. has brought suit against Presid-
ing Elder E. I1ill Of the Leayenworth
conference district for defamation OF
character in that he accused the minis
ter in being addicted to the morphine
habit. The Reverend Tevis asks for
$50, 900 damages. 1t i. thought that
the suit is the outgrowth of charges
preferred against Tevis by the congre
cation Of the Washington avenue
Methodist church, accusing him OF ly-
ing in eight separate counts. The whole
matter has resolved itself into a bitter
church war, and the trouble is just be-
ginning.
The nine-year-old son OF Lewis Gar
nett was herding horses about ten miles
west of Garden City recently when
Mexican tramp came along and de-
manded the horse he was riding. The
boy refused to give up the horse, and
the wretch at once seized the boy,
gashed his throat several times with a
razor and threw him into an irrigation
ditch for dead, mounted the horse and
rode of. The boy revived and man
aged to get home, short distance,
and the alarm was given. The tramp
was pursued and caught about sixty
miles from where the deed was commit
ted, and was tried and sent to the peni
Tertiary for 80 years. The boy is re-
covering.
Senator Ingalls,, as noticed in the
Champion yesterday, will deliver adj
dresses on the social and political prob
lens of the day at Glen Echo, near
d. c., June 80. Crete,
Neb., July 4; Council Bluffs, Ia, July
l6. Madison, Wis, July 30: Staten
Island, August /. and Atlanta Ga.
August 4. During the following week
after his Atlanta address he will speak
in Knoxville and Chattanooga He |
har acce pted invitations to deliver ad-
dresses at Cleveland and Cincinnati, |
and will fix the dates in the near future. |
Mr.. Ingalls, is daily in receipt of invita-
tons, among other sections, he will, |