Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-11
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Frank Snow and the Hamilton Print
ing Co. have purchased the plant of
Cliff Baker, the outgoing state printer.
for S25, ZOO, and Mr.. Baker will retire
from the business.
A man who registered himself as r.
II. Lyon, of South Bend, Ind, was
found dead in his bed at the National
hotel in Leavenworth the other morn
ing In the room was found an empty
morphine bottle and a hypodermic syr-
inge.
j. l. Brown, q farmer. was recently
the victim of fatal accident near
Cheney. On his place is a well sixty
feet deep. down which had fallen a
post, blocking the passage of the
bucket. While trying to fish out the
obstruction the curbing gave way and
he was dashed to the bottom of the
well and instantly killed.
Judge Eastland has appointed a
referee to investigate the condition of
the Annapolis Land Co., of Annapolis,
and the company will undoubtedly be
placed in the hands of receiver and its
affairs wound up The suit was brought
by one of the original stockholders, and
from the facts adduced at the hearing,
its affairs are in bad shape.
The grand lodge of the knights of
Reciprocity of Kansas held its first an
nual meeting at Topeka recently. 1t is
a new organization, the first subordi-
nate lodge being instituted in Garden
City in December, 1890. There are now
thirty-eight lodges in the state repre-
senting thirty counties The Kansas
membership numbers about S, 600.
The mutilated body of a man, appar-
emily about IS years of age, was found
on the track of the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas railroad within the city limits of
Fort Scott the other day. The remains
were identified as those of Frank
Cooper, a well-to-do farmer, living near
Terre Haute, Ind. The body was cut
entirely in two. He had been killed by
the cars.
James w. Moxley was recently ar
rested at Fort Scott. and A. E Penten,
Thomas johnson and Jesse Shaw at
Seneca, Mo-, who it is alleged are
wanted by the postal authorities for
various post Office robberies which have
been committed in eastern Kansas.
The last case against them is the rob
berry of the post Office at Coffeyville,
Kan.
On May "a, w. Louis Locker, insane,
escaped from private asylum at At
Gibson, and has not since been heard
from He is Al years old, height feet
9 inches. weight $50 pounds, black hair,
dark eyes, of German descent and
speaks broken English. Any informa-
ton regarding his whereabouts will be
gladly received by Richard Howatt at
Haven, Reno county, Kan.
The state board of railroad commits
siOners rendered decision in the case
of the Lincoln and Colorado branch of
the Union Pacific The company has
been ordered to put on a regular passen-
ger train between Salina and Plainville,
to leave Salina in the morning and
Plainville in the evening. The COM
pany withdrew its passenger service
from the road last December because
of the heavy falling off in travel and in
its defense before the board claimed
that its passenger train was run at
heavy loss
The address issued by the board of
managers of the Botkin impeachment
case has been given to the public. 1t
reviews the entire case, giving the
damaging testimony against the re-
cised for permitting the respondent to
demur to the articles of impeachment
and for sustaining the demurrer upon
three of the articles. It is also particu-
1arly severe upon one of the attorneys
for the defense. who is charged with
using improper reflections in his argu-
ment before the senate.
Prof. F. H. Shows weather report
for May says: 1.-The coolest May in over
twenty-four years record, except that
of 1882. There were two harmless
white frosts on the 9th and 18th. The
rainfall was more than so per cent.
above the May average, and has been
but three times exceeded, in 1873, 1876
and 1880. The total rainfall was 6. SIS
inches, which is 2.27 inches above the
May average. The entire rainfall for
the five months of 1891, now completed,
has been IS 20 inches, which is 6.54
inches above the average for the same
months in the preceding twenty three
years"
The rumor has been prevalent that the
president has rendered the appointment
to Chief Justice Horton as one of the
judges Of the new land court and that
this would result in an election next
fall for a chief justice to fill the
vacancy. A recent Topeka dispatch
stated that as a result of a consultation
between a number of leading republi-
cans and Gov. Humphrey. more than
200 kilograms have been sent to Presi-
dent Harrison, asking that the an
nouncement of Judge Horizons appoint
plent be deferred until too late for the
November elections, and that if this
were impossible. not made at all
A destructive hailstorm struck Shaw =
nee county the other evening and did
great damage to growing crops It set
IN three and a half miles east of To
peka and ranged southeast Among
the sufferers were Allen Sells, who lost
seventy acres of fine wheat and a field
% rye. John Campbell lost ninety
acres of wheat and considerable fruit;
=. l. Campbell, wheat oats. fruit and
strawberries, and had all of the window
psnes knocked out of the exposed side
OF the house. The hailstones were
very large and covered the ground The
damage was estimated to be fully $50
Goa.
J. w. Maxey, the man recently ar
rested at Fort Scott for post Office rob
b.ry at Coffeyville, has been jailed at
Independence in default of 81. 500 bonds.
In searching Maxey's house at Ceffey-