Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-15
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miscellaneous.
| There were thirty deaths in Atchison
| during August.
The canning factory IN Atchison is
not running. The scarcity Of tomatoes
| is the cause.
| The commissioners of Harper county
! have at last funded the debt of Sic, 900
fraudently contracted in 1878.
| The First regiment. Kansas National
| Guards, viii go into camp at Fort Scott
| October 5, and remain until the sth.
Mrs. w. 3. Bailey, wife of Lawyer
Bailey, Of Wichita, threw herself from
a Missouri Pacific train near Eldorado
the other morning and received fatal
| internal injuries. She left home for
Joplin, Mo-, and the next her husband
| heard of her was when she was taken
home fatally hurt.
Labor day was celebrated at Topeka
with magnificent industrial parade.
Business was susdended and the entire
population turned out. The business
houses prepared floats, all of the trades
unions were uniformed and the Atchi-
son, Topeka 81 Santa Fe shops men
turned out almost to a man.
The state university began its TWEEN
| ty-seventh year September 0 under ex-
ceedingly favorable auspices, with an
| enrolment that promises to reach 1 200
collegiate students, the largest in the
history of the institution. The opening
address was delivered in University hall
by ex-Attorney-Genera L. b. Kellogg,
of Enporia.
| The other night George Kilion, @
station hand at Winfield raised dis
turbance while drunk, and Officer Full
| o&4 ,o3, no,
resisted. The officer struck him with a
cane when Kilion seized Fulton's revolv-
er and shot him, severing the jugular
| vein. The murderer fed but was SUBJ
sequently arrested.
The call has been issued for the fifth
| annual convention of the Kansas State
Alliance at Emporia, November 10. The
| basis of representation in the legislative
department will be one delegate from
| each organized county aud one delegate
| for each 5000 members or major frac-
ton, according to the secretary's report
of the quarter ended September so.
G. 3. Turner shot and instantly killed
James ". Gilmore at the home OF the
latter in Atchison the other day, firing
four bullets from a revolver into his
| body. The shooting was the result Of
family quarrel. Gilmore was so years
| OF age Turner's wife is the niece of
the murdered man, and at the time of
the tragedy she and her children were
being cared for by Gilmore.
AS Rock Island passenger train was
nearing Horton the other morning, Lon
Cham bcrlain, the brakeman, attempted
30 eject d tramp who was stealing a
ride. The tramp showed fight and
grappled the brakeman, and III the
struggle Cham beriain was thrown from
the train, breaking an arm. and a leg
and sustaining internal injuries that
may result fatally. The tramp escaped.
Henry Bergsland, a carpenter, was
thrown from wagon and killed near
Anthony the other night. The team
he was driving became frightened, and
while crossing deep ruts in the road, he
was thrown from high seat and his
neck was broken by the fall. Mr..
Bergsland was 70 years old and z. native
Of Norway. He was an old soldier and
county surveyor of Ellis county nins'
years.
Mrs. Robert 3. Mitchell, OF Fort
| Scott. met the Indies OF Ingalls, the
| other morning and organized q
woman's Columbian club for the repre-
sentation of Gray county in the Kansas
exhibit at the worlds Columbian ex-
position. The following officers were
elected: Mrs J. D. Yelter, presidents
Mrs. r. 81. Turner, vice-presidenti Mrs
III. P Hammer, secretary, and Mrs j.
T. Tyler, treasurer.
The August report ofthe secretary OF
| the state board of agriculture shows
that threshing had been completed in
103 counties OF the state and that the
average yield, as reported, was for the
eastern belt, fourteen bushels per acre;
central belt, twenty bushels per acre,
and western belt, seventeen bushels
per acre. The actual yield Of wheat as
| shown by thresherS' reports Is higher
| than the estimate of a month ago.
Should the balance OF the crop yet to be
threshed yield equally well the total
winter wheat product will be increased
over the previous estimate near 5.0o0,-
600 bushels making a total winter
wheat product for the state of about
&c, 200, 600 bushels. The average yield
of oats per acre as reported by thresh-
! ers was as follows: For the eastern
belt, twen.y-six bushels: central belt,
| thirty-five bushels; western belt, TWEEN
ty-eigft bushels
A. ". Harris and Harry Lowe, both
| from the Indian country, got into a
quarrel on d train nea- bonner Springs
the other day, when Lowe shot Harris
, ! The latter died in hospital at Topeka
Lowe was arrested.
: Garfield university at Wichita, which
, has been three years closed was opened
on the 9th fer the school year with a
faculty OF eight instructors and nearly
200 students
, Three tramp, we're taken in by the
5 city officers OF I4.traci. npon being
| searched $50 in cash and $50 worth OF
7 silverware aad other articles, the prop
erty OF Mrs Lawrence Fox, were re-
covered
Harrison Garrett, an cid colored vet
5 | eran and inmate of the soldiers nome.
t was found dead near the railroad track
S the other day. Appearances indicated
f that he attempted to board a train when
he fell off, face downward, into mud
4 puddle and sznothered to death
4 The wife of Hon. Ed Carroll. demo
CRITIC candidate for congress in the
l First district, died at Leayenworth on
: the Sth.
John a. Martin. the twelve-year-old
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