Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-06
Miscellaneous,


land.
Miscellaneous.
Henry Friedenburg. an old citizen of
Atchison, died the other day from the
effects of a fall from a chair. received a
week previous.
Philip Meyer, Topeka's baseball pitch
er, was stabbed in the neck by a tough
at Alma during late visit of the To
pelSa club to that town. The wound
was not serious.
The repu blican state central commit
tee has completed arrangements where
by ex-Gov. Foraker, of Ohio, will make
two campaign speeches in Kansas. He
will speak at Concordia on the 7th of
October and at Hutchinson on Octo-
Der s.
While the university foot ball team
was engaged in regular practice at
Lawrence the other evening some thief
broke into the dressing rooms adjacent
to the athletic. field and stole several
watches and considerable sum Of
money belonging to the boys.
The eighth biennial report of the
state treasurer shows that for the past
were SIS, 392, 531. 10. The expenditures
ceipts. The bonded debt of the state is
ssO1, 900, of which s12. 500 will fall due
in 1894. These bonds were issued in
1871 to relieve the destitute on the
frontier. There is a permanent school
fund of S5,915, 540.97, which draws six
per cent. interest.
Francois Linsier and Caroline Lin
sier were recently remarked by the
To ind of fxT
The couple had been married before and
lived in Topeka and through some mis-
understanding the husband had OBJ
tanned a divorce only six months ago.
After the separation he went to Leaven-
worth county, where he remained until
the Topeka fair, when they met again
and reconciliation followed, which
resulted in their remarriage.
John w. Breidenthal, chairman Of
the peoples party central committee,
illegal banking. As secretary of the
Kansas Sinaloa Investment Co., Breld-
enthal has issued several hundred cer-
tificates of deposit, which Bank Com
missioner johnson holds are contrary
to law and ordered his arrest He gave
bond for his appearance. Breidenthal
claims that the certificates were issued
only as a matter of convenience, send
ing money to colonists in Topolobampo,
and that they were payable there as
we'll as here and served as Il medium of
exchange.
A conference Of stalwart democrats
was recently held at Topeka to con-
slider the course best to pursue at the
straight out democratic meeting which
has been advertised for October g.
After a long conference press commit
tee, appointed for the purpose, author
lied the publication of a statement that
those present Endorsed the call for a
democratic convention to be held at
Topeka October Z. The test of mem
bership is to be pledge of unaltecable
opposition to the peoples party state
ticket and those who will not make
this pledge will not be admitted to the
floor of the convention.
A decision interesting to bondholders
was recently made by Judge Riner in
the United States circuit court at To-
peka. The case was the suit brought
by Cornell university against the COM
missioners of Kingman county, involv-
ing the validity of S125, 600 worth Of
bonds issued by the county to aid in the
construction of railroad and pur-
chased by the university as an invest
ment. The court held that when the
bonds We're voted the county had no
right to issue the bonds, but curative
act subsequently passed by the legis-
lature made the bonds legal and bind
ing obligations to the county. While
the Judgment of the plaintiff is upon
s75, 900 worth of coupons. the real effect
of the Judgment is to validate the en-
tire issuance of 1925, 900 worth of bonds
DR.. Black. member of the Black h
B. B. Medicine Co.. was instantly killed
at Greeley the other day by the acct
dental discharge of a pistol in the
hands of J. w. Pennington, another
member of the company.
Frank Means, a machinist &c years
old, shot and killed himself at Kansas
City, Kan, the other night few
days before he had married one woman
when he really wanted to marry an
other He left his bride and called upon
the other woman and when he left the
house shot himself.
The Fort Scott cement works were
recently burned Loss. $4,000; insur-
ance, s12, 800.
Col. John C. Vaughan died at the old
mems home in Cincinnati recently and
his body was cremated- Col Vaughan
was well known newspaper man in
Kansas in the early history of the state
and at one time represented Leaven-
worth county in the legislature
The republican national committee
has cancelled Senator Frye's appoint
ments in Kansas and it is proba BILE that
Gov. Mckinley cannot be secured
DR. j. B. Hibben has sued the COM
missioners OF Shawnee county for $500
for services performed in the autopsy
OF Mr.. Tucknan, who was drowned
about a year ago