Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-01-23
Miscellaneous,

miscellaneous.
Fire ut Augusta the other night de-
stroyed Skale's hardware store and
Hawes' harness shop. Loss, about
IS, 900: fairly insured.
Isaac Reynolds, young man resid-
ing about fifteen miles northwest OF
Eureka, was accidentally killed the
other night. While running a race with
his companion the horse ran into q
barbed wire fence, throwing young
Reynolds to the ground and breaking
his neck.
w. W. Reynolds was instantly killed
by an electric wire at Wichita the other
evening. He was passing down a
strange stairway and seeing loose
wire caught hold of it. The shock
threw him considerable distance, and
though the persons who saw the acct
dent picked up the victim within few
seconds, he was dead, with the wire
still grasped in his hand.
An unknown man committed suicide
in the small town OF Brighton, four
miles from Leavcnworth, the other
hight Shortly after arriving in the
place he took heavy dose of morphine,
which caused his death in few
hours. The man had the appear
! ance of being well bred, hut was penni-
less. There was nothing on his person
by which his identity could be estab-
lished.
Tho Ch;co M oynrocc On tho Santa Ea
was wrecked at Newton the other
morning The engine broke a switch
rod in passing over it and the tender
and the mail, baggage and smoking
cars were thrown off the track. The
mail car fell on one side ut right angles
with the track, the trucks were torn off
and the car otherwise demolished. w.
Il. Jones had several ribs broken.
A convict hanged him SELF with his
suspenders in his cell ut the peniten-
tiary the ether night. 1t is stated that
an investigation will be made. Several
days before the man asked to be ex-
cused, as he said he was i'll, but was
refused. At night he was put in the
dark hole" for INSTRUMENTATION, when
he declared he would not come out
alive, and during the night hanged him
self.
w. c. Carroll, tin-horn gambler,
was recently arrested at Leavenworth
and taken to Fort Scott on the charge
of committing forgeries and obtaining
monev on false pretenses. He has sub
stantial relatives, who tried to fix
things up for him by aving forgeries
amounting to $500. but when the officer
presented third for 5000 they refused
to put up. and he will be allowed TO
stand trial for his misdeeds.
The report of the operation of the
penitentiary and mines at Lansing for
December shows the receipts for the
month to have been S0,ss7.sS The
largest items are: Coal sales, s., 1877. 10;
convict labor, 81, 957. %; boarding United
States civil prisoners. SGSS..5. The ex-
penses amounted to SlO,S77.S0. The
largest items are: Salaries, s., 4O1. 90;
boarding, s3,O54 80. The coal mine was
quite profitable, and 15a, IA bushels
were mined. or this 81, $50 bushels
were sold and 65, 265 furnished to state
institutions
Acknowledgement Ives has instructed
the various county treasurers of the
state to collect from the Pullman Pal.
ace Car Co. penalties and interest al
the rate of so per cent per annum on
all unpaid personal taxes. Four years
ago the Pullman company enjoined the
treasurers of the various Kansas coun.
ties in which they operate from collect
ing personal taxes from that company.
The United States court has decided in
favor of the counties and the Kansas
statutes authorize the 80 per cent pen.
atty which the attorney-general directs
the treasurer to collect. This will AZ
feet sixty Kansas counties and will
amount in all to about slO0,OO0.
The preliminary examination of the
nine prisoners charged with completely
in the murder of Sheriff Dunn and the
plot to assassinate Judge Botkin was
begun before Justice NJ. T. Gibson al
Liberal on the 14th. The prosecution
was conducted BY County Attorney
Beauchamp assisted by r. NJ. Painter,
of Meade, and the defense was ia charge
of Judge Ellis, of Pratt. assisted by
Thomas Marshall, of Grant county, and
Richard Griggs. Of Meade. The men
arraigned were Rowen Chase, By Orner,
Lee Estes. c Anderson. ]. ]. Leach,
Charles 0rner. Sam Miuton, Bob Hutch
inson and Hiram Hanker. Chsries