Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-30
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


Topeka September u to II.
Rosedale is to have a new grain ele-
vator with capacity of 150, 900 bushels.
Coffeyville has struck natural gas in
large quantities at a depth of roo feet
John Knight, colored boy, was re-
| Gently drowned while bathing near
| Quindaro.
1t is estimated that the wheat crop of
Kansas this year viii reach sixty-fre
million bushels.
The Fifth district republican conven-
ton nominated j. R. Burton for con-
gress by reclamation.
The total assessment of railroad prop
erty in Atchison county for the current
year Is e72o, 1859, net increase of S, $40
| over the assessment of 1891
| The First district republican conven-
renominated Case Broderick for con-
gress The administration of President
Harrison was heartily Endorsed.
| The Santa Fe depot at Turner, Wyan-
dotte county, was recently destroyed
by fire; also two box cars. The fire was
caused by sparks from an engine.
The Third district republican con-
| vention at Pittsburg, nominated Gov.
Lyman q. Humphrey for congress. The
| vote stood, Humphrey, 1875; Kirkpat-
| rick. rs.
The peoples party convention of the
Fourth district nominated DIR. E. V.
| Wharton, of Woodson county, for con-
gress. His nomination is Endorsed by
the democrats.
The peoples party convention of the
Second district nominated S. S. King,
of Wyandotte county, for congress The
deciding ballot gave King 80 and Moore
| democratic nominee) 81 votes.
| The peoples party Of Topeka ratified
| the nominations of the Wichita conven-
ton on the 25th. A number of promi-
| nent members of the party from other
parts of the state were present.
| The clerk of Wyandotte county is
kicking vigorously because the state
board of equaliza ton made such a
sweeping reduction in the assessment
of railroad property in the county.
| In row at colored dance at Argen-
tine, bullet from a pistol fired by
| David Spot, struck Matte Roberts in
| the forehead The bullet was fattened
against the skull and did no serious
damage. Spot vanished across the state
| line.
Rev. T. T. Berlein, of Atchison, cast
his bread upon the waters when a youth
| by being kind to an old lady in Penn
| sylvania. Recently it returned to him
| in the form of bequest of $50, 900 that
| the old lady left him at her death,
| which lately took place. She was so
| years old.
Western Kansas never had such a.
| crop in sight as now. The wheat Weld
out there is said to be simply fabulous.
The wheat now in sight in the western
| third of Kansas this year will be suf-
fcient to wipe out nearly every dollar
of mortgage debts on the farms in that
third of the state.
The supreme court of the state has re-
versed the decision of the court of
Leavenworth county in the damage
cases of Messrs. Whitaker, Ryan, Fisher
ct al. against the Wyandotte railway.
The verdict against the company, it will
be remembered, was a very heavy one,
Mat Ryan alone receiving $4,000 dam
ages.
Near Admire, the other day, Frank
Hall, aged IA, was driving a cultivator
on the farm of Jesse Spencer, when the
team ran away. One of the wheels
came off and threw young Hall under
the machine. One of the shovels struck
him in the left and another in the right
| breast, inficting injuries that resulted
in his death.
The peoples party of the Third dis
trict nominated ]. j. Hudson, of Will
son county, for congress to succeed
Clover, who declined a renomina-
ton. 7. P. Leach, of Neosho county;
Charles Bernard, or Cherokee; o. n.
| Owens, of Montgomery, and Percy
Daniels, of Crawford county. were
elected delegates to the. national con-
ventiOn.
Ed Cannon, 81 years Of age, was shot
and killed at Leavenworth the other
day by negro ex-convict named Will
liam Wells Young Gannon's father
had elected two disreputable negro
| women from his place for attempting
to rob an old soldier. They returned
with Wells and another negro, when
| Wells, without word of warning, shot
the young man. The guilty parties all
| escaped.
| Hon. III. P. Vrooman, of Kansas City,
Kan, has four sons who are congrega-
| tional ministers. Two of them We're
but recently ordained. One of them,
Walter, is already well known in the
state, although but little past his ma
| iority. For two years Walter has been
| engaged in the newspaper business on
the reportorial staff of the New York
| World and Recorder. He has been prac-
| ticalIy successful in educating children
| in New York and establishing kinder
| gartens and Sunday schools
| a committee of editors selected for
| the purpose met at Kansas City Kan
the other day and organized the East
ern Kansas Editorial association to in
clude the three eastern tiers of counties
as follows: Doniphan, Brown, Nema-
| Ia, Jackson, Atchison, Leavenworth,
| Jeffe son, Shawnee, Usage, Douglas,
johnson, Wyandotte, Miami. Franklin,
| Coffey, Anderson, Linn, Bourbon, Allen,
Woodson, Wilson. Neosho, Crawford,
! Cherokee, Labette and Montgomery.
| The first meeting of the association will
| be held at Fort Scott, Thursday, Au-
| gust II.
! w. 81. Pendleton & Co.. wholesale and
/ retail grocers of Lawrence. have failed.
| From the statement filed the liabilities
| will reach s156. O51. The assets are not
known, but it is believed they will be
under 800, 900.
Norris Jetty, Wichita saloonkeeper,
! was recently killed by a Mexican named