Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-02
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


Forty-eight students graduated from
the Lawrence high school
Lieut. Gov. Felt takes charge OF the |
Atchison Champion June 13
The losses by high water at Kansas |
City were greatly overestimated
A farm of 100 acres six miles from !
Salina was recently sold for IS, $50.
Picnic festivities are exercising the
minds of young people at Ell Dorado.
Chancellor Shows father died recent
~ in Fitchburg, Mass, aged 70 years
Fully 1900 persons attended COM
mencement at Bethany college, Linds-
borg.
There are 1853 private banks in Kan
sas reporting to the state bank commits
sioner.
Democrats of the Fourth congress
sional district have offered to fuse with
the alliance.
Wheat, rye and oats never looked bet
ter in Phillips county, according to the
Kirwin Globe
Nell Vinegar, who died in the state
insane asylum recently, was the invent
or of the fiambeau-
Corn planting has been hurried In
northern Kansas Whole families were
in the fields working.
The government farm at Leaven-
worth was among other lands sub
merged by the recent floods.
William O'Conner fatally shot his
neighbor. Michael Burke, in quarrel
at Armourdale, Kansas City.
Horace AYERS, farmer, committed
suicide at Mankato. He was about 10
old hot
Mai. Frank Holsinger, horticulture
list of Rosedale, says fruit has been
greatly damaged in eastern Kansas.
Safe blowers have visited Atwood,
cracking the safe of J. c. Arbuck1e.
Two men were arrested on suspicion.
The state university catalogue con-
tains 900 names. This includes those
who are enrolled in university extern
sion.
Mrs Linnie Mills, Of Osawatomie, is
the new grand chief of the Degree Of
Honor. The next meeting will be held
at Hutchinson.
The report that Jay Gould had pur-
chased the Kansas City, Wyandotte &
Northwestern has been confirmed, ac-
cording to the Kansas City Times
AS Mrs. Giesmann was going to Clay
Center alone, with load of oats, she
fell from the wagon as it was descend
ing steep hill, the wheels passing over
her chest. She lived only about half an
! hour after the accident. She was a
widow with four children.
Joseph w. Ady is now disputing the
right of the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific to occupy certain property near
Leavenworth. He is preparing bill in
equity which will be fled in the United
| States court to GUST the company's ter
minals from the Leavenworth military
reservation.
Mai. J. L. Woodward. president of
| the First National bank at Macksvi1le,
recently closed by the state bank ex-
aminer, accidentally shot himself while
out hunting. Some of the shot pene-
trated the left lung. and much doubt as
to his recovery was expressed. He is an
influential man in politics.
The republican convention of the
| Sixth congressional district elected dele
gates and alternates to the Minneapolis
convention as follows: Delegates, George
A. Spaulding, of Phillips county: A. \.
| Brennan, of Cheyenne county; alter
Mates r. F. Burke, OF Rocks county; W.
K. Brown, of Sherman county.
The hills near Medicine Lodge con
tain miles of the rock from which plas
| ter Of paris is made There is enough
of this pure sulphate of lime to make al
the plaster of paris, dental plaster
| Kene's cement pearl hardening, parian
| terra alba, ETC.. likely to be needed
in this country through coming ages
A Topeka dispatch says that it 4
practically settled that Mrs Mollis
| Lease. the noted alliance campaigner
will be the nominee of the people.
| party for state superintendent OF publit
| instruction. Mrs Lease inaugurstet
the fight against ingalls, two years ago
and she claims thu credits for his defeat
The committee appointed by the OK
ecutive committee of the peoples part.
of Franklin county to investigate tn,
charges and counter charges made b,
State Printer E. H. Snow and P. P. Eli
der has completed its work and submit
ted its report The report practicall,
exonerates both OF the fighting leaders
A damaging electrical storm occurret
in the vicinity OF Fort Scott Beside
many minor distractions q large barr
on the S. A. Lotterer stock farm. fou
miles northwest, was struck and burne<
to the ground. Two valuable bloode.
horses and a large amount of feed and
number of farming implements wer
burned in the barn
For the month OF April the Topeiz'
Capital received reports from forty-thre
of tho 1O3 counties OF the state Thes-
counties show q nes reduction OF farm
mortgage debt Of $500. 1+S. A suumar.
Of all reports including April gives
record for an average period OF tel
months for fifty-nine counties OF ne
reduction of s4,s-s, s5T in farm mort
CAGES The gross reduction for thi
period was $40, 0s9, s2o. Commenting o,
its reports the Capital estimates on tn
basis of those returns from hfty-nis
counties that the farm debt OF tho stat
in the last twelve months has been r
duced fully q, 900, 900.
The Emporia Gazette, an s1l:sno
daily, has changed handz- ". 7
Morgan, formally OF the Strong City Re
publican, is ths new proprietor.
Isaac Hopper, loan agent Wa
killed by shot through the abio::e'
: at Wellington He had beea quarrel
ing with Isaac G. Reed, = prominent a
torney.
Graduating exercises are ocsupyiu
much space in Kansas papers just nov
. The high schools arc all improving