The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-03-04

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During the past year 16G comrades OF
the e. A. r. ia Kansas have died
George Washington was very gem
orally remembered on the 22d by the
patriotic school children of the state.
William Haddoci, a prominent farm
er residing near Hays City recently be-
came violently insane and drove his
family from home.
A barn in North Topeka was lately de
stroyed by an incendiary fire and three
work horses belonging 20 a very poor
man were consumed
Tom Costello, a Santa Fs locomotive
engineer at Wichita is said TO have
fallen heir to 500, 600, left by O. brother
who recently died at Detroit Mich
Kansas came TO the front with the
largest delegation at the St. Louis con-
ference. There were three hundred
delegates and attendants from the
state
The sixth annual conference of the
secret etarics of the Young Mems Chris
uiau association of Kansas met lately
at Wichita There was large attend
ance from all quarters OF the state and
much interest was manifested
George M. Beebe, who was tempo
rary chairman OF the late Hill demo
cratic convention at Albany, was once
secretary OF the territory of Kansas.
and was Its acting governor when it
was udE.tted TO the union as "a state.
Ex-senator John j. Ingalls, was the
other night made "a mem ber OF John A
Martin post G. A. p, of Atchison. Mr.
ingalls, was judge advocate on Gen.
DietZler's staff during the Price raid.
which position he held three months
Fire mt Haven, Reno county, the
other day destroyed the buildings occu-
pied by C. C. Sweetlaud aud s. Dore-
hardware together with all their con-
tents. Loss, about $1,000; no insurance
David q. Davis, under sentence of
death for tho murder of his wife at
Leayen worth, has been taken 90 the
Deniteutiary 20 spend the balance of
his life. the supreme court having af-
drmcd the sentence of the district court
In his case
Irwin Spencer, a vvell-to-do furmer,
became violently insane ut Wichita the
other day and was jailed for safe keep
ing. He first attempted 20 murder
younger brother with a knife, and
when captured was preparing a caul-
drou of water in which 70 cook hLa
mother-iu-laVv.
Mutou Knapp. a farmer living near
Leavenw worths caused sensation the
other day by eIopiug with a ueighbor's
daughter Knapp who is a married
man, lately came into the possession of
considerable money through his WIFE,
which he evidently intends TO spend on
the other woman.
At the late meeting of the C. A. r at
Atchisou the report of the assistant ad-
iutaut-UcueFa- was read which showed
receipts during tho nine months as S.
g2O. 555 expenditures for the same pc
rIod, s.. 25I 53i cash on hand, 81, l54. 10.
The report also showed that the posts
of the department had received S32s-
OIL s. and expended $40 O58-7I and that
they now hold in their general post fund
lief fund of the posts now amounts to
Si,OEACa The mem bership in the state
is 90, 611
Frank Cotton was arrested ay
Armourdale the other day on the
charge of Couuterleitiug. The police
seized a complete outfit of counterfeit
srs' tools, consisting of q trunk, two
valises, q stove for melting the metal
and large assortment OF dies The
trunk aud valises contained stamps
metal nodded into the size of a silver
dollar, yet uustamped, and tools of va
rious descripti0us- On the other hand
it was asserted that Cotton was only a
detective who had the outdt on hand
fer the purpose Of trapping a gang OF
counteFfaiuarE
A Medicine Lodge dealer the past
winter shipped 10, O51 bushels OF cane
seed 1t went mostly TO Texas, and
local paper remarks that sorghum can
be grown prohtably just for seed 1t
Z produced last year twenty bushels 20
I the acre, and the average price for the
I seed have been 80 cents Sorghum hay
makes the best and cheapest feed Tor
I stock that can be had
A post omce inspector recently
| caused the arrest OF John Bsicher,
I clerk tu the registry department of the
I post otEee at wichita and sebo Tuck
I sr, a letter separator on the charge o.
I Purloluiug registered mail They were
I trapped BY means OF a dsC0y letter
Frank Mckee. a young man about
/ twenty years OF age and residing some
eight miles west o. Columbus, was re-
Gently killed by the accidental dis
charge of @ gun IN the hands of q COM
I paniou While cut hunting
T. Il Young, OF Loavsuvvorrh county
Z laid down the other afternoon 20 take
q nap, apparently iu the best OF health.
I Whsu called Eor supper he was found
[ 20 be dead
F. j. Atkinson. in drilling a wsu at
I EdV-asdsville. the other day. attempted
% blast O rock A sudden explosion
! occurred and he was terribly mguE-cd
/ 10 vTaz said lls could not live.