The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-08-11
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the national bank ut Hutch.
inson to reopen.
The colored people in vaiious parts
| of the state celebrated emancipation
day in becoming style. -.
In a family quarrel near Marysville
the other day Richard lIarke was killed
by his son-in-law, William Giles
Topeka's electric light works were
recently damaged by fire to the extent
Of sl2,eoo. The fire was caused by
wires being crossed.
''Shortness of currency" has COM
PEELED the firm of Johnston, Thinker S
Co, general merchants of Gypsum City.
| to make an assignment
The recent arrest of George Rogers
and George II. Shirley upon the charge
! of burning the Harvey county records
some time ago created quite a stir at
Newton.
When Topeka timers leave their
houses unguarded burglars slip in and
steal their. diamond cuff buttons and
| surplus cash that had been drawn out
of bank and left cirelessly scattered
around.
One of the boilers at the Anthony
water works pump house exploded the
other morning about II o'clock, killing
the engineer. C. L. Perry, seriously in
juring Lew Sargent and entirely de-
molishing the building and machinery.
f. While reading book the other night
j.. NJ. Fishbacls,. station agent of the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe road at
| Stafford, was suddenly confronted by a
tramp who fired pistol and seriously
wounded .Fishbaclk in the neck. The
tramp escaped.
Billy Zane, foreman of a switching
gang, had both legs cut off by switch
engine in the Kansas City, Kan, yards
of the Union Pacific road the other
day: lie missed his footing in attempt
| ing to step on the foot board of an en-
Eine and fell under the wheels.
| A cloudburst near Atwood the other
day deluged the face of the country.
Mrs: Aldridge was crossing the dry bed
| of a stream when wall of water fif-
teen feet high swept down upon her
carrying away horses and carriage.
The woman's body was subsequently
recovered.
| John Thorpe, an official of the Kan
fas penitentiary coal mine. received Sc
rious and probably fatal injuries tho
other day while inspecting the bottom
, of the shaft. lie was examining some
bracinG timbers when n large amount
of slate fell on his head and body. 1t
was thought his. injuries were fatal. o
| H. j: Maybe, of st Joseph, Mo, who
has city bridge contracs at Topeka,
was notified by the state labor COM
missioner to cease working his men ten
i hours. lie had made his estimates on
basis of ten hours and was going
ahead in defiance of the state law. He
at first was disposed to fight the law,
but finally yielded.
The Western university, the colorcd
peoples educational institution near
Quindaro, will open in October. The
| board of trustees announce that one
wing of the building will be put in Or
der at once, SO that at least 100 pupils
can be accommodated during the fall
| and winter. 1t is under. the jurisdic-
tion of the African NJ. +. church.
The other day two men went to the
home of Thomas Curry, a market gar
| dener living near Muncie, nine miles
west of Kansas City, and told pftia-
| BILE story of their hardships, they elaine
| Ing to have been miners in Colorado.
| Curry gave them a good dinner. The
scoundrels then suddenly attacked
him with rcvolvers and compelled him
to give up sl5O that he had in the house.
| They then fled.
The Kansas waif aid society has or
|
| Topeka for the benefit of cx-prisoners,
who experience difficulty in obtaining
work when first released from the pen
itentiary. There are about $50 dis
charged from the state prison every
year, many of them young men and
| boys under 20 years of age and owing
to prejudice find it difficult to secure
employment The society will try and
| eclaim them: A branch will be esta b.
| ished in each county.
| According to a report issued by Sec
| retary Mohler. of the state agricultural
| department, there are nearly. 1000, 900
acres of unOccupied government lands
| in Kansas still open for settlement.
| The counties containing the greatest
number of acres of public lands are:
Kearney. 1888; Finncy, G2, $40; Cbcy-
enne, 5g,G94: Seward, IS, 233; Morton,
~, ,s29; Meade, 40, s04: Hamilton, 43,919.
| Wallace. 45,-i3o: Stevens, IS, $50, Logan
Sc, $50: Cove -. 12O: Rawlins, 1860;
Haskell. 1862: Ellis, I5:Gc); Greeley,
f4,2sa: Grant. II, 1iS. There are public
lands in twcnty-eight other counties,
ranging from IL. 060 acres in Clark coun-
ty to 40 acres in Rush county.
| The court martial of Col. Hughes, Of
the Third regiment, at Topeka for dis
| bedience of orders is tie first court
martial held to try an officer for dis
| obedience of orders since the organize
ton of the Kansas National guard. The
trial is the outcome Of Col Hughes
refusal to disperse the republican house
of the state Legislature last winter,
when he was called into service by the
governor. The charges are: First
Disobcdience of orders to superior Off
GERS. .Second-Speaking words sinduc-
| ing others in the military service of the
state to misbehave before the enemy.
rhird-Giving intelligence to the ene-
nv. Fourth-Conduct to the prejudice
of good order and military discipline,
and demeanor unbecoming gentle-
man and soldier.
In his weather report for the month
Just ended Chancellor Snow, of Kansas
university, says that it was July
somewhat above the average in tenn
perature and considera BILE windier than
usual The hottest day was the
14th, when the thermometer registered
81 degrees
Farmers of Bourbon county are in
fine feather over the crop prospects,
Late rains have caused a great corn
crop, and the crop Of sugar cane, whicf
is the largest ever planted, is in excel
lent condition.
The other night masked men held up
Pacific express wagon on the streets