The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-08-18
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Anthony is now lighted by electricity

Anthony is now lighted by electricity
and her people are happy
Tommy Morgan, II years old, was re.
Gently drowned in the Kaw river at
Kansas City, Kan.
Giacomini Bros, proprietors of Del
monico's hotel at Leavcnworth, have
made an assignment
The elevator of Mcleod Bros at
Marietta, together with 60, 900 bushels
of wheat, burned recently.
Two boys named Skinner AMI Comma
lon, were recently drowned in the
Verdigris, near Independence
Louis Schleitzbaum, aged 1s years,
was drowned in Doniphan lake, five
miles from Atchison, the other day.
The Hutchinson national bank has
recommended business. The deposits
on the first day amounted to $40, 200.
A cyclone destroyed a number Of
farm houses near Larned few days
ago, but no fatalities were reported.
A. w. Little, the slayer of b. f.
johnson, has been held to the Wyan-
dotte district court for trial without
| bail.
Doc Snapp, a medical student, has
been arrested as being one of the par
ties concerned in the Wichita express
robbery. He was caught in the Indian
| territory.
| The thirty-second anniversary of the
| battle of Wilson's creek was celebrated
at Atchison on the 10th by forty sur
vivors and their families from the sur
rounding country.
Martin Jacobs, son of a Brown coun-
ty farmer, recently cut his throat with
a razor. He had been working with a
| thresher all day and it was thought
| the heat had rendered him temporarily
| insane.
The police raided the lottery gam
| bling rooms of Eli Little & Co, in Kan
sas City. Kan, the other day upon COM
| plant of a man from Ala ama that he
had drawn prize which the concern
refused to cash.
The Leavenworth Home mine has re-
sumed operation, its action having
| been hastened by the return of the
men of the North Leavenworth shaft
Over 200 men are at work in the two
mines and many more applicat tions
| were DelnS received
| Gov. Lewelling has pardoned Frank
Durin, the joint keeper who fled from
Topeka to Germany some years ago
leaving fines and forfeiture amounting
to $4,000 unpaid. He has settled all
the money claims of the state against
him and the pardon only relieves him
| of the jail sentence. A condition of
the pardon is that he shall not live In
| Kansas.
| Gov. Lewelling has named the fol-
lowing additional delegates to the con-
vention in regard to a gulf route to for
| eign markets from western states,
which meets in Chicago September 12:
George Wagner, II. A. Heath and Con-
rad Myer, of Topeka; Solon O. Thacher,
of Lawrence; c. B. Hoffman, of Enter
prise; R. A. Sankey, of Wichita, and r.
| A. Hartmann, Of Wellington.
| The citizens of Pratt county have
petitioned the governor to issue a call
for special election to choose a mem
ber of the legislature to fill the vacan-
| cy caused by the removal of w. F..
Brown. Brown was postmaster and
as such was ineligible to seat in the
legislature. The republican house un-
seated him and declared that there had
been no election. The governor will
grant the prayer of the petitioners.
The case against the members of tho
Topeka club, who were arrested for
maintaining Il place where liquors
were dispensed, was decided in favor OF
the city. Judge Ensminger said the
decisions of the supreme court were
conflicting, but he believed he was
warranted in holding that the persons
arrested were guilty of violating the
law. BY agreement, fine of 500 was
imposed upon one of the members OF
the club and an appeal taken.
The Topeka club gained its case in
the appeal from the decision of the JUS
tice. Judge johnson held that sec
tion of the city ordinance concerning
the ''use" of liquors under which the
arrests were made was invalid because
it was not included in the title of the
ordinance, and that even if it had beer
SO included it was substantially tht
same as section IS of the prohibitory
act of 1881, of which section the meth
DDS and practices of the club We're no
In violation.
|
recently purchased from Boston firm
s39. 600 in Harper county school bonds
They have had offers of more thar
$4,000 of county school bonds, bu'
could not purchase for want of funds
These bonds bear good rates of interes
and were originally sold in the east a
not less than par and sometimes at
premium. The cause of their return
and sale was that eastern holder
wished to secure ready cash. TIL,
bonds were purchased at good mar
gin of profit.
Three of the robbers who recentl,
held up the United States expires
wagon on the streets of Wichita ant
robbed it of 81 600 have been arrested
and S., 600 of the money recovered. This
men arrested were Howard ii. Greer
an ex-telegraph operator from Ell Dora
do;' Arthur Hancher, express messen
ger, and Jake Beck, clerk at the Occi
dental hotel in Wichita. The othe
robber. a negro, who skipped as soor
as he got his part of the proceeds, 81,
5O0 has not been found. The thre,
men arrested planned the robbery an,
the negro executed it The men con
fessed and the money recovered wa
found concealed in an old fruit can.
a bridge on the Union Pacific thre
miles west of Abilene was burned tn,
other evening. Thought to have bee1
set on fire by hot ashes from the east
bound passenger train A farmer saw
the Ere and saved an extra train an,
the evening passenger train from al
awful wreck.
Seventeen fourth-class postmaster
were appointed for Kansas on the 7th
Farmers of Leavenworth county com
plain of the ravages of grasshopper.
There were myriads of them in ever,
field and they were feeding largely o,
the young corn and garden vegetables
They are of the large yellow variety
| clumsy and powerless to fly very far.