The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08
STATE NEWS.

From Olathe: Henry Shumaker,
well-to-do farmer residing five miles
north of this city. was thrown from a
cart and died from the Injuries received
a short time afterward. He was 46
years old and leaves large family.
The fair grounds of the Neosho Val
| lev District Fair association were sold on
Nav %, at sheriff's sale. They were
purchased by the leading business men
of Neosho Falls for 1850. 1t is un-
derstood that the tract will be kept for
a public park.
| At Neodesha a grand sight was pre-
sented at the Oliver oil well No. l, near
the city. Twelve quarts of nitro-g lycer-
inc were discharged by means of "go-
devil at a depth of $40 feet. Great
volumes of oil were thrown from the well
to a height of ninety five feet, present
ing beautiful and effective sight.
Near Mcpherson on the NJ. & NJ.
branch Jack Rayl. one of the Oldest
and best known railroad men on the
Santa Fe, was instantly killed by falling
off the train. His neck was broken.
| The deceased was married only few
| days before and met his death soon at
ter leaving his newly made bride on his
| first trip out.
By the action of the school board the
Wellington schools will have only sew
enteen teachers this year as against
| twentv-eight and the teachers have to
| suffer reduction OF 10 per cent. in sal
| aries The length of the school year,
| however, is to remain the same, eight
months The action was taken only
after very spirited, almost acrimonious,
| contest in the board, and some predict
that an entirely new board of teachers
| will have to be selected on account of it.
A special to the ST. Louis Republic
from Topeka says that II. NJ. Sternberg.
of Lawrence, while. prospecting around
| Castle Rock, in Cove county, near the
Smoky Hill river, has unearthed the en-
tire form of petritied elephant, togeth-
or with numerous parts of lions, camels
and other animals. Geologists say there
are evidences here of petrified fish of all
varieties, and that in many of the cav
erns may be seen scales which must have
come from fish of mOnstrous proportions.
The directors of the Lake View
| Shooting and Fishing association closed
a contract for the erection of large
irrigating pump and windmill to sup
plv the large stock of fish in the
lake with fresh water. The lake has be-
come so low during the dry weather
that all the water that remains is on the
grounds of the association, and even
there, was fast disappearing. Work has
begun and it is hoped that enough
fresh water will be put in at once to
save the fish.
Colonel David G. Stockwell died at
his home in Atchison, May 27, of gener-
al debility at the age of 80 years. He
was born in Massachusetts and moved
Ray county, Mo-, in 1858. He
shipped the first carload of stock that
was sent over the Hannibal road and for
twelve years was the general live stock
agent of that road. He afterwards held
a like position on the Santa Fe road for
eight years. He was promoter of the
live stock industry throughout the west,
where he was we'll known.
The Wellington city council has ad-
vertised for bids for the construction of
new city building to stand on the site
of the old one, which was destroyed by
the cyclone of May 27, 1892. The orig
inal building was the old Sumner county
court house, erected in 1872 as town
ship hall and acquired by the city after
long and expensive litigation. 1t was
of native limestone, two stories high and
was the first stone building erected
south and west of the Arkansas river,
and naturally was a notable structure
in its day. The plans adopted for the
new one contemplate a two story build
ing, 50x6O feet, the east and south
fronts of quarry faced Augusta lime
stone, the other walls of material from
the old structure. On the lower floor
will be rooms for the fire department and
its apparatus, a cell room or calaboose
and the Office of the city clerk. Up
stairs quarters are provided for the city
council and police court, and large
hall for public assemblies.
From Columbus: About midnight
large crowd of buggies containing per-
sons who had been attending the con-
gressional convention at Oswego, Kan,
met heavily loaded team on bridge
across the NeOsho river. The condition
was such as to necessitate the turning
around of all the buggies and give way
to the wagon. Two men by name of
Vincent and ChenowOrth occupied one of
the vehicles TO be turned and carelessly
Mr. Chenoworth remained seated while
| Vincent got out and went to the head
| of his horse to commence 10 back him
so as to make the turn. The horse be-
| ing tender mouthed backed rapidly and
| the buggy wheels went over the bridge,
| dragging the horse with it, and horse,
man and vehicle fell thirty feet into the
| river below When the crowd reached
the scene of the disaster they found the
body of the man submerged in the wa
| ter and entirely unconscious. Fortu-
| natelv physician was in the crowd.
and upon the body being taken TO a
neighboring house. after long exertions
| animation was restored. but the injuries
were found To be such as to insure
death, the skull being fractured ia sew
| erai places
Among the forty-eight men who com
posed Captain Artz's squad of Common
wealers, enlisted in Topeka, there were
twenty who were entitled 10 register as
voters, having been in the state and
voting precinct the time required by
law. OF the entire 48 there were only
two who were recognized by group Of
/ -. as