The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-09-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

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The Ascension, at Chicago, which was
left $150,oOO by the will of the late
Isaac Clarence Marsh on condition OF
remaining high church, is likely to
lose the legacy through a second will
which has been found. By the second
will the property is bequeathed to rela-
tives of the deceased and the church
will receive the money only in the
event of the testator's sister dying
without children.
r. P. SEARnEs, the bicycle rider who
attempted to lower the road record be-
tween Chicago and New York, was
eight days and three hours on the road.
He failed to accomplish his task, that
of covering 1000 miles in five days and
five hours, or of breaking the existing
record of seven days and TWENTY-FIVE
bo:irs.
The international cricket match al
Philadelphia between Lord Hawkes.
eleven ard the gentlemen of Philadel.
phia terminated in the defeat of the
local team, who fell under the over.
whelming majority of 131. When
stumps were drawn the Philadelphias
were 1913 runs behind the visitors, who
still had two wickets.
THE fistic encounter at New Orleans
on the night of the oath between Plim-
mer and Murphy resulted in a draw
after twenty-ive-round contest.
A FIRE which started in the city kiln
of the Arkadelphia, Ark, Lumber Co. S
yard destroyed the mill and several
thousand feet of lumber The plant
destroyed was the largest in the state
Loss, $50, 900.
Mrs. MATTE OSBORNE, her fo;ir chill.
dren, and w. E. Hunt, boarder in the
family, were poisoned in Memphis
Tenn, by arsenic in their coffee, which
Mrs. Osborne had herself prepared
Mrs. Osborne, her son Willie and
daughter Matte and Hunt were re-
ported in critical condition. There
was no clew TO the mystery of the
poisoning.
THE commission appointed by the
president to investigate the recent Chi.
cago labor troubles will be in readiness;
on and after September &c, at the de-
partment of labor at Washington, tc
receive in writing any suggestions
bearing on the late controversies.
THREE bulletins have been issued
from the census Office at Washington
showing the land ownership and debt
in the states of Kansas, Arkansas and
Alabama.
THREE negroes broke into the store
of Ii. c. Patton, at McGhee, Ark, any
beat him into insensibility, then cut
his throat and rifled the store. Thed
! were captured and at the coroner's in.
quest broke down and confessed theil
crime. The negroes, who outnumbe1
the whites in that section, passed word
around among the whites that they
would take the case in hand and ac
cordingly mob of 800 met the sheriff
and strung the prisoners up and hun
| dreds of guns were then discharged al
the writhing forms.
A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Port
land, Ore, on the 23d, elevator and
dock property being destroyed amount
ing to $500, O00 The elevator con
tanned nearly 500, 600 bushels of wheat
An entire train containing the expen
sive plant of an electric light company
was burned and also 200 freight cars
eighty of which were loaded. The
dock contained tons of wool, salmon
and general merchandise, all of which
was destroyed. A large steamboat was
also consumed. Three men were thought
to have been burned in the elevator.
EDMONIA ANDERSON and Irene Wash
ington, two octoroons, fought to the
death with knives at Swift, Ala
about a white man, Ben Olson. The
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one stab wounds. The Anderson WON
an then stabbed herself to the heart.
AT Chicago Editor Reubesamen, O.
the Abenpost, challenged Editor
Steppes, of the Freie Presse, to fight {
duel because of articles rejecting OF
the German Press club. I>eubesameI
has also challenged Editor Seldman, o.
the Freie Presse. for applying an op
probrious epithet to him. They were
all formerly German army officers ant
if the duels come off cutlasses will b.
used.
"a FRESH shipment of firearms ha
bean made to Union county, KY, t.
arm the taxpayers of Linden ant
Caseyville precincts who are resisting
the collection of the railroad tax
About 700 arc now armed with Win
chesters and dynamite, and are await
ing the arrival of Collector Blackwell
| and his 100 armed deputies. Capt
Blackwell said that he would collec
the tax if it took military power to d,
1t. The people said that they woult
resist to the death.
THERE were 2l3 failures reported b,
Bradstreet throughout the Unitet
States for the week ended Septembea
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