The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-05-04
rsAS STATE NEWS.

.rea claims population Of 1913
"a less than 900 year ago.
...Ds,s high school graduating class
DeA u six bows and six girls. Com
.srnent IS May ~
49, Oil company has had regis
riy 200 leases on land in the
sity d Fort scott'
caEker City fossil shark has
~, discovered on farm, firmly in
i The rock twenty eight feet be-
\ tbe surface
citizens State Bank Of Medici ne !
lps avs 8 per cent. interest on the
Is ~ baslances Of Barber county funds
ssa:sitsd With r.
obildren under eight years Of age
! !. excluded from the public schools
y r 4 City, Kan, next year because
sssrficient accommodations.
u senator W. J. Buchan, who for
= days lay critically i'll Of pneumonia
s n home in Kansas City, Kansas, is
n IL bis way to recovery. He is able
10 down to his office.
rroposition is under consideration
earter Springs to turn the city hall
j, college building. Two profess
y baye offered to institute college
w. Rail he given as bonus.
II ri Dreker, proprietor Of large
L Mill near Xenia, Bourbon county,
a;a 1T work alone became entangled in
i batting and was drawn against one
5tbs saws and his body severed near
b. ips.
III. Stockham's fine farm house one
a half miles north of Conway is
aned to the ground A defective fue
N the cause. Twenty five. dollars in
IN burned also. The loss was 81, 800,
I'll 10 insurance.
rhe Mankato postoffice has been to-
III destroyed by fire. The loss, aside
~ the building, consists Of $500
srth of government property and $500
$500 worth belonging to the post
usster, Individually.
from Great Bend: The investiga-
N q the books in the county clerks
sea ii Barton county has been com
,sted "A total Of $4,000 in fraudulent
arsnts, issued when d. r. Jones was
JERK has been discovered.
The hardware store of Mont Van Bus
Hrk at Kincaid, was entered by burglars
I'd about SIS worth of goods taken.
ae anti horsethief association set to
sOrk Oh the case and as a result the men
Isre caught at Fort Scott with the sto-
ID goods.
Atchison Globe: The pupils Of the
Dunner school have collection Of thir-
H.three kinds Of wood grown in Doni-
han county. The idea Of learning a
pod deal about your own county is
bod. More Atchison pupils can bound
Bamany than can bound Atchison
uunty.
4 grand opening and dedication Of
i he new Petroleum park at Independ-
nee. will be held on the 10th day Of
Esy, 1894, under the auspices Of the
A. r., Sons Of Veterans and Wom-
ns Relief Corps Of Montgomery coun-
i. Many eminent speakers will be
present
Enporla Republican: Owen Williams
dihis CITY. who is brakeman on the
ssla Fe, was shot in the leg at Hutch
mn bv tramp whom he was attempt
Mo but off the train. He was taken
ba Hospital at Hutchinson where ne
It'll remains. 1T is not believed, how
vet, that his wound will prove serious
Tho tramp was arrested.
Judge Alden, Of Wyandotte county
granted twenty divorces in two hours
Il was default divorce day, and the
court room was filled with lawyers lit.
ants and witnesses. In no case die
The defendant in an action appear, but
Iudge Alden required the plaintiff *
make sufficient showing before he woule
grant the decree prayed for.
The Interstate Fair circuit, including
eastern Kansas and Western Missouri
i will hold its fairs and races at the fol
owing places upon the dates belo7
Mentioned Bolton, August 21-25; Ola
he, August 1881; Garnett, Septembe
FL; Burlington, September Ills; Otta
"a, September 1921; Paola, Septembe
S.2S; La Cygne, October 2-5.
In the early morning Samuel Z. Ferr'
iarmer living close to Leavenwortl
vas thrown from light road cart an
gwen injuries that will probably prov
stal. He was driving young horf
that took fright suddenly and dashe
INTO some fence, which caused Ferre
pitch out on his head, injuring his sku
and almost cutting his right ear Of. a
little son, Ralph, riding with him, 2
aped with some severe bruises apo
Tie head.
The Lincoln Republican tells Of
glorious rain" 1t says: A full in'
d water fell, as shown by the standa
United States gauge. It fell straig
down and went into the ground, az
bought out the grass, the wheat =
Il oats, rye and smiles. 1t was tine a
IL grand and welcome, and all that sort
thing. We feel better now, 50 90 :
hfmers and all Of Us. The green
eoning into the trees and blue goil
but Of our faces. Water is gre
hing. Another inch Of ram fell :
hext night
Manhattan Nationalist: Fred Graf
81 I'll Alma. and Jos. Bradbury, Of Broue
lon. we're driving in from Ogden a
ut as thew started down the big
his side Of Eureka Lake. the sto
truck them. The wind blew the bug
snto the horse which began 70 run 9