The Globe-republican., 1895-06-07

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Paragraphs for the Convenience o.
Hurried Readers.
The Kelley Institute at Topeka vii
be discontinue / and the business con
solidated with the Institute at Kansa!
City, Kan.
The contract for furnishing the pa
per supplies to the state for the mex
six months has been let to the j. w
Butler Paper company, of Chicago. a
the uniform price of 4 cents per pound
The price paid last year was 5l-lt
cents.
Miss Morris, OF Wichita, secured the
| FIRST fling in the new Kickapoo cOun
try, and SO far She is the only one
! against whom no contest has been
filed. TIA mighty cold day when
the Kansas rustlcr fails to get in on
the ground floor.
The Commencement exercises Of
the State university at Lawrence arc
being held this week. Sunday night
Rev. Willard Scott of Chicago, deliy'
cred the baccalaureate sermon. VIM
Z. Harper, president of the University
of Chicago, delivered the annual uni
versity address Monday evening, and
Wednesday morning the Commence
ment exercises proper took place.
The Topeka Capital company has
| brought suit in the Shawnee county
district court against John E. Baker
| OF st. Louis and A. d. and f. 5. Quin'
ton of Topeka, for $4,000 damages.
Judge Henry Keelcr, attorney for the
Capital company. said this suit was
brought to head off the action brought
in the United States court a few days
ago by Baker to have the Capital
placed in the hands of a receiver.
At Potter Station, a few miles south
of Leavcnworth, Friday afternoon,
William Stevens and Henry Kleine
were digging well for John Hans,
and were using dynamite for blasting.
Stevens was in the bottom Of the we'll
setting i dynamite blast, when Klcine
who was on top looking down, mis-
placed rock which fell in the well.
1t struck the dynamite, and terrific
explosion followed. Stevens was torn
to atoms, and Kleine was instantly
killed by flying rock.
The quickest disposition of a Grim
inal case noticed in the West Tor
long time was that of Mrs. Shroyer,
in Sumner county, who w;as arrested,
tried, convicted, and sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary, in four
days, for leaving her thrce-weeks' old
6;lby in cyclone cellar in Wellington
to die. She is woman "A years of
age, widow, her husband having
been killed several years ago in . land
contest case in Oklahoma, where she
owned claim and lived until lately.
She has several grown-up daughters.
and IL is though. that her real cause
for abandoning the child was TO save
them. if possible, from disgrace, but
she claimed that she was not able to
support it
Wichita Eagle: There is now living
in this city d frontiersman of unique
character of q wide, varied and lively
experience. BY the name of James
Duffy. Mr.. J. r. Mead, William Mat
thewson and William Grieffensteln,
whose lives were full of border adven
lures, were all Indian traders, but
Duffy was for twenty years or more
an Indian fighter. his field covering
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Mon
tana, Kansas and Oklahoma. under
nearly every one Of the successive
military commanders known to west
erD fame. He knows more about the
doings among the various Indian
tribes down in Oklahoma, about
squa'v buyirg and trading, the esca
pades at the Indian schools, annuity
DRINKS, treaties and the like, than
many of the officials. Mr.. Duffy, who
is bright and intelligent man, has
family Of four children.
Robert Snyder, a brave boy of New
ton, offered to replace the halyard on
the tall flag pole in front of the &. A.
come disengagcd some time ago, and
very nearly lost his life. He made the
ascent with the pole climbers belong
ing 20 the electric light station. When
within 10 feet of the top the climbers
slipped from the pole and tie boy
dangled in the air. The crowd ex-
pectSd to see the boy fall to the
ground, but he only Rugged the pole
tighter, and Skinned up to the pulley.
In attempting 10 put the rope through
the pulley 1t slipped from his fingers
and fell to the ground. He then slid
down the pole and was nearly ex-
hausted when he reached the ground.
He made the ascen, again the same
afternoon and succeeded in replacing
the halyard.
The Episcopal convention for the
Diocese of Kansas, in session at Tope-
ka. elected Dean Millspaugh of Topc-