The Globe-republican., 1895-07-12

Paragraphs for the Convenience Of
Hurried Readers.
Dispatches from Ottawa say that the
Marias de Cygne river is the highest
ever known in 80 years; also that For
est Park is foooed. the water having
reached the Platform of the Tabor
nacle.
There was a cyclone at Baxter
Springs. Cherokee county, Friday.
Five persons were killed, and several
others injured. Several business
houses and residences and three
churches were wrecked.
S. 3. Bell, a Stockton liveryman, 81
years of age, took his first ride. except
few miles &c years ago, on a railway
train, last Sunday. He took advan-
tage of the excursion rates to visit
sister in Missouri whom he has not
seen for 46 years. He will also visit
his father, who lives in Illinois at the
age of 1O4.
At Strong City Saturday night,
young colorcd man who lives in En-
poria, Jack Armstcad, was sand
bagged and seriously injured. He was
with his brother and another man,
and he was hit in the back of the
head as he passed dark alley, then
the assaulters turned and ran down
the alley. He was taken home and
may recover.
Friday at noon 25 prisoners we're re-
leased from the United States mill
tary prison at Fort Leavcnworth, and
Saturday at noon the remaining 4G
were turned out, leaving that institu-
ton without prisoner for the first
time in "a years. The Leavenworth
prison was transferred Monday from
the War department to the depart
ment of Justice.
Wednesday morning, John A. Smith,
of Leavenworth, killed his father, Mi
chael Smith. with pitchfork. There
had been Il ouble in the family for
some time. especially between father
and son. and that morning the faith
er was digging potatoes IL his sons
garden. The young man ordered him
to stop, and he refused, when tine son
struck him twice with the pitchfork.
He died at o'clock in the evening.
Kansas horses are distinguishing
themselves at the big races in the
East. AT the Minneapolis races on
July 8, The Corporal. belonging to j.
B. Chandler, of Wichita, won the
purse of $1,000. winning in the free
for-all trot in three straight heats. At
st. Joseph in one of the fastest trots
of the season on July i, Ashland
Wilkes Maid, belonging 10 Cash Hen
derson, Wichita, won fourth money.
The reunion of Pennsylvania ms,
held in Salina July 4, was one of :he
largest meetings ever held in Central
Kansas. Fully 10, 600 people ,hronged
OalSdale park and listened 10 the pro-
gram, an interesting and novel feature
of which was the marriage ceremony
of Miss Nay Mack of Hutchinson and
Joseph Uaskinson CT New Cambria.
This is proba bly, the largest gathering
at wedding ever assem- bled in Kan
sas.
Heavy rains are reported as falling
throughout Kansas Thursday night,
causing several washouts on the rail
roads. A portion of the north part OF
Fort Scott is under water, caused by
the rapid rising of the Marmaton river
and Mill creek. Many families were
compelled to move out of their homes,
and much damage was done. Work
was suspended at the Missouri Pacific
shops. and The Missouri Pacific depot
is an inaccessible island.
j. D. Ross, foreman of the Mulvane
ranch of 1000 acres west of Topeka,
was shot and killed Thursday evening
by Richard Debarros, an employee and
tenant on the farm. The two men
had not got along we'll together, aud
Ross had discharged Debarros and
went to his house that evening with
another employee to evict him, with
the above result. Ross was known as
a quiet, peaceabic man. The Eluc-
derer gave himself up to the authori-
ties.
There is story in Explorer Henry
Stsnley's latest book which is located
in Leavenworth in the early days
when "Wild Bill" vas well known
that section. The writer
allows Hicllok, one of General Han
cocks express rid crs on the plains, to
tell the story of how he killed his first
white man. In relating the story
Hickok said he had killed considera-
bly, over hundred, and when asked
if he killed them without cause or
he replied: ''No. by heav-
en-, ] never killed one man without
good cause. was % years old when
I killed the first white man; and if
ever a man deserved killing, he did.
He was a gambler and counterfeiter.
John Leecb, who, fev years ago