The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-01-03

two persons. He was finally captured
by the strategy of his daughter. He
was ravenously hungry and she ap-
peared with food. The crazy man per-
mitted her to approach when he saw
the food. When he put his Winchester
down to eat the girl grabbed it, and
then the sheriff's posse rushed in from
the orchard and overpowered him.
Collecting Interest.
The encouragement has filed in
Scott county the first of series of suits
he will bring to force certain counties
and school districts to pay the interest
on bonds which are, owned by the per-
manent school fund and which have
been defaulted by their issuers. The
suit is for Sc, 800, which is the interest
due on $4,000 in Scott county fund
ing bonds bought by the school fund
in 1892. The county will resist pay
ment on the ground that the commits
sioners had no legal right to issue the
bonds without vote by the people.
Brief Liberty.
The couvicts in the penitentiary
were given good dinner and per-
mitted the liberty to converse and en-
joy holiday on Christmas day. There
was an entertainment in the chapel
and for the first time in the history of
the institution the women were al
lowed to take part. Thirteen of them
formed choir and rendered fine music.
Holiday pardons were granted to John
Douglass, who had served ten of a 20
years sentence, and William Johnson,
a burglar, whose term was nearly out
Delinquent Counties.
The state auditors records show that
a number of counties are delinquent in
the payment of state taxes. Up to the
end of 1894 the sum total of this delin-
quency was S23s, 3S4O1. For the year
1895 number of counties will become
delinquent by reason of the error of
the county clerks in extending the tax
roll upon the assessment, as returned
by the local assessors, instead of upon
the assessment as fixed by the state
board of equalization.
Kansans Favored.
Kansas is represented on the house
committees as announced by Speaker
Reed, as follows: Col Blue is on the
appropriations committee; Broderick,
judiciary and militia; Calderhead, bank
ing and currency and railroads and
canals; Kirkpatrick ndBaker, invalid
PENSIONS; Curtis, expenditures in in
terror department.. Indian affairs and
public lands; Long, accounts and post
offices; Miller. expenditures in the
treasury department
Stock Dying.
-, ho sosr ~ To-
ence which have been fed upon corn
or the fodder which was covered with
water during the high waters last fall
were said to be dying under symptoms
which cannot. be accounted for. They
would be suddenly attacked with some
disease resem bling what is known as
the blind staggers and die in short
time, medical aid proving of no benefit
in many cases.
State Teachers.
At its late session at Topeka the
State Teachers association, elected
officers as follows: President, G.
W. Kendrick, Junction City; vice
president, c. B. Norman, Doniphan;
secretary, Mrs. Emily Sagget, Parsons;
treasurer, w. H. Johnson, EN-
poria; executive board, Harry Wins
low, of Mcpherson. W. NJ. Sinclair. of
Ellsworth, j. NJ. Paddock, of Phillips
burg.
Chinese Convicts-
Three Chinaman from San Antonio,
Tex, were among a recent batch of
convicts delivered at the federal peni-
tiary at Fort Leavenworth. They had
been sent up for violating the Chinese
registration laws. They fought vi
ciously when taken into a barber shop
to have their queues cut off, and near
overcome them.
Minor State News.
Kansas it is said could easily furnish
100. 900 volunteers in case of war.
w. NJ. Reed, member of the Argen-
tine city council, was said recently to
be mysteriously missing.
c. A. Fellows. druggist of Arcadia,
was being taken home, while intoxi-
Gated. by City Marshal Lyons the other
night, when he shot and seriously
wounded the marshal
Col Blue has introduced a bill in the
house of representatives. covering Guam
trell raid claims amounting to 1868, 600,
which the state has paid or assumed,
and which it is sought to have the gov
eminent repay to the state.
There were two applications for
marriage licenses and only one appli-
cation for divorce at Topeka the last
Saturday before Christmas.
On December 23d the state treasur-
er's books showed the cash on hand to
be e34s, ~ so. the smallest amount
that has been in the treasury for sew
eral years. This was accounted for by
the heavy appropriations and the
hardness Of counties in renting tax
collections Only one county (Sumner)
had paid its taxes.
A handsome programme has been is
sued by the state board of agriculture
for the 25th annual meeting at Topeka
January 8, 9 and 10
G. W. Condor, of Springview, Neh
committed suicide at Ottawa, during
Christmas week by cutting his throat
Five counterfeiters, two of them
women, were recently arrested at
Pittsburg. Moulds and spurious coins
we're found in their possession.
The Esd annual convention of the
State Teachers association met at To-
peka on the 26th. There were over
/. zoo teachers in attendance, represent
ing every department of school work.
While attempting to cross Cotton
creek. near Independence, the other
day Lynn Wallis was drowned. He