The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-03-20


curity the sugar bounty that was to be
earned by the sugar growers the fol-
lowing year. The supreme court holds
that the sugar company has no right
10 the bounty, and therefore could not
assign IL to the bank.
Too Practical
The members of the Y. NJ. C A. at
Winfield played a serious practical joke
upon Edgar Powers, brother MEM
Der, the other night They planned a
hold-up and sandbag game on him as
he was returning from a visit to his
sweetheart One of the boys struck
him on the head with an improvised
sandbag, and he was thrown into q
eataleptic fit which promised to prove
fatal
Saved His Potatoes
A Wyandotte county farmer dug sew
eral acres of potatoes recently that he
planted last year, and which he left in
the ground last fall because they were
SO cheap that he did not consider them
worth digging. He now finds that the
mild winter has left them in fine con-
dition. and they have kept better in
the ground than they would have done
in store room.
Students Suspended
The juniors of the state university
gave party some nights since, and on
their way to the entertainment they
were attacked by another portion Of
the students who treated them very
roughly. The result was that the stu
dents who wanted to be funny" were
called before the faculty and mum Der
suspended for periods ranging from Is
to 60 days
G. A. R Aides
Commander Walker. of the national
G. A. R., has appointed the following
aids for Kansas: S. Ii. Burnell, Brough-
Tim Mccarthy, Larned; j. R Baird,
Speareville. w. A. Calderhead, Marys-
vile; Sidney G. Cooke, Harrington; W..
c. Scott, Concordia; A. w. Smith,
Groveland; E A. Smith, National Mil
itary Home.
To Drill the ..Malish."
The secretary of war has detailed
Lieut. Harry A. Smith, of the regular
army. for duty on the governors mill.
tary staff. His duties will be to drill
the Kansas national guard and to
teach officers and men to be real
soldiers.
Killed by q Colt
Charles Hilner, a young farmer, was
recently killed near Tonganoxie by
being dragged by q young colt which
he was leading. He had the halter
wrapped around his hand and STUN bled
and fell and the colt dragged him LOG
yards
Burned to Death.
Harry Thomas, who was said to be
los. years old, was recently burned tc
death at his home in the patch"
Kansas City. Kan. 1t was thought his
clothes took fire from his pipe.
Young Women Strike.
Thirty young women employed in
the trim ming department of Swift's
went out on strike the other day be.
cause of reduction Of wages.
-, His Legs Cut On.
While coupling cars at Ottawa the
other day James Fultz, a brakeman:
fell under the cars and had both legs
cut off. He could not recover. His
wife lives at Argentine.
Minor State News.
The Sherman County bank at Good
land has failed.
Mrs. George R Peck died at San An
tonic, Tex. on the 9th.
Capt. D. S. Knouse. q veteran of the
war, was recently fatally injured by a
runaway team at Sterling.
Ex-Lieut-Gov. NJ ]. Salter died at
his home near Fort Scott the other
day of the grip, aged 62 years
Edmund Sheehan. lamp cleaner for
the Missouri Pacific, was lately killed
by an engine at Leavenworth.
G. w. Kennedy, fireman of Leaven.
worth planning mill, opened wrong
valve by mistake the other day and
was horribly scalded.
The state labor commissioner has
commenced war on the employment
agencies of the state, most of which he
declares to be frauds
While recently engaged in operating
a corn crusher Russell Smith, of Wells
Vile. had two fingers cut off by getting
his hand caught in the rollers.
L ne IOuI- Ec6E-OlO OduIutcI VI MIS-
Mary Goss, a widow of Weir City, was
missing the other day and at night the
body was found in a water closet
The annual conference of the Metho-
dist church in session at Atchison, by
q vote of SO to il decided to admit
women to the general conference.
Fire at Lincoln the other day de-
stroyed the Masonic hall and business
buildings occupied by Gregg, Grub,
Patrick and Sherrick, the latter drug
store.
In police court at Topeka a few days
ago ex-Attorney-Genera Bradford, at
present a member of the city. council
of that city, was fined $40 for assault
ing Journal reporter.
At the late session of the Kansas NJ.
E conference, held at Atchison, Rev.
Edwin Locke, of Kansas City, was
elected secretary; Rev. E E. Tarbell,
of Abilene, treasurer, and Rev. A. ].
Coe. of Baldwin. statistical secretary.
Mrs Mary Osborn, an old settler of
Sedg wick county, was burned to death
at her home near Goddard the other
night Mrs Osborn had been an inva-
lid for a number of years She got up
TO put some cobs in the stove and be-
coming weak tainted, the lighted cobs
falling into her lap and setting her
clothes on FIRE. Neighbors saved the
house.
George Matney and John beagle