Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-28
TIE tollpate raiders appeared in Jes-

samine county, KY, on the night of
the Esd and burned up one gate and cut
the ropes of two others
THOMAS CASEY and Hoppy Hopkins
were lodged in Jail at Mena, Ark.
charged with disorderly conduct and
on the afternoon of the 23d the Jail was
discovered to be ON fire and the two
men were burned to death 1t was be-
lieved they set fire to the Jail, hoping
to escape
An unknown man and woman were
found dead in their room at the Stand
ard hotel at New York on the e26, hav-
ing been suffocated by illuminating
gas, which was flowing from an open
and unlighted burner in the apart
ment
PATRICK MEAGHER and his mother
were found dead at their home at Gill
bers, suburb of Elgin, Ill, on the
cad Their deaths were caused by
asphyxiation from coal gas.
DAWSON BOYD, a farmer of Eufaula,
Ala, had a quarrel with Bill Bowling.
and Jesse Sheap over their line fence,
when the two latter advanced on Boyd
with knives and he shot them dead.
A CABoosE attached to a work train
on the Licking Valley railroad, in Bath
county, KY, jumped the track and
rolled down a steep 4O-foot embank-
ment. Thirty employees were in the
car and were more or less in jured.
DURING a drunken riot at a dance at
the residence of Charles johnson, near
Lebanon, Ind, three men were prob
ably fatally wounded and several 9TH
ers were more or less injured. Every
window in the house was broken.
REPORTS stated that there was great
excitement at Henrietta, Tex, over
some rich discoveries of gold in the
-. -
ritory and many people from that city
were rushing to the new mines
A BOY named Champaign and two
companions were rolling rocks down a
hill at Cedar Run, Pa. when Mr..
Champaign came along the road and
was crushed lifeless by one bounding
upon him.
SECRETARY MORTON, of the agricul-
tural department., has made his fourth
annual report. He strongly urges that
government inspection be extended to
all animals intended for food, and re-
ports an increasing demand in En-
gland for American horses The secre-
tary hopes the gratuitous distribution
of seeds will be discontinued and con-
cludes his report by a review of the
condition of American farmers and re-
flutes the idea that the farms of the
west are more heavily mortgaged than
those of the east. He says 72 per cent.
of farms in the United States are occu-
pied by their owners and are free from
mortgages
NOTICE has been given that the St
Joseph & Grand Island railway, for
merly part of the Union Pacific, will
be sold at auction at the depot at Hast
ings, Neb.
Two torpedo boats collided during
the maneuvers of the French navy off
Cape de la Chevre and one was sunk
and its crew reported as missing.
DIPHTHERIA prevails to an alarming
extent in the vicinity of Hopetown,
Woods county, Ok, ard the entire sec
ton has been quarantined.
A DUEL occurred after dark on the
main street of Marietta, 1. T., on the
21st and William Gore, a bystander,
was seriously wounded and James
Barnett was shot in the neck. Owing
to the darkness and confusion the prin-
cipals could not be found, but they
were thought to have been Claude
Washington and either his uncle, Will
Washington, or Henry Foster on the
other side. The trouble was caused
over an alleged theft of cattle.
BRADFoRD's roller mills at Creston,
Ia, were destroyed by fire and a large
amount of wheat, flour and cornmeal
was consumed.