The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

~ Rlol tcCuTGe(l III luc village
of Hrodericks, Pa. on the 25th between
the friends of the proprietors of two
boarding houses. One man was killed
and several others suffered wounds
from stones. axes and clubs.
Two cattlemen. named A. j. Chap
man and Vernon Wilkinson. quarreled
over a pasture fence near Curtis, Ok.
and exchanged shots. with the result
that Wilkinson was killed and Chap
man wounded. Chapman was arrested.
FOUR men were killed near Weiner.
Ark. the other day by boiler eXplo-
sion.
JOSEPH l.. BRISTOw. of Kansas. the
fourth assistant postmaster general.
has made public his report on the work
of his department during the past year.
He makes many recommendations for
the betterment of the postal service.
NEWS of a phenomenal mineral strike
which has set the community wild
with excitement comes from George
town. Col. An ore was encountered
which. it was claimed, averaged as high
as SIS, 600 to the ton through a vein
three to four feet wide.
THE first annual horse show of the
st. Louis exposition was opened in the
new Coliseum on the 25th.
In fire at Stevens Point, Wis, Mrs
Zeberowski returned into her house to
get S35 and was burned to death. A
sister of the woman also rushed into
the burning house for some clothes
and was frightfully burned.
IT has been decided to put Adolph
Luetgert. the Chicago sausage-maker
who was recently tried for making
away with his wife. the jury disagree
ing, on trial for the second time.
A DISPATCH from Wilkesbarre, Pa.
said that conspiracy had been dis
covered to murder Sheriff Martin, who
led the deputies who fired upon and
killed a score of striking miners at
Lattimer in September.
THE casket holding the remains of
George NJ. Pullman. the dead million
solid rock at Chicago, banded by
bars of steel. and impregnable to the
attack of vandals with picks, or even
dynamite itself.
Two men in Lebanon. KY. were
ordered to be sold at auction as slaves
were before the war. They were con-
victed of vagrancy. In accordance
with the laws, Sheriff Young has post
ed bills on the courthouse announcing
that he will, on November l, at the
courthouse door, sell the services of
Thomas Hutt for nine months and the
| labor of William Reed for three months
| to the highest bidder.
THE steam schooner Casper was
| wrecked near Point Arena, Cal. on the
Esd and IL seamen. comprising the
crew, were drowned. only the captain
and another man being saved.
| john SCHIEGEI.. charged with the
murder of DIR. Lyman A. Berger at
Kansas City, Mo-, last July, was de-
clared by the jury to be not guilty on
the ground that he was insane at the
time of the murder, but adding tina,
he had recovered from such insanity.
| THE first assistant postmaster gen
erals report has been made public
The estimate for the free delivery serv-
ice ending June. 1899. is s13, $40. 400
The money orders issued for the f1sca
year 1897 amounted to Slss, OIL. O56
There were $685., 800 pieces of un
claimed matter received at the deal
letter Office. The letter boxes or
street cars Were said to be success
and the rural free delivery experiment
was said to give satisfactory results.
i MRS. CARRIE CoRBErr, aged 50, 3,
widow, was awarded $54.S33 damage
at Danville, ILL.,, for breach Of promise
John Gernand, aged II, a retired CAPT
talist, being the defendant
In dark cellar at Chicago, official
unearthed what they claim is one o
the largest liquor counterfeitin,
schemes ever operated in this countr
and $25. 900 in labels, representing al
of the leading brands of liquor, bottle
and cases were found. Five expires
wagons were filed with the confscate
goods.
A BOILER in the Detroit (Mich.) cab
net factory exploded on the ed wit
disastrous effects, two men being fl
tally injured and seven others seriou.
ly hurt. The brick walls of the fou
story structure were laid in ruins an
many windows in the city were broke
from the concussion.