The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-01
MISCELLANEOUy.

a CONVENTION or live stock sanitary
inspectors took place at Fort Worth,
Tex, on the 27th. The dipping ex-
periments for destroying the tick
which causes Texas fever was one of
the principal subjects of discussion.
The resolutions committee agreed on a
report requesting the secretary of
agriculture to fix the time for quaran
tine to 60 into effect as January and
the date of its removal as November l.
POSTMASTER GENERAL GARY has au-
thoriZed the announcement that all
mails leaving New Orleans, where yell
low fever is raging, are thoroughly
fumigated.
Two companies of cavalry have been
sent to the Fort Hall Indian agency at
Rossfork, Ida, to quell the ant;-school
riot there. The young bucks are
hostile to the girls going to school and
are backed up by the old squaws.
FIRE broke out in n vacant store at
Livingston, Mont, on the 27th and
threatened the business portion on
Main street, but the firemen confined
the flames to a cigar store and u row
of frame buildings The fire was said
to have been incendiary and the third
attempt in week to burn the town.
The barn of Joseph Daters, a farmer
near bingham, ILL.,, containing 1000
bushels of wheat, 700 bushels of oats,
four horses and farming implements
was recently burned.
| COL PATRICK MCDONALD, editor and
politician, who is widely known in po-
litical circles in Kentucky, was cow
hided by Mrs. Sarah Brady, dress
maker, at Frankfort. The cowhiding
was the result of an article in Col Nc
Donalds paper seriously rejecting on
Mrs Brady.
THE San Pedro mine. in the Corrali-
tos group, in Mexico, caved in, killing
II men who were at work in the NINE
at the time.
The westbound passenger train on
the Northern Pacific railway was held
up near Moorehead, Mimi, on the 26th,
but the robbers failed to secure the
money in the express car, owing to a
blunder in cutting off the cars, so they
rapidly despoiled the crew of watches
and money and made their escape.
The steamer Admiral Gervais, while
lying off Ufa, in southern Russia, took
fire while its 200 passengers were asleep.
A terrible panic ensued and many
jumped overheard to escape the flames
and were drowned and others were
burned to death.
ALTON, /. T., was almost wiped out
by fire on the Gath. All the business
houses were destroyed, the Frisco de-
pot and Is cars of wheat. The loss
will foot up between $50, 900 and SIS, 600.
A DISPATCH from Bombay on the cath
stated that the bubonic plague was
again active and a wide area was
affected. owing to the withdrawal of
the medical officers for service with the
troops in the rebellion on the frontier
The interstate commerce commission
has requested all the railroads to re-
port by the first of next month as to
the number of cars equipped with au-
tomato couplers and air brakes
SYLvANUs JOHNSON was legally
hanged at Key West. Fla, on the 23d
for assault He confessed his crime.
A DISPATCH from Shanghai the other
day said that a Chinese boy, aged IL,
was swinging some article about his
head in play when it struck his mother
and killed her. He was condemned by
law to be sliced to death and all forts
to avert his doom were unayailing.
A FREIGHT wreck occurred at Var
Buren,, Ark, the other night on the St
Louis & San Francisco road, wher
freight train No. IS wrecked six cars
Of merchandise. The accident was
caused by the train breaking in two
A valuable race horse, owned by j. d
Craig. of Paris, Tex, was instantly
killed, and her driver, who was in thu
anma car. aer3oualY injured.