The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-12-30

THE American national bank at
Lima. O., was robbed of Sls, 1852 on the
night of the 25th. The janitor found
the doors of the vault open the next
morning. The cashier and president
found all the gold and paper money in
the bank carried away and the silver
money untouched. The affair was a
mystery.
A FAMINE is threatened in the Brit
ish Bahamas.
AYARD engine collided with freight
engine at Lexington. y.,-causing the
injury,of nine men and thedestructiop
of the engines. Two of the men were
expected to die of their injuries.
The Episcopal church of the Ascen-
sion at Chicago was damaged Sc, 900 by
fire which started from an over.
heated furnace.
. AT Oakland, Wis, Mrs. William Tan.
ger killed her six-mont tbs old babe with
strychnine and took some of the poison
herself and cut her own throat. Tenn.
porary insanity was thought to have
caused the tragedy.
CHARLES w. LITTLE, a physician from
Kirksville, Mo-, practicing osteopathy,
was arrested at Lincoln, Neb., on the
charge of practicing medicine without
a certificate. DR.. Little charged ply
sicians of the other schools with being
responsible for the arrest and that
they had raised a purse to prosecute.
He said he would make a test case in
the courts and fight to the end.
A CHoCrAw Indian named Kelly shot
his cousin Morris at church social at
Garland, L T.. and fed. He after.
wards returned and. pushing his way
through the crowd, cut the dying
mans throat and then escaped. The
two men quarreled over a woman.
The king of Italy received a curious
Christmas greeting in the shape Of
400, 900 postcards praying for amnesty
for the political prisoners convicted in
connection with the recent troub ies in
Italy. The signers were sympathizers
with the prisoners and they subscribed
to monster petition to parliament in
the same sense. The postcards bear
the portraits of the imprisoned depu-
ties and editors and reached the king
on Christmas morning.
Col. E. M. IRISH, of the Thirty-fifth
Michigan regiment. United States vol
is the latest candidate for the
United States senate to succeed J. C.
Burrows. Col. Irish is with his regi.
ment at Augusta, Ga, but he will re-
turn to Michigan on a furlough for
the contest Irish will have the back
ing of Gov. Pingree.
PArprrIy 1;ol
N. Y, the other day, aged 100. He
was said to be we'll preserved mental.
ly and physically.
THREE brothers-RusseQ, Edward
and George Sizemore-have been ar
rested at Onawa, Ia, charged with the
murder of Charles Beck, of Decatur,
Neb., for robbery seven years ago.
SOUTH AFRICAN reports say the gold
output next year would be enormous.
A FREIGHT train on the Cotton Belt
road was wrecked near Murchis IN sta
ton, some ten miles east of Athens,
Tex. Twelve cars were thrown down
a steep embankment. One was loaded
with government horses, only one of
which was killed.
THE vote on the confederate pension
to the Texas constitution
has been officially canvassed and shows
that there were Sc. 791 votes cast for
the amendment and $1,000 against it,
it being carried by majority of only
3,731. Hundreds of applications have
been received by the different
state departments from confederate
who want to receive pensions
from the state.
SEVENTEEN of the brewing compa-
MES of Baltimore, Nd, have consoli.
dated under the name of the Maryland
Brewing company and negotiations
are pending for the absorption of the
four.
AN epidemic of grip was reported as
in New York. In Philadel.
phia about sc, ZOO people were suffer.
ing from the disease on the 22d. In
many of the government
and large commercial
houses were said to be seriously incon.
venienced by SO many employees being
absent with the complaint. Physi-
clans were busy fighting the disease
in Toledo. O.. and other places
MIKE HENNEssEY, one of the best
known mining men in the Black hills,
and John OConnell, a blacksmith,
we're burned to death in a cabin few
niles from Deadwood, s. D., in which
they had been stopping.
TELEGRAPH instructions were re-
,eived on the 22d from Secretary of
War Alger ordering the Fourth infan-
try, at Fort Sheridan, Ill, and the
Seventeenth infantry, at Columbus
O.. to sail for the Philip
mes on or before January Is. The