Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-12

Wednesday, with JAS Il. Hamilton, tax
ing him to the insane asylum. Hamil-
ton had been in the asylum, but had es-
capped and come home Last Friday,
/ officers undertook to arrest him, and he
ran south, on the n. n. * ID. railroad
and was soon out of reach of his pur-
suers. He left the railroad and went in
to the timber at Judge Stems farm.
Seeing they could not catch him, the Of
| ficers returned to town, and Sheriff
Moore got two teams and sent them
after Hamilton. The officers frequently
| heard OF the fugitive, but failed to over
take him until they had reached point
beyond lakewood, in Linn county-some
twenty-three miles from Garrett They
found him sitting by the roadside, sew
ing his clothes. He had been asleep, and
says he was not fully awake when his
pursuers came onto him. When caught.
he yelled like an Indian and showed fight,
but was ovcrpowercd. He had an ugly
long knife on his person. but had no
chance to use it, as he was taken by sur
prise. Hamilton has been very intelli-
gent man. He uses good language and
talks nationally on many subjects. He
says he can't be caught with blood
hounds, because he makes friends with
the dogs, and they will not harm him.
He becomes quite violent at times, and
is dangerous person to be at large.
w. &. Roth and Ed Kcezcl have sold
their interest in the Bank of Greeley to
c. Q. Chandler. w. $. Falls, Scott Eli
oft, and others connected with the Ma
tional Bank OF Commerce, of this city.
The new officers of the bank are W. s.
Falls, president; ]. NJ. Bowman, vice
president; Robt Lander, cashier. Ed
Kcezel will remain in the employ of the
bank. This change gives added strength
to Greeleys bank.
r. s. Boatright and wife were up from
Lone Elm, Tuesday. In conversation
with Mrs. Boatright, she said there will
be little or no corn in that section if it
doesn't rain within lew days, but the
farmers are not blue, but expect to plant
corn and other grain that will furnish
'roughness for stock. 1t is impossible
to get Kansan down, and harder to
keep him there after You get him down.
The trees were Gods first temples"
We thought of that when we saw the
little congregation III Houston's park,
in Orchard Park addition, last Sunday |,
night. 1t was a pretty sight, and car.
ried us back to our bovhood days, when |
the old fashioned camp-meetings were in
vogue and 'the old-time religion pre- |
vailed.
J. II. Darche lost his linen coat, with
book and spectacle in the
pockets, on his way home from the Sun
day school convention at Lire lin chapel,
between James Tefft's and the Hobart
farm. Please return to him on First
avenue, Garrett.
Mrs. Mayne Jones, of Greeley, came up
from Walnut, Wednesday, on her way
home. She will leave for Santa Rita,
New Mexico, in a few days, to join her
husband, who is running stationary
engine in the mountains.
Maj. l.. NJ. Earnes and wife returned
from Chicago last Saturday. Mrs.
Earnest underwent severe surgical OPP
Grafton while in Chicago, and her friends
here are glad to know she is on the road
to recovery.
Mrs Agnes Kirkpatrick and daughter,
Laura, OF Cincinnati, o., and Miss Grace
Ridgcway, Of Falmouth, KY, arrived
here, yesterday, on visit to Mrs. Kirk
patricks brother, T. d. McCague, and
family.
Mrs. T. ]. Hassey and daughters, Flor
ence and Irene, left, Saturday, for North
Vernon Ind, Louisville, Ky, and Gin
o., on visit. They will prob
ably he gone till the last of August.
|. w. Melvin, of Glenlock, paid us a
visit last Saturday. He says he is
straight Pop, and expects to remain one
until he finds something better-and it
will not be one of the old parties.
consumption
is, by no means, the dreadful