The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-05-29

George Mauviile to be postmaster at
Wathena.
Miss Emma Nicholson Of Desoto has
been reinstated as iaundress at the
Sac and Fox Indian agency. Iowa.
Captain e. L. Glasgow, OF Salina, re-
Gently appointed q first lieutenant in
the artillery corps, has been ordered 10
Leavenworth to report for temporary
duty.
Postoffices discontinued. Kan sas--
Fidelity. Nemaha county, mail to sa-
eetha. Missouri-Burlington. Boone
county. mail to Harrisburg; Packard,
Hickory county, mail to Cross Tam
bers.
DR.. 8. w. wiiiiston, head OF tns
school Of medicine at the University of
Kansas. has Just been notided OF his
appointment as correspondent for ire
London Geographical Society. DR. VIII
liston Ia one OF the very few corr ss-
pondents In America.
Jim Brainard. Thursday afternoon
attempted to assault Miss Viola Peters.
daughter OF II. Peters, a prominent
farmer living north OF Emporia. MIR
Peters and another farmer heard the
girls screams and NTH shot guns
took Brainard to Emporia, where he
was placed In ajil to await trial.
With the advent OF warmer weather
there is renewed activity at Fort
Riley. The troops are going into camp
on the reservation and the artillery Is
beginning It's experiments and practice
a. night with the large searchlight.
The experiments are being conducted
under the supervision Of Captain
Ward.
Representatives OF the various inter-
county and long distance telephone
companies appeared before the state
board OF assessors Friday and asked
for q reduction In assessment over last
year. They claim that their property
Ia assessed out OF all proportion u
other forms OF property. The board
took the case under advisement.
w. T. Neff. who has been convicted
In the United States court OF extracting
money from the mails. has been sen
fenced to four years In the faierd
peDitentiary at Leavenworth " iudg,
Hook. at Topeka. Herman Jphlson
who made lead nickel. with VI. 4 u
beat the slot machines. Was seat nee,
to two years and two days In a. SAINT
prison.
J Sheriff Moore has recovered from
farmers living near ConcOrdla a team
andbuggy stolen several weeks ag,
: from G. Jansen. OF Lorraine. Ellsxc,tl
county. II is charged. by Tom Hill, VIII,
a. now In jail at Olathe. The team
vas traded to John Bonebrake and tn
buggy was sold at auction by the THE
on the streets Of Concordia to Charlie
f'rederickson.
. Congressman Bowersock has nomin
oted as cadet to the Annapolis Nsya
academy from the Second district q
> Kansas. TRULY Cheney Martin. son n
: w. w. Martin. OF Fort Scott. and a
: slternates. Howard Walter Bruno. o
Fudora: Victor Muna Gone. OF Lew
: renee: Arson Francis Hunt. OF Ed
e werdsvilie. and Clyde L. Lewis o
!. Kansas City. Kas. The examini ito
I will take place August is.
4
w. II. Barnes, horticultural sccretar
for Kansas, has returned from a to,
: of the state and reports that the south
! east part of the state will be alone wit
d a peach crop. The apple prospects al
: good. however. all over the state. The;
n fair crop OF pears. Plum trees wi
10 bear heavily. as usual. on account {
. their hardness. while the small fru
J. and berry crop Is about destroyed b
4 adverse conditions. Mr.. Barnes say
. that the state must have rain soon {
q there will be little left except apple
and very few OF them.
y Thursday afternoon a stranger con
v mitted suicide In a pasture four mile
y north OF Brazilton. by taking strycl
4 nine. He left the following. written
'f q small book In which nothing else aI
/. pears: Good people. I am II year
10 old the 10th OF this month: I have u
d home. can get nothing to do. very poo
IT health and almost blind. The dev
" owed me a great debt. and ne has pal