The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-27

A Lawyers Strategy.
In Liberty township, Montgomery
county, jointist. was arrested for sell
ing liquor. The justice of the peace
in the township Is great temperance
man and he summoned "a of the best
citizens out OF which to select jury.
Before the case was called, however.
the attorney for the defense subpoe-
naed all Of these "a as witnesses and
thus disqualified them for jurors. And,
as they were the only men in the
township who could be relied upon to
enforce the prohibition law, the case
was dismissed by the county attorney.
Showing that in Kansas there are more
ways than one of removing the epider-
mis- from cat.-Kansas City Journal
May Develop Chalk Mines.
Gas is being prospected for in the
vicinity of Oberlin, Decatur county, in
the northwestern portion of the state,
and should a flow Of sufficient strength
for commercial purposes be struck. 1t
| probably would result in the building
| up of a great cement industry in that
portion of the state. All northwestern
Kansas, as far east as Phillips coun-
| ty and south nearly to the Arkansas
river, is underlaid with a vast sheet
of chalk. If cheap fuel can be OBJ
tanned this can be used to good ad-
vantage in the manufacture of CO.
ment.
Clumsy Boy.
Two months ago Monterville Muir
| ply and Gertrude Pratt, pupils in the
Harper school, the boy aged IS and the
| girl II, slipped away to Wichita and
| got married. They returned to Harper
end to school and attempted to keep
the marriage hidden. The girl con-
Quoted herself in such manner that
her mother never suspected the mar
rage, but the clumsy boy acted SO
self-consciously that his mother got
the secret. Then the children were
forgiven, and. possibly, spanked
Kansas City Journal.
| Senator BurtOn's Autobiography.
| One of the shortest biographies in
the new congressional directory is that
| of Senator Burton, of Kansas, who
says of himself: Joseph Ralph Bur-
ton, republican, of Abilene, was elect
ed to the United States senate to sue
coed Lucien Baker, republican, and
| took his seat March 4, 1901. His term
| of service will expire March 3, 1897"
1t is true that Mr.. Burton while &C
tive in politics, had no roster of Of
fees to insert, but repression could
hardly go furthcr.-New York Sun.
Leavenworth Nearly so Years Old.
A movement is on foot to celebrate
the fiftieth anniversary Of the found
ing of Leavenworth on the 18th day
of next June. There are only three
or four people living who werc men,
bers of the original party that came
| from Weston and founded the city.
| H. Miles Moore, the venerable judge
| of the city court, was secretary OF the
company that founded the town, and
he still has the original charter, which
he wrote at that time.
Good Display of stone.
Prof. G. P. Grimsley, superintendent
of the Kansas mineral exhibit at the
st. Louis worlds fair, is arranging for
big display of Kansas stone. The
stone will be cut in eight inch cubes
|
sides and left in the rough on others.
Kansas produces much good building
stone and it is expected the display
will attract considerable attention.
! Women Help Fight Fire.
Fire at CORTLAND caused $4,000 loss.
Only by valiant work by the citizens
was it kept from taking half of the
town The women organized them
selves into bucket brigade, carrying
water from a we'll so yards away, over
four-foot fence, passing 1t to the
men on the Marty building, for the
saving Of that structure meant the
saving of the rest of the block.
| New Town on the Map.
The town of Bassett, south of lola,
has taken in Cementville and been in
corporated as city of the third class.
1t has a population of about 500.
Bassett, Concrete and Gas City are
really suburbs OF lola, and although
having a city government of their own,
yet lola will be the hub around which
they will revolve.
Prefers to Live Alone.
Mrs. Elizabeth Manuel. of Soldier,
and a resident of Kansas since 1854,
has just celebrated her ninetieth birth
day. Since her husbands death, 16
years ago, she has lived by herself.
and objects to her daughter or anyone
else staying with her.
To Marry in Honolulu.
Miss Edna Anderson, Of Abilene, will
leave shortly for Honolulu to be mar.
1ied to Horace johnson, who is work
. ing as chemist for one Of the Hawai-
, ian sugar companies.
Clins RoMer of Probate JudgeA.