The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-02

VI u uIaWing WateT quarter Ol y
mile"
A Clyde county farmer In tearing
down an old smoke house found a
swarm of bees and four gallons Of
honey.
That Jordan affair In Smith county,
the Cummins trouble In Cowley and
the killing at the Topeka asylum last
week make three OF about tho tough.
eat stories ever told to the discredit
OF Kansas.
A. l.. Rokes, a farmer OF Pottawa.
tomie county. deserves blue ribbon.
Governor Bailey offered him the po.
nition of steward of the state reform
school at Topeka and he declined II.
This is something most unusual.
Contrary to custom established
years and years ago Topeka Is not
asking for an appropriation this time
ito complete the state house" II was
intended to ask for 500, 900 to rebuild
the east wing. but for some reason the
matter has been held OF.
The tunnel near Galena, on the pro.
posed White river branch Of the Mis-.
souri, Pacific will be 200 feet long
and will require year for building.
Five hundred teams will be needed to
complete the excavations necessary
before works begins on the tunnel
proper.
Mrs. Susan X. Barr Is dead at Fort
Scott at the age Of SO. During the
civil war Mrs Barr owned and lived
on the farm on which was fought the
fierce battle OF Antietam. sis opened
her house to wounded soldiers. Later
this house was destroyed by raiders
from the South because she had been
friendly to the Union cause.
The public still remembers the case
Of Harry Kelley. Of Emporia. sent enced
to FIVE years In the penitentiary for
eloping with his wife's pretty sixteen.
year-old sister. Well. the day he was
sentenced. his wife appeared at the
Jail, she tears over him. gave him her
forgiveness. and then dismissed the
divorce proceedings she had com.
menced.
The will OF Miss Jennie l. Ford was
probated at Emporia last week and II
specified that Miss Ford leaves the
bulk Of her fortune to send energetic
and deserving poor to college She
left large estate. part OF which was
In Lyon county. and was sold last
week for $1,000. In settling her estate
Miss Ford was an Emporia school
teacher until several years ago. when
she moved to Laport. Pa. where she
died last week
Burt Nicely. an alleged hiEhwayman,
who broke Jail at Fort Scott last Sep
tember with federal prisoners. was
brought from Yates Center. where he
was caught by officers from New Mex
leo. He had circled around this way
In his flight from New Mexico and gOi
| so close to home that he was recog
nized by a man Nicely was pardoned
from the penitenliary by Governor
| Stanley two years ago and has since
| broken Jail twice
The son Of J. J. iIedrlck. Of Hutch
inson. works In the postofilce depart
ment at Washington. Recently In
looking through the museum OF the
dead letter ONCE young Hedrick came
upon u photograph OF his father which
he'd been lost in the mails more than
forty years ago. The elder Hedrich
had mailed the picture when he was q
soldier In the civil war. An interest
ing fact In connection with the story
is that Mr.. Hedrick was one Of twenty
brothers and half.brothers who en-
listed on the Union side.
Signor Dimetrious Antonio Crispi
a nephew Of the late Signor Crispi
the famous Italian premier, secured
his final naturalization papers at IN,
Office Of the clerk of the district couri
| In Hutchinson. last week. He hai
lived In the United States for eleven
years and in Reno county four months
He left Italy because Of politica
troubles, which makes his return
hazardous. Crispi Is an expert candy
maker and came from Philadelphia "a
become superintendent OF the loca
candy factory.
A marriage license was issued II
Kansas City the other day to Pau
Grant, aged is. and Hattie NJ. Thomp
son. aged 90, both Of Atchison county
Behind the simple announcement
hangs an interesting story. Foul
years ago. Miss Thompson. who hat
been employed at the state soldiers
i H..