by | Oct 25, 1872 | Uncategorized
The Washington clergymen are protesting against Sunday funerals, and doctors are requested to regulate demises accordingly. The Atchison Daily Patriot, Atchison, Kansas. Friday, October 25, 1872. Page 4. © Transcribed by Darren McMannis for the Kansas Council of...
by | Oct 25, 1872 | Uncategorized
Giles Smith, of Wyandotte, was sentenced to the penitentiary for seven years for stealing a box of herring and a bottle of gin from a railroad car. That shows how awful wrong it is to steal from a railroad company. We think the penalty was a lenient one, for since...
by | Oct 25, 1872 | Uncategorized
The Lawrence Journal says: “When an animal is killed or hurt by the cars on the Kansas Pacific the section boss fills out a blank form describing the locality of the accident, etc. One of the questions in the form is: ‘What disposition was made of the...
by | Oct 25, 1872 | Uncategorized
The Atchison & Nebraska company began work this morning on a new track to connect their line with the Atchison & Santa Fe road. It will start out from the foot of Commercial street, cut off about six feet from the corner of the depot, and join the Santa Fe...
by | Oct 25, 1872 | Uncategorized
The Hannibal & Atchison railroad company have purchased eighty acres of land just opposite the foot of Main street, and have already begun work of building a large depot, engine house, etc. It is probable that the eastern end of the bridge will rest on this tract...