1880-1883 Legal Notices

in the Ness City Times, Jun 1880 - Dec 1883

June 24, 1880 edition:

SPANGLER, of Johnson township, had a hearing before Wm. E. BURRIS, J. P., for driving Texas cattle over the quarantine boundary, on Monday June 21, and was fined $100 and costs, amounting in all to $117. Persons contemplating handling such stock should be careful not to violate the laws of this State if they wish to avoid trouble and expense.

July 15, 1880:

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

The State of Kansas, Ness County:

In the matter of the insanity of Jas. B. HARKNESS, of Ness Co., Kas. Notice is hereby given, that on the fourteenth day of June, A. D. 1880, the undersigned was by the Probate Court of Ness county, Kansas, duly appointed and qualified as Guardian of the estate and person of James B. HARKNESS, of Ness county, adjudged to be insane. All parties interested in said estate will take notice, and govern themselves accordingly. J. W. REEDER, Guardian.

August 12, 1880

At an inquest of lunacy held before Judge BARND on Friday last, Matthew TILLEY, of Ness P. O. was adjudged to be insane, and a fit subject to be sent to the State Insane Asylum. His present demented condition is attributed to excessive brooding over loss of crops, and failure of business undertakings. It is hoped a few months proper treatment in the Asylum may work a cure.

September 16, 1880:

Wa-Keeney, Kan.
Aug. 19th, 1880

Notice is hereby given that the following-named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and secure final entry thereof on the 27th day of September, 1880, before the Probate Judge of Ness County, at his office in Ness City, in said county, viz: James G. WINCHESTER, Homestead Application No. 1572, for the South East of Sec. 2, in Tp 20 S., of R. 22 West, and names the following as his witnesses, to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said tract, viz; Thos. WOLF, Eli WOLF, Jacob ZINZ, and T. O. J. WOODALL, all of Bazine P.O., Ness Couty, Kansas. B. J. F. HANNA, Register.

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Notice of Appointment.
State of Kansas, Ness County, In the matter of Estate of Rudolph MURPHY,

Notice is hereby given that on the 14th day of August, A. D., 1880, the undersigned was, by the Probate Court of Ness county, Kansas, duly appointed and qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Rudolph MURPHY, late of Ness county, deceased.

All parties interested in said Estate will take notice and govern themselves accordingly. Stephen P. CLYBORN, Administration.

October 7, 1880:

Mr. K. ASHER, of Nevada township, came to town yesterday and filed in the Probate Court an information setting forth that his son, Charles D. ASHER, aged 20, had become deranged in mind, and praying for an inquest of lunacy, which was granted and will be held to-day at 2 p.m. Mr. ASHER informs us that his son was well and of sound mind till about a month since, when he noticed symptoms of mental aberration. The advice and treatment of skilled physicians have been obtained, but all to no account. The disease grew steadily worse, and at the present time Charles is almost unmanageable. This is the third case that has come before the Probate Court of this county within a period of less than four months.

October 28, 1880:

Some two or three days ago Mr. WORTHINGTON, J. P. of Ohio Twp., issued a warrant for the arrest of two of the WICKER boys charged with stealing a steer from a Mr. DRAKE'S herd. The boys have been arrested, and their preliminary hearing takes place today. The facts in the case so far as we have been able to collect them, are as follows: One of the boys, while herding for Mr. Drake, a few months since, picked up a Texas steer and put it into the herd. When he settled with Mr. Drake it was agreed that he (the boy) should have the steer. A few days ago this boy, assisted by his brother, drove the animal from Mr. Drake's herd and butchered it. Now it turns out that BERNADINO, who was shot by Mat. JOHNSON, a short time ago, had given a mortgage upon this steer to a Lane county man, who now prosecutes the boys on a charge of theft.

November 18, 1880:

PROBATE NOTICE

In the matter of the Estate of Rudolph MURPHY, deceased. A petition having been filed in this court by S. P. CLYBORN, administrator of the estate of Rudolph MURPHY, deceased, setting frth that the personal property of said estate is insufficient to discharge the demands against the same, and praying for an order to sell the South _ of the N. E. and the North _ of the SE of section 24 in Township 18 South, of Range 21 West, notice is hereby given to all persons interested that the matter will be heard in this court on Wednesday, December 8, 1880, at 1 o'clock P. M. BARND Probate Judge.

December 2, 1880:

Mr. John STEPHENS and his son Alfred, of this place, were arrested last Sunday on the charge of having butchering a beef that belonged to another man-Pat CRANEGA. They claim that the animal was their own. The preliminary hearing will take place at the Court House, on Saturday.

December 23, 1880:

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

State of Kansas, Ness County, In the matter of the Estate of Amos RINEHART, late of Ness Co., Kansas. Notice is hereby given, that on the 18th day of December A. D. 1880 the undersigned was, by the Probate Court of Ness county, Kansas, duly appointed and qualified as Administratrix of the estate of Amos RINEHART late of Ness county, deceased. All parties interested in said estate will take notice and govern themselves accordingly. Libbie A. RINEHART, Administrator.

August 4, 1881:

NOTICE

Riverside Kas., 7-16-'81, This is to certify that I give my son, George H. WILLIAMSON, the remainder of his minority; shall claim none of his wages, nor pay any of his debts after this date. H. WILLIAMSON.

November 3, 1881:

Court Proceedings

Criminal.
No. 2 - State vs. Franie KAUFFMAN. Defiling a female. Jury disagree, and prisoner held to bail in the sum of $100.00.

No. 3 - State vs. Isaac V. KNOTTS. Assault and battery. Verdict of not guilty, and prisoner discharged.

Civil
No. 3 - Mily T. SHEAFFER vs. Emma SHEAFFER. Divorce. Decree granted, and defendant restored to her maiden name, Emma E. GROVE.

November 17, 1881:

Letters of administration were granted by the Probate Court yesterday, to F. W. DANIEL, on the estate of Beatrice TRAVER, an account of whose death was published in the TIMES, in August, 1880.

John SHERMAN pleaded guilty to the charge of assault and battery upon Henry LANNING, before G. H. SMITH, J. P., yesterday, and was fined one dollar and costs of the prosecution, amounting to $8.25.

December 6, 1883:

NOTICE.

All persons are hereby notified not to let my wife, Mary D. HAMILTON, have anything on my account, or to harbor or board her on my account; for I will not be responsible for any debts she may contract, because she has left my bed and board without my knowledge or consent, and without any legal reason whatever. Samuel HAMILTON

May 5, 1881:

Miss Ida M. TILLOTSON, of Milbrook, was admitted to the bar at the recent term of the District Court in Graham county. She is a young lady of superior intelligence, and the fourth of her sex to be admitted to the practice of the law in Kansas.


May 12, 1881:

Mr. Geo. W. STRONG and J. B. LITTON, with their families, left the place of their former residence in this county on Tuesday, and started for Washington Territory. They will be joined in Wa-Keeney by three families from the neighborhood of Alexander Postoffice, whence the little party will proceed westward in their wagons, going as far as they can each day, and camping at its close wherever night overtakes them. The distance is about 1,500 miles, which they expect to accomplish in three months. They go in quest of a better country, which, no matter where you are, is always said to be a little further on.

May 19, 1881:

ROSS CALHOUN.

The gentleman whose name we have just written, is a merchant at Ness City, Ness county, Kansas. He came to our City last Monday morning also as defendant wherein the State of Kansas was plaintiff. It appears that there was a County Seat fight in that county the first day of last June, and the man who never went through one of those fights will never know what a red hot fight is-in fact it is the only fight in which some weak brother or sister don't get on the fence. To make a long story short-Ross Calhoun's town, or Ness City won, and that was evidence enough to some folks that Ross had used up about one hundred thousand dollars in buying votes for Ness City. Mr. Calhoun was arrested and brought to this District, before Judge NELLIS for trial. Messrs. MOHLER & HILLER, of Salina, and OSBORN, of Wa-Keeney, appeared for CALHOUN, while the County Attorney for Ness, George S. REDD, assisted by Mr. CORNING, represented the State. Counsel for the defendant moved to quash the indictment, claiming it to be defective, which motion was by the court sustained. Ness county is too new a county, and its people are too poor to keep up a war such as has been going on there for the last eighteen months. The suit that has just been dismissed, will not cost the tax payers of that county less than $800. Our acquaintance with Mr. CALHOUN warrants us in saying that he is a good, live energetic citizen-and being such, he would make the best fight he could for any proposition in which he had a personal or political interest. The sooner county seat and other questions of a local character are settled the better it will be for the entire people of that county. Ellis Co. Star of April 28.

August 11, 1881:

Mr. Pearl E. FRAYER, of Bazine, seems to be the coming man for sheriff. Pearl is one of our oldest settlers, and perhaps he could have no better recommendation than that his chances for election suffer nothing from the length of his acquaintance. He has been a consistant Republican, in county matters has always had an opinion, which he was not afraid to express; is respected for his integrity, and no man doubts the efficiency with which he would fill the office. He will be a strong candidate in the Republican convention and, if nominated, one that cannot be beaten in the election.

September 8, 1881:

Mr. J. B. DRAKE passed through this town Monday morning on his way to his homestead in Eden township. He had six wagons heavily loaded with household furniture and farming implements. He comes from Missouri and evidently intends to make Ness county his home from this out.

On Tuesday, of this week, during the heavy rain storm, the roof of Mr. L. N. PHILLIPPI's sod house was discovered to be giving way, whereupon Mr. P. proceeded to brace up, scarcely having finished, however, when indications proved the unsafety of the in-dwelling of that lowly cot, and its inhabitants had barely time to make their escape when said roof came crashing to the ground.

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Contributed by Lynn (Sellers) Mack, extracted from the Ness City Times June 24, 1880 - December 27, 1883 newspaper editions.

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