BU Butler County, Kansas, was established in 1855. It was one of Kansas’ original 36 counties and named for Andrew Butler, a U.S. Senator from South Carolina who promoted Kansas statehood. The county seat of Butler County is El Dorado, Kansas.
Butler County Old News
courtesy of the Kansas Old Newspaper Transcribers Guild (KCGS)
After Murderer of Albert Applegate
Gov. Morrill has made a requisition upon the governor of Iowa for Bill Heddy, wanted in Norton county upon the charge of being the murderer of Albert Applegate, who was recently found dead in his cornfield. The Kinsley Graphic, Kinsley, Kansas. November 29, 1895. ...
Frank Ernest Convicted
An appeal in a sensational murder case from Clark county has been filed in the supreme court. Last January Sidney J. Jackman was shot twice and killed by Frank J. Ernest. The district court at its recent sitting convicted Ernest of murder in the first degree and he...
Cigarette Charley is Captured
Relatives of his victim have positively identified Ed. R. Smith, who was recently sentenced at Wichita to four years in the Kansas penitentiary for the robbery of a palace car in Wichita, as "Cigarette Charley," wanted in Illinois for the murder and robbery of Edward...
Horrors Chase One Another
Double Murder and Suicide Followed by Two Cases of Insanity Galena, Kan., April 4 - Boston Mills, the scene of the killing of the Cox brothers by Newton Walters, and his subsequent suicide, is still in a ferver of excitement. Today Levi Rinker, the man on whose farm...
Ellinwood Is Out Of Debt
Ellinwood is one of the few towns in Kansas out of debt. The Hutchinson Gazette, Hutchinson KS. Thursday, January 31, 1895. Page 3. (c) Transcribed by Darren McMannis for the Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies, Inc.
Oil Found At Humboldt
HUMBOLDT. Guffey & Galey finished their well on the Williamburg farm, three miles north of Humboldt on the Neosho river, and obtained a good flow of oil, estimated at sixty barrels a day. This is the third producer of petroleum in the vicinity of Humboldt and...
Largest Irrigated Tract
Clark County has the largest irrigated tract in Kansas. It is Col. Perry’s ranch, comprising 1,200 acres. The Hutchinson Gazette, Hutchinson KS. Thursday, January 31, 1895. Page 3. (c) Transcribed by Darren McMannis for the Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies,...
A. C. Hutchinson Travelling
A.C. Hutchinson of Greely County has accepted a position as traveling salesman for the Topeka Paper Company. The Hutchinson Gazette, Hutchinson KS. Thursday, January 31, 1895. Page 3. Transcribed by Darren McMannis for the Kansas County of Genealogical Societies,...
Golf Is Only In Emporia
The only place in the State where golf is played is at Emporia. Prof. Ellsworth of the State Normal introduced it there. The Hutchinson Gazette, Hutchinson KS. Thursday, January 31, 1895. Page 3. (c) Transcribed by Darren McMannis for the Kansas Council of...
Kansas Horses Sold – 1895
Quite a number of Kansas horses are being shipped to southern water resorts. The Hutchinson Gazette, Hutchinson KS. Thursday, January 31, 1895. Page 3. Transcribed by Darren McMannis for the Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies, Inc.