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There is currently no functioning Genealogy Society in Gray County.

 

GY   Gray County, Kansas, was established in 1887.  It was created out of Finney and Ford Counties, and named for Alfred Gray, who was Kansas Secretary of Agriculture at the time. The county seat of Gray County is Cimarron, Kansas.

Giles Smith Sentenced For Herring

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...

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Kansas Pacific Accident Form

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 animal?'  The...

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Atchison & Nebraska Track

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...

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The Hannibal & Atchison

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...

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Max Alwens May Wed

Max Alwens, of the grocery house of Dolan & Quigg, has gone west on a short visit.  It is whispered about that he will not return alone.  Well, Max is a good fellow, and deserves all the good luck and happiness which the boys cordially wish may attend him.  The...

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Rooks County To Be Organized

Rooks county is soon to be organized and the county seat located at Stockton.  The Atchison Daily Patriot, Atchison, Kansas.  Friday, October 25, 1872.  Page 4.  © Transcribed by Darren McMannis for the Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies, Inc.

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Large Kansas Tornado

A terrible tornado visited the eastern counties of this State on Saturday last.  At Paola, Ottawa, Garnett and other points much damage was done.  Our Ottawa correspondent tells what happened there.  At Garnett the Catholic church and two houses were blown down...

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Severe Lightning Storm

Last Thursday evening we were visited by a short but sharp storm of lightning, thunder, rain, and hail.  We have seldom, if ever, known the electricity to be so all-pervading, "arching" and disagreeably proximate.  During the storm thirteen ponies were struck by...

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Mr. Beckerly Murdered

Another of those startling and fearful crimes that periodically horrify almost every law abiding community, took place in the township of Osawatomie, three or four miles from the village, just after dark on Tuesday night last. While walking around his out buildings,...

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Post Office Robbed

The post office at Peabody was robbed of all its mail matter Thursday night last week. Two peddler who have been floating around Newton and Peabody for some time past, are suspected of the robbery, because they were missed the next morning, and have not been heard of...

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