Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-03
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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Fe Railroad, with party of friends, arrived
at Lakin, Kas., party of fifteen drunken
cowboys, headed by F. A. Mead, discharged
telegraph operator, began shooting through
the car windows, breaking eight in the car,
seventeen in the sleeper and five in the special
car. BY lying down on the floor the passen-
gers escaped the bullets. Mead and two of
his gang were captured.
! Recently crazy man, or else an opium
eater, named Frank Lerche, created more ex-
element in the streets of Topeka than a Tex
as steer would in Broadway. He threw stones
at ladies, shot at the police and dashed
through the streets firing at school children
and raising Merry Ned generally. He was
finally captured and proved to be a book-bind-
er, " as well-dressed and had gold watch and
$40 in money in his pocket. Letters upon
his person showed that he had wife and child
in New York.
| Geo. McAlpine, went into the office of the
National Hotel, at Chetopa, drew his revolver
on the night clerk, and made him unlock the
money drawer, from which he took $50 in
gold and few dollars in silver and revolver,
and then marched the night clerk nearly to
the depot when he told him he might go back.
He was captured and the money recovered.
has filled the vacancy for Attorney General
upon the Democratic State ticket with the
name of II. Miles Moore, of Leavenworth
| Up to the present time, the canning factory
In Atchison has been running steadily, and
100000 cans of tomatoes and 10000 cans of
apples have been put up.
Thomas Thomas, laborer at Argentine,
was the victim of a singular accident lately.
he &l,1-o
and at the time of the accident was engaged
In making some repairs on a belt pulley and
standing on frame near the ceiling. In
some manner he lost his footing and fell, his
feet striking the surface of the lathe in rapid
revolution. The shock threw him into the air,
and he struck on his head, knocking him
senseless. He was picked up and carried to
his house, and the only signs of life he has
shown since is light breathing.
j. NJ. Keybrill, formerly of Leavenworth,
but now at Garrison, on the Kansas Central
Railroad, had his right leg crushed while
coupling cars at that station lately, and will
probably die. He was young man univer.
sally respected by all who knew him.
A school district in the Western part of the
State advertises for a teacher, offering ten
dollars per month and boarding roundn
The school house is "dug-out." A teacher
working under such circumstances would no
doubt live by faith in his his work, hope of
growing up with the country'' and charity
for those who made him such an offer.
Robert Cole, tenant on the Hunt farm, in
Leavenworth County, was robbed of $50 while
absent from his house. An employee named
Thomas Pollard is suspeced, as he suddenly
left.
The man found dead in a deserted house in
Shawnee County, last week, proves to have
been named Cohen, who had resided on Indian
Creek with his sister, whose name is R. w.
Dodge, the same as found on the envelope in
the dead mans rocket.
A Kansas preacher from the pulpit de-
nounced well known Kansas editor as a rep
rebate, and then wrote a card for the editor
to publish that he ''did not mean that he (the
editOr) was reprobate in the general mean
ing of the term" Simply a reprobate.
That was all.
Secretary Lincoln, Adjutant- General Drum,
Col. Barry and Gen. Sherman, will make
visit Of inspection to the Military Prison at
Leavenworth.
Benjamin Thompson and Harrison Young
were arrested in Leavenworth for robbing
VIM. Arnold of $120. Arnold had saved his
money and went home to go with his wife to a
party at his mothers. He stopped to purchase
a present, and drank with friends, displaying
his money. Going home with him, Thompson
and Young knocked him down and took the
money.
A Southern Kansas paper is reported as hav-
ing suspended in order to make room for
ladies' sewing circle. The people of the town
could not support two mediums of news"
and the one least likely to be permanent had
to suspend
The Republican Central Committees of Rep
resentative Districts 46 and AZ, including the
city of Topeka, recently held meetings for the
purpose of determining whether or not
Convention should be called to nominate
candidate for the Legislature, there being no
less than half dozen aspirants in each district
and all with about equal claims for the posi-
ton. 1t was decided by the Committees to let
them run independent and not call conven-
hon The contest is to be free for all race,
any man privileged to run who can pay for
mis- tickets or get the printer to trust him.
Recently w. F. Kirkland school teacher
at Tonganoxie, took little boy, one of his
pupils, into the school room after the school
had been dismissed and locking the door
has been adjudged insane by the court of
Leavenworth County and ordered sent to the
Asylum. He was sent to the Osawat-
omie Asylum five years ago for the same cause
and discharged after short time as cured,
since which friends have endeavored to keep
him from overwork or study or excitement of
any kind. He is said to be young man of
Hne education and great student.
About three weeks ago youth named Fred
Brown was shot and killed in Wilson County.
The shooting was supposed to have been acct
dental. But circumstances since led to the
arrest of two boys, named Smith and Aylet
Kessler, upon a charge of premeditated muir
der 1t has been ascertained that Smith and
Kessler had endeavored to induce Brown to
Join them in stealing the horses of neighbor;
that he had refused, and they were afraid he
would expose them, and therefore concluded
to kill him.
Horse thieves, sneak thieves, burglars and
foot-pads are driving fourishing business
at Atchison. Recently among other depreda.
| lions F. B. Underwood, a stock dealer, was