Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-24
THEWORLD'SDOINGS.
A Summary OF the Daily News.


Henry Boas, Election Inspector in New
York, was sent to the State prison for one
year for a violation of the election laws.
The Western Distillers have formed a pool
to continue until May LIST next. The produc-
ton is limited to IS per cent. of the entire
capacity.
1t is claimed that Congressman-electO 'Hara,
of the Second North Carolina District, was
born in Canada, and has never taken out his
naturalization papers, and therefore is not
eligible to a seat I'm Congress.
Later returns which include all the counties
in Pennsylvania, give Pattison, Democrat,
for Governor IS, $50 plurality over Beaver, Re-
publican. Pattison has a plurality in forty
eight counties and Beaver I'm nineteen. Two
hundred and thirty-three towns in New Hamp-
shire give Hale, 3S,O63; Edgerly, 1854;
scattering, 925 Hale's plurality, ], 249; Hale's
majority, 324. Three remaining towns in 1880
gave fifty Democratic majority. Gen. Frank
ID. Stout, Republican, is elected State CONT
troller in Connecticut by majority Of about
$50 and plurality of 2,257. In Nevada Cas-
siday is reported elected to Congress and
Adams Governor. The Legislature is tie on
joint ballot.
Complete returns from Illinois on Superin-
tendent OF Public Instruction give Raab,
Democrat, 2,S6S majority over Strattan, Re-
publican.
The Governments Of England and France
have entered into definite agreement in re-
gard to the control of the finances of Egypt.
France has accepted the offer of England
that the Presidency of the public debt COM
mission be given to France as compensation
for doing away with the present system of
control, and other questions relating to the
organization of finances. Egypt will be
treated by these two Governments in concert
with the other great powers of Europe.
Unofficial returns from all counties in North
Carolina, except Graham, give Bennett, Dem
ocrat for ongressman-at-Large, 1913 majority.
Graham is a small county and will probably in
crease Benefits majority. Yorke, coalition
list, is conceded by the Democrats to be elected
to Congress in the Seventh District.
The City Register of st. Louis has con-
cluded the canvass of votes in the Ninth
Congressional District, and they give Dr. ].
II. Mclean, Republican, a majority of 81 over
James o. Broadhead, Democrat. Broadhead
sued out writ of mandamus to compel the
city Register to count a number of ballots
cast for him but which had been rejected as
informal.
A construction train on the Chicago g. Al
ton Railroad was wrecked on the 18th near
Grain Valley, about twenty-five miles east of
Kansas City, by a hand car upon which some
section men were riding. A number of la
borers were on the construction train, many
OF whom attempted to save themselves by
jumping as the train went into the ditch
Barney COrcoran, brakeman, John Hamilton
and Henry Dase, section men, were instantly
killed. Frederick Graham, Phillip Leon and
Henry Larkin were fatally injured, and nine
Others more or less hurt.
Brave Bear, the Sioux Indian chief, con-
victed OF the murder of Joseph Johnson, near
Fort Sully, May 10, 1879, was hanged at Yauk-
ton, ID. T., the 18th, in the Jail yard. He made
no confession, but did not deny the deed for
which he was convicted. He asked the inter
prefer to send word to his people to make no
attempt to avenge his death, to kill no horses,
and omit all customary mourning exercises.
Mary Booth, a negress, fourteen years of
age, who was sentenced to be hanged at
Surrey Court House, Va, for the murder of
Mrs. r. &. Gray and Travis Jones, by poisoning,
has had her sentence committed by the Cover
nor to life imprisonment, owing to her extreme
youth.