Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-22
THE W0RLD'SDOING
A Summary OF the Daily News


dered by Apaches. The men had been riding
hard all day. They had seen the Apache trail.
No Indians arriving at Paso del Chocolah,
BiRgs and Mcdonald proposed to camp.
Josselyn would not consent, as he thought 1t
dangerous, and he rode of 100 yards, while
BiRRs and Mcdonald unsaddled the horses.
Josselyn had about decided to return to his
companions when the Apaches made an ap-
pearance firing q volley at the two campers
and they fell. Josselyn put spurs to his horse
and made good his escape. He subsequently
returned to the spot with sixty well armed
men and buried the bodies of the Mexicans,
Biggs and Mcdonald. An Indian scout asserts
that the Apache marauders were under COM
mand of Mana himself. The war chief of the
Apaches was reported killed when last heard
from. The whole State of Chihuahua is in
arms.
At Everton, Dade County, Mo-, several
young men got into an alteration, when one
of them, named Harris, drew a revolver and
fired, the ball missing its aim, and killing in
stead DIR. Harris, his own father.
The family Of Lewis Brandenburg, a we'll
known citizen Of Bloomington, ILL.,, were poi
soned recently by eating trichine in sausages.
One of the family had already died, and it was
believed that Mr.. Brandenburg and wife could
not recover.
In his report the Commissioner of Pensions
recommends that the pension laws should be
so amended as to make disability, rather than
rank, the measure of the pensions, officers
and men having been drawn from and
returned to the same walks of civil life. There
are now, he says, III different grades of PEN
sioners.
1t is reported that the Kinsley, Kansas,
bank was recently robbed Of $12, 900, and that
the robbery was trsced to j. w. Crawford,
County Treasurer of Edwards County, whose
Office was in the same building. Crawford, it
is said, acknowledged his guilt and agreed to
restore the money.
The Senate in executive session confirmed
Gen. Pope and Col. Mckenzie, to be Major and
Brigadier Generals respectively. There was no
contest.
So soon as Mr.. Hayworth, Inspector Of In
dian schools, approves the land selected at
Lawrence, Kas., the Industrial Indian school
will be established there by Secretary Teller.
A late riot at Opelika, Ala, between the
two contending municipal factions who were
claiming to be the Mayor and Councilmen
resulted in nine white men and one negro
being shot, seven fatally. Owing to the
troubles in the town, the Legislature passed
an act yacating its charter and authorizing
the Governor to appoint a local government
until new one can be elected. Several per-
sons have been killed in previous disturbances
growing out Of the dispute.
The boiler in Vincent Il Sons saw mill at
Shawneetown, Ills, exploded few days since,
completely SCATTERING the mill and blowing
eight men to pieces, besides injuring three
others. The men were eating their dinner at
the time.
Chas. l.. Lamb, a son of DR.. G. L. Lamb, a
wealthy and highly respected citizen of Han
nibal, Mo-, while very drunk the other night
went to the house of man named Hull a
mile or two from town, to see a woman with
whom he said he was formerly intimate, but
who had recently married Hull. Lamb became
abusive and was ordered out of the house lie
refused to go and when forcibly elected reeled
round TO the side of the house and discharged
pistol through the window, the ball taking
effect In Mrs. Hulls side, killing her almost
instantly. Lamb fed but was captured.
Governor Stephens, of Georgia, has par
doned Capt. Edward Cox, sentenced to life
imprisonment for the murder of Col. Robert
A. Allston in 1879.
Near Lafayette, Ind, the other evening,
while out sleigh riding, Isabella Bryan was
Instantly killed, her skull being crushed by q
: horse attached to sleigh driven right behind
) that In which she was seated. The party OF
young folks were racing, and her sleigh was
accidentally overthrown, causing the accident
The Enterprise cotton mills at Manayunk
Pa, were destroyed by fire the other day
Loss on buildings and stock, $75 900. About
one hundred operators were at work at the
time. Those on the fifth floor were exposed
4 to most danger There were no fire escapes
and the only means many OF the operatives had
to avoid destruction by fire was to use the
outside hosting rope, which reached
only to the second floor. All coming dowI
Z this way had to fall from the second floor Il
: the ground. Several were burned by tn,
y flames belching out OF the windows, other,
jumped from the windows. In all sixteen per
sons were injured, some by falling and other
by burns about the face and body. Only one
: Mary OConnor, aged fourteen, believed IA
j tally injured. Two persons were killed by al
y explosion In the mills, several injured. An,
!. the body OF a third supposed to be buried il
the ruins.
1t is announced that pending consideration
Va thC farm Dih W the senate Committee
:. the Finance Committee will receive in manu-
e script or print, views Of any persons who de
n sire to submit them, but under no circum
: stances viii they give an oral hearing.
a Officials and other representative citizens O
Dakota were before the House Committee o.
~ Territories recently, and explained that a
the late election Yankton County ha
purged itself of the attempted repudis
L ton OF its Indebtedness and that
A settlement satisfactory to all concerned wi
!. be practically reached by the issuance of ne,
bonds to holders of old bonds desiring ther
. and the payment Of cash to those who did not
# They claim that this will remove any obiectio
> to the admission OF the Territory on the a,
q count of debt reputation.
e CONGRESSIONAL.
+ In the House on the Sth, Mr.. Davis Of Illinois
IN presented the petition OF the tobacco man,
/, 1acturer8 OF ChicaRo askfnO frnu,asafata o-.i~