Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-29
mIsCRLLANEOUS.

assigned according TO his brevert rank.
The Missouri Pacific Freight House and con-
tents, with eight loaded cars, and the State
line Elevator, located in West Kansas City,
were burned the 10th. The elevator contained
nearly 10000 bushels of grain, and With its
contents was valued at about $4,000; par
TALLY insured.
George J. Rice, President of the Utica,
! Ithaca and Elmira Railroad, was arrested in
New York on a charge of forgery, over-issue
| IF stock and embezzlement. Il is said there
is discrepancy in his accounts OF from &C.,,
600 to $4,000. He resided near Elmira.
While the clerk at n. X. Fairbanks & Co.'s
lard refinery at Main and Washington streets,
in st. Louis, was crossing the street from his
office to the refinery about six o'clock the other
evening, TO pay of the workmen, he was set
upon by four men and robbed of 1900.
DR.. J. X. Rouke was assassinated at Mer-
mentuah, Louisiana, on the morning of the
18th. He was starting to see a patient and
was in the act ofdrinking cup Of coffee when
the assassin fred at him though the window.
In the case of Newton Martin Curtis, who
had been convicted In the Circuit Court of
Southern New York for violating the law OF
Congress prohibiting political assessments,
and who appealed to the Supreme Court of the
United States, the latter tribunal recently
affirmed the judgment Of the Circuit Court
and remanded the defendant. Justice Brad
ley dissented. Dis was brought as a test
case.
AS the emigrant train of the Santa Fe Rail
road reached Caddoa, N. NJ, one night last
week, It was boarded by about dozen armed
men, who scanned the countenances OF the
in IL
soon became known that they were searching
for man named Riley, accused of numbering
q tank tender. He was soon found concealed
In box and dragged out to the platform. He
protested his innocence, and finally started to
run, when he was shot several times, Their
dragged to a telegraph pole and hung. The
passengers were frightened, and women and
children screaming and the mob bowling and
firing made the scene lively one.
The case Of Mrs. Scoville, adjudged insane
recently at Chicago, and then granted new
trial, has been stricken from the docket by
agreement. 1t is reported that the unhappy
| couple are reunited.
Grand Forks, Dakota, lately had one hun
dred thousand dollar fire.
The shock of an earthquake caused great
fright at Concord, n. H., recently. The
shock was like heavy explosion, and shook
buildings from which the people rushed to the
street. Other portions of the State also re-
ceiyad similar visitation.
Eight indictments have been found against
DR.. Forbes, one of the Philadelphia grave rob-
bers.
A fire ut Newport, Ark, recently destroyed
$25O, 600 worth Of property.
A case believed to be genuine leprosy has
developed in the almshouse at Salem, Mass
Charles Derby, the victim, lately arrived from
San Francisco. Derby is well educated, and
for some years was chief botanist at Honolulu
to Queen Emma.
August Mast, a German, died last week at
Cresco, Iowa, from trichine, caused BY eating
diseased pork. His wife, three children and a
girl stopping with them are also sick from
the same cause.
Property in Minneapolis, Mimi, to the
amount of 900 was destroyed by fire one
day last week. Insurance $4,000.
Gen. Curtis, of New York, who was con-
victed for violation of law in collecting assess
ments from ofice-holders for political pur-
poses, was fined 81, 900 and discharged from
custody. This is the case recently taken to
the Supreme Court of the United States.
court regular and the law under which Curtis
was convicted constitutional.
John r. Buchtel, of Akron, Ohio, has sold
100000 in the Buckeye Works to Lewis Miller
and his three sons, in order to make an addi-
tional gift Of 800, 900 to the Buchtel College.
The gift will be formally rendered January Is,
which is the anniversary of the founding of
the college.
The only daughter of Governor Crittendeu.
OF Missouri, Carrie, aged nine years, died at
Jefferson City the Goth, of diphtheria
In drunken row at Hartwell, Ca, Joe
Davis killed VIM. Henley.
One morning recently j. II. Keeley. a prom
inent farmer of Nevada County, Ark. was
found dead in the road, four miles from Pres
colt. The examination showed he had been
murdered, knife wound being found over
his heart. As his money was I'm his pocket
book, 1t was evident that robbery was not the
object of the crime. man understood 70
have grudge against Kelley was so strongly
suspected that warrant was issued for hi.
arrest
Court Martial has been ordered to meet
at Jefferson barracks, Missouri, January 4,
1883, for the trial of Capt. II. H. Crews of The
Fourth Cavalry on charges Of disobedience OF
orders, fraud, and conduct unbecoming an Of
ficer and gentleman.
pilot engine, containing q master me
ehanic Of the Santa Fe Road. his wife and sis
ter, was wrecked one day last week at Florida
near Deming, New Mexico, by huge boulder
which had evidently been placed on the track
Tor the benefit Of the passenger train follow
ing the pilot The engine was smashed. bu-
| no one was hurt, while passengers wer,
saved Suspicion fell upon stranger
, living near, and Deputy Sheriff Can
now sent out to arrest him. Cannon founf
his man near Florida, and attempted to ares,
him, but was fired at. Drawing his PISTOL. h.
\ hired at the wrecker seven times, missing him
! and then shot him through the heart with an
a other pistol There were no witnesses 70 IN,
shooting but the dying man was taken after
; wards to the depot and confessed that he wa
4 the right man. Cannon was acquitted on hi
: own testimony.
{ The Western Brewers Association met :,
{ chicago recently for the purpose of taking tn,
I views OF brewers as to the propriety of ad
/. vaneing the price of beer to correspond will
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