Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-08-04
KANSAS STATE NEWS

ua EcKman, postmaster; Sheffield, Decatur
County, Webber L. Barr, postmaster; W ase-
ca, johnson County, Melvin w. Robinson,
postmaster. Name and site changed.-Hlgn
fralrie, Leavenworth County. to Boling'
and George w. Seymour appointed post
master. Postmasters appointed.-kepferie,
cheyenne County, L. r, Heaton; MaraK'
Brown County, Jacob Marak; Otter Lake,
Pottawatomie County, Fanny Shaki; Rich
land, Shawnee County, Henry b. Ray;
vincent, Osborne County, John Patterson;
Myrtle, Phillips County, BENZ. B. Hubbard,
Tyner, Smith County, VIM. Fisk.'
CHARTERS have been filed with the Sec
rotary of State of the Atchison & South
western Railroad Company, beginning at
OF Atchison, Jackson, Pottawatomie and
hliey to some point on the Kansas River in
Riley County, distance of 100 miles. Place
OF business at Atchison. Capital stock,
$1,000. 600. Also the Blue River Railroad
Company, beginning at Manhattan and rum
ming in northerly course along the Blue
River through the counties Of Riley, Potta-
watomie and Marshall, a distance Of sixty
miles. Place of business at Atchison. Cap
ital stock, 81, 0O0,O 900.
A YOUNG man named McClintock, pur-
chased some morphine at Leavenworth
drug store, went out to the circus grounds
and proceeded to swallow the deadly drug.
lie was found In an unconscious condition
and taken to the city where he soon died.
SATURDAY, the 18th of September has
been designated as Veterans Day, at the
forthcoming State Fair to be held at Tope-
ka. The Santa Fe and Union Pacific Rail-
roads announce that they will carry all old
veterans who 60 to the reunion at the rate
Of one cent per mile. Reports from all
parts of the country indicate that at least
80, 900 old soldiers will be present.
a TORNADO at Iuka, Pratt County, de-
stroyed five houses and damaged number
of others. A half-mile from Iuka, Mr..
Beach and family were all very badly hurt,
his son and daughter being probably fatally
injured. Their house was blown away.
Mr.. Egglestone, one mile south OF Iuka,
had everything save one chair blown away.
The hail was ankle deep. The family es-
capped by going to the cellar. Mr.. Watby's
house was unroofed and the granery blown
down. The crops were damaged on belt
four miles wide. One man was killed and
another fatally injured.
THE Premium List of the Third Annual
Exposition of the Western National Fair
Association is published. The fair will be
held at Bismarck Grove, Lawrence, Sep.
TENDER 18th to Esd. The premiums aggre-
gate $24, 600. All railroads In the State will
take visitors to and from the fair at q rate
not to exceed one cent per mile.
THE Steamer Wyoming, from Fort Ben
ton, in attempting to pass the draw at
Leavenworth, struck the middle pier of the
bridge which stove in her gunwale and
crushed her cabin deck. AS a yawl was
bitching hawser to the shore one of the
crew named Elmer Shlegel became entan-
gled in the hawser and being held fast was
drowned. He was a German and leaves
family in Michigan.
THE Leayenworth Canning Factory has
been burned. There was SIC, 200 insurance
on the stock and Sc, 900 on the building. The
loss on the stock is about s., 900 and on the
building $1,000. The stock belonged to
Ravens & Richardson, who had leased the
factory, aud the building belonged to the
Kansas Canning Company.
THE President has nominated a son of
Col. VIM. A. Phillips to be Assistant Pay
master in the Navy.
THE old Episcopal church building in
Wyandotte has been turned into an armory
for the Wyandotte Rifles. This is the oldest
church building in the State and was re-
Gently sold. The parish will soon have their
new church completed.
SOME two years ago two men had fight
at Eudora. Lately one Of them called upon
a physician at Topeka to have tumor on
his arm treated. The result was the blade
of knife was removed that had been tray.
cling through the arm for over two years,
and had previously caused no trouble. 1t
was not even known that his antagonist had
used knife in the melee.
CAP. ROwLEY, of the Baxter Ne,rs. offers
years subscription for the largest water
melon brought to his Office this season.
THE total indebtedness of Wyandotte City,
including IS, 600 bonds voted for street i'm
provement, is $152, 679.32.
THE postofice at Bancroft, Coffey County,
has been discontinued.
AN enthusiastic genius, in speaking of the
great Kansas wheat crop, figures that
car will hold 400 bushels. A box car is
thirty five feet long. From this it appears
that it would require $1,000 cars to hold the
at once. This would make continuous line
of cars $50 miles long. The train would
reach from Topeka to Chicago, across the
States Of Missouri and Illinois and part of
Kansas.
JUDGE T. G.. ADAMS. of Topeka, ha.
gone to Harper's Ferry to procure, if posi-.
BILE, for the Historical Society of kansas,
the sword worn by John Brown at the ts.ne
of his capture. The sword is said to be in
the possession OF Lieut.. Bayler, who resides
near Harper's Ferry.
THREE boys near Derby Station on the
Santa Fe road, placed a hand-car on the
track and were taking ride. They saw
train approaching and endeavored to get
the car from the track, but being unable to
do so, fed TO corn field. The train ran
into the car and the engine was thrown
from the track killing the engineer and Sc
riously injuring the fireman. The bows
were arrested and jailed at Wichita. but
when General Manager Wheeler heard the
whole story he gave orders to have the bow.
released. They will probably not try hand.