Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-10
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Postoftice changes in Kansas during the
week ending October 2lst, 1882. Established
baker, Brown County, Willis NJ Nellans,
postmaster; Brazilton, Crawford County,
wm- ID. Ryan, Postmaster; Reserve, Brown
county, Josiah Bean, Postmaster. Discon-
nnued-Ailanthus, Ottawa County. Post
masters appointed-Ash Valley, Pawnee
county, Hugh McFadden; Belle. Meade,
Meade County, John Schneider; Lacrosse,
Rush County, H. T. Baldwin; Red Bud
Cowiey County, D. 8. Haynes; scio, Rawlins
county, +. ID. Bostwick; South Bend, Morris
County, o. w. Young.
Frank Talbot Deputy Sheriff of Bent
county. Colorado, was recently arrested
at Topeka, just as he stepped from a Sam
IA re train, upon the charge of being one
Oh the Grenada, Col, train robbers. A rail-
road detective had been detailed to work up
the case. He went 10 Grenada and there
learned from John s. Davenport, q saloon
keeper, who had for his partner the notorious
Jim Talbot, that the robbery was concocted in
their saloon and that Talbot was leader of the
gang. With this information the detective ap
preached Talbot and engaged him to assist in
ferreting out the robbers. The latter agreed
and was told it was necessary to go to Topeka
and get instructions Talbot did CO. but upon
reaching that city was promptly arrested and
jailed. He will be taken back to Colorado for
trial
Deputy Sheriff Miller, of Shawnee County,
arrested Frank McRay at Silver Lake recently.
McRay is charged with selling out the grocery
store of man whom he was working for at
Danville, Ind, for 81, 500 pocketed the money
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turned to Indiana.
The notorious Jim Dougherty, compatriot OF
the more notorious Polk Wells and Bill Norris,
who is charged with robbing store at Nor
tonville and shooting man named Met arthy.
recently made his appearance at Atchison, and
when officers attempted his arrest he drew two
revolvers and made good his escape across the
river into Missouri
Theodore Rudeman was murdered recently
in Graham County by a colored man named
Mitchell Hopson. Rudenan had taken up
some hogs belonging to Hopson, who refused
to pay the damage done by the hogs. After
some high words Hopson was ordered off the
place, and started to go, but turned around
aud shot Rudeman through the heart, killing
him instantly. He then attacked the women,
undoubtedly with the intention of killing the
whole family, but the pistol did not go off.
He then knocked Mrs. Rudeman down and
cut yeung girl severely in the hand with a
dirk knife, and started to go away, but he was
followed by dog, which he caught and killed
with the knife. Hopson has been arrested.
"Prairie Dog Jim" is the name of new
town ON the A. T. 81 S. F. Railroad.
The following charters were filed with the
Secretary of State recently: Clay County
Kansas Fair Association, Clay Center, Clay
County, capital stock, 50, 600; Eldorado Water
Works Company, Eldorado, Butler County
capital stock, $4,000; Southern Kansas Bor
der Live Stock and Land Company, place o.
business, Wellington, Sumner County
John Gillen, brakeman of the Missouri Pa
cific yard night crew at Atchison, was instant
ly killed and horribly mangled recently. He
had assisted in cutting out" some cars, when
in an unknown manner he fell beneath q
freight car.
Ex-Gov. Geo. T. Anthony expects to return
to Leavenworth and resume his residence
there, in a few months.
Kansas paper asks "why should the fare
to Chicago be three cents per mile while the
rate from Chicago to New York is but two
and one-half cents? The sudden Jump of the
fare to $50 from Kansas City to Chicago will
excite comment
Mrs. William Cook, of Wyandotte, was late.
ly suddenly surprised at the appearance of hel
son, HenryJ Barnett, whom she had not heard
of for the past four years and had mourned as
dead, the news having reached her from a
number OF sources that he had been killed by
cowboys in the Indian Territory.
During the year ending June 80 there were
937, 1852 acres Of land il Kansas entered under
the homestead act, and AIS, 200 proved upon
The rain fall in Kansas during the month OF
October, is reported to be greater than at any
time in the same month for over twenty years
Daniel Smith, an old and respected citizen
OF Franklin County, was shot and MORALLY
wounded by young man in his employ by
the name of Lowery. The other employees
and some neighbors went on a coon hunt and
did not invite Lowery to go because they con-
sidered him a crank. The matter came up at
the breakfast table the next morning. and
Smith was called in to settle the disturbance.
On his entering the room, Lowery grabbed O
double-barreled shot gun and deposited its
contents in the abdomen of Smith, and then
attempted to make good his escape but was
captured.
boy seventeen years old, named Henry
Hammond, living three miles northwest of
Leavenworth was recently shot and killed by
three soldiers, who said they were shooting at
a mark. The soldiers were arrested and
turned over to the civil authorities.
Willie Ross and Willie Winters, two Leay-
enworth school children, recently had quar-
rel in the cloak room of the Third Avenue
School, in that city, and Ross started toward
Winters to strike, when Winters drew out a
pocket knife, the large blade open, stabbing
Ross few inches below the left nipple, it was
thought fatally. Winters was immediately
expelled from school,
The social event of the past week at Law
renee was the annual reception rendered by
the Faculty to the students of the University.
The spacious halls of the University were
crowded with students and their friends, all
seeking enjoyment.
colored woman recently applied to the
District Court at Topeka for a divorce. She
said the old man provided for her as well as
his means would allow, had never beaten or
treated her cruelty, but that they couldn't live
together. The application was refused
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