Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-08-18
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Senate, provides for the following routes In
hansas: From Oxford 10 Salt City; from
Ellis via Stock Ranch. Elm Valley, Kline
field, TO Alexander; from Leon, Bryant's.
Ophir and Baltimore to Burden; from
Groenleaf 70 Hanover; from Harper via At
ticas TO KiOwa; from Winfield via Chancey
RobinsOn's Ford and ThOmpson's Ford 70
Maple City: from Washington Ranch via
Mason TO Brantford; from Prescott 10 Ma
pleion; from Medicine Lodge TO Evansville;
from Liberty via Patronsville and Guittard
Station 10 Beattie; from Saint Sophia to
Bcye; from Twin Falls TO Toronto; from
Marysville via Walnut Creek and Billiards.
Falls 20 Greenleaf; from Beattie to Liberty,
Nob. from Enterprise via Logan Center,
Oriad and Plympton to Hope; from Medi-
cire Lodge via Painted Post TO Evansville;
from Blue Mounds TO Morantown; from
Haddam TO Clifton; from Seneca to Pawnee,
Neb.; from Long Island to Precept, Neb.
JUsT hear the Commonwealth on the forth
coming Soldiers Reunion In Topeka:
"There arc 70 900 soldiers in the State of
Kansas, aud about %, 900 sailors. They will
All be here. There are at least 175, 900 poll =
ticians also, and they will be here. There
are 5000 Kansas militia present and ex. q,
and they have been ordered to come, and
arc compelled TO be here. We have 30, 900
people In this city, and they couldn't leave,
and will be here. One hundred and fifty
brass bands will be on hand. A regiment
OF bummers, as they looked ut the front, is
TO be organized, and It seems as II the
world would pour In on us. All we have
got to do Is to play the agreeable"
UfUau..
themselves to make their District Fair un-
usually attractive.
TIKI Republic County Soldiers Reunion
will be held at Bellville on Thursday, Au-
gust 81, and Friday. September 1.
DISTRICT No. 80, of Crawford County,
has sold $3.50 in school bonds TO the perma-
nent school fund commissioners.
"A SOUTHERN Kansas farmer estimates
his potato crop at 700 bushels to the acre.
That beats "salted" silver mine by a large
majority.
"A NEGRO named Cyrus Elias, or Atchison,
who went TO st. Joseph on the emancipation
excursion got left. While returning on foot
he attempted to board a freight train about
mile out OF East Atchison, when he fell
and received fatal injuries.
JUDGE HALDERMAN, Of Leavenworth,
recently promoted to Minister to Siam, had
his salary increased to 5000.
THE bill providing for the erection Of n
public building at Leavenworth, passed the
Senate rs distinct measure and not in the
sundry civil bill, and will not be acted upon
by the House until next session.
THERE Is provision in the sundry bill
appropriating so, 900, to enable the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury to purchase a site for
the Leayenworth public building, the entire
building and site not to cost over 100000.
THE State Board OF Equalization has
raised tho total valuation Of property in
Atchison County, subject TO taxation for
the year 1882, from 81, 0s3, 800 as fixed by the
County Board OF Equalization to 50, POI $50.
This VIII increase the rate OF taxation in the
County, for State purposes, from As cents
on each 500 to As cents.
o. III. GREGG, the Kansas Journalist who.
Il was reported, drowned himself in the
Missouri River at Kansas City, turns out 10
be alive and in good health.
MRS. POLLY SAVAGE. one Of the earliest
settlers In Douglas County, died recently at
the residence OF her son in that county.
aged 81 years.
BUSINESS done at the United States Land
Office, Topeka, for the month of Julv:
Number OF acres Kansas trust and dimin-
ished reserve lands sold, 09O. %; amount
collected on Kansas trust and diminished
reserve lands sold, Sl,713. 20; amount col
lected on Kansas trust lands sold, 500. 20.
number OF acres final homesteads, DID,. 30:
number OF acres homestead entries. 2SO.
number of acres timber culture entries, 24O.
number of acres land sold, 240.; number
OF patents delivered, Z.
REV. T. w. BARRY, Rector of st. Paul,s
Episcopal Church, Leavenworth, has been
appoined Chaplain in the army.
LEAvENwoRTH IL assuming metropolitan
airs by having fight daily.
THE Topeka, Salina and Western Rail-
way Company elected officers rs follows:
Jacob Stafford, Topeka, President; c.. +.
Faulkner. Salina, Vice President; ID. w.
StorinontS Topeka, Secretary, and w. Ar
nCIu 0puncil Grove, Treasurer. Work "a
10 commence on the line about the 10th OF
August.
THE state Treasurer received from the
Treasurer OF the United States a draft for
S2.3015O, being three months interest dus
August LIST on S274,0O0 i'm United States
bonds owned by the permanent school and
the sinking fund.
AUDITOR BoNEBRAKE has completed his
computation OF the tax list for Kansas. as
returned to him by county clerks. II shows
that the total valuation OF taxable propertv
In the State Is S1S6. I2l, O0S. 20; number of
acres of taxable land, 2s,026, 553. OF this.
1881, acres are under cultivation. The
value OF personal property is 3S,0s7. a56. -.
and that OF railroad property is So, O9l. $50
Is. The total tax fund collected for all pur.
poses Is SS37,564.43.
BAXTER SPRINGS had a grand hotel oman.
Ing, and her new hotel was formally thrown
open to tho public amid scenes OF reioic,no
and other convivialities.
The Santa Fe Road has made the sollovv-
Ing reduction In freight rates to take nIace
at once from points on the BTissouri P,v.
erto FL Paso and points on the southsrn
Pacific, between Deming and Yuma: First
class, cents per 100 pounds: SECOND .
cents; third, cents; fourth . cents. a,,h
cents; class B, ? cents; class c. 2 cents
HoN. JNo. MARTIN. OF Tonek. -
aWarded tho rnropnfu,, g. a. w.