Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-03

A fire in the Stock Yard stables at Lexing-
| ton, KY, burned twenty valuable mules and
twenty-five Short-Horn cattle that had been
purchased at the late sale of Short-Horns. and
were awaiting transportation by their pur-
chasers. The cattle were worth from 500 70
$500 each.
Albert Hardies, of Chicago, saw Frank Nil
ler while drunk abusing his wife on the street
and interferred to make peace wien the
woman slapped his face and the drunken bus-
band drew knife and severed his jugular
vein.
The Indians report large English steamer.
supposed to be the Warnbo from Hong Kong.
ashore at Clarquate, southwest of Corula.
Vancouver's Island. Three bodies have been
picked up. Seafaring men think it is an iron
sailing ship from Victoria to London.
Ex-Deputy United States Marshals Jake
Walfe and Henry Goldwater were arrested the
other day at San Antonio, Texas, charged
with defrauding the Government while hold
ing Office.
An accident occurred few days since on the
Kansas City and Eastern division of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railroad near Independence
Mo-, by the collision between passenger and
freight train, whereby VIM. Patterson, fire.
man, was probably fatally injured and several
passengers we're hurt.
Near Saltwater, Mimi, a farmer named
Klinghite, desperate character, attacked his
slee ping wife with a knife, cutting her horri-
bly,. His son, who interfered, was stabbed to
the heart and fell dead. Another son in
formed the officers of the law, who found the
murderer in the barn still clinging to his
knife. A desperate fight ensued, Klinghite
rushing at the officers like mailman. The
officers shot him through the body and finally
overcame and lodged him in jail.
The Kewanee Ills, bank robbers have been
sentenced to the State Penitentiary, Acting
Cashier Pratt and two of his accomplices for
six years, and DIR. Scott for four years.
The Committee of Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives will meet in Wash
ington November Goth, to assign to the sub
committees all subjects having reference to
tariff. 1t is expected by that time the Tariff
Commission will have submitted partial re-
port.
A great portion of Hopkinsville, KY, was
recently destroyed by an incendiary fire, in
Guiding one bank, the post-office, opera house,
one church, two newspaper offices and many
business houses. Four blocks were destroyed.
Loss on buildings $700,O and on stock $780,
600. The insurance will not cover half the
losses.
A party who returned to Queen Sound, Ont,
from search for the bodies of the Asia vic
Tins report all the dead bodies were robbed of
valuables. In some instances even the shoes
were taken off, The Indians in the vicinity
have been spending money very freely Of late,
and were evidently benefited financially by
the terrible disaster.
Adam Hope Il Co., hardware merchants of
Hamilton, Ont, the parent house of the firm
which lately succumbed at Montreal, has sus-
pended The liabilities are estimated all the
way from $750,000 to 81, 100000.
VIM +. Redmon, owner of mine in Mos
quito District, Colorado, met with terrible
accident recently by the premature explosion
of giant powder. Both eyes were torn from
their sockets and one arm blown from his
body. His injuries were fatal.
The Southern Association of Passenger and
upon rates to various points in Texas, viz: two
for first-class passengers.
The eleven-year-old daughter of Casper
Hamrick, a wealthy citizen of Milwaukee,
Wis, has mysteriously disappeared. The
father believes she has been kidnapped by
some parties to secure heavy ransom.
James Carter, an expert mender of broken
china, in Chicago, committed suicide by shoot
ing. He had two wives, who were threading
to give him trouble
In New York the Grand Jury found indict-
ments against w. d. c. Rowson, telegraph
operator, and Geo. Z. Road, the conductor of
the New Haven train, charging them with the
responsibility for the late Harlem tunnel
disaster.