Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-06
MISCELLANEOUS.


In the Unitarian Conference at Saratoga, n.
Y, resolution was adopted to raise $4,000
annually during the next two years for
the American Unitarian Association. Rev. j.
l. Jones, of the Committee on Endowment of
the proposed Wade Theological School at
Cleveland, Ohio, stated that Mr.. Wade had
pledged himself that when the committee Sc
cured $4,000 he would add $3.50, 600, and if
they would raise $4,000 more he would add
an equal sum, to make grand total of $780,
600.
Atsedalia, Mo-, on the night of the 23d, Por-
ter White, teamster, shot and killed his wife
aud then committed suicide by putting bull
let through his own brain. The couple had
recently removed from Clay County, and Mrs
White was Temporarily living with her aunt,
Mrs. DR.. Watson, having left her husband on
account of his iii treatment. White had been
drinking hard for several days, and on the
night Of the tragedy followed his wife TO her
aunt's house and begged her to come back and
live with him again, which she refused to do.
He at once pulled out a revolver and enacted
the bloody scene heretofore described. He
was 35; she %.
Reports from the chief corn growing States
of the West and South show the condition
Of the crop to be generally good and the aver
age planted larger than last year In Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Texas, Missouri, Kansas
and Nebraska more land was put into corn
than ever before. The prospects in those
States are in the main very good. In Texas
the crop is made, and were it not that most
planters were engaged in picking cotton, the
corn would now be harvested and moving to
market. In Kentucky and Tennessee the
crop is all out of danger. Early frosts in the
more Northern States may have the effect of
shortening the yield. Illinois makes the poor
est report of all, both as regards acreage and
condition, but the State wiE probably have a
fair crop
Alonzo Follett, a note broker of New York
City, has made an assignment. He is report
ed short to the amount of S1,OO0,OOO. One of
his customers attached his property, claiming
that Follett was assigning to defraud his
creditors.
The west end of the gallery of the Exposition
building at Pittsburgh, Pa, fell one night
recently precipitating a number of people to
the floor below. Seven persons were injured,
and about the same time an accident outside
the building caused the serious injury of two
persons.
Indian Agent McGillicuddy, at the Pine
Ridge Dak.) Agency, complains in private
letter that Inspector Pollock is carrying on an
investigation at Pine Ridge, of the recent
Sioux dissatisfaction, with high hand and
that the testimony Of every squaw, man and
half-breed is eagerly accepted against his ad-
ministration.
special train containing part of Sells
Bros circus, was recently wrecked between
Richmond and Lancaster, KY, by the engine
( and fifteen cars Jumping the track and rolling
down an embankment. Three men were
killed outright, three fatally injured and seven
or eight others hurt. The circus property was
smashed up generally. The cage containing
tiger was broken open End caused conster-
nation, but the animal was secured without
trouble.
The wife of Adam Ebling, of Lebanon, Pa.
was found lately with her throat cut, living
alongside the body of her child which had
died the day before. Grief at her child's
death caused the mothers temporary insanity
and suicide.
Mrs. Henry Hayman, of Logansport, Ind.
saw two small children on the railroad track.
and an engine approaching them. She rushed
TO their aid, and pushed them from the track.
She saved the children but was herself killed
by the engine.
Stephen Day, aged 20, of Mount Holly, Ohio.
secreted the savings of lifetime, $4,000, in a
tin box in his house. During the Temporary
absence of himself and wife some unknown
| person entered the house and stole the entire
contents.
The assassin of Robert Poisal, the Arapaboe
killed in the Indian Territory some DAYS since
turns out to be johnson Foster, a Creek.
Foster is described as being is or % wears
old, sharp featured and very dark complexion.
A reward of 5000 is offered for him. dead or
alive.
Arab Pasha is reported as saying that the
best thing the English could do for Epypt
would be to send all notables and other lead
ing men connected with the rebellion out of
the country. He fears IL this is not done ven
geance will be surely wreaked upon them as
soon as the English take their departure. He
asserts that he never thought the English
would send large army to assist the Khediye
and he was led into the war;
A heavy fall of coal occurred lately in the
kingsland mine Of the Maryland Coal Com
Pany at Lonsconning, Nd, by which four
miners were crushed to death.
The differences between locomotive on
ginears on the Gould railroads and the OFF,
Gals of that system have been amicably set
tied and strike prevented The engineers
and railroad men had a conference at 81.
Louis and aresult reached which is acceptable
to both sides.
Smith & Shelby, extensive grain dealers and
general merchants of Grass Lake, Mich. have
made an assignment on account of inability To
collect outstanding Indebtedness.
The Comptroller of the city of Milwaukee.
claims shortage in the city funds of nearly
$4S0, 200, caused by overdrafts and mismanaOa-
ment on the part of former Comptrollers.
The Franklin Sugar Refinery Of Harrison.
Havemeyer q Co., Philadelphia, was partiaIlv
destroyed by rerecently. Loss, 100000
Officers in search Of Richard and Vim
Skaggs, the Indiana murderers, found them
at the house of their grandfather. SCOTS
Hedge, IN Marion county. IN. mur-
derers refused to surrender and opened fire
on the officers A general fight followed in
which Richard Skaggs was killed and VIM.
skaggs captured. None Of the officers were
| injured