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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-29
The Timber.Culture Question.

The Following resolut ons were adopted BY
the National Agricultural Association at it's
session in Chicago on the 14th:
WHEREAS, We begin to realize the lament
able wasting Of the forest lands of the United
states, and begin to feel the sad effects of
their destruction upon the climate and water
supply Of the country, and are forced to con-
TESS our need of a knowledge Of the better
management of the woodlands than is now
possessed by the people; therefore,
" RESOLVED, That we urge upon the State
Legislatures the propriety of selecting Judi
cious persons to act as State Forestry Com
nissioners whose duty 1t shah be to instruct
the people in regard to forest trees their pro-
1uction and management, said officers to re-
port annually upon the condition Of the wood
lands In their respective commemorative.
and
6 Resolved, That we beg of all the agrtcult-
ural colleges established under the Immigrant
Of Congress that they shall lose no time i'm
planting State arboreta. and establishing forest
experimental stations, where all species
adapted to the soil and climate shall be tested
and whence surplus seeds and plants NAV be
distributed; annual reports Of these establish
ments to be made TO the Governors or to the
state Boards OF Agriculture.
RssOtoed, That Congress be asked to establish
one or more forest experimental stations upon
the public domain, where the propagation and
testing or useful trees shall be the leading OBJ
ject with the collection of seeds and plants to
be distributed by or under direction of the
United States Agricultural Department, to
which bureau these stations shall make annual
reports" Et.e = tetA III
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-29
A Boiler Explosion.

CANTON, ILL.,. December 49,
At about ten minutes past seven o'clock this
morning a deafening sound was heard and
buildings throughout the city shaken from the
foundations up. causing the people to rush to
their doors to learn the cause of the unusual
occurrence. In a very short time afterward
the fire-bell sounded an alarn, and a dense
volume of smoke and steam was observed
over the extensive agricultural-im plement
works OF the Parln & Orendorif Company
located on Elm street, in the east part Of the
city. 1t was at once inferred that the sbops
were on fire-people not imagining the awful
catastrophe that had just occurred.
Three large boilers. which supplied the
manufactory with motive and heating power,
had explode i,scattering death and destruction
and completely demolishng the brick engine
and boiler room. The extent of the calamity
could not be seen from the street, the boiler
house being located on the south side of the
north wing of the building. which is three
stories high. The force Of the explosion tore
out about forty feet of the brick wall of the
three story section, the brick and debris fall
Ing directly upon the wreck of the engine and
nolier room ana breaking all the windows I'm
In the ruins could be seen the bodies Of some
OF the workmen. and it soon transpired that
Others were missing. The fire company,
gu shed the flames that had burst forth in the
ruins. and, with the assistance of hundreds of
cltzens, commenced the mournful task of re-
moving the dead and wounded as RAPIDLY as
they could be got at. Six lifeless bodies were
removed. and three more were taken out be-
lore life was entirely extinct. Two of the lat
ter Ola not regain consciousness one of them
dying while he WAS being carried home
another living but short time after his re,
moval 20 the Office of the company and the
third, who was conscious for several hours
expired at four o clock this aftcrnoOn makino
nine.
The stopping of the works throws between
no and 80 men out of employment most of
whom nave families dependent upon them for
support.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-29

The Teresa Sturla murder trial in Chi
cago ended in the jury finding her guilty
Of manslaughter, and a sentence of one
year in the penitentiary. This case was
celebrated one in the criminal annals
Of that city. Charles Stiles was an active
young man who held very lucrative
position on the Board Of Trade, but he
was EAST" in every sense of the modern
definition of the term. His ample salary
was squandered in gambling and fast
living. In Baltimore he met Teresa
Sturla, a beautiful, we'll educated and
fascinating young Italian woman. She
had accumulated some money by sacri-
hcing her womanhood. Stiles induced
her to 60 to Chicago with him as his
mistress. The trial brought TO light the
TACT that ne was overbearing and cruel in
MS treatment to her, using up his own
salary, besides what money the woman
had, in riotous living. One evening some
months since he took her To the suburbs
OF Chicago, and after a quarrel left
her to get home as best she might in a
drenching rain. That night of debauch
proved his last, for she sought him at his
room in the Palmer House next morning
and shot him dead. She was put on trial
Tor murder in the first degree. The de-
tense was insanity, but the Jury gave II
but little consideration. The plea of
Justihable homicide would have received
more serious attention. The previous
character of the woman was lost sight OF
when weighed against the treatment she
had received at the hands of Stiles, and
while furnishing unlawful killing, the
jury rebuked riotOus debauchery on the
part Of fast young men.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-29
The Proposed Bankruptcy Law.

A Washington report gives the following
summary of the provisions OF the Lowell
Bankruptcy bill substituted by the United
States Senate for the regular committee bill
on the same subject:
by the Lowell bill estates will be admin
Istered by a trustee and Committee of Super
vision. Both these are chosen by the credit
ors apart from the court. 1t pre- e. a COM
plete code of Bankruptcy law. IL es the
rights OF debtors and creditors and marks out
the procedure by which they are to be en-
forced. 1t proposes that Jurisdiction shall be
exercised by Commissioners in Bankruptcy
q species Of half official, half Judge with ar,
appeal to the Supreme Court. They Will be
appointed by the Circuit Courts, two Justices
concurring, OF whom one shall be the District
Judge. The Commissioners are to give bonds
as receivers and may act as both Judge and
Registrar. There are to be supervisors to
overlook the administration of estates at sala,
ries of 5000 year. Rules and forms are to
be made and issued by the Supreme Court
The property of bankrupt may be seized TO-
fore or after adjudication, on the order OF the
Judge. A receiver may be appointed before
adjudication There are provisions for volun.
tary bankruptcy when the debts exceed x5Ol
The estate is liquidated by trustee appointed
by the creditors apart from the court. Therr
b also Committee Of Directions"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-29

A MEASURE will be urged in Congress
this winter to repeal the Presumption
laws and amend the Homestead act. The
report of the House Committee on Public
Lands states that the Presumption law
and amendment were enacted for the
purpose of reserving the public domain
TO the occupation of actual settlers, but
the subsequent passage of the Homestead
act made the former of little use; that
in many sections of the country the eva
sion of the law has become a regularly
organized business, and Offices have
been opened for the express purpose of
pre-empting and selling lands located un-
der the Presumption law. These loca-
tions in many cases are fraudulent, as the
parties have never made the improve
ments required and have seldom gone
upon the land claimed. In view of these
facts the Committee recommend the re-
peal Of the Presumption law, and in order
TO give effectiveness to it and to prevent
the contamination of the same class of
frauds under the Homestead act, the ex-
tension of the time to thirty months in
which homestead claimants csn consum.
mate payment
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-29
Strange Freak Of a Crazy Man.
A recent Westerly tR. ~ dispatch saws:

recent Westerly Or. ~ dispatch says:
Just before daylil hit yesterday morning,
Cyrus Barber, a young man whose mind has
given way under religious excitement, and
who has been guarded by his friends, as he
tried once before to kill himself, was seen to
leap suddenly from the window Of his bed
room just as his father entered the room to re-
lieve the guard. Mr.. Barber ran out the back
door, with view to overtaking him and bring
ing him back Just as he reached the door, he
heard the sound Of chopping ut the wood pile,
ana thought the young man was chopp.ng
wood Stealing softly up to the pile. old Mr.
Barber heard his son repeating over and over
again: 1t is most off, it is most off, The luna
tic seemed pleased that hi object was nearly
accomplished. The old man saw h m fall over.
but in the darkness was unable to see what the
young man had done. STOPPING down, he
found that the young man had tainted. Aid
was called and the helpless youth was carried
into the house and laid upon q lounge. Then
1t was discovered that he had chopped one leg
nearly of about six inches above the ankle.
the hacked and nearly severed limb being held
together only by fragment Of flesh The
young man probably failed. from losing his
balance, to finish cutting of the end Of the
member. The leg bound up as soon as
possible by the two men, and q surgeon was
sent for, who dressed the limb. At daylight
the lunntic had partially recovered from his
shock and was talking about his act. He
seemed satisfied that he had done righ,, and
quoted such scripture as: All things work
together for good to them that love God and
called for a reading from the book of Revela-
ton. Young Barber has been for some time
In morbid state OF mind respecting religious
subjects, and tried q few weeks since to kill
himself by holding his breath because he
thought it was sin to Breathe
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-29

Troy, N. Y, seems to be rivaling
Opelika, Ala, in the matter of municipal
government, or rather misgovernment
Two sets of officers attempt to govern
the city, and two sets of police patrol her
streets. Whenever these Trojan factions
meet there is war. Recently one set of
police arrested drummer for swindling
merchants by false representations. He
was taken before a Justice who turned
him over to the other faction. Both, in
attempting to hold him, used their clubs
freely upon each other, and the prisoner
was repeatedly captured and recaptured
by the opposing police. Ee was finally
secured by one faction, whereupon the
others had the victors arrested for rescu-
ing a prisoner. A number of official
skulls were cracked and the Inflated
drummer frightened nearly out of his
wits.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-29
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

The Senate on the 21st refused by a vote OF
70 ayes to 80 nays to agree to the House reso-
luton Tor adjournment from December % to
January 2, and then proceeded to discuss the
Civil Service bill, which at three O'Clock was
laid aside and the Agricultural Appropriation
Dill taken up and passed. The House discussed
until adjournment the Army Appropriation
bill. 1t appropriates SD, 6S1 100
The chances Of the Townsend bill for the
abolition of postage on second-class matter
are said to be improving. Congressman Ran
dali, who has hitherto opposed this measure
now favors it, andwill urge its adoption by the
Postotfce Committee of the House.
postal car on the Hudson River Railroad
was burned on the Goth near Schenectady, n
T., containing three pouches of foreign let
tiers for Chicago and over three hundred sacks
OF newspaper mail for points west of Chicago
and st. Louis. All trans Pacific foreign mail,
mailed at New York during the twenty-four
hours preceding 7:30 ON the evening of the
18th inst. is included in the mail destroyed
In addition, it is believed that at least large
portion of the foreign paper mail for the same
sections received the day before per steamers
Bolivia, City of Chester and St. Laurent was
destroyed. Only i've sacks were saved.
The President has nominated Geo. NJ. Lam
bertson to be United States Attorney for Ne
braska.
The Howe shop of the county penitentiary
at Syracuse, ". Y, burned recently. Henry
| w. Hustin, night Waterman, persisted. Loss,
s45, 600; insured
The handsome new building of the Com
mercidl Advertiser, Buffalo, New York, was
burned the evening of the 2lst, also the
Masonic Temple. Nothing was saved in the
Adrertiser Office, even the files for fifty years
were lost. Out of ITO employees in the build
| ing, only one man, VIM. Mahoney, was in
| jured. He was badly burned. Men left the
building without putting on their coats, and
many had to escape BY jumping to the roofs
of adjoining buildings. The loss on stock
fixtures and building is estimated at $l75, 600;
insurance, $125, 900. The Masonic Lodges lost
their paraphernalia, carpets, etc, over $35 900.
The damage to the building was $50, 0Oo and
other losses swell the total to over $500, 0O0
In response to q telegram from Nevada, Mr..
Kelly, Chairman of the House ways and Means
Committee, gave assurances that the recon-
mendation of the Tariff Commission reducing
the duty on lead, win not be adopted, and that
the duty viii remain as at present.
The Land and Cattle Company Of England
recently purchased 3 ranch located in the Pan
handle of Texas, paying therefor 100000.
The ranch has an area Of thirty by forty miles,
and on 1t are 100 cattle and 300 horses
Mrs. Jones, Of Vincennes. Ind, on her way
to her sons funeral. was recently thrown from
the train and killel.
Rear Admiral James +. Schenck died at
Dayton, Ohio, Of neuralgia of the heart aged
seventy-fve.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-29

cablegram Yives the following account u
the recent great FIRE in Kingston. jam ca:
1.-THE business quarter OF Kingston burned
yesterday. Tho loss is &6,0o0OOo. Hundreds
are homeless. Wharyes, warehouses, stores,
banks and supplies are gone. Food supplies
are needed. Charitable relief should b. sent
% w. X. Azbill, Secretary Of the Kingston
Charity Organization.
The fire originated near the waterfront
The sea-breeze that prevails during the even
ng famed the flames inland. The fire ex-
,cnded about one and one-fourth miles along
he waterfront from the wharf Of the Royal
Natl Steamship Company to the Atlas wharf,
Nearly all the buildings were one and two sto-
les high, and made of wood. There was NO
Fire Department, and the negro natives, who
compose the great part OF the population, were
probably too much frightened or too lazy to
combat the flames.
Half the city is burned McDowelrs Office
destroyed, but the wharves are saved.
Kingston has twice before suffered disas-
rously from fire. In February, 17S2, the town
vas almost completely destroyed; and another
Ire which commenced on March %, 1S62, and
n which a few persons persisted, destroyed
property TO the value of $l,250,0O0 1t is q
maritime city and the capital of Jamaica, in
he County of Surrey, on the south coast,
welve miles from Spanish Town, the former
~"Pieesis uhN SOntdiuSt pOpuihttOu VI sOmC
5000. tits situated ON the gentle slope Of a
branch of the Blue Mountains, and stands on
he north shore of a magnificent bay defended
~ two forts. 1t is built in the form o, an
lmphitheater, with wide and regular streets;
he houses, mostly of two stories, are
'olidly constructed of brick or wood,
ma painted green or white. The
houses in the center of the city form blocks or
squares, and in the principal streets are fur
1isned with verandas below and covered gal
cries above. while those in the outskirts are
detached and surrounded by delightful gar
lens. Besides the English church, the hand
'omest In the town, there are Scottish. some
Methodist and several Roman Catholic
churches, and two synagcgues; but neither
:nese nor the other public edifices, such as the
'heater, hospital, courthouse, new pepiten-
lary, work-house, commercial subscription
looms, barracks and jail, possess any archi-
'ectural beauty.
THE situation Of Kingston, between Europe
ana the center of the American continent has
,endered it an important commercial entire
pot. The chief exports are coffee, sugar, to-
oacco, dyewoods and rum and tho imports
mainly consist of manufactured goods, flour,
wine, ale and sailed meats Its exports annu-
ally aggregate something like $4,000, 900, and
the imports are abont the same amount"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-29

THE Ways and Means Committee, it is
reported, has never worked more indus
triously than it is now laboring to pre-
pare the Tariff bill. The intention is to
have 10 ready to report about two
weeks after the holiday recess. The bill,
as a whole, will receive the final support
of large majority on the Republican
side, though as action in the House pro-
gresses there will be attempts to change
some of the rates reported from the Com
mittee. 1t is further said the Democrats
will not antagonize the bill, as their
leaders think it will be to the party in
terest to have a revision Of the tariff at
the present session.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-29

THE chairman of the Republican Ma
tional Committee has called a meeting
to be held at the Arlington Hotel in
Washington on. Wednesday, the 18th
day of January, for the purpose of hear
ing and acting upon the report OF. the
subcommittee appointed by the Chicago
Convention to prescribe method for the
election of delegates to the National
Convention to be held in 1884. Two
plans have been proposed as basis of
representation. One by Mr.. Forbes will
give the convention 624 delegates, while
that of Messrs. Chandler and Mcpherson
will make it consist of 1904 delegates.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-29

SENATOR PLUMB has introduced bill
for the location of Soldiers Home in
Kansas, which provides that the Home
shall be located on not less than two
sections Of land, and that the Secretary of
War may place it upon Military Reser-
walton if he deems it advisable.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-29
THEWORLD'SDOINGS.
A Summary OF the Daily News
pnIIrInAL AND PERSONAL.

A call has been issued for q meeting OF the
Democratic editors of Kansas, to be held at
Topeka on Monday, Jan. 4, 1888.
The poet Whittier celebrated his sevent1i
fifth birthday I'm Boston on the 18th.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-29
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has
commuted the sentance Of death imposed
on the FIVE murderers Of the Joyce fami-
ly to imprisonment for life.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-29

A LoSDoSER makes pert suggestion in
connection with cremation. AS the ashes
left in the crematory is phosphate of lime,
he thinks 1t would be good idea to treat II
with sulphuric acid and thus convert It into
sulphate Of lime--plaster OF psris-from
which bust or medallion Of the late departed
could be made.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-29

The traveller In England always notices
singular anomally-the weather is always wet
and the people are always dry.-Bosson Com
snerciol Bulletin.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-29

4 MKcHANIcsBURG (Ky.) lady, on dissect
ing head OF cabbage the other day found
stable striped snake embedded in its cente,
-Defroit Post.
The Worthington advance., 1882-02-16
Cupid in Camp and Court.

When the French sought to establish O
monarchy in Mexico q Mazatlan youth
raised a regiment of boys and waged agains;
such Of the invaders as appeared in Sina-
loa warfare that told. The young man S
father was Of Castillian blood and has
mother was a Mexican. His name, Coroua,
soon became famous and at the age of 25
he was regarded as the Mosby of Mexico
At the end of the war he was major gen.
eral, the hero Of the soldiers and the Idol
of Mazatlan society. he was six feet tall,
broad shouldered handsome and daring.
While attending ball at the American Ho-
tel, in Mazatlan. he stumbled over a do
mestic, knocking a tray from her hand
STOPPING to pick up the crockery, General!
Coron: noticed that tAe girl was very pretty
and very saucy. She told him that her
name was Betty Bowman, that her mother
was San Francisco washerwoman and
that he ought 10 know better than to rush
so headlorg down dark stairway. Corona
made love to the American miss and before
leaving for the capital he had leaned of
her lrreproachable though very humble life.
Once away, Bet:y's face and pert ways
haunted him SO much that he wrote to her.
arranging for marriage by proxy. He re-
mained at Mazatlan; the bride went to a
convent school. They were a thousand
miles apart and wrote 10 each other daily,
the husband constantly instructing the
wife in polite ways. President Juarez, fear
ing that Corona's popularity would lead the
people to give their vote to the young sol
der at IN election then approaching, CON
cluded to send him as minister to Madrid,
the most enviable diplomatic position il.
the eyes of all lIexcans. General Corona
took the washerwoman's daughter to his
palace in Madrid and she is now regar'e j,
as the most brilliant and accomplished Ls'y
at the court of Spain.
The Worthington advance., 1882-02-16
Good Farm Gardens.

The little care on farm gardens BY farm
ers is surprising. There is no part of the
farm any more important than the garden
is. It is pat, and an essential part Of the
farm; yet it is fact that ut least three
fourths OF the farmers pay no more atten-
ton to it than they do to the potatoe patch.
Agarden needs special attention and tilling.
Make your garden no larger than you can
prepare and care for in the best possible
manner. Nothing is more essential for a
good garden than good drainage. 1t is im-
possible to raise supply Of vegetables
without 1t. The soil of a garden ought to be
so rich and loose that it will fall apart VIII en-
stroked with light rake ar fork. In this
condition, where the seed was planted in it,
you need not wait long for returns. For
garden purposes there is nothing better
than well rotted stable manure, with which
leaves or any refuse vegetable matter may
be composed with advantage. This should
be plowed in unless the soil is quite san
dy and the manure very fine, when it
may be applied on the surface ard harrow
ed in. II you are farmer, your garden is
as much part of your fields as the corn
field is. When you neglect the garden you
neglect one Of the most important parts of
your business. Don't leave this most nec-
essary work for the women to do. Much
OF it needs the mans strong arm. But
whatever you do let it be well done and
have good gardens.