Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-09-08


to change the Medicine Lodge mail route
into daily. Hope it viii succeed. -Iula
Times.
Miss Sarah A. Brown, who was once the
Democratic candidate for state superinten-
dent of public instruction, is now candi-
date for county superintendent, subject to
the decision of the Douglas county Re-
publican convention.
At the request of the secretary of the
interior Secretary Lincoln has directed
that Payne and his companions of Olxlaho-
ma notoriety, who have been in prison at
Fort Reno, be turned over to the civi. au-
thorities at Fort Smith, Ark. Payne hav-
ing been twice arrested for invading the
Territory he will undoubtedly be punished
to the full extent of the law.
The Atchison Champion remembers the
effort made a few years ago to adopta con.
stitutional amendment allowing female
suffrage in this state and says of that can
vas: "The state was invaded by horde Of
long-haired men and short-haired women,
who roamed about like walking pestilence.
filling the air with their howls. If this
sort of thing is to be repeated in another
canvas quietly and peaceably disposed
people, who were residents of the state in
1867, will be likely to seek refuge in some
other locality during the invasion. They
have had enough. Those who have since
settled in Kansas may desire to take such
dose. If they do we wish thenr joy.
AS the boy said when his mother was coax-
ing him to take some nauseating medicine,
81 baby have it all, mamma; he hasn't
tasted it yet, and maybe he'll swallow it be-
fore the taste gets into his mouth"
A new and alarming disease is reported
among the cattle of Pennsylvania, and so
far it has baffled the best veterinary sur
geons. When the cattle are first attacked
they refuse to eat or drink. They seem to
be seized with chill and breathing be-
comes di'sscilt. Some moan and appear
to be in great pain. In short time they
lie down and die in great agony. Their
bodies swell out of proportion, and very
foul oder is emitted A hasty examina-
ton of one of the bodies shows that the
blood of the dead animals turns complete
ly black. A veterinary surgeon says the
disease starts in the head, and he has be-
come deathly sick while boring the horns
OF the sick cattle He says the COWS are
dying from apoplexy of the spleen, and
his opinion is concurred In by others who
are also busily engaged in attending to va.
rious herds now in quarantine. The spleen
OF some of the dead animals is found to be
quite putrid. The bodies of the dead ami
mails are very poisonous, and one man has
already died from lockjaw and blood-pois-
iohing. He undertook to skin an animal for
the hide and some of the poison got into
his system through wound in his hand.
1t is suggested that the wire fences which
now bind a multitude of western farms
might be turned into telephone connec-
tons at small cost, to the great social adj
vantage Of lonely wives whose husbands
are away from morning until night.-Ex.
AT first blush that would appear to be a
good idea. Not only lonely wives but
an one could use the fences to transmit
messages on. For instance, suppose that
a young fellow wanted to know if h girl
would let him come around that evening
with his working clothes on; he would go
to the nearest wire fence and pound on it
with his squirt and yell against it until
he obtained connection, and then deliver
his message. But there would be some
drawbacks to the invention being success
on all occasions. Suppose the old man
was loafing down the fence when he would
hear his telephone number being called.
His reply might cause the wreck Of two
happy young lives. Or if hurried mes
sage from the gypsum hills to physician
in town or a good old motherly woman Of
!, the neighborhood, should get mixed up
with the messages of the young people, il
would cause bushes and embarrassment.
Or if some busy stockman should tele-
, phone to friend to send out ia quart of
r the same kind' and in the next breath tell
bis wife that he can not get home that
week 10 attend church, and the messages
shonld get tangled there might be- reason
for family GOODNESS. So we think that
for the present, until telephones give bet
ter satisfaction, the wire fences had besl
remain without telephone attachments.
We are in the..position of the Irishman
who was left out of the party. Once up.
: on time party was invited to grea,
/ supper and ball. Bnt one man in the
neighborhood was feft out Of the number
, Of invited guests. This man was an Irish
, man, and he declared that to get even hs
would get up big party and not invite 1
damn soul. We are Republican, and ex
D pect to remain one, but the confounded oil
. party has gone off and left us alone. When
: ever they get through galavanting witt