Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-04

I..r. uISCELLANEOUS.
FoUR drunken roughs named Harlow re.
Gently entered the store OF Mr.. Normilo.
Postmaster at Normhnville, Kans., and
commenced firing their pistols indisc-im.
inately. Mrs. Normile, the Postmaster's
wife, was fatally wounded, after which the
ruthans robbed the postofice.
Tux Phi MdH. Gdzette, i'm discussing
England's scare, says the evidence Of the
dynamite plots hatebcd in New York are
rs clear as the proof that the foreign police
possessed twenty-five years ago that Mas.
sina's plots against Italy were Matched in
England, and II adds that the extradition
OF Rosa, a. that Of Massina from England.
will follow.
COLLISION recently occurred off BiIboa
PortugaD between the English steamer
Thames and the Spanish steamer Mag,la.
lena Ficenta. The latter sunk with five
persons ON board. Two of the crew of the
Thames were drowned.
w. ii. ANDREWS, formerly Cashier of
the Windsor Hotel, Denver, arrived at the
Grand Pacific, Chicago, March "a, on his
way TO visit relatives In New York State.
On the 10Th he disappeared. Thereafter
his whereabouts were unknown, until the
other day his body was found in the river.
Ink paper mill at Catawassa, Pa, owned
aud operated by McCrcady & Co., of Phila-
dclphia, burned recently. The loss was es-
timated mt $4,000. About 40 men were
thrown ont Of employment.
THE Appropriation for the redemption of
worn and mutilnted United States notes
for the fiscal year 1892 and 1887 is nearly
exhausted. No appropriation for this SER
vice Tor the next fiscal year was made at
the last session OF Congress, therefore after
the present appropriation is exhausted, no
notes Of this description can be redeemed
at the Treasury Department until Congress
makes another appropriation for that pur.
pose.
1T Is reported 20 tho Treasury Depart
ment that smuggling is being extensively
practiccd on the Rio Grandc River, and
that difference of opinion exists between
the district attorney for the southern dis
trict of Texas and the Collector Of Customs
at brownsville as to the authority Of the
officers Of the latter to arrest persons de-
tected I'm the act OF smuggling.
THE statement OF the United States
Treasury showed tho gold, silver and
United States notes i'm the Treasury the
2lst as follows: Gold coin and bullion.
SlS6,;02, 215; silver dollars and bullion.
Sos, so ,i96; fractional silver coin, .aS5.-
591; United States notes, 50, 1il ,S;lS: total.
SBS, 3O2 ,O,sS
THE cowboys on a strike i'm the Panhandle
district Of Texas are becoming more vio-
lent. One hundred well armed are on.
camped at Las Coza, oldham County. nm
der the leadership OF one Harris, and make
open threats OF violence against those who
may go to take their places.
a HEAVY snow and wind storm, accom-.
panied by thunder and lightning. prevailed
generally throughout Colorado the 2Ist.
most severe in the mountain towns. Houses
were unroofed, miles OF telegraph poles
blown down, and n heavy fall of snow
throughout the whole mountain region WINS
reported. -t'
a BOILER In the yarn mill OF Rose & SEQ.
field, at Evansville, Ind, exploded recent
ly, instantly killing Ferdinand Schultheir
and wrecking the mill. ---------
10 AT Rochester, Mass, the other day. n
boat capsized in what is known as "Mead-
ow Pond" aud drowned Ella Rounswell.
aged 10; Minnie Phipps, aged %; and two
girls and a boy, children OF c. II. =.
Church. sGs.. go
A TorSe mar named Collins, playine
ball at Big Rapids, Iowa, recently, WIS
struck in the back Of the neck by tile ball.
producing conclusion OF the brain, from
which be died.
The Pension Commissioner has issued a
circular directing all special pension ex-
aminers 20 give the public notice that thew
are not authorized 10 collect money for fees
or expenses from pensioners or applicants
for Pensionsi also, that all special exam
liners are provided with n certificate, signed
by the Commissioner of Pensions and Sec
rotary OF the Interior, and bearing the seal
OF the Interior Department. Without such
certificates, all persons claiming 10 be pen!
sion examiners are frauds. Il am
= The wife OF Solicitor General Pbillips
died suddenly the other evening In WASH
ington, OF Appoplexy, while making her
toilet preparatory 70 going out visiting.
The people OF Orange County, n. Y, 4
were treated 20 a heavy snow storm on the
23d. 8. .i-i fii-'re.i -sa.I. IS - ii
JAMES WILKINS, OF the firm OK williams
& McCaulcy, lumber dealers of Big Creek.
Tenn, was arrested recently for enbezzling
$4,000 from New York firm in 1875.
Williams escaped TO Mexico, but returned
10 Tennessee. He failed the previous week
for $4,000. His true name is Lathrop. lie
was Cashier Of his father's banking bopse
in View York City. s.- .. 49,
Tux court house at Coleman City, Texas.
was broken into one night last week and ali
the criminal indictments destroyed and the
district and county records for several
terms carried away.
EIGHT HUNDRED cigar makers and 900
packers and shippers inaugurated a strike
in New York for an increase Of wages. The
strike will likely be prolonged for some
time, as both sides expressed the determine
ton not 90 yield.
LATER reports from all sections Of Mis-
sissippi visited by the recent cyclone. show
that eighty-three persons were killed and !
about 800 wounded, many dangerously. |
The loss Of property is Unprecedented.
HESRY T, WRIGHr, Assistant Postmaster |
at Racine, Wis, has been arrested for en-
beEzling Governments funds TO the amount !
Of 5000. He made confession and begged |
for mercy ON account Of his ''aged father. |
good wife and darling baby n..
FoUR inches Of snow iell at Champaign,
MS, on the 2lth. 40.
TIE money order system viii be extend |
cd 10 90 additional postofices on July I /
next, principally in the Western and North
western States.
GENERAL SHERIDAN received intellIgeneS
confirming the report Of a9skirIuish be-
tween detachment of the Second Cavalry
and the Cree Indians In Montana and the