Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-23
mIsCELLANFOUS.

bHehheht Ia" repeats the old statute by winch
an officer, upon his own application, might be
retired after thirty years consecutive service
Emperor William subscribed 1900 marks
for the relief Of German sufferers by. the
American foods. ....
Mrs. DIR. z. VI. Watts, wife Of Government
physician, died at Portsmouth, Va, recently,
from the effect of chloroform administered in
extracting teeth.
A German servant girl, Catharine Metzgar,
in the employ of Samuel May, of Philadelphia,
attempted to murder Mrs. May recently. She
seized Mrs. May while asleep, by the hair and
beat her about her head with the blunt end of
Ratchet. A desperate struggle ensued and
Mrs May wrenched the Ratchet from Gather.
ines hand. The girl then seized a bottle
OF bay rum which stood on the bureau and
flung It at Mrs. May. The missile
missed its mark d struck the infant, asleep
In the crib, breaking its skull, INJECTING fatal
injuries. The struggle betweens the two
women was renewed and ended by Mrs. May
throwing the servant out OF the room and
locking the door. Her cries brought the
police. The only reason given by the girl for
the assault was that she was directed by some
unseen power in a dream to commit the act.
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600, Is to be formed at Chicago.
Charles Dougherty entered shooting gal
lery in New York the other day, seized large
sized target pistol and blew his brains out.
Two mail bags, destined to New York and
Philadelphia, were stolen at the depot at
TOwanda, Pa, recently.
Two hundred girls started from Limerick.
Ireland, for New Hampshire one day last
week. Almost the entire population assem-
bled to bid them goodbye.
The first ten days of the month New Eng
land reported the coolest March on record.
The State Department has received no init
nations as 90 the Intentions OF the British
Government relative to the execution OF the
warrant for the arrest of p. J. Sheridan.
There Is reason To believe the matter will not
be pressed, unless the British Government
feels assured IL can make out a case which will
satisfy the State Department that extradition
should be granted.
The Secretary OF the Interior has formally
leased to Carroll T. Hobart, of Fargo, Dakota,
Henry t. Douglass, OF Fort Yates, Dakota
aud Rufus Hatch, OF New York, a number OF
small tracts OF land in the Yellowstone Ma.
tioual Park for a period of ten years. The
lease comprises seven tracts of land aggre.
eating 5OJ acres, and the lessees agree to con.
struct one principal hotel at the mammoth
hot springs, TO cost S150,0O0 and contain nc
less than $50 rooms. They further agree &c
construct six smaller hotels on plans TO bt
hereafter approved by the Secretary OF the In
terror at different points.
Virgins storm, although not as disastrous
as he had foretold, was nevertheless quite
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coast the wind vas violent; attended by heavy
snow and tiGSi waves. In Canada the heaviest
| Storm known for years prevailed on the 10tl
and 18th. The snow fell to the depth of ovel
one foot. Railroads were blocked and mucl
damage done. ~
Lucinda Foreman, a widow aged eighty
and her maiden daughter aged ffty-one, living
alone on a farm fourteen miles from Iniian
apolis, Ind, we're recently murdered at thei
home. One OF the bodies was found outsid,
the house under pile of straw, and the othe
In the kitchen OF the dwelling. An axe wa
the instrument used to accomplish the deed
There was no clue to the perpetrators of tn,
deed.
Colonel John NJ Thompson, ex-Congress
man of the Butler (Pa) district, was recentl'
500 to $4,000. The arrest occas. oned grea
excitement, but the general opinion prevaile'
that the charge could not be sustained.
Indian Inspector Pollock has rendered hi
resignation, to take effect the 3lst instant
Secretary Teller has already selected his. sue
cessOr. ... r.... ....
The Government statistician OF the Agri
cultural Department says no report Of tn
damage to growing wheat has been receive,
by him, and saws future disasters alone ca
injure the growing crop. -.+ .
The statement OF the United States Treasur
er shows gold and silver and United State
notes in the Treasury 70 the 18th as follows
Gold coin and bullion, sI7p. 6s5 COS; silver dol
lars and bullion, Sos. Isl, 1885, fractional silve
coin, t26, 66s, 412; United States notes, s45,
5S4, 26S. Total, t35S, Isl, $40.
The New Jersey Senate passed almost unani
mously the bill prohibiting the sale Of cigar
cites or tobacco In any form TO minors, unde
. penalty OF ESQ for each offense.
| A Carson (Nev.) dispatch says IL is rumore
in political circles that Senator Fair will re
sign on account OF al health. Governo
Adams win then resign, and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Leighton win succeed him and appoin
Adams United States Senator.
Hoods boarding shed at the Brownsville
wood camp. near Deadwood, Dakota, burne,
recently, aud Jas. Chalmers, Thos. Fineless
r. Wright, Lewis Hanson, Peter Hanson
Harvey Wood, W. II. Andrews, Chas. Han
mond, Fred T. Peters and Samuel Hayes wer
burned TO death. -Four others, names ur
known, were. severely injured. The legs @
two will have to be amputated.
Intelligence from France IS that the lat
emeute In Paris was due TO the fact that 81
600 persons are out OF employment
The west bound passenger train on the ].
I and W. Railroad, ran into the Alamo hack a
Il was crossing the track two miles west O
| CraWfordsville, Ind, instantly killing Josep
Green, driver, and Milton Rusk and Elizabet
| Clark, passengers.
Catherine Edwards, young lady of eighteen
living at Caseyville, ST. Clair County, nlinoi:
was shot and killed one evening recently b
John Jacobs, an intimate friend, who though
To brighten her and have ''some fun" BY poin
ing a shotgun and swapping cap at her.
was very funny.
At Columbus, Ohio, J. ID. Watson was ser
fenced 20 the Penitentiary for one year upo
conviction of Offering brides 10 a member {
the Legislature. i
The hide and leather firm Of Humphreys
Co, New York, have assigned Liabilities
over SS26000 dg- f-..A ~ -.
The Chief Of the Secret Service Division o
the Treasury Department has been advised tho
most dangerous counterfeit of the standar
silver dollar has made its appearance In OH