Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

IN the manufacture OF velvets, was burned
recently. Three firemen were killed by the
falling walls.
The United States Marshal Of Western
Texas recently arrested, i'm New Mexico,
mail robber named Silsbee and lodged him
I'm jail at Dallas, Texas. Silsbee was
route agent on tho Houston & Texas Cen
trail Railway, and in 1891, on one occasion,
while there was wreck, robbed the Gov
eminent Of about 5000. When captured
he was working as a stone mason on
Court House at Silver City.
In Hampstead County, Ark, recently, n
white man named Wyatt and a colored
man had a difficulty which resulted in
Hight In which the latter was worsted. The
negro subsequently collected n number OF
his friends, who attacked and killed Wyatt
The attempt to arrest the murderers brought
on small war of races. A fight was re-
ported as having taken place between the
posse and the negroes, which resulted in
the killing Of Ave Of the latter and the ar.
rest Of eighty.
UNDER construction Of the law made some
time ago, by Secretary Folger, leave of alb.
sence to employees Of the Treasury Depart.
ment is limited TO thirty days in each cal
gNNAf WIN Dalf tANtDI III case Oh
sickness. IL had heretofore been the Gus
tom to allow employees ten ordinary and
fifteen additional days leave, that thew
might go home to vote. Now absence from
duty on that account will be deducted
from the thirty days leave allowed by law.
w. L. STEVENS, United States Consul at
Smyrna, writes the National Board of
Health, under date Of July 13, that the
news from Egypt is less alarming than at
the time OF his last report. Facts have
come to light tending to show the disease,
which decimatedt the population of Damietta
Is not Asiatic cholera but malignant local
distemper, caused by the filthy condition Of
the town and the unclean habits of its lower
classes, whose principal article Of food is
hsh caught from water polluted and
poisoned by being used as n receptacle for
oifal, the carcassess OF diseased animals,
etc. During British occupation many ami
mails persisted and their bodies were dumped
into the water regardless Of consequences.
THE coinage Of standard silver dollars
during the month Of August will amount TO
2,J4O,OOO, TO be coined in the different minis.
The total receipts of customs in July
were S2O, 300, against SIS, 0JO, 1877 for the
same month last year. This shows an In.
crease Of S9jS,GJ3 for the first month OF the
new tariff law.
MANY Of the striking telegraph operators
are returning 10 their desks.
OFFICER JOHN WALL, OF Chicago, who
seriously wounded young man named
Edward Faulkner, recently, while defend.
ing himself against crowd Of roughs, sub
sequently committed suicide, the fact Of
his shooting an innocent party preyed upon
his mind causing him 20 kill himself.
ANAN named Barker, living on Hurri.
cane Greek, Ark, recently killed his dauRb-
ter upon the announcement OF her inten.
ton 20 marry young man against his
wishes. The neighbors hung Barker I'm his
front door
Mrs. MARY r. HUGHEs, Of ST. Louis.
committed suicide in baltimore. Separa-
ton from her husband and domestic
trouble, It Is said, led to the act.
IHEOPHu.As ABARE, living near Peru.
Chnton County, ". V, was found dying in
bed the other morning, with three knife
wounds In the neck. His wife was missing
and it was supposed she committed the deed
through inordinate jealousy.
| THERE were forty.nine deaths from vel.
low fever the past week at Havana.
THE United States Consul General nj
Mhtamoras sent telegram 10 the Depart.
ment OF state in regard 20 the action OF the
authorities Of Louisiana i'm subiecting all
vessels from Mexican ports to quarantine.
lie complains that the quarantine against
Matamoras Is unjust as that place Is healthy
and free from Infection.
The first week in August the Treasury
Department paid out nearly 100000 on
account OF pensions.
The issue of standard silver dollars for
the week which ended Aug. was 500, 400 :
corresponding period last year, $277,OOO.
ONE HUNDRED AND TEN British soldiers
have died from cholera in Egypt since the
outbreak OF the disease. .''.i
AT Baptist festival in Camden, g. C..
recently sixty persons who partook OF Zee
cream were poisoned. One child died and
thirteen persons were still In critical con-
dition.
The first balls OF new cotton was received
AZ Montgomery, Ala, on the 9Th, and sold
Tor thirteen cents per pound.
BRowN Bros. & Co, lumber dealers and
insurance agents OF Detroit, Mich, have
failed. Liabilities 100000, assets eoo.OOO
Recently at Sistersvllle, W. Va, ne.
groes and Italians were working together
blasting, when the negroes put I'm a blast
and, notified OF danger, ran to n safe dis
lance, but IL was said did not give the
Italians proper notice, and two of them
were killed. The Italians pursued the no
grOes with revolvers, picks and dirks, who
In turn drew raEors. More trouble was ex
pected.
Mas. Cxarpt-nr Ans ,.-.s. ~ n .
B. Allen, rector Of Grace Episcopal Church
Rock Island, H., committed suicide re-
Gently by drowning. She had been suffer
ing from hysterical mania, caused by re
ligious excitement, and taking advantage
Of her husbands absence ran in her night
dress to a stream three hundred yards dis
tant and drowned herself.
The deaths In Egypt from cholera on
Saturday the lth were $40. on Sunday rs
The Treasury Department has made a
ruling that Canada tugs cannot tow Ameri
can vessels from Canadian waters into
American waters beyond the first Ameri
can port in which they make entry.
The German Admiralty have ordered
commanders Of men-of-war 10 limit their
supplies Of American pork to what Is nee
essary for the sustenance Of crews during
passage home from foreign stations. The
object Of this order is 10 avoid the hand
ling Of any such pork at German ports.
THx Vermont National Bank at st. Al
bans, Bradley Barlow President, has closed
ITS doors Barlow IL also President and
owner Of the Southeastern Railway OF
canada and II Il understood he has failed
ana that all Of bis property Is involved. BE-
! sues considerable amount loaned b.