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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-11
Texas Cattle Mnsf an

On Thursday of last week, a gentle
man claiming to hail from southwest
Me-, landed at Eureka over the Wichi-
ia road with 740 head of Arkansas cat
tie, ranging in size from good sized rat
to a little larger than full grown Green
wood county jack rabbit, and proceeded
to drive them on the range west of the
river. On Saturday the stockmen of
that section held meeting in Eureka
to determine upon some action that
would rid the county of their presence.
They decided to meet at Mr.. A. Errick-
sons Sunday morning at o'clock, and
request the gentleman to remove his
cattle at once, which they did in a man.
ner that meant business, and Sunday
evening the cattle were driven back to
town and put into the stock yards, and
on Tuesday were placed in cars and
shipped to Ft. Scott from whence they
came. There is no use talking, the stock
intert sts are too great, and the stock
men of this county have suffered too
severely to ever allow another herd of
these cattle to remain any length of
time within our borders. The process
of law is too slow for safety, and in the
future new process will be adopted to
that practiced in the past.-Greenwood
County Kans. Republican.
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Enfnrcinr tha Lam

The city has been under an intense
commOtion for several days; growing
out of the ordinance in relation to the
suppression of gambling and prostitu-
tion." On Saturday night an addition
police force was put on, and the work
of enforcement was commenced. Three
prostitutes ptetendedly employed in
Harris & Shorts saloon, as singers, but
employed evidently to evade the ordi-
nance in relation to prostitution, were
arrested and put in the lookup. This
action engendered bitter feeling, and
City Clerk Hartman who was on the
police force, was afterward met by
Luke Short, and his assassination at
tempted. Short fired two shots at Hart
man, the latter replying with one shot,
none of which took effect. Short was
arrested and placed under 81, 900 bonds.
Mayor Deger, learning that conspira-
cy had been formed, which had for its
object the armed resistance to the en-
forcement of the law and the conse-
quent murder of some of our best citi-
zens, organized police force on Sum
day, and on Monday, the plan was car
ried out. Luke Short was the first one
arrested and placed in the calaboose.
Subsequently, five others. were arrested
as follows: w. Fl. Bennett, a former
New Mexico desperate, DIR. Mel, a
Mobeetie gambler, johnson Gallagher,
a gambler, and L. A. Hyatt, a gambler.
These men, Hyatt, being retained a
couple Of days, were given the choice of
trains, and on Tuesday, under orders of
Mayor Deger, were sent out Of town.
Short, Lane and Gallagher went east,
Bennett went west, and Mel went
south.
As a precaution, about one hundred
and fifty citizens were on the watch
Monday night, and large police force
Is still held on duty night and day.
Mayor Deger, the police force and the
citizens of Dodge City are determined
that the Iawless element shall not
thrive in this city. No halfway meas
ures will be used in the suppression Of
either lawlessness or riot. Mayor De
ger is a resolute, fearless and obstinate
officer. All good and law abiding citi'
zens are standing by him In this trying
emergency.-Dodge City Times.
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A Massachusetts Disgrace.

Recently there has come to light
through an investigation, some of the
most sickening brutality and inhuman
meannsss connected with the aims
house at Tewksbury, Massachusetts,
that ever disgraced charitable institu-
ton in this country. The neglect and
cruelty practiced by Mr.. and Mrs. Marsh
who seems to have been in charge of the
aims house,is almost too appalling to be
believed, but the witnesses are numer-
GUS and their statements too trustwor-
thy to be contradicted. The black
deeds of the reverend Mr.. Cowlew, of
the Shepherds Fold, in New York, are
not to be compared with the inhumani-
ty of the managers of the Tewksberry
aims house. Children were starved to
death; disease was allowed to make its
ravages without the least attempt to
check its fatality; babies were put in
coffins and buried before their little
bodies were cold; maggots were permit
ted to eat under and around the skull of
a sick child; infants were poisoned by
drugs; insane nurses poisoned the little
ones placed in their charge; and seven
ty-three babies died in three months
under this treatment and only one liv-
ed.
The state is now engaged in investi-
eating this hell-hole of crime and inhu-
manity. The farther the investigation
goes, the more infamous proves the
conduct Of the keeper of the aims house
and what will be the determination of
the matter is impossible to tell. The
Tewksbury horror is black spot, not
on Tewksbury or Massachusetts, alone,
but on the whole country; and IL there
is any punishment to be inflicted upon
the demons in human shape who have
caused this curse to rest upon the coun-
try, it should be given to the full extent
of the law.
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Execution of and Indian.

w. p. Ewing, who has just returned
from the Indian Territory, gave the
INDEX description of the execution
of an Indian who had been convicted
of the crime of murder, the penalty for
this serious offense being death by
shooting.
When one Indian kills another and is
detected, he is tried by the Chief of the
tribe, assisted by the underchiefs, who
sit as court. The evidence is given
on honor, only, and not under oath, for
these people care little for oaths. In the
elusive that the person had committed
murder and he was doomed to die on a
certain day not far distant. The con-
victed one was then allowed to go his
way, after promising to be present on
the day set for the execution. Unlike
our civilized and enlightened people
this is considered the best way to in
sure appearance of the subject to be ex-
ecuted, for to neglect to keep his prom
ise would degrade himself, family and
friends, and all would be considered
not only liars and towards but traitors,
according to the Indian idea traitor
is so low and debased that he win new
er see the ''happy hunting ground" af-
ter death any more than he viii be toll
Grated by his fellows during life. The
degradation that must follow liar,
coward or traitor. the Indian thinks. ie
worse than death. So by refusing to
keep his word he would be an outlaw
and his family suffer for all time to
come. Then he could hardly escape ID
he desired, for he could find no one who
would give him harbor. A friendly
neighboring tribe viii not protect flu
gitive from the justice their neighbor!
propose dealing out to one who ha,
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List of pensioners.

Commissioner of Pensions Dudley,
has notified the government printer
that the list of pensions of the United
States is ready for the compositor, and
it is probable the work on this docu-
ment viii begin July i, 1888. In re-
sponse to the demand for this informa-
tion, congress authorized its printing
as an executive document for distribu-
tion. The pension bureau, however,
has delayed furnishing the manuscript
till this time, in order that necessary
corrections may be made up to January
1, 1888. An idea may be formed ofthe
extent Of the work when 1t is stated
that forty-eight volumes Of 900 pages
each win be required to fill the congress
ional enactment. Orders have been
given that it shall be of q confidential
character, and all the proofs must be
sent to the commissioner of pension o,
for such use as he may see fit.
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psnoeratie Kansas.

Kicking Bird" bright correspon-
dent of the Kansas City Times, from
Leavenworth, recently had an interview
with prominent Old Line Democrat,
who predicted a victory for the party
in Kansas, and said:
81 said to you Democratic victory in
Kansas at the next election is not only
possible but probable, and religiously
believe it, because, in the first place the
principles of the Democratic party are
in accord with those of the people. 1t
has always represented the great mid
die classes. The old whig party was a
very respectable party, but it was a
kid-gloved, seal-sacqued, aristocratic
party. The college professors, the young
boys with curled hair and light down up
on the upper lip, the blooded aristocracy
and dilletante were wings, but the plow
holders the delivers in the mines, the
sturdy yeoman who
.Hew down the woods and till the soil.
And win thereby prouder fame
Than fellows prince or warriors name,"
were democrats. OF all the foreigners
who have come to this country during
the last fifty years, who have fed from
the tyranny and oppression in the old
country-why is it that seven-tenths of
these join at once the democratic party
upon arriving here?"
but the great bulk of the liberty-loy-
ing Germans belong to the republican
party"
"Yesl but that arose from the consid-
Grafton of single issue. The constitu-
ton was not framed by any one party.
though the men who framed it and set
in motion this wonderfully complex
yet simple and harmonious machin-
cry that we call our government. sub
sequently became the great lights and
leaders of the democratic party: and
most assure dly the democratic partv
was not responsible for the exis ICE of
slavery. They found it here, recognize
ed by the government when the party
was formed. In its treatment they
sought the use only of constitutional
methods, the great-hearted Germans
upon coming here found the majority.
perhaps, of the democratic party slave
holders, believing in slavery, or acquis-
cent in its existance, and so they iden-
tilted themselves with a party that
seemed to them more liberty loving and
aspirant for the spirit of freedom. Now
that the tendency Of therepublican par
ty seems to be the crushing out of indi-
vidual liberty and the protection of
great monopolies,t the German, of course,
identifies himself with the democratic
party, the eternal foe of monopoly, the
advocate of personal liberty and the de-
fender OF the individual rights of man.
Our recruits now come largely, 1 may
say mainly, from the ranks of the Ger
mans. This is especially the case i'm
Kansas, Iowa and Ohio.n
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The superintendent of the refrigera-
tor line of the Northern Pacific railway
states that companies have been form
ed to build beef slaughtering houses at
Miles City, and Billings in the valley of
the Yellowstone, and in describing the
advantages of doing the slaughtering
near the ranches he says: "a steer at
Billings or Miles City, averages / 200
pounds on the hoof. Load it into a car
and send it the 800 miles or more to
Chicago, and it shrinks 10 per cent. or
40 pounds. This is agreed by all stock
men. Kill it near the range and the
steer viii dress so per cent in the 100, or
40 pounds to the 100. This dressed
beef, killed, cooled and quartered, and
then sent to Chicago in our refrigera-
tor cars, only loses per cent or II
pounds. The I'D pounds lost on the
live steer at s. per 100, the price on the
hoof in Chicago, would amount to So 20
The 7.2 pounds at nine cents would rep
resent q loss of 81 IS cents or in round
numbers 81 S. more loss on the hOof
than when dressed. But this is not all.
The railway charge on carload of live
stock is 81 per head; to this add 50 cts,
per head commission in yards, cost OF
attendants. food for five times in trans.
1t, and yard charges. and all stockmen
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harmed an Indian; he dare not 90 to an
unfriendly tribe for protection, for there
death would be certain to follow: he is
afraid of the white mans treachery.
and SO he must stay and bravely re-
ceive the punishment. AS matter of
formality, however, some Indian is ap-
pointed to look after the condemned
man.
The day of the execution comes ON
and with it appears the victim. In the
case our friend witnessed the Indian
was accompanied by his mother and
sister. They erected a tent near the
spot where the execution was to occur.
and there the three unhappy persons re-
mained until the hour for the execution.
The mother and sister clothed the vic
tim in white shirt and pants, and paint
ed spot on the breast, directly over
the heart. This is the spot for the exc
cutioner to aim at. Thus prepared, the
three persons, at signal, emerge from
the tent and are standing before the ex-
ecutioner who has been selected for the
work. There is no ugly platform with
dangling rope, no black cap or pinioned
limbs, mo sheriff with glaring axe to cut
the cord. With form erect and one
hand in that of his mother and with his
sister firmly grasping the other this
miserable man kneels down on the bare
earth, his mother and sister standing
on either side; and there a few feet
away Is the man with weapon leveled.
A low utterance, look at the friends
now clasping his hands, then one look
TO the Heavens, and bang his heart
has been pierced by the leaden messen-
ger and he bounds upward, and falls,
not forward on his face, but backward.
His arms were firmly held by his moth
er and sister that he might not die fac
ing the earth. Indian tradition has
told them to avoid dying with the face
down, and friends see that this injunc-
tion is not violated. The body is car
ried to the tent by his relatives and shut
out from the curious gaze.
Mr.. Ewing was much impressed with
this novel scene, and the solemnity of
the occasion, and does not think he will
ever forget it. There was no noise or
no tears shed; no speech
from the doomed man. All was order
and quiet.
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MEDICINE LODGE. BARBER CO. KANSAS MAY A. 1885,

agree that the total cost is SO per head
exclusive of shrinkage, or Sl6 20. shrink
age included. Now take the same ami
NAL slaughtered or dressed at Billings
OF Miles City. The 40 pounds costs
about 81 per 100, or 81 20 to transport,
then there is 65 cents shrinkage, COM
misslons-the commission IS usually 81
per cent on the price paid for beef,
whlch vt cents per pound would make
1t 81 67-and 25 cents (about SO per car
OF forty animals) for ice, making So n
the cost laid down in Chicago, or S6 43
In 1avor OF the dressed beef shipment. {"
Cincinnati Price Current.
Ihe Pltsburg Stockman of a recent
date contains the following observation
ON live stock: AS compared with the
spring of 1882, the prices of fat cattle
are now low, but in comparison with
other seasons they are quite high. AS
we have repeatedly said before in these
columns, there has been likelihood of
the extreme values of that time being
reached. However, there is no like of
stockmen who have been sanguinely ex-
pectlng just such prices, and who have
made contracts on which they cannot
possibly get out in safety without a tre-
mendious further advance. That cat
tie will sell higher than now before grass
comes is among the probabilities, but
any expectations of the SC values is ex-
travagant. Worse and worse comes
the advices from foreign markets for
American live stock. The condition
OF this trade has been growing a little
less satisfactory from week to week for
quite while, but in the past week it
has reached worse point than for
some months. Both cattle and sheep
are hard sale, and are disposed of only
by considerable effort. Supplies of
American stock are pretty liberal, L,espec-
tally of sheep, which continue to go for
ward freely. Prices show slight fur
ther shrinkage. A lack of female stock
is one OF the leading features of the
live stock industry in many parts of the
United States to-day. This is not note
worthy i'll connection with sheep, but
stands out prominently in cattle and
hogs. In no part of the country is there
surplus of cows, and in many districts
double the number available are needed
The need of more cows strikingly
manifests itself in the west and south
west on the range. Ten thousand good
COWS Could be sold at good prices, and
distributed in fortnight's time, could
they be introduced at Fort Worth, Cald-
well, Ration, Cheyenne and elsewhere.
Ranchmen have badly crippled their
us,Ress by selling off for slaugh-
ter large portion of the animals on
which they necessarily depend for in
crease of their herds. But the injury
has been done, and can be repaired no
way but by natures slow process of re-
cuperation. A similar shortage in sows
is quite noticeable in many parts of the
United States. Farmers find it highly
desirable now to give increased atten-
tion to hog raising, but many are una
BILE on account of scarcity of female
stock, to do as much in this direction as
they would wish. However this is much
less serious than the shortage of COWS,
and can be remedied in a year or two
of careful breeding.
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Tashion Notes.

SCiy Attlo IaiS6 QaiT ID WOlu.
Red in all shades will be much worn.
Shoes to match dresses grow in favor.
The simpler the hairdressing the bet
ter.
White kids are revived for evening
dress.
Bangs and crimps are worn further
from the eyebrows.
Gloves and mittens contrast with in
stead OF matching costumes.
The preferred gloves are in coal shades
of grey and tan, chamois and buff.
Gentlemen'S scarfs show all the new
colors and designs of the season.
Short sleeves viii be worn the COM
ing season.
Gold, silver, and colored spotted nets
ara occasionally worn for wells, but they
are not becoming.
New wall paper shows the vanishing
effects, Chine patterns, and new blues,
pink, and other colors brought out this
spring.
Alarge rosette or bow Of velvet rib
bon with square or horshOe buckle of
strauss pebble, Is worn ON the left side
of the dress just below the waist.
| Crushed strawberry, cerise, scarlet and
garnet shades are worn with black sat-
/ III dresses.
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BARBER COUNTY INDEX.

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!. W. BAoar, W. r.. CoIG,oRD.
Paris, Ky. Medicine Lodge, X
Bagge & GOICOTd.
A Good Place 20 Stop.

TIE MEDICINE LoDGE HoUsE, under the
new management of Shelley X layton. Is
prepared To- accommodate all gusts who
mny call. Good rOOnls, bountiTnl table,
antl all the accommodations to b. found in
a we'll regulated hostelry. Good rooms for
commercial men. The headquarters for
Stockmrn. janl2-I9
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Great droves of beef cattle will soon
occupy the rich ranges in Montana from
which the buffalo has been driven.
There is no business growing so rapidly
as this one. As the area in which cat
tie are ranged extends from year to
year, the industry as whole will suffer
less from hard weather and severe
storms, which. may sometimes have a
disastrous effect if the cattle are bunch
ed in one or two territories or states.
The growth of the business cannot fail
to give satisfaction to the Eastern con-
sumers, for it will tend to make beef
cheaper. 1t may also enlarge our ex-
port trade in fresh beef, which fell off
thirty-four per cent. in the last fiscal
year.
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Steers of 500 to 900 weight, on good
pasture from May l to November,
should gain each 400 pounds. Much de-
pends on their condition when turned
out in the spring. Those wintered
around straw stacks, without grain, will
not begin to gain for several weeks.
Their digestion is bad; much blood is
needed to renew their coat of hair and
loosen the hide. On the other hand, a
steer already fat will not gain so much
as one in what is called good condition.
Such animal will increase very fast from
May to middle or last of June, aver
aging perhaps with little grain at
first) four pounds per day, but during
July and August very little gain would
be manifest, while the thin steer would
then be in condition to be adding some
weight. 1t is much better to market
July / the steers that were fat when
turned upon grass in May.
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The excellent prices which horses are
bringing this season in the San Antonio
market, and the steady and increasing
sepand for stock, have given much en-
couragement to the business of produc-
ing horses, and will have the immedi-
ate effect of inducing more men to en-
bark in the horse raising business. In
deed, young horses, even one and two
years old, are in demand on the same
speculative basis as are cattle of cores
ponding ages. When the custom or
method of driving cattle, now in prac-
tice disappears with other things of the
past, however the demand for horses
for trail outfits will of course pass away.
This will effect the local value of cow
ponies for awhile.-Texas Live Stock
Journal.
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Plenty of Feed and
Pure Water.

and am now prepared 10 take excellent eareiof
any animals icft with me.
In connection with thu corral. and FRYE TO an
my customers isa good warm room with stove
for cookinE-a FOod place for freightcrs and
atockmCn To- camp. aSSm
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w. K. Colcord, well known as a sue
cessful breeder and handlerof thorough
bred stock in the southwest, was in at
tendance at the Cochrane sale last week
With his usual keensightedness, he pur-
chased Imp. Northesk A, (157S), an Alb
erdeen-Angus bull, which has been a
prize winner, and used by Mr.. Coch-
rane in his famous Hillhurst herd in
Canada. Mr.. Colcord will put this bull
at the head of his herd of thoroughbred
and high-grade Short-horns, lately
brought from Kentucky, at his ranch in
Kingman county, Kan, known as the
Chikaskia ranch. He expects to soon
see a number of good calves from this
excellent specimen of this famous
Scotch breed.-K. c. Indicator.
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STOCK MEMS
G. OR r ALL
ESAU LAME, ProprietoR.

~ Have fitted mp a larTel commodious and
4convenient stock and wagon corral, supplied
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A plan in use in South Australia for
leading cattle, said to be very effective
is as follows: Tie the end of the rope
around the base of the near horn, pass
the line across the forehead, back be-
hind the horns and under the back of
the near ear, thence up between the
ropes and the animals forehead. When
held taut hitch is made which takes
In the ear, the least pressure upon which
by pulling the rope, it is said, prevents
the most obstinate beast from hanging
back.
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A late Chicago paper credits Hon. j.
ID. Sanders, who is a member, and sec
retary of the q. S. treasury cattle COM
mission, with saying that there are no
cases of foot OF mouth disease among
cattle In America or Canada, and the
only cases of that character in this
country are brought direct from Eng
land. A little over year ago few
cases bere brought over but were dis
covered In time, the cattle placed in
quarantine, and the spread of the dis
ease prevented. He describes the dis
ease as being very contagious, but easi-
ly cured.