Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-13
MANHATTAN DISTRICT.

T.. The dry goods store OF George Ipnes & Co
at Lawrence, was entered one night last week
and robbed Of forty -three pieces of their finest
silk. aggregating about $1,000 in value. The
thief immediately put out for Chicago where
TIE silk was offered for sale. This led to his
detection. The burglar proved to be fellow
by the name of Henry Lewis. He was ar
rested and nearly all the goods recovered.
Lewis is one of the most expert burglars and
confidence men in the United States. He
made several efforts to dispose of the silks
while in Chicago, claiming that he had re-
ceived them in exchange for mining stocks
out in Colorado. Sheriff Asher obtained
requisition and went to Chicago for him..
In accordance with the provisions of the new
law requiring the funds of the State Agri.
cultural College to be heuceforth kept in the
State Treasury instead of at Manhattan, where
the College is located, the Board of Regents,
and the College Treasurer recently deposited
with the State Treasurer all the bonds, securi-
ties and funds to the amount of S39S921,
together with all books and everything else
belonging to the institution and required by
law to be so deposited.
The officers of the Wichita Land Office re-
port Isl, $40 acres Of public land still vacant.
OF this amount Sedgwick County has 1853
acres, Reno County has 133, 240 acres, Butler
County has IA, 40 acres, and Harvey COUNTY
has the same. These lands are subject to
homestead entries. There still remains 617,-
5SOacres Of the Usage Trust lands, subject to
presumption, at $1.25 per acre.
The new Board of Regents of the State
Agricultural College recently elected the fol.
lowing officers: President, F. D. Coburn OF
Wyandotte County; Vice-President C. T..
Clifford, Of Clay County; Treasurer, 7. j. FL.
lott, of Riley County; Secretary, George T..
Fairchild. The affairs OF the institution ara
in excellent condition, indicating .very iu.
dicious and careful management by the retir.
ing Board. The spring term of the college
opened with 2s6 students :,
Prairie fires are destroying many sheep
| At the late city elections in the State, the
Democrats elected Dr. Medley Mayor of
Leayenworth; C. C. Burnes Democrat, was
elected in Atehison; Joseph Wilson beat
Welsh for Mayor of Topeka; Hamilton, Anti
| Prohibition, was elected at Wellington; Kan
sas City,, Kansas, elected j. c. Hilliker; d. E
Cornell had a walk over id wyaBdotte;
Wichita elected Grifiinstein, Anti Prohibition |;
George w. Martin was elected in Junction
City; Edward Fuller was the lucky man at
Ottawa; the Citizens" chose A. B. PearselI
at Fort Scott, and the same ticket, headed by
BoEersoek, was successful in Lawrence and
EmPoria elected the AUTHORIZATION ticket
NH Fisher, formerly OF Leavenworth, was
killed the other day in a railroad accident in
Georgia
The land Office OF the new Southwest Dis
trict viii be opened at Garden City in June.
A Division Of the Sons of Temperance was
organized few. nights sipce at Fort Scott,
and there was some talk OF a Law and Order
League.
Miss Cora Gabrielle Curns, of Fort Scott, il
going on the stage
I Horses are being shipped from Texas to
Kansas to be used on the farms. 4.ii -
E.A. scammmon, of Cherokee County, was
appointed Inspector OF Coal Mines by Gov.
ernor Click, and confirmed by. the Executive
Council.
Decatur and RawIins Counties are rec eiyin.
some settlers this spring.