Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14
Miscellaneous.

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Miscellaneous.
JOHN ALLEN (colored), widower resid-
ing i'm Shawnee County, recently left his
four children at home, and went away to
attend TO some business. About night two
Of the smaller children, little girls, at
tempted to kindle a fire i'm the stove, using
kerosene oil to assist them. The result was
an explosion, which threw out blaze that
set the clothing of both children on fire,
burning one of Thorn to death before she
could get out of the house, and the other so
badly that death ensued soon afterwards.
PoSToFFICE changes in Kansas during
the week ending August 25ht, 1888: Estab-
lished-Parnell, Atchison County, James
L. Hotham, Postmaster; Washburn, Bour.
bon County, Loring Il. Washburn, Post.
master: YanktOn, Harper County, Stephen
{. Oliver, Postmaster. Discontinued-Val
dor, Graham County.
IN the case of Craig VS.. Morgan the
Acting Secretary of the Interior recently
decided the settlement made on the Usage
Trust and Diminished Reserved Lands in
Kansas, where each settler had arranged
right of entry under act of May, 1880, pro.
viding for the sale of these lands to actual
settlers only.
THE Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf pas.
senger train, while approaching Parsons
from the West few days since, was ditched
about four miles from that city by the
spreading of the rails. Two coaches were
turned over and five passengers injured
two seriously.
THE railroads will take parties to the
Leavenworth Soldiers reunion at one fare
the round trip.
THE Board of Regents of the State Uni.
versity recently elected Rev. J. A. Lippin.
colt, Professor of Mathematics at Carlisle,
Pa, Chancellor of the University. The
new Chancellor, like his predecessor, is
minister of the Methodist Church, but has
been for the past twenty years or more en-
gagged in teaching almost exclusively.
AS THE west bound passenger train on
the Santa Fe approached Usage City at
eight O'Clock on the morning of September
l, a freight stood on the side track. Just
as the passenger train reached the switch a
brakeman from the freight turned the
switch, throwing the passenger on the sid.
Myers, engineer of the passenger, had his
head badly cut, n finger taken off, his right
foot crushed and his leg and side bruised.
The fireman, Fred Amick, was caught be.
tween the engine and tender and had his
right leg broken square off above the knee
and the flesh manglcd terribly. The pas.
sengers were shaken up badly but none had
limbs broken.
Two rufiians recently met the thirteen
year-old daughter of Mr.. Whitney, of
Franklin County, in the woods near Ran.
toni and assaulted her so outrageOusly that
she was found insensible by the roadside
and died soon after. The people turned
out in force to search out the villains, and
lynching was threatened.
A FIRE at Burlingame recently DESTROYED
Raymond 6 Co.'s grocery store, Levi En-
pies dry goods establishment, and badly
damaged Reed & Spangler's grocery. Over
Empie's was n hall occupied by the Knights
Of Honor and. kindred organizations.
Nothing saved. The total loss was over
$4,000. Partially insured.
ABOUT eleven o'clock the other night, To-
peka was thrown into a wild state of ex-
element by shock which was thought tc
he an earthquake. The trouble proved to
be the explosion of two large boilers in the
Shaw-,He FIGURING Mills. The engine room,
a stone building, jOx30 feet, together with
everything contained therein, was blown to
atoms. Leroy Mills, the engineer was sup
posed to be fatally scalded, and two other
men were badly injured. The damage was
fully 5000.
WOLVES chase boys at Topeka.
A SPECIAL meeting of the Kansas Wool
Growers and Sheep Breeders Association
will be held at Topeka on Thursday even
ing, September 18th. Various topics of IN
terest to the wool growers of Kansas will
be brought before this meeting.
LATE one night last week as Mrs. Shep-
herd, who resides in tho western portion of
the city of Topeka, was sitting in her home
sewing, with the doors open, some one
steaithily entered, and stepping up behind
her threw piece of carpet over her head
and attempted to carry her Off. Her
screams frightened the rascal who escaped
in the darkness.
ALLEN 5. HUFF, while trying to steal a
ride on a freight train, fell from box car
near Hutchinson and was killed.
AT Junction City, about one O'Clock the
49, on the ha0SdS
Pacific was sent about a mile west of town
to flag train. He sat down on the end of
tie and went TO sleep. His light went
out, and his own train shortly after came
on him, cutting an arm and a leg off and
otherwise mutilating him, so that he died
the following day.
The letter of the Governor tn the County
Attorney of Atchison County, in reference
10 training for prize-fghting, caused Slade
to leave Kansas.
A MAN named Hypfeld, while drunk, sat
down on the railroad track at Marysville
and was killed by train
The residence of L. Garneau. of Parsons,
was burned to the ground the other morn
ing shout o'clock, together with its con-
tents, Mrs. Garneau, who was the sole occu-
pant OF the house, narrowly escaping with
her life. The fire was caused by the ex-
Plosion of a lamp which had been left burn
ing in the house. Loss, $4,000. partially
insured.
Iwo-cExr letter postage October 1.
1T is estimated that the corn crop of Kan
sas this year will reach 2OO,O 600.
The closing day of the temperance en-
campment at Parsons was well attended.
Durins the encampment the liquor ques-
ion was ably discussed in all it's bearings
oy eminent speakers.