Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-07
mIsCELLANFOUs.

MISCELLANEOUS.
AT WOodville, Ills, William Pope triedto
obtain reconciliation with his wife, but be-
ing repulsed, shot her and then himself.
Two sisters, Lottie and Emily Littlefield,
who n few days previous had been sent to
the lnirmary, at GAINESVILLE, Ohio, in at
tempting 70 escape from third-story win
dow recently, were fatally injured. The
women had been in good circumstances till
lately, and when Nie only remaining rela-
tive refused 10 care for them they had to be
sent to the Infrmary.
THE American Rapid Transit Company
of Washington recently notified their EN-.
ployes that all advantage accorded them
during the strike had been revoked, and
that hereafter they will receive the same
pay as before the strike, and will also be
compelled TO labor the same number of
hours. This is the company that accedcd
TO the demand of the operators n few days
after the strike, and received for this action
great praise.
THE Commissioner of Internal Revenue
issued instructions to Revenue Agent
Powell, ut Raleigh, n. c., 10 investigate
the report that several revenue officers i'm
the upper part of South Carolina have been
systematically swindling the Government
for some time. 1t is charged that the Off.
GERS in question hire persons to put up old
stills i'm remote places, and then capture
the material in the night time and obtain
the Government reward of $50 for each
seizing. The same material is then put up
i'm another part Of the State and seized
again. IL is alleged only few of the stills
captured i'm the mountains Of South Caro-
lima have really been used for Illicit dis.
tilling.
THE amount Of Claims received at Wash.
ington for rebate on tobacco aggregate
$500, 900 aud all districts had not reported
The imports of specie for the week ended
August - were unusually heavy. amount
ing TO Sl,4SJ,92l, the second largest total
for any one week this year. The total i'm
port Of specie since January 1st was So
SO2,2Oi, against S2,2G7 30 for the CORES
pOnding period last year.
Ex-GovERNoR CoNLEY, postmaster of
Atlanta, Ga, and five employees of the post
Office, were removed the other day. The
removal was wholly unexpected. Thecause
was said to lie general dissatisfaction.
A SENSATIONAL story was sent from Idaho
To the effect that n band of desperadoes.
in which were two Italians, had been
organized for the purpose of proceeding TO
Yellowstone Park with the view of captur.
ing President Arthur and party, and to
spirit them away into mountain Businesses
and caves, where they will he fed, but kept
prisoners, while members of the party will
act as pickets TO prevent them from being
surprised and captured while negotiations
for heavy ransom are conducted.
The City Marshal and another officer of
Ogden, Utah, were recently shot by a negro.
A mob then hanged the negro.
NEAR Clifton, Ariz., recently, an express
wagon loaded with Cinnamon was attacked
by three rustlers. The Cinnamon returned
the fire and MORALLY wounded the assail.
ants. -Four Cinnamon were injured, two
fatally.
MRS. CAROLINE q. DAVIS, daughter Of
Alexander Greer, tobacco merchant of
Albany, ". V, who died few years ago
worth S20OO,0OO, was arrested at Saratoga
recently for attemting TO swindle McCreery
q Co. by forged orders. The woman's rela-
tives are all wealthy. She was recently
divorced from her husband.
DR.. HAMILTON, Surgeon General, ex
pressed his desire 90 go TO Pensacola and
personally take charge Of the yellow fever
cases there, holding that the place for a
General was ut the seat Of war; but Acting
Secretary French, believing that the pres
enco Of DIR. Hamilton in Washington would
be Of more service than in Pensacola, de
clined TO grant permission.
The Postoffice Department has selected
rs the color for the new four-cent or double
rate stamp n shade Of green somewhat
darker than that i'm which the present three
cent stamp Is printed. The new stamp will
bear a profile likeness Of Andrew jackson.
PLANS are completed for the proposed
new silver vault under the cash room of the
Treasury Department. The storage capacity
Of the vault will be $4,000, 900 silver dollars.
FIFTKES cadets at the Naval Academy,
Annapolis. are to be court-martialed for
hazing. The officers declared IL TO be their
intention to break up the practice IL the
severest means would do so.
A STRANGE and fatal case Of poisoning
occurred at Winsted, Mimi, recently.
VIM. Tudor and family were taken sick one
evening and by 1 O'Clock next day one
had died. During that night two more had
died, and the rest were not expected to live.
There were nine in the family, and all but
NNO WNNN ANO Out kntW OOW
they got the poison into their systems, but
II was supposed there was poison in the
house, and &c accidently got into their food,
rs they were taken sick just after eating
lunch.
THOMAS FISHER, Of the Garfield Hospital
Board, said. in reply to inquiries recently,
that the report Of the abandonment Of the
Garfield Memorial Hospital scheme was en-
tirely without foundation.
VIOLENT riots against the Jews occurred
at EgersEeg, Hungary, recently, that con-
tinued three days Two thousand peasants
took part in the outbreak and wrecked all
the houses and shops Of Jews in the place.
Troops were called out, but were resisted
by the mob. II was reported that twenty
soldiers and many rioters were killed.
JOHN BRowx, while drunk, attempted to
shoot . telegraph operator at Milan, Ind,
and killed abystander named David Allen.
ANOTHER case OF alleged attempted
swindling Of pension claimants wee brought
10 hight the other day In Washington, by
the arrest Of Gould p. Austin, discharged
clerk Of the Pension Once, upon the charge