Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05
mISCELLANROIs-

mISCELLANEOCS.
THE car shops Of the Hannibal 81 ST. Jo-
seph Railroad, at Quincy, ILL.,, burned re-
Gently.
ONE hundred prisoners in the State
Prison at Wothersfcld, Conn, were re
Gently taken sick suddenly. II was sup
posed they were poisoned by corncd meat.
1T has been decided by the Treasury De-
partmout that hemlock bark is not dutiable
under the provisions OF tho Tariff act,
which fixes the rate Of duty for extract Of
hemlock and other bark used for tanning,
hut is free Of duty under the provisions Of
the free list
SECRETARY FoLGER has raised an i'm
important question in regard 10 the opera
ton Of the new Civil Service law, which
he stated i'm letter addressed by him
to the Commissioners some days since.
He made a rcquisition on the Commission
for ~ person To- an a 5000 clerkship,
aud the Commission certified TO him
the names Of four persons, from
which to make his selection. The sccre.
tary found himself in doubt as to whether
section iIji OF the Revised Statutes did not
limit him in making his selection from four
names. Other things being equal, this sec
ton gives preference 60 honorably dis
charged soldiers and sailors of the late war.
His opinion Is that Il one OF the persons
certified 20 him Is an honorably discharged
snilor or soldier he must select that one.
THE President OF the New Orleans Nation
al Bank, against whom Postmaster General
Gresham's recent order in relation to the
lottery company's mail matterwa directed,
subsequently had an interview with the
Secretary Of the Treasury on the subject.
Secretary Folgrr told him the question of
delivery Of mail to banks was one over
which he had no direct control, that being
under the Jurisdiction of the Postofice De-
partmcnt.
Ar Shreveport, La, on the night of the
22d, the boiler of the engine running at
the bridge being constructed over the Red
River, 10y the Shreveport & Pacific Rail-
road Company, exploded with terrible
force, killing five and wounding five men
who were at work as the night force. A
boy named Watts was the only person on
/ the boat who escaped unhurt.
THE Jacksboro, Texas, stage was robbed
the other evening" eight miles out, by a
lone highwayman, one of the two who
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Gus. The passengers, three ladies and one
gentleman, were not molested, the robber
demanding only the mail sacks.
The steamships Main and Elbe, which
arrived at New York from Europe, recent
ly, brought 100000 francs in gold.
ADvICTs from the Indian Territory stated
that four men named Saddler, Tipson, and
two brothers named Gray, from the vicini
ty OF Paris, Texas, camped on Big Greek
I'm tho Choctaw Nation, some time ago, for
the purpose Of hunting and fishing, and
that the other night their camp was raided
by party claiming TO be pursuing fouI
horse thieves. A fight ensued, and one OF
the Gray brothers and Saddler were killed
The other Gray and Upton escaped. The
posse then plundered the camp, taking
away all valuable effects.
THE jewelry store of +. Ralshover, OF De
troit, Mich, was recently robbed Of Sl5, 0OC
by burglars.
SECRETARY FoLGER recently sent a com
munication TO the Collector Of Customs al
New York, in which he stated that the
United States Cattle Commission bad been
informed of an alarming increase in the
foot-and-mouth disease among the cattle OF
Great Britain. Under these circumstances
officers Of the customs service would here
after exercise tho strietest care In examin
ing into the sanitary condition OF all cattle
sheep, swine and goats imported into th,
United States.
The postmaster at New Orleans hai
notified the Postofice Department, at Wash
ington, that he had been ordered by th,
State Court 60 deliver the mail matter ad
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intended for the lottery company, and askeC
for instructions as 10 what he should do. III
was directed 10 obey the order until 1
should be reversed or modified, and to con
suit with the United States District Attor
ney az New Orleans.
A LATE FIRE at Haley, Idaho, destroye,
the Merchants Hotel, and other property
aggrcgating $1,000
TnE Sovereign Grand Lodge Of Odd Eel
lows. recently in session at Providence, r
l., refused 10 strike the word "white" from
the constitution. The next meeting win b
at Minneapolis, Mimi, in September, 1884
Wool was reported as coming in freely
at San Antonio. Tex, and selling At bette
prices than last spring.
The clearinghouse reports OF the coun
try for the week. ended September g
showed an average decrease OF bushes
OF 21.5 per cent, as compared with the cor
responding week Of last year. New YorI
City showed a decrease OF 26.4 per cent.
while Memphis, Tenn, increased $50 pc
cent. The gross elearings for the week az
gregated so00. $50 ,16s, against Sl,Ol4, 7s2, 03
for the corresponding week OF last year.
WITHIN six weeks after the appearance
Of yellow fever at Mazatlan, Mexico, eigh
hundred died The panic was so grea
many were buried before death ensued.
TIE Coville House, In Waterbury, Conn.
narrowly escaped destruction by an exple
sion Of . range the other morning, cause,
by the shutting OF Of the city water. Sew