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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-12

The Grand jury of the District of
Columbia returned three additional pre-
sentiments in connection with the star mail
route frauds on the 9th. In one James T.
Brady was charged with unlawfully re-
ceiving 5000 from Price, the contractor: in
the second ex-senator Kellogg, of Louisiana,
md Brady were jointly accused of conspir-
ing with Price to defraud the Government
by the expedition of routes; and in the
third Kellogg, individually, was alleged to
have unlawfully received from Price S20,-
600 in consideration of the exercise of his
influence in securing certain advantages
for Price from the Post-office Department,
The indictments were found upon the evil
Sience of Price, who claimed to have made
the payments to Brady and Kellogg in cash
and post-office drafts.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09
MARY CHURCHILL.

Heard From mt Last-After Ten Weeks of
Suspense, n Brief Note Received by Her
Parents in Miss ChurchilPs Own Hand
writing-The Mystery of Her Disappear.
Still UnsoIved. A"
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 30.
After ten weeks of suspense and worry
The parents of Mary Churchill have at last
received tidings of their missing daughter.
These tidings came in the form of a letter
from herself. Her whereabouts are still
unknown and she makes no statements
whatever regarding the manner in which
she slipped away. According to her letter
she has neither eloped nor gone on the
stage, but is making an honest living for
herself. rs =
Yesterday morning Colonel Churchill was
iown at his Office. as usual, attending to
business, and about $3.50 the mail-carrier
entered and handed one of the clerks in the
office batch of letters. He passed them to
Colonel Churchill. As the latter's eve
rested on one of the missives he started
suddenly, for on the envelope he recognized
the penmanship Of his missing child. Quick.
ly clipping the end Of the envelope with a
pair of shears he pulled out the letter and
in a state of considerable excitement read
1t. IL was signed by his daughter and she
addressed him as "My Father,D and the
handwriting was hers beyond all doubt. In
the afternoon Col. Churchill sent the fol-
lowing card to the various newspaper
offices for publication: * 4
To THE PUBLIC-After a suspense of three
months am this morning in receipt of a
letter from my daughter, Mary Churchill,
mailed from a distant city. As the press ali
over the country have accorded me every
facility within their power, and in many
cases at great expense, in my search, not
withstanding the Injunction imposed by my
daughter to withhold from publication the
contents of this letter, a sense of duty which
owe to my many friends impels me to at
least give its purport, which 1 herewith at.
ZACH: VI
MY FATHER-I write to let you know am
alive and well; am not on the stage, as you
supposed, nor have -eloped. oh how could
you think so, when care so1ittle for gentle
honestly. Teach my little sisters and darling
little brother to think kindly of their sister, p
MARY.
JAS. o. CHURCHILL =.
The letter also states that /. srhis ,letter
will be mailed from Indianapolis,
think" and closes with the sentence,
God bless you ALL" In post
script she says: 1.-The only request have
70 make is that this letter be not given to
The newspapers" She assigns no reason
for leaving home.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09
THANKSGIVING.
A Proclamation.

w AtHINOTON, ID. u, tCt.
The President has issued the following
Thanksgiving Proclamation:
Bv uIe President Of The United States Of America
Il Proclamation:
In furtherance of the custom of this people
Ut the closing of each year TO engage upon Q
aay set apart for that purpose in a special fes
tival OF praise to the Oliver of all good j, Ches
ter A. Arthur, President of the United States
do hereby designate Thursday. the 18th day
Of November next day of Ma
tional THANKSGIVING. The year which Is
drawing to an end has been replete with evi
aence of Divine goodness. The prevalence OF
health. the fullness Of harvest, the stability OF
peace and order. growth of fraternal feeling
spread of intelligence and learning continued
enjoyment OF civil and religious hberty-all
these and countless other blessings are cause
Tor reyerent rejoicing. do therefore recon.
mend that on the day. above appointed tho
people rest from their accustomed lat ors, and
nesting in their several places of Worship. ex.
press their devout gratitude to God that he
hath dealt so beautifully with this nation and
pray that His grace and favor abide with US
forever. <
lSignedl CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
By the President; i
FREDERICK T. FRELINGHUYsEN, Secretary of
State. 81 -
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

Mr.. NILES, n prominent Arkansas
colored man, was recently interviewed
while in Washington upon the Civil
Rights decision by the Supreme Court.
when he said; I'VE cannot do anything
to satisfy either party. and we want to
be separated. We want to go into q
Territory or to Africa. and to have no
further trouble. The negroes when by
themselves will get along well enough.
Natural law alone will control them.
We would rather go to Territory than
10 Africa. and all we ask Is that the
white friends Of this Government should
make an appropriation to enable ms TO
get a start in Territory by ourselves.
The rest of II we will look after Niles
is quite an enthusiast upon the subject
OF separation. but Is said to have but a
small following among his race.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

TIE Treasurer Of the United States
recently refused TO receive a postal pote
In payment Of tho express charges on n
return package Of notes to n national
bank. The effect Of this, taken with the
refusal Of many bankers TO receive the
notes, Il is thought will 60 great way
toward curtailing their circulation and
discouraging their use by small dealers,
the very parties whom they are best cal
culatcd to benefit. The point made by
the Treasurer was that the note being
payable nj the postoffice, would necessi-
tate the sending Of a messenger, which
Is an expense and an annoyance not con-
templated in the management of the Of
flee. As the postal notes arc payable to
bearer the reasons given by the Treas
urer were considered untenable.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

fillmore BEACH, lad ten years old,
lied recently in Washington City from
4 mechanical obstruction of the bow
'l',' and in an autopsy there were found
In his intcstincs piece Of rubber, a
copper cent, n nickel. two buttons, a
tooth and TWENTY-FIVE damson seeds.
with some pebbles. Shortly before his
death he yomitcd n worm with we'll
leiined eyes. and some seeds that had
'proutcd while in his stomach.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09
Caught Mt Last.

DALLAS, TEX, Oct 20.
Sheriff Smith arrived this morning from
Fort Smith, having in charge James NJ.
Wilson, santed here for killing Ed Lively
in 1879. Wilson had burglarized Lively's
house. Lively and a neighbor pursued,
overtaking the fugitive, who turned ON
them and shot Lively. Wilson escaped in-
TO louisiana, where he was arrested in 1879
and brought back. He was tried and sent
up for five years, but broke Jail and escaped
into the Indian Territory, where he re-
manned until June last, when he was arrest
ed for selling liquor to Indians, but the
oficials learning that be was wanted here,
turned him over to the Texas authorities
without giving him a trial for selling liquor.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

ST. JosEPH. Mo- Oct. 30.
J. W. Dewd cans hers about month
ago. and representing that his daughter was
preparing . work on eleemosynary institu-
lions, hired horse and buggy from Sixties
Z Co. to visit the institutions in this coun-
" He disappeared with the livery outfit
and no trace Of him could be found until
'o-dsy, when he accidentally left q train at
the St Joseph Union Depot instead Of
bed him and he was committed TO jail,
where he made full confession, saying be
traded the horse and buggy for another and
sold the latter for $50. He Is fifty years
I'D and lives In Indiana.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09
The relier diamond Robbery.

~ BISMARCK, d. T., Oct 30.
The five parties arrested for the robbery
Of the trunks and diamonds belonging to
the daughter of Secretary Teller, were
brought up for examination to-day. Staples,
Adams, McGraw, Shannon and the woman.
Lottie ,Adsit, alias Scarface Charlie, waived
examination and were held, the two former
in bonds of 5000, and the three latter in
1000 each. Staples, Adams and the WON.
an gave bonds and were released. Nc.
Graw failed to secure bondsmen and was
remanded to jail Shannon's examination
was continued till Wednesday next.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

HE Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
IN his forthcoming annual report to Con-
grcss will have this to say: "An amend
mcnt To the law in reference TO intrud-
ers, so ~ to punish by Imprisonment rs
we'll rs fine, is absolutely necessary. An
intruder without property has very little
Tear Of fine. Notwithstanding his fire.
lucnt expulsion from the Indian Terri
tory Payne and his party Of Oklahoma
Colonists' have twice during the pres
ent year made attempts Mt settlement in
that country. requiring the aid Of the
military, at great expense TO the
Government, 10 effect their removal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09
He-eapture Of 2 wouid-De nurdsie'.

hOChfOkB, Nd, OCT W
Sheriff Hutchins to-day returned with
Jack Sullivan, the murderer who was ar
rested in New Hampshire. He attempted
to kill his affianceds In this county over q
year ago, and skipped out of Jail while
awaiting trial He was interviewed to-day
and told how after escaping he Travelled in
the woods for I've days without food. He
went to Manitoba, then to Texas and joined
q circus. Returning to New York State he
went to his old home in South Berwick,
three weeks ago, and was there arrested.
Ii he had not been sought after he was in
tending to engage as a policeman on the
South Berwick police force. He will be
tried at once. - o. = = d u = -
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09
A Shocking Fate.

CHATTANOOGA INN, Oct ".
This morning as the south-bound train on
the Cincinnati Southern Railroad was
nearing Flat Rock. and running at the rate
of forty miles an hour, the engineer saw an
object on the track q few feet ahead Of the
engine. He soon discovered it was a man,
and he was on the trestle. Before the train
could be stopped it had passed over the
mans body and dragged him along the
track for several yards, literally grinding
him into jelly on the cross-ties. He was
an employee Of the road and was on duty st
the time. His name was not learned
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

TuE attention Of the authorities has
been directed 10 the fact that unless
more stringent measures are adopted to
prevent the smuggling Of Chinese across
The British Columbia border into Wash
ington Territory that thousands Of
Chincse now employed on the Canadian
Pacific Railway will. rs soon as con
tracts are completed, find their way
without difficulty into the United States
u Is said To- be well known to residents
II British Columbia that Cinnamon are
already coming over. twenty or thirty
nj time.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09
ZURA BURNS.
New Developments in the. Mysterious
- Trasedy.> o ~

New Deve lopment In the. AIysteriou.
Tragedy o.
RICHMOND. Inn, Oct. 90
J. A. Gorman,. Sheriff, returned from
Cambridge City last night with a finger
ring in which the name OF Zura Burns had
been engraved, but was nearly erased by
wear, 1t was bought last Friday by a
Cambridge City jeweler named Charles NJ.
Bailey, together with one or two others and
ZONE coin relics, including quarter which
had been made into breastpin, with three
links engraved on its face. The ring was
dat and thin, and had, been cut, and the
name was so indistinct. that the jeweler
did not notice it for day. or so, when he
was Furnishing it. So little was thought
Of the transaction that the jeweler took no
particular notice of the seller, yet he re-,
members him rs about five feet eight inches
high, with dark hair and mustache, well,
dressed and fine looking, aged probably
He was accompanied by an.
other of like age, wearing light overcoat,
but of him the jeweler took no notice at all.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09
A Desperate Horse-rhief.
SALT LlKr TIT Oc

SALT LAKE, UT, Oct 81.
John Sengel, Post-trader at Fort Douglas,
aad a span Of horses and buggy stolen
short time ago by J. r Wiliespie, who
anhitched them from a post in the street
and drove them to TooeI, thirty miles, and
mounting fresh horse returned to the city
'he same night, arriving before day. When
arrested he leveled q rife on the officer,
who closed with him beforehe could use it.
Afterward he jumped from the second
story of the house and tried TO escape. He
3 q hard character, but be stands accused
pf about the only crime which Is certain of
punishment by our courts, and he will get
what he deserves. -
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

TIE last annual report OF General Sher-
man has been put in the hands of the Secre-
tary of War. The army consists of 2,143
officers and 1885 men, the figures being
almost identical with last year. General
Sherman considers Crooks Apache cam
paign as a success, and that if Crook is
permitted to manage the Apaches in his
own way all wars will cease in Arizona,
and the complicated Indian question dis
appear.
PUBLIC debt statement for October: Cash
in Treasury, $50, 3l7 sol; debt, less cash in
Treasury, Sl,3l1,JO6, 7S7; decrease during
October. $1,000, 79S; decrease since June
80. S;sl.JS4,41O.
The Treasury, on the 1st, purchased 4OO,-
900 ounces Of silver for the Philadelphia,
New Orleans and San Francisco minis.
THE steamer Katie p. Kountz and cargo
was burned at Davis Landing, La, recent
ly. Loss, $4,000. .rs..1 ,..rs 80. .--
AT a meeting Of the Conservatives at
Sligo. Ireland, recently, Colonel King Har-
mon, member Of Parliament for Dublin, de-
livered an address, in which he denounced
the Government for permitting National
meetings throughout Ireland. rra. "a
Two masked men, il was reported, robbed
the vault of the County Treasury at Vir-
ginia City, New, the other night, then
seized the Treasurer and locked him in the
vault. The affair was considered mysterf.
Gus, rs $1,000 of the amount was silver and
too heavy TO carry of.
NINE of a gang of counterfeiters were
recently arrested in Pike County, Ind,
about twenty-five miles from Evansville,
after a desperate fight.
The coinage at the minis during October
was S5,2S4, 7O4, of which $3.50, 600 were
silver dollars.
The loss by the late Savannah, (Ga.)
fire was over one million dollars. Eight
bodies had been recovered from the ruins.
and IL was thought number Of others were
under the smouldering debris.
The British steamship Spearman, that
sailed from Galveston recently, with 4.5Oo
bales Of cotton, for Liverpool put into Key
West, her cargo on fire.
ABOUT q month ago J. W. Dowd, of Indi-
ana, procured livery team at st. Joseph,
No., and disappeared. The other day he
stepped OF fhetrain at st. Joseph, mistak
ing the place for Atehison. Hewas nabbed
by officers. He confessed that he sold the
team.
The five parties arrested for the robbery
Of the trunks and diamonds belonging to
the daughter Of Secretary Teller, recently
had q preliminary hearing at Bismark, ID.
T., and were held for trial.
MAX WARMER, of Goshen, Ind, put q
pistol shat was not loaded" to his breast
and pulled the trigger to brighten his little
sister. He frightened the girl, but fatally
wounded himself.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09
Double Murder at n Nebraska Village.

Rumors reach here of a double murder
committed at Dewitt, a little hamlet in
Saline County, last night. The place Is of
The main line Of travel, and telegraphic
communication and full particulars are not
'btainable. From, the meagers report at
hand 1t appears that Frank Sisk and John
Ooian, the lattera pretty tough character,
got into an alteration at a grocery, Mar.
'bal Karmeich tried 10 part.the combatants,
when Dolan shot him dead, and then NOR
ally wounded Sisk. The murderer was
arrested and taken to Wilbur for exaniina-
lion ~
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

TIIE statement comes from Washing
ION that officers of the Interior Depart
mcut say that the President would long
ago have entered upon the policy Of
appointing to the Offices in the Terri
tories only residents Of the Territories
Il II had been possible for the inhabit-
ants to agree upon the candidates. and
the President, in order not TO have the
offices 80 vacant, has frequently been
compelled to resort To non-rcsidents.
while the factions in the Territories
were wrangling over their ambitions
anil rivalries.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

ANOTHER young woman has been
found dead by the roadside murdered.
The latest victim was Annie G. Checver.
II Pike County, Pa. When found the
young woman was dead. with bullet
holo near the heart, and the left breast
riddlcd with fine shot.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

DR. Henry MEYER was recently
placed on trial in Chicago upon the
charge Of attempting to murder his
wife by poison. The defendant appeared
In court accompanied by the wife ne
vas charged with attempting to poison.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

MISS HELEN CLoSE, Of Chicago, has
sued Mrs. McGlanan for dcspoiling
her II her trcsses, claiming 5000 dam
'grs. She placed herself in charge of
The woman 10 be cured Of n scalp dis
easc. and the doctrcss got her hair so
matted she could not comb Il out. She
therefore appealed to the law to untanglc
Tho matter
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

ENGLAND having conquered Egypt,
has now taken the False Prophet in
hand, and the London papers are print
ing thrcc-column dispatches on the
march Of the expedition in the Soudan.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

lr Is reported that Anna Dickinson's
company has gone to pieces. All their
engagements have been cancelled. Miss
Dickinson's efforts to obtain new man
agcr were entirely unsuccessful, largely,
II is said. because no Que could see any
money I'm IL.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

DAVID EDDY and wife. ofPcccatonica,
ILL.,. have been married fifty years. and
recently the wife commenced suit
against her venerable spouse for di-
yorcc. The couple are well-to-do in the
world and have many acquaintance.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

W. W. NELSON, attorney for Miss Hill
in her late suit against senator Sharon.
has ON his own account filed complaint
in the Superior Court, at san Francisco.
to recover Sl2j, 900 from the ex-senator
for alleged Islander.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

"A young Canadian girl who had
her picture taken by an Ottawa pho
tographer refused TO receive and pay
for it on the ground that ii was not q
correct likeness. The photographer,
angered by her refusal, added mus
tache and cigar to the picture and
placed it on exhibition in bis window.
The young lady thereupon entered an
action for 81 900 damages, but the mat
ter was compromised by the photograph
er paying her smaller sum. Mon real
Witness ..r.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

When Helen Leonard was taken
from the tombs tn Blackwell'sn Island
she bore up stoically and made NO sign
Of distress. but when she was obliged 10
don a bed-ticking dress it broke her
heart and she sobbed aloud. This sug-
gests an idea. Don't confine women to
reformatories, but turn EN- loose in So
clety clad in linsey-woolsey gowns. -
IadidndpoLs Journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09
THE WORLDS DOINGS
a Summary or the Daily News.
POLITICAL AND PEnsONAL.

~ = y III oOtNHDs
The President has issued proclamation
fixing Thursday, Nov. 10Th, as a day Of
Thanksgiving.
1T was rumored in Paris that King Louis
ofPortugal, being weary Of the liberal agi-
tation in his kingdom, would probably soon
abdicate
GENERAL SHERIDAN assumed command
OF the army November 1.
1T IL said that another French reverse in
Tonquin will be fraught with serious re-
suits to foreigners in China. Advices from
the interior showed that the political ex
element was spreading, and the authority
OF the Imperial Government is much weak
ened In many district
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

In spirit of rivalry two Indianpo-
Us ciothiers went to selling Jeans pants
cheaply. so that one finally put his
goods down to ten cents o pair, the
other following to five, when both let
them 60 at last-about two Thousand
pairs IN allAat one cent pair.-Ipdi-
annapolis Journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

The body of n man whose heal had
been cptrof by the cars was found on~a
railroad track a short distance from
Troy. A number Of persons identified
the remains as those, of Daniel Hanna
berry, of Hoosac Falls. But in the
evening Mr.. Hannaberry took n look at
the corpse and denied that It was his.
The resemblance was remarkable, but
the dead man was finally Unidentified as
Kcnton Rosser, of New Orleans. Trov
IN. T. \ Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

Ir is said that Of the SIS. 600. 900 trade
dollars coined there are less thAu Ss.-
OOO.OOO in this country. and those in
foreign lands il is thought will soon be
returned.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09
CURRENT COMMENT.

To the 2sth twenty-five people. mostly
Europeans, had died Of cholera Mt Cairo
since the temperance Of the plague in
Egypt.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

JUDGE ROGERS. in the Circuit Court
in Chicago. recently decided that to call
n person liar. pure and simple, was
not cause for an action at law.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

"A "murderous lot of hogs in Gem
terville: Mo-, the. other, day, gave chase
70 an old hen and her brood, ..and not
outstanding the, interference of every
available man, woman aud child in the
town, eysucceeded- in devoui;ug the
whole hatch.- 50. Lonis Post. d II
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

In tornado in Mississippi turrfe
weighing sixty pounds was blown out
Oh fearl River and landed in distant
cotton field. Chicago Herald.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

In Paris ladies are permitted TO ride
upon the top Of strce.-cars.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09

Heard From mt Last-After Ten Weeks of
Suspense, n Brief Note Received by Her
Parents in Miss ChurchilPs Own Hand
writing-The Mystery of Her Disappear.
Still Unsolveu. - -,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09
lJAS. y. OHURCHII4L4- ;
The letter also states that s.sIhis ,ietter

will be mailed from Indianapolis, I
think" and closes with the sentence,
"God bless you ALL" In post
script she says: 1.-The only request have
20 make is that this letter be not given to
for leaving home - 49, --'-'r-T-