Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-14
uISCELLANEOUS-

MISCELLANEOUS.
THE Lower House Of the Hungarian Diet
las passedR bill permitting civil marriage
between jew and Christian, and legalizing
,ivil marriages contracted abroad.
LAWRENCE FEENEY, aged seventy years,
recently starved himself to death at Sing
Sing, v. Y.
THE other day, John b. Lowell, james
Houston, Joseph Sapp and Percy Shafer,
prominent citizens Of Baltimore, Nd,
started down the river on a cunning expe-
iition. When about seven miles from the
,ity, flock Of ducks crossed tho stern OF
he boat, when Shafer, who was i'm the
bow, rose and fired. At the same time
Houston, who was amidship, also arose,
and the contents OF Shafer's gun struck
him in the head, carrying off the whole of
he crown and causing death instantly.
Houston was forty years Of age and leaves
4 family. Houston and Shafer were broth
srs-inlaw.
REv. t. j. CoNALY, OF Massachusetts,
Treasurer Of the Parnell Testimonial
Fund, recently transmitted % the Treas
lrer Of the fund i'm Ireland Sl7,5l0. IL in
,ludes contributions from thirty We States
and Territories. The amount is not included
IN the report cablcd from London.
Tux coinage at the Philadelphia Mint
Turing November was SI,g12,i1O.
JOSEPH JEWELL, one Of the three men
who last March murdered NJ. z. Renowden,
90 get possession Of his earnings, amount
ing 70 $4,000, was hanged ut San Jose, Cal.
a st. PAUL Mimi special says: The
skeletons Of twcnty-three persons and
about the same number Of horses were dis.
severed i'm the northern part Of Dickey
County, Dakota, near the head OF the
Moose River, by party Of explorers a few
lays ago. Among the skeletons were four
brass cavalry buttons, spurs and other
effects OF mounted men. IL is supposed to
be the remains Of some party travelling
with cavalry escort, but there is no
record Of any such missing expedition.
THE excess Of value Of exports over inn
ports Of merchandise for October, 1SSl, was
Sij,Osi $50; for tho twelve months ended
October 81, 22,4lO,oH.
THE other day fire broke out i'm the
Farwcll block, the largest business building
In Chicago. The three lower floors were
occupied by Mctzler Bros, notion dealers,
and tho upper floors by Beak & Bucher,
furriers. The latter firm employed nearly
two hundred girls, all but about seventy.
five Of whom had gone home when the fire
was discovered. Those remaining i'm the
building became panic-stricken, and their
terror increased by discovering that
The main doorway leading 20 the
lower floors was locked and barred.
Two young women, Kitty Hilger and
Francis Fairwcather, made their way TO
the fire escape, but through terror at the
view OF the flames bursting from the build
ing Immediately below, dropped to the
stone sidewalk and both were instantly
killed. The others were saved. Loss about
100000. While all the engines in the city
were mt this fire, another fire broke out in
the Journal Office building, which was de-
stroyed, together with the printing house
II J. b. Jeffrey. The journal loss was
$4,000; fully insured. Jeffrey's loss, $50,
200; insurance, $4,000.
PUBLIC debt statement for November:
Cash in Treasury, 1894, 7G6,513; debt, less
cash in tho Treasury, Sl,jO9, 7S5 ,OGO; de-
crease during November, Sl,721, G76; de-
crease since June % 1888, 81 ,sO6,I46.
SINCE the Inauguration Of the window
glass strike at Pittsburgh, Pa, over 100. 900
boxes OF glass have been imported TO that
city. Five years ago the annual foreign
importation was reduced from 100000 to
10000 boxes, but the late strikes revived
he importations, and it is asserted it will
again reach 100000.
The Postmaster General in his report
recommends that the unit Of weight for
rating first-class matter should be changed
from one-half an ounce TO one ounce. This
change, he says, i'm connection with the re-
cent reduction OF letter postage from three
20 two cents, would place this country on
an equality with any other in respect of
cheap postage. He also recommends that
he rate Of postage on newspapers and pc
riodical publications, sent by others than
he publishers or news agents, be made one
cent per three ounces.
THE issue Of silver dollars for the week
ended December l, were S3l3, $50; same time
last year, $4,000; coinage at the minis for
November, S5.S2i,0 $40, of which $3.50, 900
was silver dollars.
THE Adjutant General Of the army has
received information Of the surrender at
Camp Poplar River, Of Ave lodges Of Sit
ting Bulls forces, from the British prov
inces.
GENERAL DUNoNT. Supervising Inspector
Of steam vessels, reports accidents for the
year, thirty-four; lives lost, Isl; passen-
gers carried, 1000. 900, Of which number
one in 20, 900 persisted.
GOVERNOR CROSBY, Of Montana, recon-
mends TO Congress, through the Secretary
Of the Interior, the immediate cutting
down Of all Indian reservations, now COW
ering two-fifths Of the area Of Montana, TO
tho actual wants Of 1900 Indians, and
throwing the land open 10 settlement; also
that schools for the educating Of Indians in
agricultural pursuits be established.
A SEVERE snowstorm prevailed through
out the Northeast and along the coast on
the 81. Telegraph and cable wires were
seriously affected.
A HALIFAX IN. 81 dispatch stated that
Captain Brown and seven seamen, Of the
Government steamer Newaeld, were lost
while trying TO save another vessel.
AT Fremont, Neb.. the other morning, a
book agent named Jurgen vass was killed
by the Union Pacific train, which severed
his head completely and cut OF his hands.
THE body Of Henry L. Essu, wholesale
clothing merchant, OF Mnvarkss. Wis,
who disappeared mysteriously October 81,
was found few days since floating in the