Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09
mIsCELLANEors.

mas discovered Irregularities in the prac-
tice OF Belva A. Lockwood, the female
lawyer, wh) has large number Of cases
pending before the Pension Bureau, and il
Is understood the question Of suspending
her from practice before the Bureau is be-
ing considered by the Commissioner and
Secretary Of the Interior.
BErwEIN sixty and seventy men, lately
engaged Ia the strike in the railroad yards
at East 81. Louis, have been indicted, and
fifteen Of them arrested, some Of whom
gave boil m the sum Of 500.
LEWIS BROS, wholesale liquor dealers of
New York, recently failed, with Liabilities
OF Slls.OOO
Ex-CoLLECToR BEARD, Of Boston, recent
ly made statement to the effect that dur.
ing the administration Of William A. Sim
mons as Collector at Boston, an extensive
system OF smuggling was carried on with
the knowledge Of the officials.
FIFTY operators i'm the coal mines Of ST.
Clair County, H., have been indicted for
violation Of the law requiring scales for
weighing coal TO be placed at each mine.
BOWIE, A. T., special says a courier
from Lieutenant Hunters camp ut Silver
Greek, brought advices that seventy-five
hostile Apaches surrendered to Lieutenant
Hunter, and that eleven more were coming
in.
A FIRE at Dubuque, Iowa, destroyed
Flocker Bros carriage shop. Loss, 500, 900.
Miss BLANCHE GRAY, Of Detroit, Mich,
known as the Eat Grip who was recent.
ly married and went 20 Baltimore ON a
wedding trip, was found dead i'm bed in
Tint cit oil <
teen years old and weighed 5l7 pounds.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY CoRKHILL estimates
that soldiers and their relatives have been
defrauded OF a million dollars through the
fraudulent practices OF pension attorneys.
He expresses the intention 70 bring the
matter TO the attention OF the Grand Jury.
Colonel Corkhill requests that all soldiers
or others having copies OF deceptive circu.
lars from agents in Washington, or knowl.
edge Of any fraudulent transactions on
their part, will mail him full information
upon tho subject, in order that he may
bring the guilty parties TO Justice.
DURING recent dispute over a game of
cards in store at Catoosa Station, on the
Sc. Louis & San Francisco Railroad, near
Vinita, i. T., A. Cleveland, a Texas cattle
man, shot and killed John James, a resi-
dent Of Cherokee City, Ark. Cleveland
escaped.
In the United States Court mt Atlanta.
Ca, eight persons were recently found
guilty of "Kukluxing" and remanded to
Jail for sentence. ...
EARLY on Sunday morning, the 2sth,
fire broke out in the Kansas City Euening
Star office, completely destroying the con.
tents Of the composing room, besides dam
aging the presses and counting room. The
loss to the Star was about $4,000, and 20
other occupants of the building about
$1,000, making total loss of 50, 900 before
tho fire was subdued. Mostly insured
THE Berlin newspapers warn persons in
tending 20 emigrate not TO buy United
States trade dollars, large quantities Of
which have been imported into Germany
for sale at their face value.
A GALVESTON, Tex, special states that
two road agents halted the Bowie mail
stage the other night and secured several
registered packages. No passengers were
aboard.
THE Attorney General has rendered an
opinion in regard to the effect Of the clause
in the new tariff law, which provides that
there shall be no allowance for breakage,
leakage OF damage on wines, liquors,
cordials or distilled spirits. The Attorney
General holds that the proviso does not re-
quire an assessment Of duty upon a greater
quantity than is actually imported as
shown by the returns of the proper officers
THE West-bound passenger train on the
Chicago & Alton road was partially
wrecked on the night Of the 9th, near
Glendale, fourteen miles east OF Kansas
City, by the spreading of the rails, several
coaches left the tract and passengers were
thrown about violently. Twenty passen.
gers were injured; none fatally.
SAN Francisco shoemakers to the num-
Der Of six hundred, IL is said, have formed
themselves into clubs to work for General
Butler for President.
1T is thought probable that Secretary
Teller will recommend the establishment
Of an Indian Industrial School Mt Sitka,
Alaska, and common schools at other
points in that country,
AT the International Fisheries Exhibi-
ton in London, American exhibitors re-
ceived forty eight gold medals eighteen OF
which go 20 the Fish Commission, mostly
on collective exhibits), forty-seven silver
medals, twenty.nine bronze medals, twen-
ty-four diplomas and seven special prizes.
RECENT advices from Jamaica stated that
Port Antonio was almost destroyed by Gre
ON October Is, The Ere started in the dry
goods store of Sutherland & Co., cansed by
the careless handling Of lamp. The ad-
joining store Of Da Costa & Co. aud Tou.
lan's Hotel and the Metropolitan House,
with a number OF residences and storage
warehouses for fruit, were burned. The
residence Of the American Consul escaped
total destruction. The loss was over a
million dollars.
THE wool growers Of Washington Terri
tory have organized Wool Growers As
sociation, and will ask Congress to restore
the tariff on wool.
EARTHoUAKEs in Asia Minor continued
to cause alarm. One hundred and sixty
cpersons were recently seriously injured
by shock ut Veurla, and many of the in
habitants of Smyrna were leaving.
A MAGAZINE containing twelve hundred
pounds Of dynamite, which had beeh stored
by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at a tun-
mel near Confluence, Pa, exploded recent
ly with terrible effect. Houses for fifteen
miles around were shaken 20 the fousdat
and windows at distance of raven miles
were shattered. Five mer, who belonged
TO freight train that Jay on a side track
awaiting a passenger train, were blown to
atoms.
A CYCLONE lately tore up things pretty
lively along the Tensas River, In Louisiana.
THE suit OF Hallett Kilbourns against
John q. Thompson, formerly Sergsant-at-
Arms Of the House Of Representatives, for
$4,000 damages for false imprisonment,
was again called in court at Washington
on the 18th. Kilbourne in a former suit
obtained a verdict for 10000, which was
set aside.
DAVID STEINBAcH, q Todd County
(dinn.) farmer, recently got into q fight
with another farmer named Saulley, and
while the men we5s fighting, Saulley's wife
SEIZED pitchfork and drove It into Stein
bach's brain, causing instant death. 30
A MAN has been arrested at Hampton,