Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-31

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mander of California, was thrown from his
horse and had both legs broken.
A DISPUTE over a land grant and cattle
ranch in New Mexico recently led to
tragedy and death Of three of the wealthiest
men Of that Territory. In a contest be
tween Manuel b. Otero and ]. G. Whitney
for Estancia Ranch near Albuquerque,
valued at near $1,000, 900, the courts decided
in favor Of Whitney and when he went tc
take possession a fight ensued in which
both claimants were killed, also the broth.
er-in-law 81 Whitney, named Fernandez.
Otero was near relative of ex-Congress-
/ man Otero and Whitney was of the wealth.
lest families of Massachusetts.
The case of the notorious Frank James
was taken up i'm the court at Gallatin, Mo-.
on the 2lst. Dick Liddili and Charlie Ford
appeared as witnesses for the defense.
KIRKLAND ii. FITCH, the defaulting and
absconding cashier Of the Second National
Bank Of Warren, o., surrendered TO officers
I'm Boston, Mass, and expressed his will.
ingness TO be taken back. He confessed &c
taking ScO,OOO OF the funds of the bank and
losing IL in stock speculations.
HEAVY forest fires did great damage in
the vicinity Of Bar Harbor, Maine.
The Surgeon General of the marine hos
pital service received a report from
Brownsville, Tex, from which il appears
that black smallpox is prevailing with
/ great mortality in the towns of formation
and Purciacon, Mexico, and that yellow
fever IL reported at Tampico and Panama
Black smallpox is also prevalent in Qua
temala.
The Commissioner General of the land
office has been informed by the Register OF
the land Office of the st. Cloud, Mimi, dis
trict, that he had begun the sale of 2,OOO,OG
acres of public land at auction. The price
realized the first day was S335 per acre.
/ MT. VEsUvIUs is reported TO be in a state
of remarkable activity. Continuous trem.
bling Of the soil has resulted in consider.
able injury TO buildings and to the railway
running up the mountain.
GENERAL AUGUR, i'm command Of the
Department. of Texas, has issued a general or.
der prohibiting the traders of that depart
ment from cashing, receiving in payment OF
in any manner handling or negotiating pay
accounts that are not due at the date of the
transaction. Paymasters are required to
report all violations Of the order.
A TERRIFIC tornado swept over Roches.
ter, Mimi, on the night of the 2lst, com.
pletely destroying one-third of the town,
killing twenty-six persons and injuring
| hfty-One badly. IL was thought reports
/ from the surrounding country might swell
the number of the killed to one hundred.
Three hundred houses were destroyed and
two hundred damaged. A train on the
/ Chicago g. Northwestern Railroad was re.
ported wrecked and one hundred persons
killed and injured
j. b. GARDNER, of Boston, recently de.
ceased, provided by his will that large
sum of money i'm bonds and other securi.
ties, aggregating in value 1891 900, should
be turned over to the United States Treas.
ury to be used and held to pay the national
debt. The bonds were received at the
Treasury Department, and placed to the
credit Of patriotic Donations"
NICHOLAS ONDEN and mis- son John, of
Crooked Greek, Mimi, were suffocated the
other morning in a cistern. They had
built n fire in it the night before to dry it,
and the next morning the son went down
To start the fire. The father, seeing his son
lying at the bottom, procured a rope and
went down, and when putting it about his
sons body fell dead.
THE paper mill of Howard Lewis, near
Chester, Pa, burned recently. During the
fire boiler exploded killing one man and
| injuring three others. Loss, $4,000.
All YUNG was hanged at Missoula, NJ. T.,
for the murder of another Chinaman.
THE house and barn of Fred Zerlow, near
Athol, Dakota, burned recently. Mrs. Ter.
low persisted in the flames, and Mr.. Zerlow
and one child were fatally burned.
ABOUT two hundred female operatives in
Toledo, Ohio, recently struck for an adj.
vance on making sundry garments. 1t was
thought all the sewing girls in the CITY
would join the strike.
THE Empire Oil Works at Long Island
City, n. ", were recently burned. Loss
$4,000. No insurance. Several employees
were badly injured.
THE yacht Mystery, which sailed from
New Haven, Conn.,, for Nantucket, has
been missing since the 10th. She had or
board Leicester Sargent, of New Haven;
Rupert Sargent, of New York; Mr.. Haw
kins, of New Haven; and Mr.. Bartlett, OF
New York. Several bodies were reported
picked up that had been washed ashore
dressed i'm yachting suits, but had not beer
recognized.
THE statue OF Lafayette will be unveiled
at Lepuy, capitol Of the Department o.
Houte Loise, France, September 6. Wal
deck Rousseau, Minister of the Interior
General Thiboudeau, Minister of War, anC
Martin, the American Minister, Will b.
present at the ceremony.
BIsMARcK's organ at Berlin, replying t.
the attacks Of French journals on Germany
and their cry for revenge, declares Franc,
also threatens the peace of Europe. 1t say,
such a state of affairs cannot continu,
without serious danger, and that passions
fomented by agitation may burst =,
, bonds Of peace.