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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25


TIE United States Supreme Court
recently decided n case which had been
IN litigation for ten years aud In which
The amount in dispute was only two
cents but the principle involved was one
Of great Importance to the public. In
March. 1873, Morgan A. Lewis. n
passenger on train of the
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy Rail-
road Company, rendered n con-
ductor Of that company eighteen
cents as fare for his transportation
from Buda TO Neponsct, Ills, distance
Of six miles. This was the amount al
lowed by law, at the maximum rate of
three cents per mile. The conductor
demanded twenty cents, rs required by
the rates Of the company. This was 70.
fused, and the passenger was put or the
train. He sued the company and the
case was fought up to the Supreme
Court of the United States. That tri-
bunal decided that a state NAV limit
the amount of charges by railroad com
Panlos Tor fares and freights, unless re-
strained by some contract in the char
ter That in the present case there Is
no such restraint. The State, IL is true.
has given the Board of Directors of the
railroad company the power to estab-
hsh such rates Of tolls for the CONVEX.
ance OF persons OF property a. thew
shall from time TO time by their bylaws
determine, but such bylaws must not
= repugnant to the Constitution and
laws OF the State" The Judgment Of
the Supreme Court Of Illinois (acains,
the railroad company was affirmed
with costs.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25

TnE President. II is said. is seriously
considering proposition 10 abolish GER
tain districts, whereby the number of
Collectors will be- reduced from one
hundred and twcuty-siV 10 about ninety
Eve. such n sweeping dccapitation of
oiice-hOldcrs cannot be carried out
without n grand disturbance. Every
Senator and Representative will favor
the reduction, hut will want il To- bc ap-
piled To some other place than his par
tcular State or district. Various propo-
sitious to carry out n reduction in keep
ing with the new revenue laws have
been discussed, aud the reduction of
Collectors seems to he the plan agreed
upon. Several of the States have only
ono district now, and these Of course
will not be- touched; hut where there
arr two or moro Collectors i'm n State.
the official pruning knife may be mp
piled very soon in etlccting the work OF
consolidation and reduction.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25

THE Treasury Department is charged
with having made queer ruling with
reference TO the coloring Of teas. The
ruling Is 10 the effect that coloring can
be done under the law unless il il over
done. To n certain extent il is de-
clarcd admissible. but there is no dcsig-
nation IL the extent.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25

JoIrN SULLIVAN. of Nashville. Tenn.
did not observe all the forms Of polite
ness towards William Powers that the
latter thought was due him, therefore
Powers shot sullivan dead and quietly
surrendered 90 the authorities.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25

TnE various potcniatcS in Europe and
Asia ARE slowly convcrging to Moscow
To participate in the coronation fes-
tivitios NJ the end Of the month. U>cre
~ reported "a BE- s0mo abatement oI
WHILST rmorS. hut there will bc very
general confession Of relief when IL Il
alt oVer
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25

TuE general feeling across the water
seems To be- that the secret societies in
Ireland have received drath-blow
through the success IT the English Gov
eminent in prosecuting the conspiracy
eases. The entire press of Ire
land, IL is said. conrurs i'm its
approval 81 the result. and in
expressing the hope that Irishmcn
will hereafter be- deferred from the in
sane and criminal folly Of joining such
organizations. They Join without any
idea Of their purpose. and in every in
stance the moving spirits have been
among the first to bCtrny their dupcs.
The adhcrcnts of Mr.. Parncll are conf
dent that n more wholesome tone will
be- manifest in the public mind. and n
greater disposition to abide by the prin-
eiplcs Of the parliamentary body.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25

During the last four years the Prov
ince Of Ontario has lost 100000 of its
population by emigration. The United
States has absorbed 10000 of this num-
Der; This country presents a wider
field for enterprise than any other in tho
world. How seldom do we hear of a yam
kee emigrating 10 foreign country
" u .HfnnLd y.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25
CURRENT COMMENT.

IT is estimated that about $1,000, 900
will be kept out Of the tobacco trade
By the failure of Congress to appro-
pirate the necessary amount 10 pay
claims for rebate under the reduction
Of the tOhacno Inv.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25
CHICAGO. Nay Il

&3u CHICAGO. Nay IL
The first victim Of the toy pistol this yeai
died Wednesday. His name was John Clarf
and bis age thirteen. About two weeks ago
he was splaying'' with the weapon and shot
himself in the hand. The wound was con-
sidered a slight one, but Saturday sSmp-
toms OF lock-jaw appeared, and the boy def
IN great agony. ! -
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25

The AUburnian, of Auburn, N. Y,
IN speaking of the tides on lakes in
central New York, says those on Cay
uSa Lake arc an unexplained mystery,
and sometimes rise to the height of
three feet. They occur sometimes only
once year, and the water at Union
Springs has been known to recede over
three rods There are also singular
currents of remarkable force on Owas-
ca and Seneca Lakes.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25

The Khedive of Egypt has - yvolnn-
tarily surrendered SIS, 90 a yes; Of ii.
civli list to be devoted to the payment
OF indemnity claims. But this win not
make him poor. as he still gets s735. 600
himself, and his family 5000. 600 more.
IT IS no wonder Egypt is poor.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25

The London Ne,cs reports that .
volume OF Mr.. Sankey's hymns has been
.confscated in Armenia by the Turkish
authorities, who, in their ignorance OF
English, came to the conclusion tina
Hold the Fort was a patriotic song
for revolutionary uses.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25
> The New Game.

Mr.. Topnoody came home early the
Other evening" feeling particularly good
After supper he fixed himself in good
shape before the fire, and began to talk
to the wife of his bosom.
MY dear" he said, there's Il new
game which is becoming quite popular.
II is called :conundrums. and I'm go
ing TO play it with yor, and we must
ask each other conundrrms and be once
more taken back to the dear, delightful
DAYS of our youth, when we heard in
each others voices only the songs of
birds, and saw in each others smiles
and tears only the flowers that come af-
ter rain. Now, ] shall ask the first one:
why am i like England during the
reign Of Queen Elizabeth Zoos
because you are bossed by woman
/ reckon. ; fUff f5rITg<
That isn't the answer, my dear, but
we wihrno quarrel. Here's another:
WHAT'S the difference between You, my
dear; and q ccschman?n -
- az don,t know, unless It is thatlhe
drives two horses while / drive only a
mule,SaI1 a stubborn one at that Now,
let me ask you one: What's the differ.
ience between you and Henry the
Henry $ wives died early, and 1 wa.
born unhcky." r.t. - ~ - !, =
Then Mr.. Topnoody rose up hurriedly
and went out remarking as he shut the
door: ..It's poor rule that won't
work both ways" but he didn't come
back till his wife was sound asleep
The DRUMMER. 3 go t-tgyYe.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25

in the contest between Charles
Bucholz and John Deitter, of New Ha-
ven, Conn.,, as to which of the two could
collect the most eagle pennies during
the months of March and April, Mr..
buchoiz won. He had collected 16, AIS
pennies, while Mr.. Deitter's pile aggre-
gated only 1854. The result was
thatMr. Better forfeited four kegs of La
ger, two boxes of cigars, and supper
for seventy-fye friends.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25

Trained horses have shown in En-
gland that they are capable of jumping
great distances. Chandler. cleared
thirty feet over brook at Warwick;
Calyerthorpe, thirty-three feet over
hurdles at Newport Pagnell; King of the
Valley, thirty-fve feet over the Wisseden
Brook, Leicestershirc; Lottery, thirty
four feet at Liverpool; Peter Simple,
thirty-scven feet at Boston.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25

Gold bag been discovered cn-fhe poor
fam, at Buffalo, n. Y, but not in sufhcient
quantity TO make mining profitable. Isl
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25

An error IN the eompounding or pre-
scription caused the death of threee inmates
Of the St Louis City Hospital.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25

The mill hands Of Lawrence are
prone to sleep late on Sunday morning
after their week of hard labor. The
Rev. Mr.. Miles tells them that they dc
night. Men and women who WORK
early and late SIX days are no worse
Christians because they are sleepy on
Sunday. Boston journal. = a
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25

selling groceries to the farmers at "greatly
reduced rates" payable in cash on delivery
from the car. They take large orders, and
the farmers often find out after it is toe
late that they had paid from fifteen tc
twenty per cent more for an inferior article
than they would have paid for a good arti
Gle nearer home.
ELI HoNEYwELL's barn near haywood
Wyandotte County, was struck by light
ming the other afternoon and completely
destroyed. Two valuable mules which
were in tina barn at the time were killed.
THE Presbyterian Church of Atchison has
5000 organ.
UNDER the new game law now in force
prairie chickens may be killed between the
FIRST of September and the first of January,
and quail between the first of November and
the first of January. No person shall hunt
or pursue any wild game upon the prem.
ises of another, except with the consent Of
the owner or occupant of said premises.
WoRKNEN quarrying rock just south Of
Leavenworth City killed about five hun
dred snakes during the last two weeks
They found the reptiles tied up in knots in
the crevices OF the rocks and dispatched
them without difficulty.
SOUTHERN Kansas is boasting of the
splendid prospects for all kinds of fruits
this season.
y Kansas viii receive g, 900 worth of arm,
and 5000 in fixed ammunition from the
Government IN addition 10 that afesdy on
nand-- 49, At
The large jewelry house of n. ]. Rush.
mer, Of Lawrence, failed last week. Mr.
Rushmer had been in the jewelry business
In Lawrence for over. fifteen years.
TIE Lukehs brothers had eighty tons Of
hay destyoyed by a prafie Are on their
farm north of Topeka last week.
II Is said that . combined effort is to be
made to kfeak the tax tities in thA State.
COL c. A. NORRIS, for eight years Regis.
ter of the United States Land Once Al
Larned, and whose term expires this month.
announces that he will not be candidate
for disappointment.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-09-13
ANOTHER ABRAHAM.
An Insane Father Attempts to Cruelty
His Son and Burn His Daugbter.

cheat excitement prevails at Erie, Pa,
over the details ola horrible story which
comes from an. isolated point on the
shore of Lake Erie. Sylvester Knott.
a well-to-do farmer, became partly in
sane some months ago over excitement
while attending u meeting of the saliva
ton army at Franklin, and within the
past few days his mania has unexpected
ly taken a violent turn. Believing his
son, lad of eight years, would be
damned unless he died The death of the
Redeemer, he took the boy into the
woods, and was in the act of mailing
him to cross, when he was interrupt
cd by some wood-choppers who were
attracted by the screams of the child.
The maniac fled and concealed himself
in the woods till late at night, when he
returned to his home and forcibly CAL
ried off his daughter, a girl of II, bound
her hand and foot, and laid her on an
altar which he had previously prepared.
Lighting the dry fagots and dancing
around the heap on which lay the girl,
he impiored the Almighty to accept the
sacrllce as atOnement for the sinful
deeds committed by him in years long
gone, and added fresh fuel to the altar.
But help arrived in time 10 prevent the
contamination of the fearful design.
Two young men, crossing theiwoods on
their way home from party, saw a
bright light and heard the young lady's
screams. One felled the demenied sire,
while his companion scattered the blaz-
ing fagots and lifted the almost nude
maiden from her fiery bed. Miss Knott
is pa..fully burned about the lower ex-
tremities, and there are large blisters on
her shoulders, arms and sides. So aw-
ful was her experience that the doors
OF an asylum may open to admit the
daughter as well as the father. She
raves night and day, and it is feared
her reason is permanently dethroned.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-09-13
Impending Race War.

There is serious trouble between the
whites and blacks in Galveston, Texas
and unless a compromise is effected
there is every prospect of a bloody race
controversy.
The difficulty originated in the at.
tempt OF Negro named Gregory. claim
ing to act under the State authorities.
to organize military company of col
ored men. The whites were opposed
to any such organization, and notified
the blacks, 100 strong, to disband. as
they were disturbing the peace and quiet
of the community. At a mass meeting
the whites petitioned that Gregory's
commissioned be revoked, as he was
imposing on the Negroes, and organic
ing these military companies with q
view to disturb the peaceful relations
existing between the two races. A CON-
mittee of whites went to the rendezvou,
of the blacks, and were met by about a
dozen blacks who opened fire on them.
The whites retaliated and for a time
there was lively fusilade. But the
blacks were finally driven of, aud every
effort is being made by the better ele-
meni of both races to quiet the disturb.
ancc,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-09-13
Japanese Life.

The Japanese is the cleanest of mankind.
Cleanliness is, so to speak, more than godli-
ness with him. Though he has no soap, he
washes all over ut least once day-he
wOrships but once week. His candles
are made of vegetable wax. He uses
, cotton coverlet, well stuffed and padded
Tor bed covering and mattress. A sort of
stereoscope case-made of wood-makes his
pillow. he resorts to that and so does his
vile and daughters, that their carefully
arranged hair may not be disturbed dur
ing sleep. No head-covering is used by
the japanese. No nation dresses the hair
so tastetully. Usually it is with the men
shaved in sections They are coming now
10 wear 1t in European fashion. They are
| adopting all European customs.
On levee day saw the reception at the
Mikado's palace in Yeddo. Every one
presented had to come in full dress That
dress does not become the japanese figure.
tie looks awkward in it. His legs are too
short. The tails of his claw-hammer coat
drag on the ground, and the black dress
trousers wrinkle up and get baggy around
their feet. His EurOpean-fa fashioned clothes
nave been sent out ready-made from Amer
lea or England, and in no case did no.
tlce anything approaching to good fit.
Yet he smiled and looked very happy
though he could not get his heels half
way down his Wellington boots, and his
nat was either too large or too small for his
head. He always smiles and looks pleas
ant. Nothing can make him grumble, and
he has not learned to swear He is salts
lied to be paid his due, and never asks for
more. AS a New York cabman he would
be veritable living curiosity.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-09-13
IL MAY Yet BE True.

When Jules Verne wrote his romance,
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the
Sea" he found it necessary to construct
cigar-shaped steamer that would travel
under water while her crew could breathe
with the same ease they could on land. If
Mr.. Verne had waited few years he
might, perhaps, have saved himself the
trouble of inventing this submarine craft,
as he might then have found it in actual
operation. 1t is at present only proposed
to apply recent invention to diver
helmet in the following manner: The ap-
paratus, after having been fastened over
the nose and mouth of the diver, when he
wishes to breathe the air out of his lungs
he does so in the ordinary way, and it goes
down the tubes into the bottom of the
front filter 1t then filters through the
austic-charged sponge in front, and pass
ing along an outlet at the top, is Quoted
over the divers shoulder into the other
case, through which it filters in the same
way, and then, ascending into the helmet,
mixes with the oxygen that has been lc;
i'll from it's store chamber, and is ready t,
he breathed again into the divers lungc.
Mr. Fleuss states that if he could only e:.t
| under the water, he could remain there TO
n whole day; as it is, he walked fora quar-
ter of mile under the sea at Ryde, and
when ut Brighton he went down during
stormy weather into five fathoms OF water.
This being the case, it is n simple matter
to apply the principle to the alright sub
marine ship. The devices for sinking it or
for raising il to the surface of the water
would be easily arranged, so we may soon
have our enterprising excursion managers
offering a trip along the bottom of tho
river to Lake Erie-single tickets so cents
lady and gentleman's ticket, 75 cents.-De-
trOH Free Press
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-09-13

and paper warehouse of Henry Bremen
Il Co., 232 Walnut street, Cincinnati,
and the flames rapidly enveloped the
large building and spread to the Times
Star building adjoining it on the south.
The rag warehouse was completely
burned, involving loss of $4,000 on
the building and $50, 900 on stock, part
ly insured. The three upper stories of
the Times-Star newspaper office, includ-
ing the composing room, were entirely
Quilted. causing $4,000 loss, while the
loss on the building, owned by G. b.
HOLSTER, is $40, 900; both fully insured.
Straus d Son, whiskev rectifiers, adioin-
ing the rag warehouse, also lose 3d.
600 on stock; insured. The Times-Star
published as usual, as the ENQUIRER
loaned the company type, and the Volks-
blatt did the printing
Nine young girls employed in the
rag warehouse sorting rags in the third
story were burned to death. The spread
OF the flames was so rapid that all escape
was cut of. and the unfortunate girls
were literally roasted alive.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-09-13

The following rule for finding out the
weight of an animal by measuring may
prove convenient: "See that the animal
stands square; then take his circumier-
ence behind the -blade-this is
the girtk. Then measure from the bone
of the tail which plumbs the line with the
hinder part of the bullock, and direct the
string along the back to the forepart Of the
shoulder blade; this will be the length.
Then work the figures thus: Suppose the
girth of bullock 6 feet inches, length
feet inches, which multiplied together
make 80 square superficial feet and these
multiplied by 23-the number of pounds
allowed for each superficial foot Of cattle
measuring less than seven and more than
five feet in girth-make 759 pounds.
When the animal measures less than nine
and more than seven feet in girth, 81 is the
number of pounds to be estimated for each
superficial foot And suppose small ami
NAL TO measure 2 feet in girth and 2 feet
in length, these multiplied together make
4 feet, which multiplied by 1.-THE num-
Der of pounds allowed for each square foot
when cattle measure less than 3 feet in
girth-make Al pounds. Again, suppose
calf or sheep, etc, to measure A feet g
inches in girth, and 3 feet 8 inches in
length, that multiplied together makes 16
square feet, and these multiplied by 10
the number of pounds allowed for cattle
measuring less than and more than 3
feet in girth-make 256 pounds. The di-
mansions of cattle, sheep, calves and hogs,
taken this way, will give the weight of the
four quarters of the animal, sinking the
offal. A deduction must be made for ami
mails half fat-of one pound in twenty
from those that are fat and for a cow that
has had calves one pound must be allowed,
in addition to the one for not being fat,
uDon every twentyn
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-09-13
A Forger Foiled.

Steve Raymond, professional forgel
was arrested in New York Sept. list.
He is charged with altering the numbers
on Union Pacific coupons stolen from
the Northampton, Mass, bank in Janu-
airy, 1876. Raymond, alias Marshall,
in 1873 aided in placing $4,000 of
forged Erie & Buffalo bonds. For this
offense he was sentenced to five years
in State prison. He is 46 years old, has
one glass eye and is said to confine him.
self entirely to forgery. The bonds
from which the altered coupons were
detached are supposed to be the prop
erty of Hinckly, who had large
amount of securities on deposit in the
vaults of the Northampton bank at the
time of the burglary. The burglars Sc
cured over S2,O00,0 900.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-09-13

A SEVERE charge is brought against
the jury in the last star route trial. The
acquittal Of those two villains, Brady
and Dorsey, is ascribed to corruption
and bribery of the most fragrant de-
scrIption. Evidence of the most damag-
ing and indispulable character has been
gathered, link by link, until now a
chain Of circumstances has been woven
strong enough to hang every one of
the villains connected with this vile
conspiracy. Even the names of the
men who offered money to the Jurors
are known, and ere long the cloud
that now hangs so threateningly over
the heads of some of those .'twelve
men, good and true" and the princi-
pals. rs well, of this nefarious scheme,
will burst with u force that will shake
the ''ring" from center to circumfer-
ence.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-09-13
Volcanic Ruins.

A dispatch from Batavia says the con-
dition of the strait of Sunda is danger
GUS to navigation. New islands have
arisen thereon and the coast line is
altered. The government is preparing
tie obtain new soundings of the strait.
Sixteen volcanoes appeared between
the site where the island of Krakatoa
formerly stood and the Sibisie island.
A portion of Bantam is an ashy desert,
cattle are starving and the population
in despair. The Soengepan volcano
split in five portions. Seven hundred and
four bodies of victims of the disaster
were buried in the district of Tanard
and 800 in the coast village Kramat.