Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-06-01
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

u hansas' which met IN Emporia last
week, eighty-nine lodges were represented.
and the reports of the officers showed that
the order had made gain OF forty.
one lodges during the past wear The
officers elected for the ensuing year were as
follows: Grand Chancellor-Max 7 Al.
wens, Beloit; Grand Vice ChanceRor- Mo
NJ. Ravens, Fort Scott; Grand Prelata~T-
p. Anderson, Columbus; Grand Master of
Exchequer-George Linck. Leavenvvor+b.
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal-Gps +
Neubert, Wyandotte; Grand Master at
Arms-T. J. Borland, Osborne; Grand Inner
Guard-George Hall, Emporia; Supreme
Representative-James H. Lyons. Leaven-
worth. Wichita was chosen as the next
place of meeting of the Grand Lodge.
THE Auditor of State has progressed far
enough with the assessment of railroad
property for 1888 to state that the increase
length of roads since the assessment of
1882 is trifie over 160 miles. The increase
in valuation amounts to y, 127, 20S.95 This
will make the average valuation of all the
property per mile for 1882, s., 03I. SO, against
20, 1851 last year. The average valuation
for main lines will be $4,000 per mile. The
Railroad Assessors this year assessed one
wire of telegraph line to each of the rail-
roads in Kansas, at an average valuation
of $40 per mile. All additional lines of
wires are left to be assessed by local au-
thorities.
THE State Medical Society met at Topeka
last week. The officers chosen for the ensu-
ing year were: President, DIR. ID. W. Stor-
mont; First Vice President, DR.. W. S. Men
denhall; Second Vice President, DIR. d. h.
Longshore; Secretary, F. d. Nevise; As
sistant Secretary, DR.. c. H. Guibor; Treas
urer, DIR. w. w. Cochrane; Public Orator,
DIR. j. b. Hibben; Board of Censors, Drs.
Boyd, Hanawalt, Schenck, ID. c. Jones and
Roberts. Wyandotte was chosen as the
next place of meeting on the third Tuesday
In May, 1884.
THE semi-annual meeting of the Ladies'
Social Science Club of Kansas and West.
ern Missouri was held at Wyandotte last
week. Over thirty new members were adj
mitted and the following officers were
elected: President-Mrs. c. II. Cushing,
Leavenworth; Vice Presideuts-Mrs. John
NJ. Crowell, Atchison; Mrs. J. K. Cravens,
Kansas City; Mrs. George Parmalee, To-
peka; Mrs. George Kingsley, Paola; Mrs.
W. H. CarTuth, Lawrence; Mrs. James
Runcie, st. Joseph; Mrs. Byron Judd, wv.
dotte. Treasurer-Mrs. r. NJ. Tunnel.
Secretary-Miss Sarah A. Brown, Law.
renee.
ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHNSON has noti-
fed Insurance Commissioner Welch that
after carefully investigating the law in re.
gard to so-called Benevolent Insurance As.
ISOLATION, he concludes they are not CO.
operative within the meaning of that term.
and therefore can lay no claim to being
benevolent associations, and therefore they
must comply with the Insurance law or
quit business.
{. I. WISE, of Pittsville, Shasta County,
Cal, is anxious to hear the whereabouts of
P. r. Wise who left Oskaloosa, April Sd, to
go to Topeka. Was last heard from at
Kansas City, April 9Th. Is supposed to be
mentally deranged from ill-health.
JOHN AYTEL, a coal merchant of Atchi.
son was waylaid near his residence the
other evening by roughs, badly beaten and
robbed of $40.
REPORTS from the late storm in Sedgwick
and adjacent counties show large amount
OF damage done to sheep, cattle and stock
by drowning. All bridges on the streams
were carried away. The COwskin, Mime
scoop and Chisholm were bank full and the
water higher than had been known for
years. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
bridge spanning the great Arkansas River
was washed out.
The preliminary examination of Olathe's
defaulting banker, John Harris, was had
the other day before Justice Hendrickson
The amounts alleged to have been embez.
zled in the several complaints aggregated
$500. The defendant waived examination,
the Justice fixing the amount of bond for
appearance in the several cases. The total
amount of bond required was 81 900, in de.
fault of which he was committed to Jail.
The amount of liabilities aggregates SS6,.
500.
GIDEON KLIENFELTER, farmer residing
in Atchison County, has just become the
owner of a natural curiosity-a colt born
without eyes. There are merely holes
where the eyes should be, but otherwise the
colt is perfectly formed.
The residence of Ex-Governor st. John at
Olathe was recently burned. The building
had been unoccupied for some two months,
and was doubtless set on fire. Considera.
BILE diversity of opinion exists as to the OBJ
ject of the incendiary, some believing it &c
have been done by enemies, and others
thinking 1t was done for the purpose of
creating excitement that robbery in other
parts of the city could be committed. The
latter theory was partially sustained by
the fact that several attempts at burglary
were made during the night. Damage tc
the building 81 800, besides much damage tc
the handsome grounds.
THE second days session of the Dunkards
at Bismarck Grove at Lawrence was at
tended by a vast number of people from all
portions of the country, and there were
fully 10000 persons on the ground. The
Dunkards are thrifty class of people and
it is thought many of them will ultimately
locate in Kansas, with which they OK.
pressed great satisfaction.
THE Pleasanton Canning Factory was re.
Gently burned. Loss, 5000.
j. G. BAILEY, of Reno County, aged fifty.
five years, was murdered the other morning
by being beaten on the head with piece of
gas-pipe in the hands of his son. The muir.
derer was jailed.
JOHN MILLER, Clerk of Quindaro Town.
ship, Wyandotte County, died the other
day from an overdose of morphine admin.
istered by "Dr." Landon-a man who is
said to do the doctoring for the neighbor-
hood, but is not regular physician.
GLORIOUS rains the past week.
MISS MARY NJ. DAVIDSON, of Davis Coun.
ty, has worked up a very extensive inter
est in the silk worm business, and in Usage
orange as food for the silk worm. She has
correspondence which includes every
State in the Union except Maine. During
the winter and spring she has sent out a
great many eggs and worms, and has a
large number of worms left.
On the night of the oath of April, about
forty-six head Of ponies and four mules
were stolen from Black Bird, and others, of
the Usage Nation. The thieves were pur.
sued and captured at Stafford and turned
over to deputy United States Marshal.
DECORATION DAY approaches. Prepare
your floral offerings to honor the graves of
the country's noble dead.
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