Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27

bah House on. the morning of January 10
last, resulted In his acquittal by the jury.
Five ballots were taken, and only one of
the jurors was for conviction all that time,
and he finally gave In because Judge NAL
lory instructed him that If there was any
doubt IN his mind he must give the prisonef
the benefit of the doubt. The verdict was
received with applause, and Scheller was
warmly congratulated.
The investigation into the affairs of the
Tewksbury (Mass.) Almshouse continues
TO reveal some queer things. One day last
week John F, McGavern, tanner at Wo-
burn, testified that the skin Of a negro, un.
tanned, was brought to the tannery by W.
r Morrison, who wanted it tanned. Nor.
rison said he brought it from Har- ard, and
that 1t came originally from Tewksbury.
Morrlson claimed to be a student. Pieces
of the skin were shown.
a DYNAMITE cartridge was recently found
IN the basement of Rinaldo & Co.'S factory,
brooklyn, N. Y. One hundred girls were
at work in the upper part of the building.
Inc cartridge was sufficient 10 demolish the
factory.
DANIEL CURLEY the second member OF
the lnvincibles put on trial in Dublin as a
Phoenix Park murderer was found guilty
and sentenced to be hanged May Is. When
asked II nc had anything to say why sen
tence should not be pronounced, he said he
mad not expected any mercy from the court.
III was very unfortunate that the Irish
bench was never without a Norbury or a
heoSh. lie was a member of the Invinci.
bies, bit was not in Phoenix Park on the
evening the murder was committed. He
loved his country and couii suffer for her.
The witnesses for the crown had periured
themselves. As the officers were taking
him from the dock, he cried out in a loud
voice, God save IreIand,v
TnE Postmaster General directed that In
making Postoffice appointments in Missis.
sippi recommendations of ex.Congressman
Chalmers should be given no greater weight
than may beproperly attached to them as
the Recommendation of private citizen.
a REPORT has been received by the Ma.
tional Board Of Health to the effect that
cholera, which prevailed TO an alarming
extent in China, Japan and India some
time ago, has disappeared. A report has
also been received that smallpox is raging
in Rio de Janeiro.
IN the United States Court at Little
| Rock, Ark, cx-United States Marshal ]. T
Brown, Jr., was convicted cf perjury, hav
ing been previously convicted Of forgery.
JAMES TREGI4AUS was hanged at Norris.
town, n. j., for the murder of Minnie
Chirgwin, at Port Dram, about year ago.
AT Taunton, Mass, NJ, :. Ellen Hallasey.
| aged sixty-five, was found dead, supposed
/ 20 have been murdered. Her sons Timothy
and John, aged nineteen and TWENTY-FIVE
respectively, and William Flynn were ar.
rested for the deed. -a-. ..r
AT New Haven, Conn, recently, in the
case of Mrs. Adelia CuTran against William
NJ. Fay, TO recover $4,000 damages fol-
shooting her husband, the jury was out an
hour and brought in a verdict for the de
PENDANT. Judge Beardsley refused to ac
cept the verdict, and sent the jury back tt
/ deliberate, stating they should have found
some damage for plaintiff. The Judge
| told them the defend mt failed to estab
lish legal justification for the shooting
| and their verdict was rot in accordance will
the evidence. They returned after another
hour with verdict for the plaintiff of So
and costs. Fay was previously tried fol
the murder of Curran and acquitted.
! j. "A. YATES, civil engineer of the Canton
Aberdeen and Nashville Railroad, was sho
and dangerously wounded at Starkville
Miss, recently, by G. A. Campbell, con
tractor ON the same road. .
SETH KENNEDY, trusted clerk of M. s
Page q Co., pawnbrokers, of Boston, Mass.
was lately arrested on the charge of embez
cling $4,000.
! IT is stated that the fishermen at Cape
Angris, Mo-, have been in the habit o
trammel netting in the bay on the IIlinoi,
side Of the river, which is contrary to tn.
! laws of that State. A Constable of Cal
houn, ILL.,, determined to suppress
it. The other night with a poss,
he hailed fishing party O
three and demanded their surrender. They
called ON the Constable to read his warrant
/ which he refused to do, so they starte,
down the bay. The Constable then ordered
his party to fire and the result was the kill
/ ing of William Willoughby, the probabl,
fatal wOunding of Henry Engle, and tn,
slighthly wOunding of johnson Herman.
J. THE floods in the Menominee River, in
| Wisconsin, during the past week were un
| precedented. The water was two fee
above tho highest previous water mark. A
1 Cedar Falls the dam was badly damaged
the logs in the dam all broke away. 1t will
take five or six weeks to repair he damage
AtPrairie Farm the water cut way rounC
the dam, doing a great deal Of damage
SCOTS dam, on Lightning Greek, anC
Downs dam, on Hay River, were washed
\ away. At Rice Lake, it is reported
tho whole country was flooded anC
| considerable damage done. Middle dam
on Moose Ear, was partially washed away
At townsville, twelve miles below Memo
minee, the dam was partly washed away
and other damage done. The Chippewa
River Railroad was badly damaged it,
whole length. . The flood seriously affecte,
very large portions of the numbering dis
trict of Wisconsin,.