Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-18
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| DESPERATE fight between posse Of
Texas farmers and three horse thieves in
the lower part Of the Indian Territory. uenr
Darling. recently, resulted in the killing Of
one of the thieves named Fleming, and the
mortal woppding OF another and the can
ture OF the third, The dead desperate was
left on the prairie The other two worn
taken back 10 Texas, where the horses bhd
been stolen. g.. cash. r.t.r... +
IN the United States Circuit Court at New
york, recently, a verdict, was given for
$1,000 in favor OF Gustaf Lundburg and
against the Albany and Rensselaer, Iron
and Steel Company. Plaintiff shipped iron
from Sweden to the company, which they
refused IN take on it's arrival. ID .-...f
COMPTROLLER LAWRENCE ard Secretary
Foiger are Of the opinion that under the
new law the salaries Of postniasters of
fourth class offices should have begun
March 81. This decision will compel the
sixth Auditor 20 take up and adjust &C.
counts heretofore settled on the basis of
the old law, numbering i'm all about A. 700.
and the cost Of commissions for each of
them, so as 10 make Them conform TO tire
new law. After the readjustmcnt Of the
pay OF fourth class postinastcrs, the Gov
eminent will owe each of them four to
eight per cent, according to the amount Of
stamps Cancelled, and this Increase will
have 20 bc paid quarterly until October l.,
when the act reducing letter postage goes
into operation. The payment OF this in
crease will necessarily involve n deficiency
In the appropriation for the pay OF post
nssters for the fiscal year. IT,.
AN explosion occurred in the Govern
ment powder magazines situated at Prid-
dy's Head, in Portsmouth harbor, Eng,
caused by the accidental ignition Of some
powder during the filing OF quantity OF
shells. Six persons were killed and several
injured.
n DIsPATCH received from TabPeeI,
Persia, reports that that city had been
visited by an earthquake. which destroyed
a great many houses and caused the death
of large number Of persons. H
AFTER n legal fight Of about twuntv.hve
years Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines has finally
secured Judgment against tho city of
New Orleans for about S2,OOOOOO.
ADyIcEs from Van Buren, County, Ark,
say that section Of country is being held
IN terror by two escaped convicts named
James Miller and Thomas Katharine, who
have made an almost inaccessible part of the
Boston Mountains their refuge, and from
which they emerge and commit all manner
OF depredations ON property, not even
stopping at murder. The people Of the
locality havc organized 20 hunt them down.
The jury I'm the case of Ellis III. Phipps,
ex-Almshouse Superintendent, of Philadel,
phia, charged with forging, returned a YER
dict Of guilty the other day.
DURING light thunder shower the other
afternoon, three little daughters Of Jacob
MOrwiz who were playing in a street Of
Winona, Mimi, under an umbrella, were
struck by lightning. The two older girls
nine and eleven years old, were instantly
killed, and the third. six years Of age. was
somewhat paralyzed in the left side, hut
will likely recover.
WILLIAM NICHOLS, n travelling salesmaH
~ DallRs, Texas, was shot and killed the
other evening by Charles X. Adams ON the
east bound passenger train as Il was ap-
preaching Montrose, No.
AT Millbnry, Mass, Frank Mann shot
Mrs. Moore, grass widow, and theft shot
himself. A lovers quarrel. -4-a -fI 80 q.
THOMAS "A. EDISON and others, repre-.
senting capital OF S2,OOO,OoO, have filed
papers with the Secretary Of State at Al
bany, y. V, Incorporating the Electric
Railway Company OF the United states.
The object Is 20 develop electricity as a
motor for the propulsion Of railroad trains.
GEORGE W. EVERETT, of Millersburg, Ia,
has been debarrOd from practicing as an
attorney before the Department OF the In
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