Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-17

dent, Lawrence Brainard, who was heavy
indorser OF Barlow's paper, made an as
Segment for the benefit Of the Trust Com
pany.
COMPARATIVELY few Of the railroad tele-
graph operators OF the East obeyed the
order Of the Brotherhood Committee calling
them out. Some left their desks, but the
railroad companies assert that the ma
jority remained. In the Pittsburg Divis-
ion Of the Baltimore & Ohio road about one
third Of the operators struck.
IT is assertedthat duringthepa past eighteen
months 5000 Springfield rifles, 10000
cartridges and other munitions Of war, ola
total value Of 5000 900, have been shipped
from this country TO China.
CAPT. EADs recently received 81 SEQ 900
for his work at the mouth of the Missis-
sippi
l. l.. CONRAD, a lawyer, prominent In
professional and social life, was shot and
killed the other night by his wife, near ely.
don, In Baltimore County, Md. Mrs. Con.
rad had been suffering from illness, some
times accompanied by evidences of insan.
ity. Conrad was a native of New Orleans,
and son of William II. Conrad, Secretary
Of War during Fillmore's Administration.
A PARTY Of roughs recently while return.
ing from n Sunday spree, entered the
grounds of Mr.. Lovett, near Mount Clair,
Ills, and commenced despoiling his fruit
trees. He warned them to leave, when
some one Of the party assaulted him with
missiles, one Of which struck him at the
base Of the brain, killing him instantly.
About dozen of the rowdies were suisse
quently arrested.
MICHAEL BONNER, station agent for the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific road at
Marseilles, Ills, was arrested recently for
alleged embezzlement Of funds Of the Odd
Fellows Benevolent Association of New
York, while serving as its treasurer ten
years ago. His real name is F. NJ. Denner.
THE Secretary of the Treasury recently
received a telegram from the collector of
customs at Tacoma, w. T., stating that his
officers, with the assistance of the revenue
steamer Walcott, had captured a sloop
engaged in running Chinese across the line
from British Columbia. Two smugglers
were arrested, but nine Chinese passengers
escaped. The collector also stated that
nearly one hundred Cinnamon had landed
at various points on the Northern frontier
in boats and Indian canoes within few
days and that he is powerless to prevent
their landing unless his force is largely in.
creased.
The warehouses and wharves of the
knickerbocker Ice company, and stables of
the company in Philadelphia burned re.
Gently. Forty-three horses and four mules
suffocated or burn9l. Two thousand tons
Of ice were destroyed. The roof Of the
Philadelphia q Reading railway freight
depot, adjoining, burned, and considerable
freight was damaged by fire and water.
Loss estimated at $4,000.
THE other day Arson Seeman, q farm
laborer, while on a spree entered the viii
lage of Florisant, in st. Louis County, Mo-,
and fourishing a knife undertook to run
things. Reaching the store of Henry
Herbst, he attacked the latter with his
knife, whereupon Herbst drew a revolver
and shot him dead.
The Western Nail Association met at
Pittsburg, and after a full interchange of
views on the condition of trade, it was de-
cided 10 order general resumption of thu
mills for q period of four weeks from the
18th instant.
A Terrible hail storm passed down Nish
nabotna valley, Iowa, the other night.
Growing crops suffered severely, and near
Odebolt Miss Lanson was killed and an.
other person wounded. Hail fell to the
depth of five feet in places, and railroads
were blocked. The loss was estimated at
500, 900.
A WARRANT was recently issued for the
arrest of James Gaffey, an attendant Mt the
asylum for the insane at Norristown, Pa,
upon the charge of maltreating and caus.
inc tho ~
The trustees offered a reward of 500 for
the arrest Of GafTey, who absconded.
Fifty weavers in the Woonsocket, r. l..
company's employ struck for more pay.
They are getting 49, cents a cut; they
were offered 1914 cents, but demand p
cents.
JOSEPH STONE was hanged at Rockville,
Ind, for the murder Of Taylor dunbar last
November.
Mas. FANNY SPRAGUE, mother of the ex.
Governor, has accepted the offer of the
Union Company, which bought her home.
stead, to lease it to her during life at one
dollar per month. She accepted upon the
advice of Governor Butler, her counsel.
AT Grand Rapids, Mich, a conductor on
the Grand Rapids & Indiana railway hav.
ing received visit by burglars at his house
prepared for a second visit, and awaited
them In the kitchen. His wife, awakened
by a noise on the street, arose and passed
through the room. Her husband, mistak.
ing her for a burglar. fired, the ball taking
effect in the forehead and coming out near
the right ear.
MRS. WILLIAM q. FARGO, widow of the
President of the American Express Com
pany, was married i'm Buffalo, N. Y, re-
Gently to F. +. Fargo, formerly City Clerk.
The second husband Is no relation to the
other Fargo family.
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHER.