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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

The trial of Frank James at Gallatin, Mo-,
upon the charge of numbering Mcmillan, at
the time of the Winston train robbery in
1881, resulted in a verdict of acduittal.
After the trial Prosecuting Attorney Wal
lace was presented with n $3.50 gold watch
by large number of citizens in acknowl-
edgment of the vigor and earnestness with
which he had prosecuted the case, which
J he promptly declined to accept. Frank
James was remanded to jail to answer to
other charges against him.
The Commissioner of the General Land
Office has prepared very interesting
statement showing the number of original
homesteads entered in the several States
and Territories since the passage of the
Homestead act, May ~, 1872, to June 30,
| 1883. The grand total Of homesteads taken
In this time was COS, 632, of which Kansas
had the largest number. 0,9O1, Minnesota
the next, 1862. while Dakota came in as
third with 20, 504 entries.
FIFTEEN thousand persons were at the
reception given by the Irish National
Leagues, of Brooklyn, ". ", to Alexander
Sullivan, President of the National League
OF America. The Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans, and st. Patrick's Alliance, marched
with the Leagues to the grounds. A salute
OF thirty-two guns was fired.
BY an explosion of gas at the Fair Lawn
mine near Scranton, Pa, recently, Dan
Sanswine, Secretary and Treasurer of the
Fair Lawn Coal company, and ID. q. Black.
wood, were fatally injured.
! MOBILE and many other places in Ala
bama have raised the quarantine against
Pensacola.
NEAR Cisco, Texas, the other day the
stage was robbed by solitary horseman.
After taking a few dollars from Mr.. Owens
and his daughter, the only passengers, and
fifty cents from the stage driver, the robber
picked out the registered packages and dis
appeared.
FIVE thousand acres of timber lands in
Hot Springs County, Ark, were recently
sold to an Iowa syndicate.
NJ. UssERY, one of the wealthiest men Of
Luling, Texas, was recently shot and
killed by Samuel Brown, young man who
was attempting 10 elope with Ussery's
daughter. Brown also attempted to kill
the wife of his victim.
BELLE HARRIS, who defied the Court on
the Beaver polygamy investigation, in
Utah, was committed to jail for con-
tempt and discharged the other day
through the expiration of the term of Court,
was given an enthusiastic demonstration
by the Mormons, and was warmly congrat-
lated by the Mormon newspapers at her
successful refusal to answer the questions
asked by the Court
Dr. J. X RITcHEY, of Mendoza, Ills, shot
and mortally wounded his wife and then
hed.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14
THE WORLDS DOINGS.
A Summary or the Daily News.


The opinion of the Chinese Legation at
Berlin is that the treaty between France
and Anam Is invalid, as China had not
recognize the new King of Anam.
AT n meeting ofthe Executive Committee
Of the Democratic State Committee Of
Massachusetts, a call for the State Conven-
ton, TO be held at Springfield, September
~, was drawn up and accepted. IL was
authOritively stated to the committee that
General Butler had decided TO run for re-
election this fall.
Hon. +. VI. CUTS. member Of Congress
from the Seventh District of Iowa, died the
other day at tuscaloosa.
A ESPECIAL from Peoria, ILL.,, says il has
been definitely ascertained that States At
torney Loueck is short $4,000 in his public
capacity and as custodian of private funds.
II is stated that an ignorant peddler, named
Jacob Mendelshon, in 1879, placed - 900 in
his hands and Loueck gave him bogus
mortgages for security, the nature of which
was discovered only few days ago, and
resulted in the disclosure Of all his short
ages. Loueck claimed to have lost money
in gambling. He is under arrest.
THE State Department has received a
''fg VI Nut lfNt ~ Aue lTtdlN btlWeen Ter
many and Mexico. II is in the usual form
Of treaties of commerce, and as Mexico has
recently abrogated all her old commercial
treaties with view Of placing her relations
with foreign powers on uniform basis,
this, which is the first Of her new treaties,
may be considered as Indicating the char
ter To those which are 20 follow.
1T is stated that Supervising Architect
Hill, who was the subject of n recent inves-
tigation, Is making preparation 20 resign
and 90 into private business.
WAR between France aud China is de-
clared % be inevitable.
THE New York Greenback Convention
nominated Ell. o. Jones, Of Albany. for
Secretary Of state. He declined, and Rev.
Thos. n. Beecher was then nominated by
reclamation. Louis A. Post was nominated
for Attorney General; +. l.. Hilscy, Comp
troller; Julian Whine, Treasurer, and Ed
win Stillman, Engineer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14
A New Field for Sportsmen.

A novelty in the way Of "sport" is
always gratifying and acceptable. As
soon rs Du Chaillu announced his stom-
ach-thumping, walking-stick-using go
rilla, a number of sportsmen started for
gorill2-land, and Eden Lawson's :. fiyino
tiger" of New Guinea beguiled a credu.
iOus party into trusting their persons
and property among the Papuans. But
as thoroughly refreshing novelty we
think the donkey-hunting, cow-stalking,
and dog-shooting of the Galapagos
Islands must take front seat. Once
upon time it appears there were hui
man beings upon Charles Island who
planted orange groves and corn, and
imported cattle, asses and bull terriers.
What happened to the human beings no
one seems to know, but, falling other
information, we may conclude that
some cannibal ships crew landed on
the hospitable island and ate mp the
islanders, just by way of showing that
the usual order of things might some
times be reversed. OF the fate of the
quadrupeds, however, there can be no
doubt. They multiplied exceedingly.
and are now in unrestricted possession
of freedom and the island But the
cattle are vicious and aggressive, the
dogs are wild beasts. preying upon
calves and donkeylngs, and the don
keys are fierce and fleet What a
groundwork is here presented for a vice
versa archipelago! If there are poultry
they are no doubt rapacious birds OF
prey, robbing fox-roosts and carrying
of fox-ch;ckens. The cat, overwhelmed
by wild bull-terriers, has become sub
terranean, purblind, insectivorous, and
so forth. For the present, however, it
suffices TO point out the novelty of the
sport to be enjoyed. Iii is not every-
where that the sportsman can shoot
cows without having to pay damages.
or enjoy splitting burst across country
after q donkey. The Galapagos Islands
are the exception. -LosdoD Telegraph.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14

COLONEL Henry G. HOFFMAN,, a
wealthy and prominent citizen Of Che
mung County. n. Y. who was gcner-
ally known throughout the State. hav-
ing number Of times been elected 10
the Legislature. was recently found by
his family sitting in his yard grooming
In great pain, and when asked what was
the matter. he replied that he was try
ing To die. He thought he had lived
long enough and had taken ten grains
of strychnine. He feared that the poi
son had lost It's power. n he had car
ricd Il In his pocket for about ten years.
He died soon after in great agony. He
was fifty-siN years old.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14

TnE Treasury Department Is recciv-
ing daily called bonds bearing assign
ments witnessed 10y cashiers or presi-
dents Of national banks. but not verified
by the banks seal. Heretofore the sig
natures Of bank officers have been GER
titled 10y Treasury officials after COM
parison with signatures ON file in the
office Of the Comptroller IT the Cur
rrncy aud known TO be- genuine. II has
been decided. however. that this prac-
tice involves too much risk. and here
after. where the seal of the bank Is
missing. the bonds will be returned to
the scnders
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14

WILLIE BRlsCoE. Of Rome. Ga. is a
prrcocious boy Of respectable family
Tie Is yet early In his iccns but prom
inrnt candidate for pcnitcntiary honors
or The gallows. Recently he attempted
&" shoot his man and later the same day
hr took beef to = butcher and sold il
which was soon asccrtaincd To have been
stolen. When nm officer went To arrest
the youth It was found that he had
stolen one horse from his father. another
from II ncighbor and had left the coun-
try. lie had been bad boy since he
graduated from the cradle.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14

FROM Salt Lake. Utah. comes the story
that about fifteen years ago Mrs. Jane
Darlington Young, wife Of Apostle
Brigham Young. was awakened from
sleep by something running down her
throat For eleven years she suffered
no great Inconvenience. but about four
years ago II began To torment her, and
recently she got rid Of it 10y taking
strong medicines which killed IL, aud
then vomiting itup inpicccs. ltproved
Ia have been lizard
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14

MIR. Kerr special counsel in the star
route cases. recently stated that under
Instructions from the Attorney General
he was preparing to push vigorously
the eases against Brady, Kellogg and
the other defendants. and when the Oc-
tobcr term of the Criminal Court began
the Government would ask that day
bc set for the trial. No matter how
early the court fixed it, the prosecution
would be ready to 90 on, and any delay
would be the fault of the other side.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14

Drains should always be cut as mar
row as possible. the bottom being just
wide enough to receive the pipes, which
renders the drain more efficient. The
length and depth of the drains and their
distance apart regulate the size of pipe
that should be used. but level ground
requires larger pipes than where the in
clipation is greater, The capacity of
the pipes for minor drains should he
just sufficient to carry off the maximum
flow of water. for if too large the sedi-
ment will lodge in the bottom of the
pipes and choke the drains Chicago
Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14

Further arrests If Irishmen impli-
tated in the dynamite plots If last
spring have bccn made. The other day
tx men were arrested ut Glasgow, all
Irish. They were charged with blow
Ing up the largest gaSometcr in that
city. destroying the railway she'd and
attempting to mine the aqueduct of the
clyde Canal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14
Train-Wreckers in Tennessee.

NASHFILE, IfNN-, Sept 8.
An attempt was made by an unknown
party to wreck the south-bound passenger
train near DorsOn Station, on the Decatur
division of the L. & n. Railway, but the
engineer observed the obstruction in time
to stop the train. Several attempts have
have been made recently to wreck trains on
the Decatur division, but in each instance
the Instructions were discovered in time
to prevent an accident. The East Tennes-
see, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Company
will, in q day or two, offer a reward for the
arrest of the miscreants who chained rails
across the track near Concord a few DAYS
since. Attempts have been made to
wreck trains at that point on several occa-
sions.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14

A PuuADELr1nA thief who is also n
painter. has been driving a lucrative
business II late 10y visiting dwellings, Of
course during the absence of the hus-
bands, and announcing that he hal been
sent To do some painting. Gaining adj
mission he would set about appropriate
ing money and other valuablcs TO his
own use and then suspend work to con-
fer with his boss A number of
families were thus robbed before the
thief was exposed and locked up.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14

A FARMLAND near Shelbyyille. Ind,
i reported to have found the skeleton
of q giant. II was said To- have been
found in n sitting posture six feet below
the carth's surface. The gentleman
who formerly sat in the bones which re-
main. il he existed at all, was nine feet
high aud must have weighed half ton.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14
WIT AND WISDOM.

Please to remember that in the
economy of life short progress and hon.
est weight are better than long progress
and short weight. Y. Hsrdid.
A little singular that passengers are
not permitted to converse with the man
at the wheel, Notwithstanding that he IL
spokesman of the ship.-N. q. Item.
How the Style Spread
Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard
To get her poor daughter Il gown;
She made il UP s.attern,
With q sack for pattern,
And the style spead all over the town.
She was sweetly inexperienced
young hOusekccper, as one may gather
gested that she should purchase spring
mattresses. Eyes" she Ercplied, I'll
they are in season we'd better have
some. - Chicago ITitune.
You can not long pass tor anything
more than your real value, after all.
You may wear a placard saying you
are solid gold, but men hardly take 3
second squint at you before they dis
cover that you are pinchbeck. The
farmer may shingle and clap-board hi
old Darn, but the moment you get on
the inside you see that ii is the old barn
nevertheless y. HCrald.
1t is not genius that tells on the
world, but downright and honest hard
work. Your brains may ferment and
effervesce like yeast pot, but unless
you can settle down to steady toll you
are worth no more 10 the community
than Il soap bubble, which bursts SC
soon that it is hardly worth ones while
to stop to look ut and admire it. a
good blacksmith is worth Il round dozen
of geniuses who wear long hair and By
ronic collars and wonder why the world
doesn't adore them. -ErckdR1
Plantation Philosophy.-De edyca.
ton OBJ man is his silver, but his com.
mon sense is his gold. Fortune some.
times comes ter de one what least ex-
pecks it. but is more apt ter com ter de
man what works for ii. De wust Eoy
don't al ers turn out ter he de bes' man.
| has know'd good boys ter drag along
an finally amount ter suthin'. De wust
lick eber got was from man what
didn't want ter hit me. Now Use
mighty kereiul bout crowdin' a man.
When a pusson says dat he wants ter
fight. yer's safe; but when he tells yer
dat he doan want ter fight, den stop
right war yer is.-ArbanSato Traveller.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14
The Recent Railway Slaughter In Germany.

DEhI1KNs
Details of the accident at Eglitz show
that seventeen men, eighteen women and
four children were killed by the recent &C.
cident. Most of the victims belong to the
artisan class. After the catastrophe the
railway was found covered for a hundred
yards with bodies shockingly mutilated.
OF a family of five persons only one es.
capped. A sailor and woman were decap-
itated. The engine was covered with pieces
of flesh, bones and rags, and drenched with
blood. The engine driver was overcome by
the horrible sight. The line was blocked
for several hours. The remains were gath
cred by torchlight by hremen and soldiers.
The bodies will be taken to the Berlin
morgue-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14

FEoM the showings made 10y the clear
lighthouses of the country it appears
that business was sixteen per cent
poorer in New York City the third
week in August than il was the CORES
ponding week last year. but one per
cent better everywhere else in the coun-
try. While the showing was unfavor-
able as q whole. it need give the West
little disturbance of mind. rs II too
plainly showed that Wall Street was the
sufferer aud stock-gamblrrs were being
s,rtapy,I
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14

TIE death Of the Count dc Chambord
put the crowned heads Of Europe into
mourning over the death 81 the King of
France. but as France has no King, the
shedding Of so many royal tears was
nnnercs.arv.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14

A girl engaged in sorting waste pa
per the other day in the Treasury
picked up a sheet of nat;onal-bank notes
representing four hundred and nifty DOL
lars The day before. another sortef
found twenty-five dollars in revenue
stamps ashis0to1 Star.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14
IT, c.dd,o pooL ovs,ar ex;sts q,

The Saddle Rock oyster exists only
as a tradition. 1t originated at place
called Saddle Rock, on Long Island A
New York dealer says: When custom
ers ask for Saddle Rocks we merely give
them the largest oysters on hand, with
out regard to the waters they were taken
from.-N. T. Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14
,JudoeA. .Cberitree. of Glens Fall

-JudgeA. J. Cheritree, of Glens Falls,
N. Y, recently had an interview with
H. III. Wilson, an inmate of the Middle
town Insane Asylum. Wilson begged
the Judge to effect his release, and up
on being refused, he seized the Judges
high hat and jumped out of the window
to the ground, distance of eighteen
feet. Gathering himself together. he
started across the fields at lively pace,
picking up two stones on the way to
awe his pursuers. Several attendants
at once started after the runaway, one
of whom succeeded in tripping him,
when he was quickly overpowered and
taken back to his quarters.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14

At the trial Of cadets before the court
martial at Annapolis. Md. for hazing.
/; was very difficult tc get the vic
Tins to testify. they manifesting dispo-
,iiiOn Ia shield their tormentOrs.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14
CURRENT COMMENT.

O'DoNNELL. the slayer Of Carey, now
claims he shot the informer to save his
otSu life
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14

Inc unusually nl2n TIDE which has beer
running for the past two days continued
yesterday. In the evening the cellars
along West and South streets were filled
with water, and in many cases it ran with
in half foot of the ground floor. At the
ferry slips the deck rails of boats were sew
eral inches above the top of the tenders Of
the dock, so that passenger could easily
step from the deck to the tenders above.
The cause of this high tide is mainly from
the stiff northeast wind which has been
blowing in from the ocean for the past for
ty-eight hours, and partly from the moon,
which is changing. 1t is expected that the
tide will run lower to-day, and in the mean
time pumps are in demand among the res.
idents along the river front. The tide was
the highest of the season at Rockaway.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-04-26

The POCAssET TRAGEDY.-The religl-
Gus tragedy at Pocasset, Mass, in the fanati-
cal killing of child by its parents, as
Precipitation for their sins, which startled the
country four years ago, is about to come into
the Courts for final disposition. AT a con-
sultation of Judges of the Supreme Court
in Boston, on the 18th instant, it was an
nounced that Charles F.. Freeman could no
longer be confined in the Danversy Asylum
as insane, and as an Indictment for murder
is pending against him the case must in
some WY be disposed Of This strange
fanatic has renounced the religious views
he held when his frenzy and that of his
wife and neighbors led him to kill his little
daughter as a sacrifice to Heaven. He says
now that he was instigated by the devil and
not inspired by God, and he claims that he
has forgotten the fearful scene when he
plunged the knife into the heart ofhis child
while his wife stood by his side with the
lamp. The terrible fanaticism in the viii
lage, which led scores of his followers to be-
lieve implicitly in his declaration that the
little one would rise again on the third day,
is fast dying out although there still remains
a bitterness between the Methodists and the
AdventiSts.
Mrs. Freeman has suffered more keenly
than her husband from the effects Of fanati-
cism's terrible work She is supporting
herself and her surviving daughter at Lynn,
and her husband, who is already practically
free, often visits her. His case comes be-
fore the Supreme Court at Barnstable in
May andh he will either be formally tried and
acquitted on the ground of insanity or he
will be allowed to 60 on his own recogni-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-04-26
&eaaiua fur the Sabbath.
CONDUCTED By
REV. ROBERT LATHAM.
A PORTION FOR THE AGED.

"And they were talking with us."-Mark
iX:4.
It was on the mount a TRANSPORTATION, in
the midst of that wonderful manifestation.
Moses and Elias were there, and this is what
they were doing, "talking with Jesus"
Reading the chapter at family worship a
few mornings ago, l was struck with the
simplicity and what seemed ONE the beau
ty of this expression. "And they were
talking with Jesus" AS l dwelt on the
words I almost envied Moses and Elijah.
Favored souls thought, to be permitted to
talk with Jesus, not merely to Jesus, but
with him, as man with man. And yetis it
not the privilege of the disciple of to-day to
do the same, to talk with hisrisen and sacred
Lord: There can be no doubt Of it. All
true believing prayer is talking with Jesus.
This is the simplest and truest definition of
prayer. 1t is the most expressive descrip-
Jesus! Is it possible for me? Then let the
rich man hug his wealth; let the ambitious
man be proud of his honors and of his friend
Ships | will not envy the one nor the 9TH
er. 1t is enough that may have the ac-
quaintanceship and the friendship Of Jesus,
that he does admit me into his presence and
to his fellowship. No earthly possession
can be compared with that; no earthly
honor can be named with that!
And now let me ask, Did you ever con-
sciously talk with Jesus? Has your life
been one of converse with the exalted Je-
sus? You have never had the vision with
which Moses and Elias were favored when
they looked on clustering garments and
heard the voice of the Son of God, and you
are not to expect such vision. But the
presence of Jesus may be, and often is, felt,
though unseen. Andwith that felt presence
you can talk. Can you conceive of richer
privilege than this? If you have enjoyed
it, do improve it more and more. If you
are stranger to it, do begin this day to talk
with Jesus. els waiting to welcome you
to his fellowship. How safe would you be
in such. companio onship! How secure and
blessed would you be with such friend and
counselor!
Sorrow stricken and crushed one, longing
to find some one to whom you can open your
whole heart, here is your resource. Go and
talk with Jesus! Confide your secret, what
ever it is, to him. He knows it all! Oh,
yes but he loves to have you tell it to him.
He loves your unreserved confidence. This,
then, is the message of this brief article, a
message for myself and for you, "Talk with
Jesus.n No mother ever so loved to have
her darling pour his tale ofjoy or of griefinto
her ear as does Jesus to have his disciple con-
fidingly talk with him. Christian Treasury.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-04-26

How TO KILL SIN.-Wouldst thou have
much power against sin and much increase
of holiness, let thine eye be much on Christ !;
set thine heart on him; let it dwell in him,
and be still with him. When sin is likely
to prevail in any kind, go to him, tell him
of the resurrection of his enemies and thy
inability to resist, and desire him to suppress
them and to help thee against them, that
they gain nothing by their stirring but some
new wound. If thy heartbegin to be taken
with and moved toward sin, lay it before
him: the beams of his love shall eat out
that fire of those sinful lusts. Wouldst thou
have thy pride and passions and love Of the
world and self-love killed? Go sue for the
virtue of his death, and that will do it.
Seek his spirit, the spirit of meekness and
humility, and divine love. Look on him,
and he will draw thy heart heavenward,
and unite it to himself and make it like
himself. And is not that the thing which
thou desirest?