Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-28
mISCELLANEOIs.

mISCELLANEOTs.
j. 5. WooLBRIDGE and two children, IL
Marshall, Mo-, were recently poisoned by
eating canned oysters, and with difficulty
were saved from death. The poison was sup
posed to be in the solder used for sealing.
The Park Hotel, at Corning, Ohio, burned
recently. Loss, $4,000.
SEVERAL members Of the Cabinet recent
~ held a consultation for the purpose of
discussing the question of attempting the
relief of the Greeley party this fall.
The Massachusetts Commissioners OF
Emigration reported that $1,000 emigrants
had landed at Boston from August -, 1882,
to June %, 1888; of this number seventeen
were lunatics, idiots or persons unable to
take care Of themselves.
In n recent conversation the Postmaster
General gave IL as his opinion that the loss
To the Government by the reduction of let
ter postage would be S2,OOO,OOO.
The greater part Of the business portion
Of Casey, Iowa, was destroyed by a recent
fire.
JUICE EDGERToN recently rendered a
decision at Yankton, i'm the quo warranto
case against the Dakota Capital Commits
sion appointed by the last Legislature,
ousting them from office. This decision
renders null and void the removal of the
capital from Yankton 20 Bismarck, al.
though the latter place has paid $40, 900,
and the new capitol building is being
erected.
THREE men recently entered the house OF
Washington O'Dell, near Ridgeway, Pitt.
sylvania County, Va, shot O'Dell and
threatened his wife IL she did not give ur
their money. She refused, and the men
forcibly took $1,000.
Two freight trains collided near Ashland
Ohio, the other day, and killed lot OF
FLOODED cattle just from Scotland, and OF
their way To Kansas.
FRANK CAMPAs' house at Appleton, Wis.
was destroyed by fire the other night and
his wife and two children fatally burned.
| AT Atlanta, Ga, recently an agent Of the
/ New York Police Gdzette was sentenced e
/ pay a fine Of ~ 900 or serve twelve month.
in the chain gang for violating the State
law against the circulation Of obscene pub
locations. The case was taken to the Su
/ preme Court TO test the validity Of the law
THE nineteenth biennial session Of tn,
American Pathological Society was held il
Philadelphia last week. All parts Of tn,
country were represented.
| A MEXICAN paper tells Of a severe rail-
storm and cyclone near the capital of tina
country which drowned two laborers, ant
did much damage to property.
THE report of the Commissioners of I'm
migration OF the State of New York showed
that 1863, 35l immigrants landed ut the Dor
Of New York from August 3, 1872, 70 Jun,
30, 1889, inclusive. The largest numbe
landed in any month was G9,593, in May
1899, and the smallest, S,343, in January o
the same year. The duty imposed on tn
Board OF returning paupers and person
unable To take care of themselves, to tn
ports where they came from, had been care
fully exercised, and large number Of un
desirable persons had been sent back
THE Postofiice Department began the dis
tribution OF the new two-cent stamps OF
the 10th, and the requisftion on the contract
ors was the largest i'm the number Of piece
and value ever issued in one day. The or
der was for 37,S79,s3O postage stamps
1871, $50 stamped envelopes (most of then
being Of the two-cent denomination), ant
5,9S3,OO0 postal cards. The nggregat
Of stamps, envelopes and cards ordere,
] was $500, 900.
THE other night Richard Brown, wifi
and FIVE children, Of Pittsburg, Pa, Will
az supper ate heartily OF canned corne,
beef, and about an hour after all wer
attacked with violent pains i'm the stomach
accompanied by vomiting. A physical
was called in, who pronounced the SYM
toms those Of poisoning. Wesley Brown
aged twelve, died, and the other member
Of the family were in n serious condition
The peanut crop Of Virginia Is reporte
10 be a failure and the loss 10000.
A FIRE at Delphos, Ohio, on the mornin
Of the 18th. entirely consumed the exteI
sive works OF the Pittsburg Hoop and Bai
rel Company. The night Waterman wa
in the building at the time and was burne
TO death. Loss, $40, 900; insurance, $500
s. s. Connect, a member Of the we
known firm Of s. s. Connect & Bros, por
J packers Of St. Joseph, NO., committed su
eide on the 10th, at his farm, ten mil,
south Of that city, by hanging.
THE body Of Frank Devereaux was II
Gently found In the woods, eight miles froi
Cheboygan, Mich. The surrounding
J showed that he was killed in q bear figh
which resulted fatally for both, as the an
mails body was found near that Of the des
man. The body was terribly cut up in a
contest, and the ground torn for q space
twenty feet, showing that the struggle ha
been a fearful one.
The steamer VIM. Harrison, from HUI
20 Boston, ran into the steam collier Pr
fessor Morse, from New York, the 9th,
, morning. The Harrison was cut 70 q
waters edge; the Morse. being an ire
vessel, received no damage.
The Director Of the Mint. who has be-
on an extensive tour through the mines
the country, reports that from his observ
I tions, and the information he received,
thinks there will be . slight decline In q
: yield Of gold, and an increase Of silv
, over last years production
!, TIE yellow fever has become epidemic
Guaymas, Mexico, and all who could do
were leaving the city.
TIE extensive sash factory and planiI
, mill Of Campbell & Breckenridge. at
\ Louis, occupying about quarter of
D block, burned recently. Loss, $4,000; |
; surance, $1,000.
AFTER drought Of sixty eight days,
heavy rain fell In Mississippi. but too late
make more than half cotton crop.
In addition to those already reporte
Cadet E. b. Baird, Of Wisconsin, was I