Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-19
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i was IN sitting position, with one end OF n
piece Of hay rope around his neck, with the
other end attached 60 the limb Of n tree.
The popularity ofthe position aud the rope
remaining unbroken prccluded either the
theory of suicide or murder. The skeleton
apparently had been there six or eight
months, as the flesh was entirely gone from
the bones
THE Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
has decided MOTTO remove the office Of Col
lector Of Customs from Santa Fe TO Albu-
querque, ". M. He does not think the in
terest Of the service calls for the change.
PoRT JERvIs, IN. Y.,) dispatch the 9Th,
! said: "1he Thermometer was 81 degrees
this morning. A white frost covered every
| Thing. Ice formed half an inch thick, and
all crops not killed by the September frosts
are now destroyed Many grapes in the
Delaware Valley were frosted. Buckwheat
and corn are total failures. The drought
! made them late and tho frost has destroyed
them" "s
THE case Of First Lieutenant james F..
Simpson, Third Cavalry, tried Ivy Court
Martial on the charge of conduct unbecom-
ing an officer and gentleman, in having
married woman who had been his mis-
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for transmission TO the President. The
court found him guilty and sentenced him
TO dismissal. IL is understood that Judge
Advocate-General Swain takes exceptions
at the action OF the Court, aud recommends
that the sentence be set aside.
WITH view TO facilitating and hasten
ing tho delivery Of mail matter in large
cities the Postotlice Department is gradu-
| ally extending n system Of sorting the
city mails in postal cars, which was tried
on small scale with very satisfactory
results some time since.
AN order has been issued establishing n
daily exchange through registered pouches
between postmasters Of Helena, NJ. T., and
st. Paul, Mimi, TO go into effect Immediate
ly.
AT Allegheny City, Pa, recently, a
street car became unmanageable on n steep
grade, and ran through the safety gates at
the Fort Wayne Railroad crossing and
into passing freight train. The car was
wrecked, and all the passengers, twenty
/ five i'm number, more or less injured, four,
IL was thought, fatally.
! AT Kansas City, the other day, horse
driven 10y Mr.. Rcyburn, prominent citi-
zen, became frightened ut band wagon,
ran away, throwing Mr.. Reyburn out of
the buggy and inflicting injuries from which
ne soon died.
| THE Germans throughout the United
/ States, ON the 9Th, celebrated the two hun
dredth anniversary Of the landing Of the
first German colony in this country.
| In late accident ON the Delaware &
I.ackawanna Railroad, near Scranton, Pa,
John Dunn. the engineer, was scalded TO
death, and Archibald Lord, fireman, fatally
injured.
On the morning Of the 9Th, fire broke
out i'm the engine room Of w. G. Howard q
Co.'S elevator, ut Dallas, Tex, and soon
after the flames were issuing forth I'm all
directions. The flames spread rapidly and
soon tho cotton yard Of the city compress,
occupying n block of ground Immediately
adjoining the elevator, caught fire and was
rapidly consumed. A large amount Of cot
ton was burned, also about $4,000 bushels
Of wheat. The total loss was about $780,
OOO.
THE Superintendent OF the Railway Mail
Service has made up his estimate for the
next fiscal year. Forclerk hire he will ash
Congress TO appropriate the sum of "a ,20J,'
2S9.G0, an increase OF $31S, 1000 over the
current year. This increase is simply due
TO the growth of business throughout the
country and the new railroads upon which
the service is 30 be placed. For transporta
tlon he will ask for between $4,000 900 and
Slj, OOO, 900.
On n ranch near Bampasses, Tex, resided
Nyell-to-do Mexican, named Anthony
Vandalez and his wife and five children
81 I.NN 4
Recently tho wife i'm fit of insanity
murdered all her children with butcher
knife and then killed herself.
! ISSUE of standard silver dollars from the
MINIS for the week ended October 6, S615,
900; corresponding period last yoar, $3.50,
I0s. ~
A CABLE message was received mt the De
partment Of State from Consul Genera
Denny, stating that quiet prevails in Can
ton, Chinn, and there is no truth in the re
ported assassination Of United States Con
sui Seymour, who is alive and well. Thi,
telegram was received i'm reply to one sem
by the Acting Secretary Of state, ask
ing for information on the subject. .i
THE President has accepted two section,
, of the Northern Pacific Railroad, one O
seventy-hve miles in Montana Territory
the other OF over thirty-six miles from Co
lumbia River TO Portland, Ore.
THE President has appointed Hon. Georg
! y. Loring, Prof. c. r. Chandler, EliphaIe
w. Blatchford, r. ID. Curtis and Prof. 4
, ID. Salmon a commission tn investigate tn
{ curing Of pork In this country.
, PRUSSIA has prohibited the importation
Of swine from Russia.
A FIRE at Memphis, Tenn, on the nigh
, Of the sth, destroyed Cole & Co.'s extensiv
1 paint, oil and sash and blind establish
; ment, Greeplaw's Opera House and othe
: property, making a total loss of S17O, OO(
, This was the second disastrous fire in tina
city within few days.
The paymaster Of the Mexican Nationa
Railway was recently robbed Of $1,000 a
the City Of Mexico.
AMBROSE DAcGErT, a young man worl
: ing on the farm Of David Greedy, nea
r Liberty. No., recently shot Miss Ella,
, young daughter OF Greedy, causing instan
death. Daggett Immediately went into tn
orchard near by and shot himself Jealous
= was the cause Of the tragedy.
{ ARRANGEMENTs are being made by Nj
> ! Blackfain, Superintendent OF the Foreig
. Postal Service, 10 admit the Australia
Colonies into the International Posta
Union. when this is accomplished rat
. Of FIVE cents will pay for letter to an
: place on the globe with the exception O
4 Bolivia.
4 The Bank Presidents of Boston recentl
adopted a resolution that the speedy enaci
ment by Congress Of National Bankrup
Law. equitable In its provisions for debto
r and creditor in all sections Of the country
: Is indispensably necessary 70 the maints
; nance Of confidence between banks an
r. their constituents.
q THE German bi-centennial parade 4
Philadelphia, was one Of the largest Of IL
kind ever witnessed In that city, fully %
700 men and 5000 vehicles being In lin,