Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-19
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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snag few miles above the city, precipitat.
ing the entire family into the water. All
drowning but himself. He statedtbat
his wife had on a belt which contained
200 in money and jewelry, all he possessed
On earth. Being penniless citizens gave him
money TO so to Kansas City, where he said
he had relatives, with whom he would ra.
turn and search for the bodies. He meyer
returned, and the other day the BODY of n
woman was found near where the accident
was reported as having happened. There
were marks of violence upon her body and
her neck was broken, which led to the sun.
position that Anderson, who is a Swede.
undoubtedly murdered the woman, as the
belt he spoke of was found empty on her
body and sealed.
HE late storm was peculiarly destruc.
tive at Observation-Disclosures a cyclone.
The house of George Parsons was taken
from its foundation and unroofed, then the
entire body was blown away, leaving Mrs.
Parsons and four children upon the floor.
Some of the flying timbers struck Mrs. Par.
sons and two of the children, and they yyere
severely injured. Michael Marshall's house
was leveled to the ground, and his wife
fatally injured. The warehouse of Rohlfip
a CO.. was unroofed, and their stock of
groceries, valued at $4,000, was damaged
to the extent of over 5000. The Great
Western Machine Shops were damaged
fully $1,000. The new oil mill was totally
wrecked and aeveral EMPLOYEES
narrowly escaped death, and many
other buildings were more or less damaged.
a colOred woman had her arm broken. In
the county, near the city, the residence of
1 Charles Pike was wrecked and his three
year-old daughter killed. His wife and
another child were also hurt. The full force
OF the elements was felt at the County
Poor Farm, where the wind blew down all
the chimneys of the establishment, tore a
large hole in the roof, and leveled section
after section of the fence. There was great
excitement among the inmates, and consid-
cradle force had to be used to control the
people gathered there, as the crashing of
tlmbers and rafting of broken glass led
all to believe that the structure was to be
leveled to the ground.
AN aggravated case of wife-beating was
recently brought to the attention of the
Leavenworth authorities, when a man
named James Williams was taken before
the Police Court for brutally beating
serious and may prove fatal. The officers
said t.ey never, aw such case OF brutal
tty as this. Mrs. Williams face was A
mass of purple bruises. Her eyes were
closed and her body badly bruised all over.
Williams pleaded fora light sentence, on
Inc ground that his family needed his at
tention, but the Court thought IF his wife
recovered she and her four children could
get along much better without his tender
care. lie was given the highest sentence
possible. - Icy }etsi
WHAT. is known as the "Junction" in
Wyandotte County was considerably ex-
cited the other day over tho attack upon
Major Holsinger, n prominent citizen and
school Director of his school district. Four
masked men visited his residence after
midnight and calling him TO the door made
an assault upon him. He fired upon then.
when they retreated. The same evening
The residence of a colored man, named
hawker, was visited and he severely beaten.
The trouble it was thought grew out of the
TACT that two colored children (Hawker's)
lad been admitted to the public school by
Holsinger. Several arrests were made.
IN answer to an inquiry, the Attorney
General recently gave an opinion that
County Attorneys are required to sppear
anu prosecute IN the courts of their several
counties all cases in which the State or
county is interested. For this they are al.
lowed salary and fees fixed by law. For
such services they cannot claim extra
compensation. When a case is removed ON
change OF venueto another court the duty
IT the County Attorney i'm the county where
ase prosecution was commenced ceases and
II directed by the Commissioners to follow
he case he may receive extra compen.
'ation for the service beyond the limits of
1ls county. A case taken on change of
Senue TO another county, stands in such
other county and is tried the same as if
originally instituted there. The County
Attorney of that counsy must appear and
prosecute that case in the courts the sams
IS III 1t had been instituted there hy him
self. For this service he is entitled to the
.ees provided by law, the same as if origi-
1ally in his county. He cannot recover,
Tom his own county or the county from
which the case was removed, any extra
compensation for his services in the pro.e-
tuition of the case. The county where the
Time was committed must of course paw
;he costs"
WILLIAM SULLIVAN, young farmer 10
siding near Perry, recently took load of
wheat TO Lawrence and sold itand started
IN his return home-about twelve miles dis
; ant. When the team reached home hs
D vas found hanging against the front end
A IF the wagon, dead, with bullet hole il,
lis head. When he was murdered and at
what point in the road was a mystery as
many teams passed his, and he was noticed
! ying in the wagon, but every one who saw
him supposed him to be intoxicated. The
money he got for his wheat was found in
ais pocket all right. Subsequently Alarm
'r named Long was arrested. 1t was al
eyed that Sullivan insulted Longs wife
and niece, who were driving home in
wagon, and Long coming up at the time, it
vas supposed took offense at the remarks
md did the shooting.
CARL PEEPHs and Richard Matthews
we're killed at DE Soto recently while blast
ng. Several blasts had been prepared and
me failed. The men were put. TO work to
irill it out when the .expIosion1took place
with such fatareffect
NEWTON is troubled with sneak-thieves
A MAN about thirty years ofage, supposed
! 70 be named William Brighton, from papers
'ound upon him, recently stopped at a hotel
N Fort Scott, took hfssupper, which he paid
'or, and then went outside the--efty- rr,i
hanged himself. When found he was dead.
It was thought he was following circus
, company which he expected to overtake,
out failing and being out of money took his
; )wn life.
! In quarrel in billiard hall at Oswego
recently, young gambler by the name of
Frank Fisher, was shot through the head
and instantly killed. Just who did the
shooting is not positively known.
THE two-year-old daughter of a Mr.. Nc
: earthly, residing near Muncie, was recently
icalded to death.
FRED BoRNHAUsER, saloon keeper, com
nitted suicide at Leavenworth, recently,
) ~ shooting. Cause, domestic trouble and
> oss Of property.
CHARLES BARNETT. colored. aced t,re,,tv