Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-07-20
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

manoamuseo recently oy the United States
District Court on the suit of ]. r. Dutton,
Of Brownsville, Pa, who holds some un-
paid coupons of the city. They are ordered
to levy a tax to pay this debt, amounting
to s, 731.S7 with interest, and will probably
not do it.
The Sheriff of Socorro County. N. NJ,
recently took to the Kansas Penitentiary
two prisoners convicted Of murder i'm that
Territory. One was a Mexican named
Manuel Goames, who killed his wife at FL
Mora because she would not live with him
and submit to his continued abuse. His
sentence is for life. The other was an
American youth named Chester CONFESS,
twenty-one years of age, and a fine looking
young fellow, his face bearing traces of
refinement, whose sentence is for five wears
for killing a policeman at San Marcial
while the officer was arresting his friend.
AT a late meeting in Topeka of the
members of the Council G.. A. r.
for Kansas, action was postponed in
regard to the place for the reunion
In October until August 18th, and De-
partment Commander authorized to re-
ceive bids up to that time. The Fort Scott
drum corps was selected for Department
headquarters at Denver. All members of
the committee present stated that there
was great enthusiasm manifested in their
respective localities in regard to the en-
campment at Denver. It is fair to estimate
that there will be a large number at Denver
from this State.
In answer to communication from the
General Passenger Agent of the Atchison,
Topeka q Santa Fe road about the legality
OF furnishing reduced rates to certain
Texas points for cowboys returning to
their homes after their drive to shipping
points in Kansas, the Railroad Commits.
sioners, after reviewing the State law in
regard to passenger rates, replied: sin
the absence of specific provisions in the
law for the regulation of passenger fares,
except in fixing the limit beyond which
railroad companies shall not charge, the
Board is inclined to the opinion that the
intention of the Legislature was that the
rates for passenger travel under the differ
ent conditions, below three cents per mile,
was to be left largely to the discretion of
the different railroad companies, as was
customary before the passage of the law"
WILLIAM CAvANAUGH has been promoted
from the position of Chief Clerk to that of
Assistant Secretary of State to fill the va.
cancy caused by the recent resignation of
Mr.. Edward Downward. Captain 7. H.
Orner who has been clerk in the office of
the Secretary of State was appointed Chief
Clerk to fill the position vacated by Mr..
Cavanaugh.
AN enthusiastic writer "out West, :" saws
at is very pleasing to be farmer out here
on the Great American Desert The mum.
Der Of people looking for homes in this
beautiful and healthy portion of Kansas
is very large, and they should not fail to
see the great Smoky Valley, especially
Mcpherson County, and inspect our fertile
lands, attractive climate, and excellent
state of morals and where wealth can be
won.0
A PARTY Of gentlemen, most of wnom
live In johnson County, have organized an
association for the purpose of carrying on
the cattle trade in the Southwest The
capital invested is $4,000, while the
amount represented by the stockholders is
several times that sum. A ranch, together
with 300 head of cattle, have already been
purchased I'm Southwestern Colorado, and
representatives of the company have gone
on to purchase several thousand head more
at once.
BURGLARS entered the residence of Len.
I. Smith, in Leavenworth the other night,
and ransacked the house and took about
$500 worth of valuables. Many of the
articles taken were family keepsakes,
whose value cannot be estimated in money.
There were many valuable articles and a
considerable sum of money in the house
that the robbers did not get. A large
quantity of silver plate was left untouched.
PRIVATE ANDREW HANDRAHAN, an in.
sane soldier of troop B, Third Cavalry,
committed suicide recently at Fort Leaven.
worth, by shooting himself through the
heart. He was a native of Steuben County,
New York, about twenty-five years of age,
and had been in the army but a few
months. The military authorities had only
recently issued orders to have him con.
Quoted to Washington for admission into
the Government Asylum for the Insane.
MAJOR T. J. ANDERSON, Postmaster of
Topeka, and Captain w. H. Ward, former.
ly Private Secretary to Ex-Governor st.
John, had a violent encounter i'll a drug
store in that city the other morning, grow.
ing out of the appointment of p. II. Coney
on the staff of Anderson while at Denver,
Anderson being Department Commander
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
THE Kansas Diagonal Railway Company
fled its charter with the Secretary of State
recently. The principal place of business
is % be Clay Center. Capital stock, - 800.
600. The road is to run diagonally across the
State from Marshall to the south line of
Cowley County.
ALDEN SPEARE, one of the directors of
the Santa Fe road, who lives in Newton,
Mass, will donate afine bell to the Episco-
pal Church at Newton, Kas.
KANSAS ranked as the thirty-third State
of the Union in 1860, and the twentieth in
1880. She will step up considerably higher
in 1890.
1T is said that there are eighty-five can.
didates for Sheriff in Mcpherson County,
and the design is to work them up to one
hundred and have full company.
PosToFFICE changes in Kansas during
the week ending June 80, 1888: Estab.
lished-Seaman, Linn County, Mamie V.
Seaman, postmistress. Discontinued
johnson, Mcpherson County; Lyman, Ora.
ham County; Plexus, Smith County. Post
masters appointed-Akron, Cowley Coun.
ty, Norman f. Darling; Litchfeld, Craw.
ford County, D. C. Noel; Monroe, Lincoln
County, Lewis Christie.
WIcHIrA's street cars pay handsomely.
The st. Joseph & Rio Grande Railroad
Company recently filed its charter. 1t is
to run from point opposite st. Joseph to
the south line of the State. Capital stock
S7,OOO,OOO.
Rev. Mr.. RUSSELL, of Topeka, who has
been chaplain of Bethany College in that
city for some years past, is expected to as
sumo the rectorship of the Episcopal
Church in Newton.
A WICHITA mechanic is said to be an ex.
member of Congress.
The Governor has made arrangements
with two steamship lines to assist in direct
ing immigration to Kansas.
A DIsGRAcEFUL drunken row took place
at Pomeroy between some railroad laborers
on the Fourth.
ROBERT r. PoTEE a gambler we'll knoxvn