Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10

r. 4. HuDDell, or DeS MONIES, Iowa,
appeared before the board of county
commissioners this week. with Sll3,-
TAI OF old railroad bonds of Barber
county, including accrued interest, and
compromised the same by accepting in
their stead SIS, 900 in per cent, 30
year-bonds, interest payable semi-annu-
ally. This was at the rate of 66 cents
on the dollar; and when 1t Is remember
ed that the old bonds bore every mark
of legality, having the genuine sigma
lures of the president of the board of
county commissioners, Timer, the coun-
clerk, Houk, and the registration GER
tificate of State Auditor Wilder, and
were 10 per cent. bonds, the compromise
may be considered fortunate for the
county. Further, it is known that the
courts have held as legal the old rail-
road debt of Barber county, no matter
by what fraud the bonds were issued
and it would only have been a question
of time when the county would have
the whole issue to pay anyway. So, we
think the commissioners acted wisely
in making the compromise they did.
True, these bonds could have been Sc
cured several years ago for less than Sc
per cent; but that was at time when
the county had only about one-fourth
the population it now has; when its
taxable wealth was all made up of per-
sonal property, liable at any time to be
taken from the county and state;
whereas now the real estate cuts
considerable figure in the valua-
ton. The new bonds are being issued
this week and the old ones will be at
once surrendered.and destroyed.
The body of an unknown man was
found by j. Z. Massey on his range Z
miles southwest Of Sun CIty,in Com
manche county, last Thursday, I'd inst
When discovered the body was laying
in q deep. rayiue, with the head severed
from the trunk, and the entire fearfully
decompOsed, as if it might have been
there several weeks. Justice L. L.
Whitaker, Of Sun City, was notified
and he empapeled a coroners jury, com
posed of VIM. Adams, j. r. Lamport,
Miles Risner, J. l.. Cook j. IL. Brooks
and J. McCullugh to view the body and
make inquiry as To the cause of death.
Several persons examined the remains
and heard the evidence of witnesses
The evidence went TO show that deceas.
ed had been shot in the back of the
head, the gball coming out in front
From wagon tracks and the grass being
beaten down, it would appear that de
ceased had been hauled 10 the head OF
the canyon, dumped OUT on the grass
and then dragged to secluded spot and
left TO turn into dust. Deceased was
apparently between 25 and 80 years old
with dark hair and mustache; his up
per teeth protruded over his lower set
and beyond these points, there wa:
nothing by which deceased could bt
identified, there being no letters or doc
uments on his person.
Several weeks since a. G. Cloud, Of
Neosho, Mo-, was out here looking fol
his son, young man who was las
heard of in this city in May; and sine,
that time, though diligent search ha!
been made, no trace of young Cloud ma!
been discovered. He was a young man
going west in search of land; he had ;
good mule team, a new wagon, and haC
with him a trunk full of books. Hi
father went through all the western
counties but could get 10 trace of hi
son; and the probability is that he wa
the party murdered, whose body was
found last week.
Probably he picked upa companion
on the road, who murdered the younl
man for his property.