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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21
mIsCRLLANROUa.

An Indian Territory special says: Hon.
j. NJ. Perryman, TO whom the position Of
Principal Chief Of the Greek Nation was
awarded by Secretary Teller, has taken
possession Of the Office and Is doing all in
his power to prevent any further trouble.
Tho friends of Speichee are awaiting his ar
rival before making any movement. Spell
chee is in Washington AZ a delegate from
the Greek Nation, but is expected home
within few days. The adherents of Spei.
chez and Checote have n majority in both
branches Of the Greek Legislature.
ANOTHER arrest has been made in the
person of Henry Jackson, a negro teamster,
in connection with the butchery OF the ped.
der Lavinc, at Cahokin, Ill. There Is no
doubt that he assisted Brown in the horri-
BILE murder.
A sNow-sLIDE half a mile wide, extend
ing from the summit down, at Alta, u. T,
swept away the works of the New Emma
mine, killing Gus Lebeckor, foreman; d.
ID. WATSON, mschinist, and his brother,
Samuel Prethers, Charles Colgreen and
wife, Edward Crockett, Lottie Pleon, q. j.
johnson, N. s. Deland, Willard Stephen
son aud John Richardson.
1T Is given out as one Of the results Of
the recent meeting at st. Louis of barbed
wire makers that steps were taken for a
practicable consolidation OF all the barbed
wire manufacturers in the country under
the name Of the National Barbed Wire
Company.
The Duxbury Sc. Pierre section of tho
Angola merican cable, which has been in.
terrupted over three months, has been
repaired.
A LARGE deputation Of Italians from New
York City visited the cottage where Carl.
baldi lived at Clifton, l.. l., and placed
over the door q white marble tablet. I'm.
scribed in Italian: "Here lived In exile
from 1851 to 1853, the hero Of two worlds,
Giuseppe GaribaldL Dedicated by some
friends"
AN attempt was made recently 20 arres,
w. r. Cash, who killed Town Marshal w
II. Richards, in Cheraw, 3. c. YOUNG
Cash escaped TO the swamps, but his father
aud brother were arrested as accessories q
the crime.
ONCE Of Stanberry, No., Il Is reported thai
w. +. Wood, the present Postmaster, viii
be removed, and Alexander Stockton
present City Marshal OF Stanberry, ap
pointed in his place.
The cigar manufacturers OF Cincinnati
have declared lockout, which throws ovei
100 cigar-maksrs out Of employment Tn,
cause Of the trouble was the amount ol
wages paid to two men for making a pecu
liar brand Of cigars. The union demanded
they should be paid more, the manufsc
turers refused and declared a lockout
In the Supreme Court Of Jefferson City
No, motion for rehsaring was hlet
In the case Of Long W. Long. III,
rules Of the court required . motion for re.
hearing 10 b fled within ten days afte'
the delivery Of the opinion in the case, bui
In view Of the magnitude and importance
Of the interests involved, the court was dis
posed 10 make an exception in this case
and Chief Justice Hough, after consulting
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
East sc. Louis Has Bla.e and Loses Hal

L Million.
ST.. LOUIS, March 1e.-Probably the most
destructive FIRE that ever occurred in East
st. Louis took place last night The flames
first caught in a small barber shop in row
Of old frame buildings on the river front, sit
nated between the freight yards of the Chi
cago & Alton on the north and the Ohio &
Mississippi on the south. There being 10
fire department i'm the place, surrounding
property was entirely at the mercy of the
flames, which spread with lightning rapidity
and in a few minutes had enveloped not
only the whole row of frames but spread to
the transfer stables in the rear and then to Adj
vance Elevator "a" still further to the east,
and the entire property was destroyed. The
elevator had capacity of 100000 bushels
and said to have contained between 100000
and 100000 bushels of corn, about $4,000
bushels of oats and about 10, 900 bushels of
wheat Leading west from this elevator
was long conyeyer, connecting with Ele-
vator 'B, T" OH the river bank, belonging to
the same company. Part of the conveyor
was burned, but the remainder was torn
away. The elevator itself, which is a large
new building of 100000 bushels capacity,
was saved. Extending northward the fire
spread to the freight Office of the Chicago &
Alton road, and to the cars in the extensive
yard of that company. The freight office,
which was formerly the passenger depot
was totally destroyed, and a large number
of empty and laden cars were burned. One
train of six burning cars was pulled out of
the yards to Cone station, near the National
Stock Yards, where the flames were COM
municated to long line of others on the
siding, and all of them, said to number
serenty-five or eighty, were DESTROYED. A
number of cars in the Ohio & Mississippi
yards Oh the South, and still Others ON the
track near elevator A and in the Chicago &
Alton yards were also burned 1t is esti-
mated that fully 140 cars were burned, per
haps one-third to half of which were laden
with grain and merchandise. Two old re-
pair shops of little value, and an axle shop
in the rear of elevator a were also burned.
The losses cannot be accurately stated to-
night. Estimates at this writing are: Ele-
vatOr building, S150,000 to 100000; grain,
100000; cars and freight, S45, 5000; damage
to freight yards, railroad and buildings, S4O,-
900 to $4,000; row of frame buildings,
repair shops stables, etc, $4,000, or per-
haps total of half million. One fire en-
CINE and two hose reels were sent over from
this city, but they did not reach there in
time to do much service, and the fire may be
| almost said to have burned itself out. In
SuTance not aScertained.
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THE MEXICAN TREATY.
The Senate Finally Ratifies the Mexica
Treaty After an Interesting Debate.

The Senate Finally Ratifies the Mexican
Treaty After an Interesting Debate.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 1S.-After
four hours consideration in secret session,
the Senate ratified the Mexican treaty. The
vote was Al to 81. The division is believed
to have been as follows: Yeas-Allison,
Bayard, Beck, Blair, Bowen, Camden, Cam
eron of Wisconsin, Cockrell, Cox, Cullom,
Dawes, Dolph, Edmunds, Fair, Farley, Frye,
George, Groome, Harris, Harrison, Hill,
Hoar, Ingalls,, Jackson, Lamar, Logan, Nc
MILAN, Mcpherson, Henderson, Maxey, Mil
Ter of California, Miller of New York, Nor
gan, Pike, Pugh, Sabin, Salisbury, Sawyer,
Slater, Vest and Wilson. Total, Al. Nays
-Aldrich, Brown, Call, Conger, Glib
son, German, Hampton, Hawley,
Jones, Jonas of Florida, Kenna,
Malone, Mitchell, Morrill,, Palmer, Plat,
Sewell, Sherman, Vance and Williams; to-
tai, 90. The debate which preceded the vote
is described as devoid of incident. Senator
Gibson made the first and longest speech,
and was, of course, against the treaty on
the ground it admits free sugar in competi-
ton the chief staples of his own State. SEN
ators Jonas, COnger, Edmunds and others
spoke against the treaty, and Senators Coke,
Miller, Of California and one or two other
Senators made short speeches in its sup
port. During the day several amendments
offered were voted upon and lost. Among
them were two by Senator Jonas, the first
adding meat products, wheat and cotton,
and the second adding cotton and cotton
goods to the list of exportable articles, and
one by Senator Morrill, fixing lower limit
to grade sugar which might be imported
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21

1T Is interesting TO notice. as news
comes 10 hand from day to day, the
growing prosperity of the South. A
report from Atlanta states that in that
city there are contracts for about $780,
600 worth Of new buildings In the hands
OF contractors and architects, besides
tho new capitol, which will be started
during tho spring. Large sums are be-
ing invested in private residences. In
Macon contracts for over $500. 900 worth
OF new buildings have about been closed
out, giving a new appearance 10 the
city. In Columbus $500. 900 worth Of
residences has been erected since last
summer. and about $4,000 worth Of
work Is engaged for the coming season.
A half-dozen new residences recently
erected cost $4,000 TO $4,000 each.
In Savannah sl,000.OO0 has been ex-
pended during the year in improves
ments, much Of which has gone into the
river front and much into private resi-
dences. There Is scarcely large town
In Georgia from which the same story
docs not come. Calculation shows that
over s5.O00.O00 will be invested In
Georgia during the present year in new
buildings.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21


REPORTs from North Arkansas say
the people Of Cleburne and Van Buren,
Counties are much excited over the an
nouncement Of the recording Of deeds to
oil the lands embraced in two townships
and portion Of two other townships.
The title is a Spanish grant. and the
claimant is Agnes X. Miles. n widow
living in Kansas. Recently the County
Clerk received a deed frOm Agnes X.
Miles TO one Leighton. of Colorado. for
tho whole townships of eleven and
twelve in Van Buren, County. they be-
ing a portion Of the lands described in
n grant from tho Government of Spain.
dated June n, 1898, 10 one Don Joseph
Valera, and filed in the Surveyor Gen
erals Office in New Orleans. and also a
deed made by Greed Taylor to John
Wilson under n power Of attorney given
by the heirs OF Valera. Most of this
land Is settled up and great portion Of
II well improved. The amount involved
will reach s3OO.OOO.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21

A DISTURBANCE took place on the
Mackay race course, in Queensland.
Australia, on December 20. IL was
caused by the timc-cxpired islanders.
Eight Europeans were injured by mis-
siles thrown ut them by the Infatuated
kanakas. One Kanaka was killed and
six were wounded In quclling the riot.
The European workmcn are much in
consed against the Kanakas. An OPEN
mir meeting was held at Mackay, at
which II was decided to convene a mon
ster public meeting To take steps to me
morialize the Government with view
Of compelling all Kanakas to return to
the South Sea islands at the expiration
OF their term Of service, or To re-engage
for further term.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21
The Universal InsectlcIde.

Kerosenc-oil is becoming universal
insccticide. Its perfect iluidity greatly
assists its action. Insects do not
breathe through their mouths, but
through small openings on the sides.
These are called spiracles. The appli-
cation of oil or grease to- any insect
closes these minute orifices and sulIo-
Gates it. The more readily the oil diff
fuses itself over the insect the more
quickly it produces its fatal effect. Its
vapor, too, is deadly TO insects, and, of
course, this is quickly absorbed by the
breathing organs. The yapor is the
deadly gas-carbureied hydrogen
which exists in common coal gas.
Alone Kerosene oil is difficult to apply
aud is also destructive TO vegetation.
When beaten into a very fine emulsion
with common soap and wafer il can be
sprayed over trees. plants, and vines
and acts as preventive of damage by.
all kinds OF insects. 1t has been found
by the writer during two years past .
perfect safeguard against all insects in
furious to squashes. melons and Gu
cumbers, and when poured around the
roots is effective against that destruct-
i've and sly pest, the Larvae of the small
striped cucumber beetle. It also pre-.
vents damage by scale-bark lice and
the small lice which curl the leaves Of
plums and cherries. and would. no
doubt, serve 70 drive Off the curculio
from the plum trees The cheapest and
most odoriferous Oh IS the best FOR this
purpose, and few gallons will be very
handy to. have around in every garden
and orchard. 1t can be used for the
rose-bug on grape vines, the codling
moth on apple trees, the pear slug, and
the currant-worm, and it certainly
makes the Colorado beetle sick, al
though Il takes Paris green to kiltit--
~ r. Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21
Hair.Dressing in Japan.


The japanese do not use a pillow in
our sense of the word. They have a
small piece of wood something like a
dog in shape. on which they lay their
heads, the girls and women serene in
the consciousness that their hair will
not be disarranged. The wonderful
structure of Japanese head-diess Is
usually made up once in four days. 1t
is evident that If it were -touzled on a
down pillow. it would have. to be dealt
with every day Children in some eases
have the head closely shaved, but more
often the hair is Enthusiastically cultivated
A fayorite style is to shave the head all
round the crown, leaving that covered
with hair shaped like a skull cap.
Sometimes all is shaved save a few
locks over the forehead. Another
rather fetching design Is 10 leave q
couple of well-defned locks over either
ear. just enough to hold the child up by
if that were deemed desirable disci-
plinary process.--Cor London Daily
NetcS.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21

Two children died at their home on
Twenty-ninth street, Galveston, Texas.
from eating diseased meat. the eldest,
Christine Wcgncr, being three years
old. and Mary Wegner. the other vic
tim, eighteen months old. All the fam
ily. consisting Of the parents and -four
children, soon after the meal. were ut.
tackled with an ailment resembling dys-
EMERY. purging and vomiting blood.
DIR. Rhodes was called and treated the
family. The constitution Of the parents
aided his skill. aud they recovered, but
two Of the children died.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21

The new fast mail train between New
York and Chicago is not looked upon
very fayerably by the people of the
railway mail service in Chicago. 1t is
held that, rs the train arrives in Chica-
go rs late ~ 1925 a. m, II is useless n
far rs Chicago is concerned, rs the
mail could not be delivered until af-
ter the regular train had come in. The
benefit is observed at ST. Louis, where
business men now receive New York
mail at . n. m. the same time as Chi
cage, instead II noon, as formerly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21
A VIRGINIA HORROR.
Over One Hundred Miners Meet Death II,
an Explosion I'm a Coal Mine.

an Explosion I'm a Coal Mine.
PETERSBURG, Va, March 14.-Intel-
ligence is just received of terrible OK,
plosion II the coal mines of the Southwest
Virginia Improvement Company at Poca-
hontas. Tazewell county, this State. 1t oc-
CURED at o'clock yesterday morning, and
over one hundred men are known to have
been killed. These mines are owned by
joint stock company composed mostly
of Northern capitalists. The work of destruc-
ton at the coal mines was horrible and COM
plete. There were one hundred and fifty
men in the mine at the time of the explO-
sion, not one of whom is believed to have
escaped. Those not killed outright by the
terrible force of the explosion, most likely
persisted from after-damp. A number of
bodies discovered are horribly mangled,
some of them with their heads torn from
the trunks, and others with the limbs all
gone, presenting an appalling spectacle.
The work of destruction was not confined
entirely to the interior of the mines, but
houses two or three hundred feet removed
from the mines were overturned, and in
several instances entirely demolished.
LATEST DETAILS.
A midnight telegram from PocahOntas is
as follows: The night hands went into the
hiliCo dI iHc USUAL uOuI, lou SUTDDR. "A llt-
tie after midnight the town was startled
from its sleep by report that sounded like
the rumbling of an earthquake, followed by
clap of thunder. Soon a messenger came
from the mines, three-fOurths of a mile
away, with information to the superin-
tendent that there had been terri
BILE explosion there The superintendent
and others went to the mines at
once. The scene was indescribable. Words
could not convey the faintest idea of the des-
truction wrought in few short seconds
Signs of it were plainly visible on every
hand. The entrance to the main shaft was
entirely torn out and scattered pell nell for
hundreds of feet, and the little train track
torn and twisted, and shapeless timber and
ties were hurled in confusion all around.
Cars were taken up bodily, torn in twain and
their iron wheels broken and shivered.
They We're thrown three and
four hundred feet away. The
ridge and tiinbers on the ridge opposite this
drift were a blackened picture to the sum-
NIT, six hundred feet away. A searching
party found a pair Of shoes that had been
blown 30 the summit of the ridge, and a
mule was found at the same place, twisted
into an indescribabie shape aud the second
entrance to the mine presented similar APP
pearance to the first
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21

The Warden Of the Illinois Peniten-
tiary Mt Joliet has asked the Attorney
General to decide for him a question
Propounded by the States Attorney Of
Fulton County. That official wished to
know u the Warden could deliver up a
prisoner in his charge on acapias issued
Tor the commission Of another crime
than that for which the prisoner was
incarccratcd. The Attorney General
has advised the Warden that there is no
authority In law for such delivery. and
also says that to consent TO IL would be
to establish very dangerous precedent.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21

IT is said that Vice President Talmagc
Intends placing on the Wabash q Mis-
souri, Pacific two trains from Chicago.
one TO run 10 Kansas City and the other
10 Denison, Tex. The cars will go
through, engines and crews only chang
ing az Hannibal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21

THERE is an island in the Mississippi
River opposite st. Louis which in 1868
was given by the Government to the ST.
Louis Public Schools, and by them sold
TO the city in 1866. Since then the
water has washed the island south
beyond the original survey. A party
named Carrick wants il surveyed and
declared public lard The matter is
before tho Secretary Of tho Interior at
Washington.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21
saoo.ooO Fire.

fGRASD RAPIDS, MICH, March IA
fire started in Straden's wooden mills and
destroyed them also the Novelty Manufac-
turing Company's works and Richmond
box factory, nh In the same building. The
flames then spread TO Comstock's saw mill,
Clark q Ocher's sash and door factory
Hendley belt factory, Bissel's mammoth
caxpetrsweeper factory, Felt boot company, s
works Carpetsweeper factory loss, SIS,
COO, partly insured; Felt boot company
loss, $4,000. Insurance, $4,000. The Other
losses were fully 100000. The wind was
blowing gale at the time.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21

As A result Of the work Of spoilers"
on the Cincinnati. indianapolis. ST.
Louis & Chicago Railroad. several Of the
conductors on that road have been dis
charged. The spoilers" were disguised
n drummers.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21
ADDITIONAL DISPArCHE,.

HE British have again defeated Osman
Digma, losing seventy killed and one hun.
bred wounded Osman Digma's loss was
about four thousand.
The Texas Land Board refused to accede
20 the request of stockmen to reduce the
price OF leased lands from eight to five
cents. The stockmen threatened 10 cut the
fence OF any man leasing at eight cents,
and told the Board so. They also init.
mate that they will organize a powerful
opposition to the retention by the Board of
the State offices now held by the members.
a Destructive cyclone passed near Gun.
tersville, Ala, recently. II. s. Hess and
Mrs. John Tidmore were kill ed, and John
Tidmore and Mrs. Frank Farmer severely
injured. About thirty houses were blown
to atoms. The storm left the earth after
devastating nearly six miles.
A wATERsPoUT bIoke on the farm Of S.
NJ. Elwood, near Nashville, H., flooding
everything, but causing no other damage.
A TERRIBLE explosion occurred in the
Pocahontas Mine, near Petersburg, Va.
recently. One hundred and fifty men al
work in the mine were killed and their
bodies terribly mutilated. The explosion
sounded like the rumbliDg Of an earth
quake, and did considerable damage out
side OF the pit.
PRENTIss TILLER, the Pacific Express
robber at s.. Louis, was arrested recently
ut Milwaukee and So, 600 of the money re
covered Tue arrest was due to his owl
FOLLY In leaving his valise with the money
at trunk store to be repacked. His &C
eomplice, a man named McFadden, has
also been arrested at Sherman, Texas.
! GEORGE TIFFANY, twenty years old, q
son OF the absconding postmaster, of Ben
nington, VI, has been arrested and con
iessed TO stealing Government money. He
Is implicated in his fathers fraud.
SHOCKING case of cruelty has come tc
light In Norwalk, o. Maggie Montgomery
aged eight years, wac taken from a charita
ole Institution by Mrs. Blinzly, who beat
her aud starved her, fractured her skull
aud burned her with n hot poker. There
were but slight chances Of the child's re
covery. So incensed were the people that
they threatened 70 lynch the whole BlinEly
family.
HENRY A TILDEx, youngest brother O.
Samuel J. Tilden, died at New Lebanon, n
Y, recently, aged sixty.three.
The Governor Of Kansas has called M
extra session OF the Legislature to conven,
at Topeka on Tuesday. March 18th, to tax,
action in regard % the cattle plague tina,
now prevailsi In that State.
fHE Senate, on the 13-h, was engaged in
long discussion on the Fnz John Porte
bill, which ultimately passed the thirc
reading by vote Of thirty-six to twenty,
1--WE. The House was occupied principally
with the Postofice Appropriation bill.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21
Terrorism.

AUSTIN, TEX, March 1.-THE State
Land Board refused to accede to the request
of stockmen to reduce the price of leased
lands from eight to five cents. The stock
men threaten to cut the fence Of any man
leasing at eight cents, and told the board so.
They also minated that they viii organize
powerful opposition to the retention by the
board Of the State Offices now held by the
members.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21

The cost Of marriage licenses varies
from $3.50 in Maryland to twelve cents
In New Jersey. the average being sl.2o.
New Mexico. Colorado, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, Rhode Island and Wis
consin make no charge nj all.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21

Louis Gabriel, son of a New York
policeman, having reached the sixteenth
year Of his age, Dc cided that it was time
to strike out for himself, and applied to
q noted thief to instruct him in the en-
nobling art of pocket-picking Instead
OF enjoying the picturesque revenge
upon the police thus brought to his
hand. the crook gave the boy into the
charge of a policeman, who restored
him to his father. He said dime novels
and police gazettes lad filed his boy S
head full Of thieving ambition.-N Y.
Sun.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21

When the law for the manumission of
the Cuban slaves was passed several
years ago they numbered So. 3J5. It is
estimated that all but 100000 have
already been set free. and Il is thought
that all will be free within n wear.
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Escaped Con vlets Rsc.ptured.

LITTLE Rock, AK, March 1.-THE
whole party Of convicts who escaped from
the coal mines near GAINESVILLE, have been
captured Among them were the Iron
Mountain train robbers. Jack Callahan,
murderer from Hot Springs, and other des-
perate characters. They Immediately
seized several guns and pistols of the guards,
which had been left convenient and escaped.
Passing through the country they obtained
several additional guns from farm houses,
and moved In the direction of Spadra. They
exchanged clothes with some tramps whom
they encountered on the road. and, keeping
well together. were preparing for vigor-
Gus campaign A detachment of guards
from the mines followed them.