Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-06
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

THE annual meeting Of the stakeholder
Of the Missouri, Kansas d Texas Railwa,
Company was held at Parsons on the 21st
The following named gentlemen wer,
unanimously elected directors: jaw Gould
Sidney Dillon, Russell Sage, George /. For
rest, Samuel Sloan, N. L. McCready. A. l.
Hopkins, A. G. Lulman, Thomas j. Eckert
Frank S. Bond, Thomas w. PearsaIl. O.
New York; Fred L. Ames, of Boston: r
5. Hayes, of St Louis; c. II. Pratt, O
Humboldt; III. c. Cross, of Emporia, ant
David Kelso, of Parsons.
AN old colored woman named Armand.
Young fell down stairs the other day a
Atchison and broke her neck.
THE State Funeral Directors Association
recently met in Annual Convention at To
peka.
THE Wyandotte Gun Club held their regu
lar monthly shoot on the Esd at Normand,
Grove. Following was the result in brief
ten clay pigeons each being shot at: Bishop
10; Ford, 10; Griswold, 10; Stearns. Z
Gray, 8; WalcOtt, 5: McAlpine, 2. In tn,
shoot off between those tied, Ford won by
second clean score of ten. This was iustl,
regarded as extraordinary good shooting
and ii was hoped that the Wyandotte clul
would challenge some one of the cracl
clubs of Kansas City.
THE Democratic Central Committee me
at Topeka on the 9th and appointed Au
gust 20 as the time and Topeka as the plac,
for the nomination of State officers
REV. A. b. CAMPBELL will accept the DO
sition of State Evangelist in the Sunday
school work of the Christian Church. re
signing his position as President of tn,
State Temperance Union at the end of th,
year, which Is i'm July some time. H,
would have commenced his new work i'm
mediately but the Union Directory per
suaded him to wait until the annua
election.
THE Church of Christ, of Usage City
Usage County; the First Baptist Church, OF
Council Grove, Morris County; the Meth
odist Episcopal Church of Tiblow, Wyan
dOtte County, and the First Baptist Church
of Dennis, Labette County, filed their re
spective charters recently with the Secre
tary of State.
FROM the report of the State Horticul
tural Society, just published, II Is learned
that the number of bearing fruit trees in
Kansas in 1888 was as follows: Apple
1921 ,146; pear, 100, $40; peach, 5,s15, 301
plum, 273,6S0; cherry, s7,T36. OF trees
not yet in bearing the number of every va
Tiety above named was about equal to those
i'm bearing.
On recommendation of Congressman
Morrill,, Il. +. Sanders was appointed Post
master at Oneida.
THE residence of II. +. Holmes, at Ere
donna, was entirely consumed by fire the
other night, only the household furniture
being saved. Total loss eight hundred dol
lars, with an insurance in the Hartford
Company of three hundred and fifty dollars
BOYD, Ragsdale and MOsier, the Topeka
whisky sellers, were released from the
county jail by the County Commissioners
because they were unable to pay fines and
costs. One of their attorneys said if they
had not been released Governor Click would
have pardOned them on the 29th, when the
time required by law for notice would have
expired.
WILLIAM JORDAN, one of the early set
tiers of Shawnee County, living about five
miles from Topeka, was killed the othei
day by his horse. He was taking the ami
NAL from the stable, when it kicked at him
Mr.. Jordan took up a small board and
struck at the horse when it wheeled and
planted both feet in the unfortunate mans
abdomen, bursting it open and letting his
bowels fall out of his body. He fingered
unconscious few moments and died. He
was about tifty-five years of age.
LEVI STRoHI, a stranger, aged about
sixty years, committed suicide at the Galens
House, Galena, the other morning by taking
strychnine. lie came i'm on the Gulf train
from the north over night. A note request
ing news of his death to be telegraphed tC
j. III. Brown, an insurance agent of Wyxn
dOtte, was found among his effects. Nc
cause was assigned for the deed.
THE contest over the attorneyship OF
Saline County came up at Washington re
Gently before Justice Miller, on motion fol
an injunction restraining Joseph Moore
from exercising the functions of the said
position. While the injunction was denied
Justice Miller made rule on Moore to show
cause at the October term of court why he
should not be punished for contempt.
MANHATTAN was recently enjoying the
excitement Of anOvel romance. A large box
of express matter was rolled out at that sta
ton. and on being opened was found to con
tain young man who figured quite prom
inently at Topeka two years ago, as a cray
on artist, society blood and capital guard
ii. III. Buell. was his name. He was in Chi
cagO, got broke there, wanted to get home
so shipped himself c. o. ID. by express.
JOHN G. TAYLOR, Freight Auditor of the
Union Pacific Railway, filed with the Rail
road Commissioners recently complaint
against Mr.. Haskins, of Larned. Mr.. Has
kins, 1t seems, presented claims for al
overcharge on grain, but refused to furnish
the company with the original expens,
bills and bill of lading.
On Big Muddy Creek, two miles from
Meridian, Shawnee County, two boys
named Winner and Beeler, fourteen year.
of age, engaged in a quarral the other day
Beeler shot Winner through the breast
from the effects of which he died in a ver1
short time. Beeler was arrested and takeI
to Jail.
W. ii. JACKSON and "Sheeney" Levi wer,
arrested at Aschison recently on an orde
from the Marshal of Topeka. They turneC
trick on farmer on a Santa Fe train
when the conductor arrested Jackson, VIII,
drew a revolver, and jerked the bell cord
stopping the train and effecting his escape
They were taken to Topeka.
GOVERNOR CLICK and Secretary of Stat,
Smith, have returned to Topeka from New
York, Mr.. Smith. as custodian of tn,
people. having the bond of the bank for $500.
600, signed by George +. Baker, of Harri!
and Frederick +. Thompson as sureties
each one of whom is worth above all liza
bilities and exemptions over $500, 900. Thei
work of creating a new agency and trans
ferring all funds being completed, they re
turned, leaving Mr.. Howe, State Treasurer
in New York, to examine the bond anC
coupons paid up to March 81.
GOOD prospects along the Santa Fe.
CARL AscHLEsAIINGER, an insane Ger
man from Utah, was found at the Santa r,
depot at Topeka trying to beat out hi
brains on a railroad rail-
THE corner stone Of a new Presbyterian
church was laid at Topeka recently. Tn,
principal address was delivered by Hon. A
II. Vance Judge Day read an historical
sketch Of the society, and Rev. II. w
George laid the stone. An immense mum
Der of people were in attendance.
FAVORABLE reports were to be made il
Congress on the bill dividing the Judicia
District of Kansas into two divisions, to b,
known as the Northern and Southern Divis
ions of the Districts of Kansas.
MAY KINNEY, at inmate Of an Atchisor
bagnio, attempted to commit suicide tn,
other day by taking chloroform.