Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-25

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thirty days ago for Bsrwick's Bay and put
into Ship Island for repairs- In . gale
Friday night last both tugs were COM
pletsly wrecked. The Captain and crew,
after clinging 70 the ropes FIVE hours, were
rescued by the light house keepers.
GRRkT conservation was caused IN the
Sharon divorce case at San Francisco by
the dying deposition Of q man named True
who said that the evidence of . witness
named Wells was q put-up Job between
them and Miss Hill to swear that Sharon
had introduced Miss Hill to them as his
wife.
TIE inquest on the victims Of the hot at
Cincinnati commenced on the IIth.
AN unconhrmed report existed at st.
Johns, N. F., that the Greedy party had
been rescued from . mass of floating ice by
a wbaler.
An attempt at Jail breaking at Milwaukee
was frustrated by the jailer thrusting in
bolt after he bad been nearly blinded by
the prisoners throwing ashes in his eyes.
AT Naples recently q drunken soldier
fred At a number Of comrades rooming in
the same dOrmitory, killing FIVE aud wound
| ing three.
AN explosion Of fre-damp occurred In the
coal mine Of John A. Wood & Sons, near
EliEabeth, Pa, recently. Two men were
killed and several others injured.
The Brazilian mail steamer Reliance has
been wrecked near Bahia.
The Pittsburgh Chamber Of Commerce
| passed resolution recommending a chan e
in the jury system, so that three-fourths
Of the jury can render a verdict.
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Trade was in session at Washington re-
Gently for the purpose Of taking steps to
stop the further CO mage Of silver.
The New York stock Market has been
in paralytic condition for some time past
Matters have apparently gone from bad to
worse. A recent attempt to force little
business showed IT'S extreme weakness In
further declines. .rt
TIE Legislature of Ohio adjourned till
next January. A resolution was adopted,
Appointing q committee to investigate the
frauds at Cincinnati.
1T Is stated that England has submitted
proposals to thu powers for settling the
financial troubles in Egypt.
THEdecree degrading the Chinese Prince,
kung, states that he accepted brides and
aimed at the supreme power.
The Louisiana State Board of Health ad-
vised the Governor to Issue a quarantine
proclamation of ten days detention from
the LIST Of May against vessels from Bra
lillian, Mexican, South American and
Cuban ports.
FIRE at Carlisle, KY, destroyed the
whole of business block. 1t originated
from Mrs. McCracklin's millinery store.
Loss about 100000. -r,
WILLIAM STRONG, with n strong posse of
his gang" some seventy five in number,
was in possession Of Jackson, KY, aud
said he would hang seventy five of the best
citizens In retaliation for the hanging of
Ben. Strong and Henry Kilbourne, one of
whom was q member of the Strong gang.
Won BULow has been deprived of the
title OF German court pianist, for insulting
Hulsen, director OF the Royal theater.
The President has been recommended by
the Senate to remove Collector Wickers at
Key West, because of alleged sympathy
and collision with the Cuban fiibusters
who recently left that port. The question
was under consideration by the Senate
Committee on Commerce.
SHIELDS, the murderer who escaped from
prison at Charlotte, N. c.. has been recap
tured.
Two Germans, of Lockport, N. Y, hung
themselves the other day. Both were out
Of work and detected.
A. E. BATEMAN, of the firm of Bateman
& Co, bankers, OF Washington, has filed
with the Secretary OF War some very
serious charges against Brigadisr General
ID. @. Swain, at the head of the Bureau
OF Military Justice of the United States
army, for fraud and for conduct unbecom-
ing an officer and gentleman.
LATE advices from Vera Cruz, Mexico,
say the yellow fever prevails there, and
that thirteen deaths occurred In one day
last week. Among the deaths was that of
an American named c. K. Powers, formerly
connected with the Mexican Central Rail.
road. The American Consul, who had the
fever, has recovered.
DURING a practice cruise on the steamer
Standish, of the Naval Academy, at An.
napOlis, Nd, q six-pounder exploded.
Neither cad Is nor vessel were injured.
HENRY NJ. STANLEY, the African ex-
plOrer, who was announced few DAYS ago
to be coming to Europe on a long leave of
absence, has resolved, before leaving
Africa, to break up entirely new ground,
and solve the problem which will excite
the gratitude Of geographers. He intends
to reach from the Congo country one OF the
Egyptian stations in the Momboutter coun-
try, on the Willemakua River.
Two farmers living near Wabash, Ind,
bad battle, In which the thumb Of one was
entirely bitten or by the other. The in.
jured man will begin an action against his
opponent for 5000 for the loss of his
thumb.
THE Moulders' union Of Troy, N. Y, has
accepted a reduction of twenty per cent,
and all foundries will start up at once,
after deadlock OF three months. This
Affects about two thousand man