Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-16


der Of Bsrks County. Pa, were on ire in
every direction. Serious danger was APP
pretended
THREE daughters Of James z. Sherman,
farmer near Numedia, Pa, were thrown
from . swing, and two fatally and one
seriously injured
A HEAvT snow fell in the hills around
Salt Lake City. Utah, on the I'd.
AT q meeting OF wholesale butchers en-.
ployes at New York IL was decided 10 mail
each retail butcher In the city notice Tat
they would be boycotted IL they handled
Chicago beef in any way,
The Pebbiy Beach House at Gloucester,
Mass, was burned recently.
The National Convention OF Under
writer's will be held at Pittsburgh, Pa,
May Ss and y.
IT is estimated that 1000 acres OF land
were burned over at Freehold, n. J. Loss,
$4,000.
The General Conference Of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church OF the United
States assembled at Baltimore on the 9th.
WHILE a car load Of Italian laborers was
being hauled to the docks at Buffalo, n. Y,
the other day, union men uncoupled the
car. The Italians fed and the unionists
scattered before the police arrived.
The friendly relations between France
and Morocco were ruptured because of the
refusal Of the authorities Of Morocco to dis
miss the Governor Of wazan at the de.
mand Of the French representative. The
French legation has hauled down its flag.
TORNADO swept through Northern
Illinois and Southeastern Iowa on the az.
ternoon OF the 5th.
GRAND TRUNK engine bumped into a
passenger car on the Chicago & Eastern.
near Chicago. recently. Two persons were
fatally and several others seriously in.
jured.
NJ. NJ. FRENCH, Assistant Claim Agent Of
the Gould and Wabash systems I'm the
vicinity Of Muskoges, Indian Territory,
was arrested recently at St. Louis for
forging names to claims and defraudinR
the company.
The United Stove Manufacturers Asso-
citation, Of Troy, y. Y, adopted rules, the
substance being that the right Of hiring
help must not be interfered with, each
workman to make his own agreement for
wages.
AT meeting Of the House Committee on
Expenditures in the Department Of Justice,
eAAs a'HA ANan u lrNttT ATOm W II hel-
logg, in which the latter asked that he be
allowed 10 appear before the committee
with counsel. Kellogg further said il the
Committee did not investigate him he
would ask the House 10 appoint n special
committee to conduct the investigation.
"BUG" CEPHUs was found guilty Of the
murder OF Mrs. Celia Bush, at Baltimore.
A GENERAL strike OF the stove moulders
at Pittsburgh and Allegheny was expected
The manufacturers were reported TO
have made a compact to reduce
wages in Gil shops, so as to bring down the
cost Of production, and the moulders, who
are well organized, have decided II strike
rather than accept the reduction.
The train from FL Paso, due at the City
OF Mexico on the morning Of the 9Th, was
mnliciously thrown of the track, and the
agent was reported killed. There were no
other casualties. Thieves fired on the
train, but fed without molesting the pas
sengers. The wrecking OF this train gave
rise TO report that the special train from
Topeka, kas., conveying directors had
been wrecked, and that General Manager
Robin on had been assassinated.
NOTION to set aside the verdict and
award a new trial in the case of Hallet Kill
bOurn VS.. United States ex-Sergeant at
Arms Thompson was argued recently at
Washington. The District Attorney said
he would advise the Government TO let
Judgment go for $4,000, and il the verdict
was reduced to that amount he would fur
Their suggest that no appeal be taken and
tho money paid. The court reserved its
decision.
A BROKEN rail ten miles south Of Decatur,
ILL.,, on the 81. Louis division of the Wa.
bash road, the other day, threw a passen-
ger coach and two sleepers into the ditch,
injuring twenty people seriously and three
fatally. IL was reported that Conductor
Vincent, Of Michigan, in charge of one of
the sleepers, was crushed and could not
live; also, that Miss Emma Walker, OF Yer
mont, would die.
The financial troubles in New York
broke oil 81 cents per barrel at Bradford,
caused drop Of B.. cents per bushel in
wheat at Chicago, an. depressed the less
desirable stocks ia Wall street from 10
a. points.
MICHAEL DAvITT denies the rumor that
he has quarreled with Parnell, aud saws
he is going TO Australia TO fill a course of
lecture engagements, in the hope of restor-
ing his health.
THE emigration from Great Britain to
the United States was 9,25S less during the
past month of April than during the COR
responding month Of last year.
GEORGE BAKER was found lying on the
truck of one Of the cars of the limited ex-
press the other morning when the train
reached Enan Station, forty miles west of
Pittsburgh. Pa. He was nearly dead, and
said he had ridden on the truck from Chi.
cago, a distance Of over four hundred
miles