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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15
AnnITIoNAL nISPArCHRs.

THE Senate on the 9Th passed Mr.. Hill's
bill relating TO lands occupied by settlers
on the Ute Reservation. Tie Senate then
continued the debate on the Mexican Land
Grant Title bill. House proceedings were
unimportant.
The rise in the Ohio River on the It'll had
reached the point attained last year and
the river was still rising. Tho Ohio Valley
was flooded and much damage done. Pitts
burgh, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville
and other points suffered severely.
Two burglars entered the house Of
Samuel Norman, at Chilliccthe, o., the
other night, when Norman shot one dead
and the other was arrested.
A COWBOY named Watson recently shot
and killed Police Judge Edwards, OF Mont
rose, Col, and wounded City Marshal
Murphy. He escaped.
WHILE firemen were recently working on
n FIRE In the factory Of Kassmer G. Kluch-
per, at Allentown, Pa, the walls fell out.
ward, killing five and severely wounding
eight firemen.
The House Invalid Pension Committee
recently agreed to report bill, predicated
upon Congressman Morrel's resolution, de-
claring it unnecessary that soldiers whose
services were accepted by the Government
and who served in the war, should be re
quired to prove that they were sound in
health at the date of their enlistment in
order to obtain pensions
REPORTS from the Upper Elkhorn coun-
try in Nebraska were that Kid Wade,
leader of a band of Niobrara outlaws and
horse thieves, had been hanged by Vigi-
lantes. IL is stated that the Vigilantes
have headquarters at place called "The
Pen," at the mouth Of the Long Pine, and
have arrested a large number of men in
various parts of Northern Nebraska and
taken them to "The Pen," where they were
tried and disposed of in some manner. 1t
was said to be positively known they had
iynched eleven men and equally sure that
others had met the same fate.
HE infant son of Mrs. John George, Of
Galveston, Tex, was recently drowned in
q boiler Of water which had been carelessly
left where the child had gone to play.
The town Of Lonoke, Ark, was almost
entirely wiped out by a recent fire.
TEE region Of country about SiIverton,
Col, suffered recen tly from the most de-
structtve snow storm Of the season. The
snow was several feet deep on level, with
prospects OF being much deeper. Business
was at stand-still, transportation blocked
and snow slides reported numerous.
A MOVE was recently made in the Cana
dian Parliament looking to the impeaching
Of the Finapce Minister for having ad.
vanced $4,000 to the Exchange Bank, of
Montreal, last year, when he was aware at
the time Of making the advance that the
bank was embarrassed.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15
AMERICAN PORK In FRANCE.
A French Economist Arrives Here to Try
to Prevent Retaliatory Legislation.

A French Economist Arrives Here to Try
to Prevent Retaliatory Legislation.
New York, Feb An. Leon Chateau.
the well-known French political economist
arrived yesterday. His visit is said to BE-
for tile purpose Of preventing the United
States, If possible, from adopting retaliatory
measures on account Of the embargo placed
by France OH the importation into that
country of American pork.
To a reporter he said: The object of my
visit = is, 10 discuss the question OF
the suppression by the Government
of France of the importation OF
American pork. i can frankly
say that public opinion in France is favor
able to the free entrance, as formerly, o.
American meats. Unfortunately the Cham
Der of Deputies voted against the PROPOSE
ton without any facts to justify the actor
or knowledge OF the subject. The true
remedy for all this is commercial treaty
between this country and France. Such 8
treaty does not now exist"
20. Mr.. Chateau said that he felt compelled
to say that France was badly represented
here by her agents. Her Consuls were no
all well chosen. Some of them did not like
the American people. and this agitation or
the pork question had in some measurebeen
brought about by the unfavorable reports
sent home by these ConsulS.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15
DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
A Discarded Lover Kills the object oil
His Affection and Then Himself.

His Affection and Then Him self.
RACINE, Wis, Feb. AT one o'clock
Sunday Andrew johnson, discarded lover
of Bertha Brassman, entered the kitchen of
Lepage's restaurant, where she was at work.
and, grabbing her by the dress and without
a word of warning, sent a bullet through
her heart. As she fell he fired
second shot through her back. She
ran to the street and fell dead on
the sidewalk. Almost instantly johnson
placed the revolver to his heart and fired,
causing immediate death. The murderer
had been drinking heavily the night before,
and continued his debauch till the morning
and few moments before he completed
the awful deed he shot at an acquaintance
named Gulbranson, the bullet perforating
his clothing. johnson was reputed to be Q
crank, and had made threats at various
times to murder Bertha and kill himself, and
short time ago pointed revolver at her.
The murdered girls age was sixteen
and that of the murdered nineteen. The
immediate cause of the tragedy was the re
fusal of Miss Brassman to accept valentine
which he had sent 10 her and seeing her in
conversation Friday night with another man
on the street whom he supposed to be 8
rival in her affections. The following was
found in a notebook which was picked uI
In his room: 1.-The cause of Bertha Brass.
mans and my death is a fellow named
Charlie, who works at J. !. Case K Co. 50. Ii
Is supposed the Charlie referred to Is Charles
Riluckmann
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15
LYNCH LAW IN OHIO.
The Little Town of Randville, o., Agitateo
Over q Cowardly Murder and the Summa'
i ry Action of Judge Lynch.

The Little Town OF Randville, o., Agfcateo
Over q Cowardly Murder and the Surnmas
i ry Action of Judge Lynch.
= CORNING, o., Feb. g. .
One of the most cold-blooded murders
that ever was known in this part OF the
country took place at Randviile, one mile y
north Of this place, last night, Peter Clif.
ford being shot through the heart and IN:
stantly killed. He had just retired for the
night when he was called Try two persons
to come to the door quickly, and as ne
opened 1t one of them shot him. 1t seems
that the trouble ending in the murder sup
posedly arose out of Cliford's brother mar.
rying step-daughter of a man named
Hickey short time ago, which marriage
Clifford had strongly opposed, and since :
that time they have annoyed Clifford in
every possible way. Five of the Hickey
family, including men and women, were
put under arrest and strong guard placed
around them to keep the citizens from tax
ing the law in their own hands. This pre-
caution was not entirely successful, for an
$50 o'clock this evening crowd OF SUI, OF
which about fifty were masked, SURROUNDED
the house which contained the prisoners
They took Hickey and his brotherin-lawt to
a grove near by. They first hung Hickey
and were then stringing up his bIother-in-
law when the rope broke, letting him fall.
His pitiiul pleadings for mercy ana earnest
protestations of innocence hnaily caused
the mob to reprieve him. Hickey would
not say whether he was guilty or innocent,
but said he would die like man. The
Hickey family and associates are OF the
most degraded set in Southern ohio, and
the country surely receives great blessing
by getting rid of them. The town is wild
with excitement.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15

SENATOR MoREIL recently intro
ducod n bill in the Senate to authorize
persons residing in loyal States during
The rebellion and who owned debts due
by Inhabitants Of States In rebellion
conGscated by order Of the Confederate
Congress, to bring suit in tho Court Of
Claims against the United States to
obtain shares in proportion to the
amount Of their debts so confscated in
proceeds Of seizure by General Butler
In 1862 of funds deposited in New Or
leans banks 20 the credit Of Confederate
States Receivers.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15
SAD CALAMITY
An Ohio Farmer Returns from his work
to Find his Home Burning and his Wtfe
and Little Daughter Consumsd with IT,

An Ohio Farmer Returns from his WORK
to Find his Home Burning and his Wife
and Little Daughter Consumed with itll
GALEIPoLIs, O., Feb. o. 4
Almost. distressing affair happened yes4
terday afternoon on the farm of jacob
Blazer, four miles from this city. A tend
ant living on Blazsr's place, named Mor3
gan Martin, and highly respected young
man. went to another part of the farm to
work, leaving his wife and little boy, aged
four years, and q little girl aged two, at
home in the best of health and circum-
stances. Not finishing his work he did not
return TO dinner until abeut two O'clock
when a horrible sight met his gaze. His
house was wrapped in flames and falling in
ruins. He was met by his little boy who
was wringipg his hands and crying, ''Man1,
ma is burned up.n The little boy said that
he was in the yard and that the table was
set for dinner. He saw the table cloth.on
Gre, and ran in twice to get his little sister
cut, but she wouldn't come. Tho third
time he went in the little thing ran into an.
other room and crawled under the bed.
Everything in the house was utterly de.
stroyed as the fire was not discovered by
any one until too late TO do anything. The
thigh bones and portion of Mrs. Martins
skull and portion of the little girls body
we're all that could be found of the remains,
which were inferred to-day. 1t is supposed
that Mrs. Martins clothes caught fire in
some way, and thus set the house on tre.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15

THE other day bright little boy only
eleven years old. named Francis Divine,
WIS taken TO Ottawa, ILL.,. TO be confined
In jail for Illicit liquor selling in
Strcator. The sheriff looked at the
fearful little fellow and told the officer
he would pay the fine first before put
ting such an immature child in jail
along with professional thieves. burg
lars and other criminals. The fact was
developed that his father was an Illicit
liquor-sellcr In Streator. and that the
boy was compelled to SCH whisky by his
unnatural father and mother. for which
be was fined fifty dollars. When asked
why the father was not punished. the
officer said he had fed. The boy was
sent back home.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15

The late action Of the House of Rep
rescntatiyes upon the Immigrant bills
rather unsettled the calculations Of GER
tain railroad land-grabbers. First bin
passed involving the forfeiture of over
seven millions Of acres OF land in Mis-
slssippi and Alabama, and in about ten
minutes the fftcen-million grab Of the
Texas Pacific was restored to Uncle
sam. The Oregon Ccntrali Is the next that
VIII have TO forfeit about one million five
hundred thousand acres, and two Cali
fornia corporations viii let go about six
million acres more. This will restore
about thirty million acres of land to the
public domain.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15

SYKES, the murderer Of Kate Town
send, was recently acquitted ut New
Orleans. The murdered woman was n
courtczan worth about one hundred
thousand dollars. After her death il was
discovered that she had left all her
fortune TO Sykes. lie converted the
property into cash and spent the most
II Il in liberal fees TO lawyers to defend
him. II IS said n distinguished Criminal
Judge resigned his place on the bench
~ not rs counsel In the case. The plea
was self-defDnse, As tho woman was shown
10 be- turbulent, and dangerous when
angry.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15
Advance in the Price Of Tea.

New YORK, Feb. 4.-There is q good
deal of activity in the tea trade at ad-
vanced prices. The movement has been
stimulated by the formation OF an exchange
month or two ago, at which heavy trans
actions are made daily. Since December
the price Of Japans has gone up six per
cent and blacks about three cents. The
crop last yeG- was very short, and the pro-
posed law to prevent the sale of adulterated
teas, OF which there are probably eight mill
ion pounds on hand, has led large holders
OF teas to believe much higher figures will
rt,fa ,,rffI May
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15

The new tariff bill introduced into
tho House by MIR. Morrison makes re-
duction Of twenty per cent. on numerous
articles, while in n few cases the reduc-
lion Is greater or less than this rate. A
provision prevents any reduction to
rato lower than in the Morrill, act Of
IR.f
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15

Mrs. AUGUSTA TABOR. the divorced
wife Of Colorado's millionaire, was re-
Gently in New Orleans. on her way to
Cuba, rs she stated In regard to the
story Of her elopement with man
named Artman. she said: "Whcn / do
get married l will do so openly and
above board. and let my friends know.
II ! do marry YOU can be- certain Il will
not bc Mr. Artman. will not marry
aman whom win have to support, but
will expect my husband TO support me. a"
Mrs. Tabor did not like tho idea Of
Artman borrowing money upon the rep
utatiou Of marrying her.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15

THE Governor Of New Jersey recently
sent a special message to the Legisla-
ture. rociting the refusal Of the Hacken-
sack Cemetery Company to allow the
burial OF colored man. The Governor
said that IL ought not 10 be tolerated in
thai State. That corporation whose
existence depends upon the Legisla-
turs's viii, and whose property is ex-
empt from taxation. because Of its re-
hgious uses, should not be permitted to
make any distinction between white
and black man. The Governor closes
~ requesting the passage Of law
which shall make such refusal, based
on color n criminal ofiense. with such
a penalty as shall prevent the recur-
renee OF such act
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15
POLITICAL AND Personal.

Posr-oFFfcE INSPECTOR LANIER, on duty
In the South, has been removed for frauds
upon postmasters he visited. Lanier fed
TO South America.
WENDELL PHILLIPS died Mt Boston,
Mass, the %, in the seventy.third year of
his age.
The Democratic caucus Of the Kentucky
Legislature finally nominated Blackburn
United States Senator 10 succeed Williams.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15

HENRY $. Potter, of Rochester. N.
Y, died recently and left an estate Of
about two millions. His oldest son
some time ago married a highly edu-
Gated and refined lady against the
fathers consent. Potter stipulated in
his viii that this son should have an
equal part ono-sixth, Of the estate. pro-
vidcd the ''said son shall not live with
or at any time contribute in any manner
TO the support or maintenance Of his
present wife, The son very sensibly
stuck 10 the wife Of his choice. but pro-
poses TO contest his fathers will upon
the grounds that il had q tendency to
encourage immortality.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15
Fatal Railway Collision.

MARION, o., Feb. 8
About eleven o'clock last night, at Hep
ourn, sixteen miles west of here, No. q
west-bound passenger train on the Chicago
g. Atlantic Road, when under full head.
way, met an east-bound freight as the lat
Ter was going from the main to the side
track, completely demolishing the rear
half of the freight train and passenger en-
glne. Engineer Henry Golf was instantly
killed, and Henry Gregory, fireman, prob
ably fatally injured. Golf was fifty-five
years of age, and has family at Hunting
ton, Ind, where his remains were taken to.
day by Knights of Pythias. Gregory lives
here, and has q wife and child.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15

SYRACUSE. N. x. Feb. a

SYRACUSE. N. X, Feb. 8.
Att Johns Catholic Church, in Lock
street, this morning. the pastor, the Rev.
Father Moriarity, formally announced the
decision OF Bishop McNierney annulling
The marriage Of Elmer Rivest and Miss
Anna Lafronier, which was performed on
December 26 by Monsigneur Quay. Father
Moriarity said that the sincerest synpstbys
is felt for the unfortunate young lady, and
that no blame rests upon her. she being the
victim OF bad advice. Rfvcst was divorced
from bis first wife, and the Catholic Church
does not permit the marriage Of disorced
persons while their former partners Hive.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15

SOCIETY circles in Moundsville. w.
Va, were recently ''all torn up" over
the marriage Of well-known young
society lady, said to be talented.
beautiful and the heircss Of considera-
BILE property. with q fellow generally
known ne n tramp. About n month
previous, the tramp was engaged by the
Young lady's uncle, who was her guar
Han, 70 do jobs about the house. and
The first thiag her guardian knew she
had oloped and married him. re-
turned and announced that they would
settle down. Il was stated she did this
10 spite n rccrcant lover. IL sounds
vory much like tho old story Of biting
on the nose" etc.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15
Murdered at the Church Fortal.

BLooNrNoroS, ILL, Feb. e y
Between twelve and one p. N. today
fatal shooting with the charactaristicszo
,old-blooded murder occurred at Sparta
Church, near Randolph. this county As
the congregation was fling out, Leroy
Smith, who had been attending service, '
waited at the door and when Esquire VIM
Thompson passed out, shot him with -
caliber pistol The ball entered the 1eff
breast and passed through to the left
shoulder, whore it lodged near the surfaca.-y
and was extracted. The ball passed through ! \
the apex Of the lung. Thompson was aged,s
hfty years, has family and was highly -
respected. The shooting was the result q. !.
m old grudge. -
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15

p. J. SEXTON. the contractor for the
Cook County ml) Court House,
brought suit against the county for ex-
tras, and the case was recently tried at
Joliet upon n change Of venue. The
mry awarded him sf95. 62f. I
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15

Two SPECIAL agents, appointed by
the Interior Department to investigate
the rival claims Of Spiechee and Perry
man 20 the Chiefship of the Creek Ma
ton, have reported in favor of Perry
80.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15

: FRANK LEWIS (colored) was recently
tried at Memphis, Tenn. for murder,
before jury composed entirely Of
'olorcd men, and sentenced to the pen
iientiary Tor sixteen years. 60.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15

EeVrT, Il is said, recently borrowed
s., 600. 900 from Baron Rothschild.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15
Killed while Doing a Kindness.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 4.--Frank
Symmetry was fatally stabbed In this city
Sunday night BY Tom Stevens, a compani
ion, whom he was endeavoring to induce
TO 60 home. Stevens, who was crazy
drunk, drew dirk and stabbed Symmetry
three times-cnce in the breast, once in the
kidneys, and once I'm The groin.f Stevens
has not yet been arrested.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15

1t is said that Prince Victor NapoieSu.
who was designated by the Prince imperial
as his successor. intends making touf o.
the United States this summer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15
WHEELING. W. VA. Feb.

The Ohio River began rising yesterday
morning, and rose steadily since. 10 is
now forty-five feet, and still rising. The
portion Of the city south of Sixteenth street,
embracing q population of 10000, is almost
wholly under water. Hundreds of families
have been driven from their homes. Inmany
instances property removed in the ear
" part OF the day 70 places of supposed Sc
surity, were foated on by water. causing
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15

ADJUST Dumb, OF Oduna, mas Deen ap
pointed a member of the State Board Of
Charitable Institutions to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the death of Hon. James
Martin.
Mr.. FLANDERS, seventy years of age, OF
Shawnee County, was recently attacked by
a mad COW which knocked him down. He
succeeded in crawling under a fence and
alarming the neighbors. The COW was Sc
cured, although very ferocious, and soor
died will all the symptoms of hydrophobia
but when she was bitten the owner had not
the least idea.
1T seemed to be settled that Judge Nc.
Crary, the new Solicitor of the Santa Fs
Road, would have his Office at Kansas City.
CHAMPION VAUGHAN, once one of the
most brilliant newspaper men Of Kansas,
and editor of. one of the Leavenwortb
tiailies, died recently in Denver, Colo, in
AFFECT restitution. He at one time was
man Of much promise but had been reduced
TO penury by the use of intoxicating
drinks and morphine. isGf
THE Leavenworth Gun Club, Green Lawn
Cemetery of Dickinson County, the Wyan,
dotte News Company and the Knights Of
Labor Assembly, OF Junction City, filed
charters with the Secretary of State re.
Gently.
EVERY township in Graham County IL
put of debt.
SoKK unknown party the other night rang
the door bell at the home of the Catholic
Sisters in Wyandotte, and when it was
answered, on the doorsteps was found a
basket containing well-dressed baby only
few weeks old. Nothing indicated from
whence IL came, but it was well provided
Tor. ef-
LOUIS WALLACE (colored) was found
fearfully mangled on the tracks of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railway at Atchison recently.
He had wandered on the track While drunk
and was run over by a train.
A YoUNs man by the name Of Charles
Sims was thrown from n load Of hay at II.
Saunders farm in Shawnee County, the
other afternoon, and it was thought fatally
injured.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15

AIU0T the WORST Is over. NO one nuTTleS.
Haste is visible everywhere, but without
excitement. The universal cheerfulness
which prevails is an astonishing evidence
Of the universal prevalence of pluck. The
cheerfulness almost amounts to jollity.
On the suspension bridge thousands OF
people stand gazing up and down the river,
looking at Covington and the hills back of
it. The city is apparently sunken sixty
feet, and the high hills back of it dwarfed
by the towering height of the rolling deluge
in the rivers channel. All signs of high
banks are obliterated. The whole front
row of houses in Greenup street are in wa
ter halfway up to the first story, with
probably ten or twelve feet more water to
come on top of it. On the Cincinnati side
are the steamboats,, adoZen of them, penned
in between the suspension bridge and the
Newport bridge by the food, and a score of
steamers below the suspension bridge float
ing on the torrent, but ready for service
should there be need of them. The decks
Of these steamers tower up even with the
tops Of the tall buildings next TO the waters
edge.
In Columbia, Pendleton and Fulton, on
the Ohio side, above the mouth OF Deer
Greek, and in Bellevue, Dayton and New.
port, KY, there are many dwellings ex-
posed TO utter destruction. They barely
escaped washing away last year. Back
water mp Mill Greek will affect many more
Just such people all the way up to Xinton
Place for distance of seven miles. Last
year there was . dead calm during the
whole time Of the food. II. with this high
81 food there should be strong winds, there
Is M telling what ruin may Be wrought.