Barbour County index., 1884-01-25
miscellaneous.

LARGE number of arrests were reported
as being made in Kingman and adjoining
counties by Deputy United States Marshal
Williams of parties charged with perjury
and fraud in proving up lands in the Usage
Reserve.
SENATOR PLUMB recently presented q
petition to the Senate of $1,000 ex-soldiers
:oT the establishment of Soldiers Home
in Kansas.
THE Board Of County Commissioners OF
Leavenworth County passed resolutions en-.
dOrsing Hon. Janes +. Legate for Railroad
Commissioner.
CAPTAIN A. r. BANKS, formerly Chief
Clerk of the Kansas House, is an applicant
for the position of Reading Clerk of the
United States Senate.
The drummers are now complaining to
the Railroad Commissioners of "being
grossly wronGed by reason of fextortionate,
unjust, excessive charges on extra baggage"
The Mayor and Council of Russell re.
>ently filed complaint against the Union
Pacific Railway for charging excessive
freight rates TO and from that point.
AT a late dance at Everest, a railroad
station in Atchison County, Edward Smith,
a roted character and rough, entered and
began disturbance. The Marshal, John
Fait, ordered him out. He went down
stairs, but soon Te-entered the hall and be-
came exceedingly noisy, when the Mar.
sl,ll put him out. Smith at once drew his
revolver and nourished IT, Fait i'm endeav-
or.ng to dodge fell, when Smith stood over
him and began emptying his revolver into
Fsit's body. The Marshal fired and Smith
fail 10 II
wounds.
GOVERNOR CLICK has appointed exGov.
ernor Charles Robinson as Commissioner
to the Worlds Industrial and Cotton Cen
telmial Exposition to be held in New Or.
leans next winter, and Hon. Frank Bacon,
OF the Chanute Blade. as Assistant Com.
missioner. Mrs. Augusta Wilson, of Par.
sons, and Mrs. n. +. Acers, of lola, have
been selected by the Governor as the lady
Commissioners. 1t is suggested that these
selections are eminently fitting, and it is to
be hoped that they will consent to serve
the State in the above capacity.
CHARLES L. GRIFFIN, City Attorney of
Atrhison and formerly "a member of the
Legislature, died suddenly the other day
of i congestive chill.
The Atchison, Topeka a. Santa Fe Rail.
road has filed petition with the Railroad
Commission for rehearing in the Usage
City, Newton and Great Bend decision,
claiming that the Board was not legally
constituted when rendering the decision,
there being only two Commissioners.
EDWIN ID. GooDIN, only son of Hon. John
Goodin, died at Wyandotte recently
after a very brief illness. He was twenty
three years old and had but lately grad
uated at the State University and been ad-
mifte1 to the bar.
WILLIAM J. HENLEY was recently ap-
pointed Postmaster at Lindsborg.
CONGRESSMAN ANDERSON recently intro.
du-ed bill in Congress to provide for the
adjustment OF the land grants made to rail-
roads in Kansas. The purpose of this was
to secure reference to the Public Lands
Committee, of which be Is a member.
PREPARE for spring piowing.
THE other night as gang of brass Inoul-
ders were at work putting in extra time at
the Union Pacific brass foundry at Arm
strong, Bergman Shumate, a moulder, re-
ceived a terrible burn by quantity of
molten brass and copper being spilled on
his foot.
.
had been frequently robbed Of small sums
and other articles of late, and the other
night some one commenced pounding at bis
door. He fired through the door and
wounded the man, who proved to be a sol.
dier who was too drunk to know that he
was shot.
1T is now in order for young ladies to
I'rise to a question of the highest privi-
legen-it is Leap Year.
II. II. LUsK, proprietor of the Parsons
Sun, was recently made defendant in al libel
suit brought by man named Swan, who
sued him for 81 900 damages for copying a
damaging item from another paper about
his (Swan's) family matters.
CONGRESSMAN ANDERSON had an inter-
view recently with the Attorney General
at Washington with references to having
suits brought to test the validity of the
land grant railroads to even numbered Sec
tions in Allen County. Suits are already
pending as to railroad title to odd numbered
sections.
TIE little son of Mrs. McHale, of Arm
strong, b ad q leg broken while recently
soasting.
AT Chetopa the other morning, Julis
Aartinoh, q gunsmith, while in q drunken
Itupor by some unknown means got his
>lothing on fire and was so badly burned
hat he died in q few hours. He was q
soldier in the Union army and drew q small
pension
MRS J. A. McNEEsE was recently run
over and instantly killed by the cars NJ
Sibley, . small station few miles south Of
Lawrence. A lady friend, who was with
the unfortunats lady, had . narrow escape
from . like fate.
MRs. Mary DoNSELLY, of Lawrsnce. vas
reoently awarded q verdict for $500 IN her
suit against the city for damages for infu-
r.s. received ~ tsllIng thrsugh brefsn