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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07
TEXAN BOUNDS.
"A Plan of Settlement Suggested by the 8. G.
rotary of the Interior for the Disputed
Boundary Question.
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A Plan of Settlement Suggested by the 8. O.
rotary of the Interior for the Disputed
Boundary Question.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb, 25.
Ina communication to the President and
by him transmitted to Congress, the Sec
rotary of the Interior submits an elaborat,
history of the controversy over the bound
airy between the United States and Texas
The Secretary, in concluding his review
OF the dispute, makes the following state
me7t and recommendations: "The ques
tion of the disputed boundary has never
been determined between the United
States and the State of Texas. The lat
ter State desires speedy adjustment of
the question, and in view of the settle
ment of the territory in controversy, anG
of claims made to the tracts of land lying
therein and in view of the civil jurisdic-
ton which prevails or ought to
prevail therein, it is important
that such boundary line should be finally
fixed and determined 1 am of the opin-
ion that the Tooth meridian of west longi-
tude has been correctly surveyed, mark
ed and established, and that survey of
the meridian will be unnecessary. The
question to be determined Is which fork
of said Red River was intended under
the treaties and Joint resolutions before
recited to mark and designate the bound
airy line between Texas and the United
States. 1 submit that this does not
necessarily depend upon the relative size
or formation of the forks. am of the
opinion that it is necessary that a Joint
commission on the part of the United
States and Texas should be formed to
determine definitely such boundary line,
and recommend that the proper steps be
taken for that purpose. suggest, how
ever, whether sufficient data of an au-
thentic character do not already exist to
enable the commission to determine the
question without further surveys in the
field"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07
OUR FRENCH PORK TRADE.

Opinion OF NJ. Leon Chotteau 40 TO the Con-
templated Action of the French Govern
rnent. ia A
CHICAGO, Feb e7.-After the regular ses-
sion of the Board of Trade Mr.. Geo.. Gard
ner introduced NJ. Leon Chotteau, the rep
resentative of the silk and wine-growers of
France. He made an address. in which
ne gave the history of the prohibit
ton of American hog products by
the French Government up to the present
time, and concluded as follows: A
bill is now pending before the Chamber OF
Deputies at Paris that proposes to establish
an inspection m French ports, to determine
whether or not Your meats are well salted
and fully cured This is all right. call. how
ever, your attention to the third paragraph
of the second article. Here it is: 1.-The
inspectors will be appointed by the Minis
ter Of Commerce, who will have the
right to order the method of exanlina-
ton which seems to him the most
proper" The last words indicate con-
concealed purpose which you do not suspect,
and which must reveal to you. If the law
is voted as it is proposed, they will tell you
that the American meats can enter freely in
to France, and that you have no longer anv
Souoc VI COulplstlul. hcdHy, oil VIII 90
well for a time at least. But if Min
lister of Commerce appears i'm France
disposed as the one of tho 18th of February.
1881, to trifle with you, then that Minister,
yielding to the pressure of the Protectionists,
will choose his kind of examination.
and will not fail to make the in
spection of your meats one by the
microscope Then, by some calculated slow
ness, France, which will seem to admit
your meats viii prohibit them under
some other form. The port of Havre alone
in normal time received already from the
United States %, 200 boxes of salted meats
for month. Ten'inspectors with the mi
croscope can examine forty boxes daily.
These ten inspectors land their number will
not be increased) would then pass the T25,-
600 boxes to the consumers only after 6a5
days. In that condition your commerce is
impossible. You must to-day protest
against the organization in France of any
system of inspection other than by ordinary
process. If you do that L hope, and am
sure that you can, obtain soon in France an
honest and practicable law.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07
The Mormon Specter.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Idaho Territory
has, it is claimed, became a perfect hot-bed
for the propagation of Mormonism, and the
safety of the Territory has been put in jeop-
ardy by the perniciOus doctrines of the apos-
ties of Joe Smith and Brigham Young. Del
egate Singiser, of Idaho, with view to
checking this evil, has prepared
bill prescribing severe penal
ties for the practice of polygamy
within the confines of the Ter
ritoty, and DISTINGUISHING the Mormon ele-
ment. Under no circumstances will man
be permitted to vote at any election in the
Territory who has not sgned cetificate that
he is not living in polygamy, and does not
believe in plural marriages. Mr.. Singiser
says that the most stringent laws should be
enacted by Congress on this subject, in or
der to break mp immigration by Mormons
into Idaho, for its proximity to Utah offers
a fertile field for the advocates of pOlygamy.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07
THREE OF A KIND.
Three Men I'm Christian County. MO-,
Charged With Murder.


SrRINGFIELD, Mo-, Feb. .7.-The Chris
tian County Circuit Court has opened at
Ozark. Nearly on thousand people were
in attendance, including witnesses, jurors
and others, the chief interest being in the
three murder cases that are on the present
docket, one of which is that of William
Magill, who brutally murdered his
Milum Dunlap, on James River ON
the 25th of last May At that
time the two young men were working
for Joseph w. Carton, five miles south of
this city, and while loading sand on their
wagons, Magill struck and killed Dunlap
with an AK, and then threw the body into
hole and covered it up. At the coroner's
inquest the murderer confessed the crime
which is believed to have been prompted BY
jealousy about young woman named
Wallace, since which he has been confined
in Jail at this place. The second case is
that of G. W. Whiteside, James c. White.
James Armstrong and negro named Tay-'
Tor, all of whom were indicted for murder
in the first degree for killing A. Ridge on
the 10Th of last June, whom they went to
arrest. The third case is that of Thomas
Butler, who is charged with numbering
his wife at their home near Sparta,
last Monday night Butler is thirty
six years old and has six children.
lie claims that he is innocent,
but the evidence, although circmstantial,
points to him as the the guilty party, and
his daughter, at the coroner,s inquest, testi-
fled that she had heard her father threaten
TO take her mothers life. The brutal crime
has created more indignation among the
good people of Christian County than has
been manifested there for many years. One
w. ID. Craighead, charged with raising a
check from S170 to $1,000 and gettirg il
cashed at the Greene County National Rank
was examined before Justice Savage in this
city the other day and in default of bond
of $500 was sent to Jail to await trial at the
May Term of the Circuit Court
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07
SAD CALAMITY.
several Lives Lost by the Burning Of n
Hotel and Theater Mt jackson, Mich
Property to the Value of SI75, 900 De-
stroyed.

Property to the Value of $4,000 De-
stroyed.
JACKSON, MICH, Feb, %.
A disastrous fire occurred Yesterday
morning in the wooden building occupied
by J. j. Burns cigar store, and destroyed
the Union Hotel block, occupied by the
Union Hotel, Union Hall Theatre, VALID
ron & Curtis drug store, Jackson Savings
Bank, H. II. Case and c. X. Elliott, gro
ceries; N. II. Ecker, saloon. The block,
owned by ID. b. Hubbard and costing
1925, 900, burned together with five frame
buildings, occupied by William Aultman,
boots and shoes; John Rath, jeweler;
Charles Aniba, barber shop and residence
j. j. Burns, cigar store; Rutson Bros,
confectioners; Barrett & DAILY, tinsmiths,
and NV. Weiger, saloon. The loss by
fire and water will exceed $4,000, par.
italy insured. Several lives are reported
lost. One body, that of Charles Cornell,
a crippled soldier, has been recovered.
Four others are injured so that
they will die. They are John
Price and Mrs. Banks, walters,
and an unknown -colored man. James
Hernes, of Cleveland, attempted to jump
from a third-story window, struck the
telegraph wires and was whirled around
in such a way as to strike on his head
and shoulders on the pavement, and was
injured so he will die. Chas. Kimball,
of Kalamazoo, Mich, also received bad
scalp wound In jumping from balcony
in front of the hotek. His injuries are
not fatal. IL
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

The English House Of Lords have
agreed to the motion Of the Marquis of
Salisbury to appoint commission on
the housing Of the poor. The Prince of
Wales. in addressing the House on the
subject, said he had been impressed, as
were all classes. regarding the condition
Of the poor lie was grntiiicd that u
Royal Commission had been appointed to
look into the matter He took the
liveliest interest 10 the question. and
felt battered at bciug appointed MEM
Der Of the Commission. The inquiry Of
the Commission will be confined to
ENGLAND.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07
A yon,rrn Pari.ian cclebriI

A ToRMER Partisan celebrity has re-
Gently died at Der chateau in Silesia.
This was the once famous Mime. de
Paiya, at tho time of her death, by her
marriage with a German nobleman,
Countess Won Henckel Donnesmark.
Despite her colossal wealth and her
Rristocratic husband, this lady was
simply demi-mondaine Of great beauty
and fascination. She was Russian
by birth, and when she first came to
Paris she was the widow Of tailor.
She used TO sell bouquets about the
streets.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07
A presidential = mendmen..

WASHINGTON, ID. C., Feb 20.
Representative Springer has introduced
for reference to the House proposed con-
stitutional amendment, making the Presi-
dental term six years and rendering the
President ineligible to reelection the next
succeeding term. q 1t provides fora direct
vote for President in each state and
abolishes the Electoral College. Each
State shall have number Of votes equal
to the number of its Representatives and
Senators IN Congress, to be given each
candidate in proportion TO ali the votes
cast for each. The term Of Representa-.
tives In Congress is fixed at three years.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

A WAsHINGrON correspondent states
that there arc In round numbers about
forty-six thousand claims for tobacco re-
bate. Of which only the merest fraction
have been rejected. A few were thrown
out because they were not made in time.
and some claims were made on broken
packages. while the law limits rebates
10 whole packages. A very few were
thrown out for fraud or other reasons.
From the entire country only =
hundred or two Of claims were
rejected. The last OF these claims were
passed from the Internal Revenue Office
70 the Fifth Auditors Office last NOvsm-
Der. The Fifth Auditor has now passed
about seven-eights Of the whole lot to
the First Comptroller. and here they
are stalled Comptroller Lawrence told
the correspondent that he had only
four clerks in, the division TO which
these claims gu. and they have 50 much
work ahead Of them that unless the
Comptroller has additional clerks as
signed him Il will take two years before
his office will ever begin the examina-
ton OF these tobacco-rebaie claims. An
appropriation for additional clerk hire
win be asked,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07
ADDITIONAL rIaPArcHEs.

An application has been received at the
Post-ofiice Department at Washington for
the appointment. OF Miss Lizzie Nut as post
mistress OF Uniontown, Pa She Is a sister
Of young Mutt recently acquitted at Pitts.
burgh on the charge Of numbering OF Dukes.
REPRESENTATIVES, BREWER was directed
by the House Committee on Manufactures
to report favOratly his bill to Impose fine
OF not more than than one hundred dollars
or punishment by imprisonment for three
months, on any person interfering in any
way with n commercial traveller selling
goods by sample.
A VERY exciting and unfortunate contro-
versy occurred in tho Senate recent.y, be-
tween Senators Butler and Vest. Il grew
out of a discussion on the pending Naval
bill Senator Butler, whether Intentionally
or not, cast upon Senator Vest what the
latter thought unjustifiable reflections. SEN
ator Vest resented it, and in language
vigorous and pointed. At one time per-
sonal encounter appeared imminent.
LIEUTENAST q. d. HARDER, who has
just returned from Siberia after a search
for Chip and party, Of the Jeanette crew,
has been rendered a reception by the citi-
Gems of Youngstown, o.
JAMES O'BRIES, ons of the men arrested
for the murder of William Pugh on the
nigh of the 18th inst, at Philad lphia,
confessed that William Casey, another Of
the prisoners, struck the fatal blow.
The remains Of General Ord arrived
from Havana, and viii b, taken to Wash
ingtOn.
In the Senate, Thursday, Mr.. ingalls, In
PRODUCED a bill 70 remove the Injunction of
secrecy from the Fiiz John Porter court
martial. In the House the Lasker resolu-
ton was Considered. The Pleuropneumo-
MIA bill was passed by a majority OF
twenty-eight. Eulogies were pronounced
ON the late Representative d. c. Haskell.
A FIRE broke out on the third
noor OF frame building occupied by
Cornelius Van Ripen, his wife and three
children, and ". Connolly, New York.
Van Ripen and the three children were
sunocated and burned to death. His wife
jumped from a third story window and
was instantly killed. The damage to the
building is slight.
EXCEPTIONS TO the Masters report In the
case Of J. N. Lusk ct al, against the Pitts
burgh q Western Railroad Company and
others, were argued before Judge Stow, at
Pittsburgh, Pa A quarter Of a million dol
lars is involved, the Master decreeing that
the defendants pay plaintiffs that sum for
depriving them by fraud Of their rights in
the New Castle & Lake Erie Railroad. The
decision is reserved.
PRINCE BIsNARx denies that Germany
has any idea to annex Holland; that the
Empire had already too many refractory
elements to assimilats.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

GALVESTON. TEX, Feb. %.
AtBesch Park, yesterday afternoon, Mrs
Nellie Burke, the celebrated equestrienne,
accomplished the difficult feat Of riding
100 miles in five hours on a wager Of
$1,000. Promptly ut one o'clock Mrs.
Burke appeared on the track and started.
She made forty changes, and came in
under the string an easy winner. amid the
enthusiastic applause Of the assembled
multitude, In four hours fifty-five minutes
Besides the stakes, q large amount Of
money In outside bets changed hands. Dur.
ing the Mardi Gras carnival. races viii
occur daily,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07
A Ghassly Deed.

NEW YORK, Fob. %.
Edward Gillespie was for years boss
truckman for Fairbanks, Martin G CO.,
and was very steady, reliable man, Yes
terday at noon while sitting wiz his
helper, William Bird, he. drew a.
razor from Ids pocket and cut his
throat. Bird grasped his arm and tried
to disarm him. Gillespie resisted saw
agely. The two men, both muscular,
rolled over on the floor of che truck, the
blood pouring from GiiIespie's throat
over Birds face. Finally they rolled off
the truck, and In the fan Bird lost his
hold. Gillespie sprang up, stood erect,
drew the razor across his throat, pearly
severing the neck, and fell dead. gs-a
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07
POLITICaL AND PEnSONAL.

ExGovERSoR SAMUEL PRICE, Of Lewis.
burg, W. Va, is dead.
A ST. PErERsBURs dispatch says Minis
ter Hunt is dying.
GENERAL WMPFTES, who was in COM
mand Of the French army at Sedan, when
IL surrendered to the German In 1870, is
dead,
THE Earl Of Euston is figuring in Lon
don as applying for divorce from his
wife, who was formerly prostitute.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

: NEW YORK, Feb, IS.
The remains of the Jeanette victims
were taken Saturday morning from the
Brooklyn Navy Yard to the Church of the
Holy Trinity, New York, where fun
cral services were conducted by Bishop
Potter, who In the course of his remarks
paid the following tribute to the dead:
ssNew York has no prouder honor in al
her records than that she be allowed TO
speak Of her heroes who have died like
these" Many officers of the navy, rela-
ftyes Of the deceased and survivors Of the
expedition were present
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

In n local photograph gallery ut
Springfield. ILL.,. an original photograph
OF Abraham Lincoln and hts two score
taries. John G.. Nicolay and John Hay,
taken just before he started for Washing
ton 20 occupy the Presidential chair
Is ON exhibition. IL Is believed no other
copies nre I'm exigtAnca.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

The bin increasing to four ounces
The weight Of transient newspapers and
magazines that may 60 through the
mails for one cent has been promptly
passed by the House Of Representatives.
This Is fifty per cent reduction Of the
rate imposed on large journals. the
charge now being one cent for two
ounrca
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

Az improbable story comes from
Idaho. IL Is said that n horsc-thief
was shot by his captors. aud that when
they found the reward offered for his
body was too small to divide, they cut
his head of. put it in a Jackpot and
played poker for It, the winner taking
tho head in aud receiving the reward
for himself
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

The recent foods have made II evil
dent that improvements Of The great
Western rivers must be with an intelli-
gent appreciation Of their power and
immensely. Tho Mississippi must be
taken into our eoonsels, or she may up
set tho whole Of our well laid plans and
schemes 90 keep her within bounds.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07
The Prime OF Life.


People call the age of forty ''the
prime OF life" Who invented that
mocking phrase? Some subacid cynic,
doubtless. Because it is not the prime
of life, by any means. At forty your
HAIR ut the temples is whitening; ut
forty your ''igurc'' is broadening; ut
forty you begin to be called "a harm
less old fellow" by your pretty nieccs
and their friends. A most disgusting
time of hfei When with dlgnified steps
you march toward your yawning grave
at-segenty-iIye, you are at least IN OBJ
jcct of respect and reverence--if you
have money. Your. white locks and
your snowy beard crown you with tho
majesty of ED. But to be forty! You
are neither young nor Sold. Your hair
is pcpper-and- salt color. Your speech
has become. in spite of yourself, set in
stilted sentences. You perhaps would
flirt, but IN the attempt you meet with
dire d saster- This enterprise Is met
with the giggles az girlhood. and
you are driven ignominiously from the
scene by some s.masher'' of twenty sum-
mers. The real prime of lie IS when
your muscles are like twisted cords Of
the finest Bessemer steel (y0u don't care
much about girls at that time) and your
lungs like the bellows that blow the
smelling furnace; when you have only
to say one pretty thing and show your
white teeth and twist up the ends Of
your youthful mustache, and any pretty
girl you want Just sighssou andltum-
bles into your arms. That's the prime
of life. It is all over when you begin
to call for your dinner and grumble at
the breakfast Suffered toast. When
you have become.a judgesof wine it is
indeed time to leave tie arena and to
accept the worn-out gladiator gift of
the wooden sword Vanity Fair.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

Herbert Blake, lawyer of Halo
wen, Me-, has invented an ingenious
scheme to make q fortune. He has
sued the Treasurers Of nearly every
corporation in the. State for the re-
eovery in each case of $500 forfeiture
Tor failure to publish statistics of their
condition of business. as required by
law. He viii make, if ne RECEIVERS. be-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

An ingenious thief at Temple, Tex.
recently stole three shoes, all belonging
10 the left foot, which n merchant had
displayed in his store window. The
right-hand mates 10 the stolen shoes
were then put in the same window, and
short time after they were also
stolen
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07
A Peculiar Case.

A colored man named Anderson
was married here In 1886, hut was ar
rested for bigamy, it being charged that
he was married while slave to q slave
woman in Belford county, Virginia, I'm
1861. The Judge instructed the Jury
that slaves, being property, could
not make a legal contract, but that the
Courts have decided that q slave mari iage
became valid by cohabitation as man and
wife after the emancipation proclamation
went into effect, In 1854. The case thus
turned on question of fact, whether the
pair had cohabited or not, as shown by
evidence The jury rendered. verdict OF
not guilty.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

JUDGE JONI COULTER IN convorsa-
ton with Denver Nc,rs reporter gives
this rs part Of his experience with the
recent blizzard: ut was about ten
miles to Dixon. where we knew we
couh secure shelter. food and warmth.
and we pulled ont at early day break.
But Il took nerve TO face the winds that
whistled about the mountain. and we
feared ami were prepared for the worst
Frequently one Of the party would an
nounce after ridinga short distance that
he felt comfortable, but we all knew the
cause Of Il, and would hustle him out Of
the sleigh and pound him, and make
him walk until he warmed himself thor
ouphlv.n
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

EIGHT men working in the Orrendorf
coal mine at Morris. Ill, recently heard
n rush of water; guessing what had hap
pened, they hurried 10 the shaft and
were raised just as the mine filled. The
water came from an abandoned shaft.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07
Work Of Revenue omcer,.

RALEIGH, n. c., Feb. 25.-The Nelcs and
Observers Morgantown special says: Two
Revenue Officers named Rey and Audenston,
killed three men named Horton, Miller and
BurticksOn, and wounded another man
named Burtiekson. at work in the Mica
Mine in Mitchell County.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

THOMAS l.. THOMPSON Is under SEN
fenced Of death at Fort Smith. Ark. for
the murder Of James O'Holerand in
September last. The men were unmar-
ried and lived in a cabin by themselves.
When O'Holerand was missing. Thomp-
son made inquiries Of neighbors a. to
what had become OF him. A man who
was hired to iill up dry wei ''smelt
something" which brought a few in
quisitiye people around. To these per-
sons Thompson said dead hog was
down the well, but on removing
few ashes from the bottom, the
body Of O'IIolcran was discovered with
his head crushed in and a knife sticking
IN his heart The reason for the mur-
derwas because Thompson coveted the
few personal effects Of his victim.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

In the celebration Of tho release of
Aquero ut Key West, Fla. five thousand
Cubans marched in torchlight pro-
cession. The Federal, Stale and Mu-
nicipal officers were in line. ...ii-4 '-s.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

OVER 100000 has been collected for
the foundation Of free public library
in Philadelphia. When the sum reaches
S2JO.0O0 the trustees will begin to erect
the library building.