Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-09

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probable by the Mexican Representative.
The farmers in the vicinity Of Columbus,
Tex, have 10 replant their cotton on &C.
count Of cold weather and heavy rains.
IT was recently announced at Vienna
that q new planet had been discovered at
the Astronomical Observatory. Itappears
like star Of the second magnitude. Il was
first observed about ten o'clock on the
night OF the 10th In the constellation Of
Virgo.
AT the last sitting OF the Medina Count,
(Tex.) Grand Jury fifty-three men were
indicted for one hundred misdemeanors
and fOrty-one cases Of fence burning, fence
outing, conspiracy to murder State wit
nesses, etc
BILL was recently introduced In the
House providing that IL shall be unlawful
to collect fare on any conveyance through.
out the United States when passengers are
unable TO secure a seat.
TIE steamer Falmouth, of the 1nterna
tional Line, caught fire at Portland, Me-,
recently, and three men were burned to
death. Loss, 100000.
SIR MICHAEL COSTA, composer and con.
ductor, died Of apoplexy at Brighton, Eng
land, recently, after a weeks illness. He
was seventy-four years Of age.
THE severest snow storm of the season
was prevailing throughout the Yellowstone
Valley on the 10Th. Snow fell to the depth
Of eighteen inches.
NEAR Enterprise, Carter County, XIV,
James Pelrey killed James Justice by
striking him with a club, crushing his skull.
Death was instantaneous.
THERE was quite an excitement at Ray.
mond, ILL.,, recently caused by the dis
covery of a four-and q half-foot vein of
coal at the depth 49, feet. The coal was of
the best quality.
SECRETARY CHANDLER received a tele-
gram from Commodore S. b. Luce stating
that the Portsmouth had arrived at New
port with yellow fever on board. The dis
ease was not serious, however, and all the
patients were convalescing.
THERE was big rush at Baltimore ia ex-
porting whisky. Distillers report stock on
hand very heavy, and thsy must either pay
taxes on it and take il out of bond or ex.
port II.
OsNAN DIGNA threatens to attack Abys.
sinia unless King Johns subjects embrace
MohammedaDiSm.
In tie New York Assembly the bill add
ing an article to the State Constitution pro-
hibiting the manufacture or sale of intoxi-
eating liquors was defeated.
BRowN, BoNNELL & Co.'s iron works at
Youngstown, o., are TO be re-started, salts
factory arrangements having been made
with the creditors.
TIE mob ut st. Albans, w. Va, took
Scott Hill and Brownlow Hill, two Of the
robbers who shot and killed Albert Woods,
nrtI N.l1 A n
st. Adams recently, and hanged them to a
tree just west Of town. Tie officers sue.
ceeded in escaping with Charles Spurlock,
the other member Of the gang.
THE troop ship Crocodile, from India,
has arrived at Portsmouth, England. She
had cholera on board during the voyage.
ARAcE war took place between Irish and
Swedes at Escanaba, Mich, recently. Out
Of hundred pistol shots fred, only four
men were slightly wounded.
THE poor house Of Van Buren, County,
Mich, burned the other night, and fifteen
or sixteen Of the inmates lost their lives.
The building was large two-story franz,
and speedily succumbed when the fire
started.
HUssEIN PAsHA telegraphed to Cairo that
he was still ut Berber. IL was too late to re.
treat, as the town was completely sur
rounded aud the garrison utterly democrat.
lied.
THE National Bank Of Monte de Piedad,
the oldest financial institution in Mexico,
closed its doors recently.
THIRTY refugees under MangAdo, who
recently made IN incnrsion into Navarro, |
were pursued by the Spanish troops. The
last reports from Ciudad Real regarding
the railway disaster on the 27th place the !
number of persons missing at 40. The |
Government adheres TO the belief that the
Revolutionary party was responsible for |
the outrage.
ALLEN INGALLS,, one of the resurrec-
tionists charged with the murder OF the |
Taylor family at Avondale, o., last winter,
hung himself in the Cincinnati jail
PROFOUND sensation was created in |
Toronto, Ont, on the 3)th, through the |
discovery Of powerful dynamite cartridges, |
with wires attached, under the Crown |
Land Office, in the Parliament building. |
Later in the day two more were discovered !
under tho steps approaching the Speakers |
Chamber.
HENRY w. CANNON, of Minnesota, has |
been selected as successor to Comptroller |
Knox, aud James Connolly, of Illinois, TO |
be Solicitor Of the Treasury. Connolly is |
at present United States District Attorney |
for the Southern District of Illinois.
The increase in sales of public lands |
during 1883 over the preceding year was as |
follows: Number Of entries, 1881; acre.
age, 1O,9e6,016; cash received, 1887, 40.
JAMES r. KEENE, the well known Wall |
street operator, has failed. 1t was reported |
that within the last few months he had |
lost between two and three million dollars. |