Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-02
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

In the controversy between the Ameri-
IAN Meat Canning Company of St Louis
and the AnglO-American Packing and Pro
vision Company of Kansas City, Kas.. Judge
| tiOodin, the arbitrator, placed his reDort in
the hands of District Clerk Tricky. The
findings are quite numerous, the final de-
cisiOn being in favor of the st. Louis Com
pany, but awarding damages only To the
amount of S372.16 and costs.
LEON WATSON, a wiper, was under
arrest at Topeka on the charge of
displacing the Santa Fe switch at
Usage City on the first of September.
1883. The displacement of this switch
was the cause OF an accident by
which Fred ii. Amich, a fireman, lost a
limb.
THE Greenback State Central Committee
met in Topeka on the 10th for the purpose
of selecting delegates to the National Green
back Convention to be held at indianapolis,
May 2sth. The following was the list of
delegates and altenates selected: Dele
gates-A. J. Utley, Usage City; p. p Elder,
| Ottawa; c. III. Moody, Jewell; j. n. Linn
| booker, Manhattan. AlternateS-W. J. A
Montgomery, Lawrence; ii. p. Vrooman,
Topeka; ID. Il. Hadley. WyandOtte; w. A.
| Upton, Winfield. The committee then
passed the following resolution unani-
mously: RcSOlreCi. That we hereby instruct
our delegates elected to-day, to the National
Greenback Convention at indianapolis, to
work for the nomination of General b. +.
Butler, of Massachusetts, for President
j. j. WHITE, member of the State Live
Stock Sanitary Commission, in company
with Sheriff Green, visited the herds ten
miles south of Clay Center in which the
foot and mouth disease was reported to
exist Mr. White pronounced the disease
black leg or blood poison.
THE second annual strengthening of the
Western Kansas Wool Growers Associa-
ton was held recently at Wakeeny, occupy
| ing two days. There was a large attend
ance of sheep growers.
Born of the railroad propositions, viz,
| SIS, 900 to the Topeka, Salina & Western,
and 100000 TO the Ottawa, Topeka & North
ern, were carried by good majorities at the
election in Shawnee County. The former
line will be completed now between Topeka
and Salina, and those who are interested
in the other enterprise say that the cars
will be running from Ottawa to Topeka
! before snow flies again.
O. s. REDDES. Chairman of the Republic
can State Central Committee announces that
the various lines of railway in the State re-
fuse 10 give special or half-fare rates to
delegates who wish to attend the State Con-
ventiOns.
b. G. BRIDGES, boiler maker i'm the
Santa Fe boiler Shop, Topeka, was severely
injured internally 10y having a boiler roll
upon him. 1t appears that the boiler was
being lacked up, and having no blocking
upon the sides to prevent it from rolling fell
upon Bridges who was working underneath.
He was badly injured.
Tony CAsELLO an Italian who keeps a
confectionery stand on Shawnee street,
LeavenwOrth, was victimized out of 81, 500
| by two confidence men the other day. He
gave the money for window weights done
up to represent packages of golden eagles.
SENATOR PLUMB entertained the Public
Lands Committees of the Senate and House
and few invited guests at well appointed
and handsomely served dinner at Welcker's,
Washington, the other evening.
THE Sheriff of Leavenworth arrested
nine additional SalOon-keepers under the
State PrOhibitOry law the other day. Sixteen
saloOn-keepers will appear for trial during
the April term of court
A. w. HENNEssY, of Easton Township,
Leavenworth County, brought in two wolf
scalpS recently.
WICHITA expects to build $40, 600 opera
| house shortly.
\ SUIT was recently filed i'm the Clerk
office of the United States Circuit Court at
Topeka, which charges John NJ. Brown with
being a defaulter in the sum of So, $50.
nomination for Auditor, and the suit has
reference to some acts of his while Sheriff
and Tax Collector of COabama County Mis-
sissippi in 1874 and 1875.
MosE.CHANtBERs and Robert Davis were
brought out of the Penitentiary and taken
before Judge Hacker at Leavenworth, to
answer to the charge of having murdered
| John Heigle year ago last February. The
| principal witness in the case was a man
| named Brown, who was ready to swear that
Davis cut Heigle's throat Both, however,
waived examination, and were bound over
without bail. Chambers has seven years
| yet to serve in the PenitentiaTy, and Davis
nine. Chambers was sentenced for the at
tempted murder of a boy named TOhf, and
Davis for burglary.
REPRESENTATIVE PETERS obtained a
| pension for Henry NJ. Walton, of Medicine
allowance for Christian Schwender of Re
public County.
A PRIVATE dispatch was received at
Washington from Governor Click saying
that cases of sickness among cattle which
| had been most carefully examined had
| turned out to be true foOt-and-mouth dis
ease. He was afraid that some cases had
| got out into the herds. There was an at
| tempt made at first to keep the matter quiet,
but the information was deemed such as
should go to the public.
Mrs. WILLIAM HOPKINS gave birth to
twin daughters at Wyandotte recently. One
| child weighed exactly one pound and one
ounce, and the other one pound and fifteen
/ laIn Ice q
| three pounds. The little waits were pro-
nounced to be unusually well formed,
strong, healthy and handsome, but so small
that mans hand would hide the pair. The
mother was but sixteen years of age, being
married when she was scarcely fifteen.
MARTIN FoY, eleven years old, while out
after cattle near Sherlock, recently, was
lost i'm an uninhabited region north of
Garden City, and all the people around were
in search of the child. lie was on horse
back. Great anxiety was felt for him, as it
was feared he would die from starvation and
cold.
JAMES HACKETT. workman at the
Santa Fe shops, Topeka, was killed on the
21st by an iron lever which flew up while
he was working about some machinery and
broken and he died almost instantly.
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of age.
RECENT rains benefited the wheat.
A LETTER was received at Topeka from
Acknowledgement Moonlight, who was then
/ in Washington. in which he states that a
commission will soon visit Kansas TO look
after the Price raid claims and examine
them for payment.
MIR. A. K. LAHAY, residing in Monmouth
Township, Shawnee County, was killed by
lightning recently. He was ont feeding the
stock, and was passing from the barn to the
corn-cTib, when the bolt came, killing him
instantly.
HoN. JOHN A. HALDERNAN, United
States Consul to Siam, has sent postage
stamps and cards of that country to the
State Historical Society.
CONGRESSMAN MORRILL, secured an al
lowance of pension for Miss Evelyn Myers,
/ of Mpridpn