Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07
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miscellaneous.
THE following has been issued by Mr..
God lard, Traffi. Manager of the Santa Fe:
"Notice is hereby given that at the end OF
sixty days from this date or as soon as the
lease of this railroad TO the Atchison, To
| peka & Santa Fe Railroad Company shall
have expired or been Cancelled by mutual
action of both parties in interests separate
and distinct system of mileage rates will
be adopted for the Kansas City, Topeka &
Western Railroad Company" This order
applies to the auxiliary lines Of the Santa
Fe Railroad, and via have the effect of in.
creasing rates on all these lines TO the short
haul figures as fixed by the Commissioners
for the first seventy miles.
Mr.. PATRICK READY, living near Wyan.
dotte, lost his house by fire one day last
week. Loss $500; partly insured.
The Court Martial at Fort Lsavenworth
has acquitted Lieutenant French, Third
Infantry, and he has consequently been
released from arrest and restored to duty.
MRS. L. Z. COLLINS ,mysteriously disap.
peared from Topeka, recently. Her hus-
band could give no reason for her leaving
home.
| The Fourth Congressional District will
hold convention at Emroria on April %,
for the election of delegates to the Repub-
lican National Convention at Chicago.
1T is reported that the terminus of the
Central Branch Railroad will have its
eastern terminus at st. Joseph, NO., instead
OF in Atchison, as heretofore.
The Parse ms & Kansas Railroad is the
name of new company that recently filed
a charter with the Secretary of State for
the purpose of building a railroad from
Parsons to Altamunt, thence in a south.
westerly direction to junction with the
| 81. Louis & San Francisco Railway in the
Indian Territory. The estimated length OF
the road is one hundred miles. The OF
tawa, Topeka & Northern Railway Com.
organized in part by the Topeka Board OF
Trade, has also been duly Incorporated.
A NAN giving his name as Charles Bragg
went to the city Jail at Omaha, Neb., re-
Gently, and surrendered himself to the
Marshal, saying he was wanted by Rolf &
| Co., OF Leavenworth. Bragg's story is that
about two weeks ago he was sent out on
the Kansas Pacific Road to make collec.
tions. He secured nearly four hundred
dollars got on spree and gamblsd it all
away. Fearing arrest and prosecution, he
fled TO Omaha, and after hanging around
two or three days, without money or friends
concluded to give himself up. He was
committed TO Jail and the authorities al
Leavenworth notified.
| WYAYDoTTE, Kansas City, Kas., and
Armourdale have organized tho Union
Board of Trade. Application will be made
to the Secretary of State for a charter.
COLUMBUS had a small fire the other
morning, two houses opposite the Opera
/ House being consumed. Loss about g, 900;
partially insured.
some weeks ago Richard Schaffer, Of
! Shawnee County, killed some hogs, and
making sausage gave some to his neigh.
bors. A short time after Schaffer and
wife, Chas. Spillman and wife and two
little daughters were taken i'll, and one OF
the latter died. The cause was not known
until recently, when it was suspected to re.
suit from the use Of the pork. Physicians
in consultation pronounced the cause trich-
inae, well developed. Mrs. Spillman was
lying at the point OF death, the other four
! still i'll, and it was believed could not re.
/ cover.
! THE union OF Wyandot te, Kansas City
/ (kas), Armstrong and Arinourdale into one
municipality is again being agitated.
THE trial of John Krible, ut Wichita, for
the murder OF Ivan McAllister last De.
cember, resulted in a verdict of man.
slaughter in the third degree, the highest
punishment for which is three years in
the penitentiary. Krible and McAllister
had q quarrel at Derby, Sedgwick County,
which led TO the shooting of the latter.
! The s.. Louis, Baxter Springs & Mexico
Railroad Company filed its charter the
other day with the Secretary of State
Toe purpose Of the company is to construct
railroad, telegraph and telephone line
from ST. Louis to some point in Jasper
| County, Mo-, thence to Baxter Springs
Kan, and through the Indian Territory
and Texas into Mexico. The capital stock
of the company is placed at S26.OOO,OOO.
The ice has moved out of the Kaw.
The Masonic Grand Lodge met in Law
renee last week and elected the following
officers: George s. Greene, NJ. E. g. HIP:
Jacob Dewitt, Z. D. G.. II. p; A. NJ. Cal
lahan, E. King; w. u. Thompson, E
Scribe; John H. Brown, @. Secretary;
Christian Beck, q. Treasurer; J. j. Thomp-
son, q. Chaplain George w. Port, G. c. of
H.; Thomas Gardner, g. r. A. c.; James
Dyer, G. Marshall; z. d. Hillyer, g. Lee
turer; Fritz Majors, G. Sentinel.
JAMES MARTIN was recently drowned in
the Cottonwood, Ave miles from Emporia
He tried to ford the river. The horse swan
out, but he was carried under the ice.
Mrs. SARAH NELSON, a widow woman,
died at Salina the other day from an over
dose of laudnum.
A DELEGATE convention OF the Republi.
sans OF Kansas, has been called to meet at
Topeka, Tuesday, April -, at three O'Clock
o. m, TO select four delegates ut large. and
four alternates to the Chicago Republican
Convention. to nominate President and
Vice-President Of the United States
SAMUEL CLARK, q shoemaker, recently
fell through the railroad bridge at Law.
renee and was killed. A bottle of whisky
rolled out of his pocket as he fell.
ADJUrASr GENERAL MOONLIGHT has for.
warded the "Price Raid ClaimsD to Wash
lngton. The claims amount to 10000.
AT Arg entine, last week, an unknown
man had his right leg crushed by the cars.
A. E ToUzALN, OF the Santa Fe
has written another lengthy letter, this
lime appealingiy TO the people of the
State in which he sets forth the injury
which he claims the late decisieu of the
Commissioners have done his road.
IMMIGRATION into Kansas this spring L
expected to be immense. It Is thought that
Congress win throw open large amount
II land, at present tied up, which with the
Iact OF the depression of business In tbs
East, win cause many home seeker to head
shis-~ay.
IT is denied that the Santa Fe win 70.
move their shops from Topeka to Argen.
| line.
KSssAs loyalty observed Washington,