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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
An Unfortunate Turk.

NEW YORK, April.
As Rustein Effendi, Turkish Secretary
of Legation, was entering his house on
Seventeenth street about one O'Clock this
morning three men who had evidently
been lying in wait for him seized him
from behind and one of them garroted
him and threw him down while the others
,obbed him of $50 and a valuable gold
watch which had been presented to him
by President Garfield as a memento of
some personal service a few months be-
fore he was shot. No clew to the robbers
1as yet been found.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

A LADY who had imported dress
from Paris. sent an anxious letter to the
Custom House authorities ut New York,
a few days ago She stated that she
paid duty on the dress when she re-
coived II, but that Il did not iit. and she
wanted to send Il back to Paris TO have
II altered. She wanted 10 know whether
she could get II back again without pay
ing the duty the second time Collector
Robertson said that tho law required
that The duty should be collected a sec
ond time. rs the garment was not In
actual use. aud could not therefore be
RENTED M personal effect" A
snort time ago gentleman imported q
fine bicycle from England aud paid the
duty thereon. lie used the vehicle In
thls country for several months. and
took u with him on a trip TO Cuba.
When he returned home with his bicycle
he was astonished to lind that the Gus
toms regulations required him TO again
pay an import duty upon IT, He was
told that the bicycle was luxury Of
foreign make and must pay duty every
time that II re-eutsTOd the country.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
Big MOruOns.

SALT LAKE, April TN the Mormon
Conference, the usual statistical reports
were made showing the growth of the
church End its increasing strength in Idaho,
Colorado and Arizona. President John
Taylor said he was ready to read the finan-
licly, as ii would furnish ammunition for
the enemies of the church, and material
which they would use to misrepresent.
Thereupon George Q Cannon moved to refer
the report to the Secret Auditing Commit
tee. Eighty-two missionaries were de,
tailed to-day to go to Great Britain, Scandi-
navia, the United States, Sandwich Islands,
and other countries.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

"A CURIOUS bathing establishment is
about TO he erected near the Sea Beach
Hotel ut Concy Island, New York. The
structure will be in the shape Of n
whale and about the size Of the Ele-
plant Hotel. The building will rest on
the sand the entrance being at the tail,
while the bathors will make their exit
10 the water through the mouth. A
restaurant will form a principal feature
OF tho interior, and steam-cngine for
urying suits will be so arranged that
the escape-steam shall seem like the
''spOut' Of q whale.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
Army Claims.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-Seven claims Cd
army officers for longevity pay were decided
by the Court Of Claims yesterday. All which
involved the question as to the authority Of
the executive to reinstate an officer after 70
signation or dismissal. The details of the
cases were different, but as to the general
import Of the question involved the court
decided the executive had not the authority
to reinstate an officer after his successor had
been nominated or confirmed. q decision Of
great Importance to the army, as by It q
number of officers, thus restored, have been
drawing pay while not legally in the ser
xfno
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

DECATUR, ILL.,, April 2.
What TO all appearance promises to
be q long strike was precipitated
here Saturday by ll6 miners leaving the
Decatur coal mine and taking their tools
with them. The trouble grows out Of the
company giving notice to reduce the price
of pay for mining from eighty 70 seventy
cents q ton, TO continue from April 5 to
September ]. The men are indignant,
and say the reduction Of ten cents if I'M
Just, IS the vein Is but four feet thick and
dinicnlt 70 work. Work has ceased - TIT
mine.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
A Triple KillInK.

OINJLNNAIIt u, ApEu %
Three Boys driving wagon across the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Road at
Spring Grove Cemetery crossing late Sat-
urday afternoon, were struck by the en-
CINE OF passenger train and instantly
killed, the bodies being horribly mangled.
All were sons of well-known citizens liv-
Ing at Winton Place. The eldest, four
teen years old, was the son of John U.
Moore, commission merchant West Sixth
street: the second, aged thirteen, the son
OF j. G. Hopple, former partner OF Moore
and the third, twelve years of age, was
the son of c. w. Mackellrest, tin and
sheet-iron works, Central avenue.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

A STATEMENT. prepared at the General
Land Office. shows the number Of acres
OF public lands patented TO the settlers
under the homestead laws for the six
months ended December 81. 1883, ex.
ceeded by 267.2 acres Of the number
OF acres patented the corresponding
period Of 1882. Receipts Of cash sales
for the same period exceeded those of
1882. 1.iSs.2i4
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
EgYDt.

CAIRO. April s.-General Graham reached
this city yesterday, and General Stephenson,
Commander-in-Chief, will review the troops
returned from Suakim. Major Hunter has
returned to Alden, having visited Berber.
Harrara and leila, points in the Senala
Territory south of the Gulf of Alden.
There has been some doubt as to the feel.
ing of the tribes inhabiting that section, but
Major Hunter reports them well disposed
towards the Egyptian Government, al.
though agitated over the condition of affairs
i'm Soudan. There will be no danger OF
trouble, he believes, so long as the British
gunboat is allowed to remain in the vicinity
There are also four French men of war in
The Gulf of Aden
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

OrTo MuLER, Of Woodhaven. Long
Island. who Is the defendant in breach
OF promise silt preferred by Caroline
Lion, gives n very unique excuse for
not performing his part Of the ccremo-
MES. Miller claims that Miss Lion is
only twenty-nine years old. whereas she
told him she was thirty-ninc. and being
a middlc-aged man, he did not want
10 marry one so yOunV.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
A Fidelity Fund.

CINCINNATI, o., April.
The Mayors Advisory Committee has
adopted plan to create by public subscrip-
ton fund to be known as National
Guard Fund, the principal to be placed
in the hands of the Fidelity Trust Com
pany of this city, the income to be paid
Mrs. Desmond, mother of Captain Des-
mond, killed in the riot Saturday night,
until her death, when it shall be used in
similar way for the encouragement of
fidelity to duty among members of the
National Guard. A large committee
was appointed to collect subscriptions.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
Want. a ControIllnr Interest.

CHICAGO, April 9.-It is said that negotia
tons are pending between Jay Gould and
General Palmer, of the Mexican National,
for the purchase of controlling interest, in
order to extend the southwestern system to
the City of Mexico. 1t is said that Gould
proposes by this move to forestall his rival,
the Texas & st. Louis, from securing foot
hold I'm Mexico. The latter road runs to
Gatcsvile, Tex, and IL has been an open
secret that an extension was contemplated
to Laredo, with view to securing entrance
into the City of Mexico over the Mexican
National. The Texas Il ST. Louis has run
ming arrangement into Chicago over the ILL
nOis Central. and the Gould system enters
Chicago by the Wabash
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

BRAIDwooD. ILL.,, April :.

The flooded mine is nearly pumped out
An entrance was effected yesterday after
noon and All the rooms visited. the work.
tpgs being considerable higher than the
bottom of the skaft. Il was found that
AL the men had escaped. 1t is thought
that the missing Italians escaped with the
rest In the excitement. we're overlooked
and are out on tear, being overjoyed al
their lucky escape. 1t was an exceeding
" close call for ell In the mine ct the tim
efthe accident.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
Canmack Zone Again.

DALLAS, TEX, April Z.
The authorities of this city are in receipt
of Information that Morgan Cammack,
Mexico, escaped from his captors between
Hermosillo, Mexico, and Benson, Ari-
IONA, while being returned to Dallas.
Efforts are being made to secure him
again and railroad officials and officers
express confidence of succeeding. De.
tails of the manner of his escape are lack
ing. Cammack's bondsmen will be held
to strict responsibility for the amount Of
the bond.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
win Reaore Their Library.

CINCiNNATi, ", April 4.
A most determined purpose is exhibited
by the Bar Association of this city
to restore quickly the lost library. There
was an insurance Of $40, 900 in four CON-
panies; but three had clause exempting
them from loss In case of riot. An as.
sessmeat Of 500 per member was Or
dered. This will produce nearly $50, 1000
Subscriptions were taken In addition
ranging from 500 to $1,000. A large
number of donations were also reported.
many lawyers giving from their private
libraries. 1t is thought the library viii
eoOn be restored rs far as possible, but
some volumes lost cannot be replaced.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

THE date for the National Wool
Growers Association at Chicago has
been changed from May Z 20 May 10,
in order that delegates may be present
and participate in the proceedings Of
the National Industrial Congress, which
will be held at Chicago May 81.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

A RELATIVE Of the Cuban, Maroon.
who fled from Boston last fall just as he
was To 10 married, says he was COM
PEELED to disappear by the Secret Revo-
lutionist Society, and also states that the
Screamer was really loaded with rrvolu-
tionists disguised as peaceful colonists.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

The fishing tugs sullivan and Bird
lifted seven thousand pounds Of white
fish the other day. near ST. Joseph.
Mich. Two other tugs lifted nearly
three thousand pounds, which makes
much the largest lift OF the season.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

The steamer Republic, of New York.
has been awarded $4,000 for towing
the Steiumann to port in a heavy storm
IN 1882. The Steinmann's owners would
pay but $500. The Steinmann was
wrecked of Sambro Island, N. S., on
the Sd Of April this year. Rather an
unlucky vessel.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

ACCORDING to Comptroller Grants
monthly report the total funded debt
OF New York. as represented In bonds
and stocks, on March 81. 1884. amounted
20 s92. 960.3i6.59. This was n decrease
for the month Of S2i6, 40l.s0, but m
Increase Of S4i4,29o7i since Dec. 81,
1874
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

AT riot near Canton on March "a.
three thousand Chinese declared against
the present dynasty. and demanded the
re-establishmcnt Of the Ming or pure
Chinese dynasty.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
"A Kansas Killing.

FUNCTION CITY, KAs., April Son Day
Creek, twelve miles from town, Monday
noon, Tim O'COnnor was shot and instantly
killed by Ernest Allen. In the morning
O'Connor and his brother Mike drove
In a wagon to Bluffs, in an unusual
road, and crossed ali acre piece of
grcn,d belonging TO School District No. 81.
They were warned by some parties not to
cross the school house ground, and when
they were determined to do so attempts to
get them out of the wagon for the purpose
of fight were made. Upon returning
home they found strands of wire
stretched along the line of the school house
acre to prevent them from reaching the
road. Five men, three Aliens and two
Breens, were waiting for them with shot
guns and revolvers. Mike OConnOr
cut the wire and two revolver shots
were fired at him without effect
Ernest Alien then fired at Jim, killing
him instantly. Another revolver was fired
without effect at Mike, who rushed with
an axe at BreeH and chopped his head 50
that his life was cs.,aired of. A shotgun
was then broken all 10 pieces over Mikes
head. O'Connors and Breens are old
settlers between whom here has been
feud of long standing The Aliens are
English and have been on the creek but
short time. All parties are in Jail.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

TIE Legislature Of New Mexico has
taken steps TO prevent animals afflicted
with contagious diseases from being
brought into tho Territory.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

PITTSBURGH, April IA Greenburg
Pa, special says: During dance at farm
house near Salem, drunken row occurred
in which one man was fatally and thres
seriously injured. The fight sprung up from
an old feud between the Mclaughlin and
Wagner families. Three brothers of each
family took a hand. Elmer Mclaughlin
truck George Wagner over the head with a
paling, splitting open his skull.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
A Brutal blow.

SHREvE, o., April City Marshal j. L.
Ninam arrested William Cowell, a harmless
old man, for drunkenness. Cowell was tn
q poor condition to walk as rapidly a.
Ninam thought he should, whereupon he
struck him upon the head with his billy
and crushed Cowell's skull. He Is still
alive, but cannot recover. The feeling of
the community was so intense that six
deputies were detailed to guard Ninam
until he was lodged in Jail at Wooster.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
CURRENT CommENr

A GERMAN makes n good living in
New York City keeping n flower hos
pital. where he takes in sick plants to
Curc
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

THREE large devlfsh. two Of them
measuring eight feet between the tips
OF the tcniacles. were taken ut Ana
oorles. w. ~. recently by some Indians.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

There is now forty feet Of water In the
'ettibone shaft, Lackawanna County, Pa
{ win Be weeks before work can b
esumed,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

Recently, while burning brush on farm
near Saginaw City. Mich, August Sterlow,
aged twenty-five, fell ON burning brush
hap IN . a., and was literally cooked,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

Another Substantial Grvs<Sng From Kan.
sas to the Ohio Flood Sufferers Butl \
County Sends q Train Of Twsntv-Fous
Cars Loaded With Corn and Flour.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

slOnerS tnere were none OF the cOmplainants
present except Mr.. Gray, the Mayor OF
Usage City, and kilograms were received
from the other places stating that II would
be impossible for them TO come.
DIFFERENTIATION boy Of Mr.. Marti-
Ing, living seven miles from Topeka, was acct
dentally shot and killed while out hunting.
His parents were absent from home at the
time, and upon their return made the hor-
rible discovery.
JUDGE ID. J. BREWER, Associate Justice
Of the Supreme Court, has sent his resigna
ton TO the Governor.
CAPTAIN WILL HIGGINs, of Topeka. who
has been appointed Sergeant-at-Arms for
the National Republican Convention. SAYS
that he will leave for Chicago about the
10th OF May TO get everything In readiness
GOVERNOR CLICK appointed Samuel T.
Gilbert of Winfield, COwley County, a trus
tee on the Board of State Charities, TO
supersede A T. Sharpe, whose term expired
on the first Of this month.
JUDGE PRESCOTT appointed Joseph Mar
as County Attorney, TO succeed John Foster
recently evicted by the State Supreme Court
for failing to perform his duty under the
prohibitory law.
Two FINE horses were recently stolen
from H. H. Sawyer, Of Wyandotte.
s. w. CAMPBELL. President of the Reno
County State Bank, was elected Mayor al
Hutchinson on the It'll; L. A. Bigger. L. B.
Young, j. NJ MILKY. z Wilcox. Wilson
McCandliss, Councilmen, and G. ID. Barclay
Police Judge, by over two hundred majority.
TUE Railroad Commissioners issued de-
eision on the 5th In which they order that
tho Southern Kansas Railway Comnauv
build sidetrack and switch for the benefit
Of farmers at certain DESIGNATED point In
Vernon Township, Cowley County. The
complaint also asked for depot which the
Board deemed inadvisable at this time
GOVERNOR CLICK reappointed Hon.
George r Peck, Of Topeka, and Captain
white Of Wichita, Regents Of the Stats
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Wholesale Grocer Main st., Wheeling, W, Va
Ulcerations Of Roct,im, Irolapsul and Piles
"WN given up 70 die and pronounced incunble.
d.. Bmlth cured me Without knife" t77,-' = y
l1iriFgl WARRINGTON DBLANY,
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The Il q a.LY FLY.


Its Genesis a pIosouLd UnfathomnhIe
Fs wv q Ms a,ery. Is. q
n. \. Nail aud E,pna. H
If tho origin Of all things is mystery,
the genesis Of the early fly is a still greater
one. Nor is this statement antagoniEsd by
an ancient and we|l.worn notion that the
whole is greater than any Of it's par,s-or,
hit lie, then 60 much the worse for the old
axiom. It is easy enough to see how the
origin Of existence in general should be
a mystery. Existence in general Is come
thing large and vogue, and it is NOT spe.
cially Notifying to confess ones ignorance
in regard to the origin Of some .tremen.
dous generality. rs But the hy-the
carly ny in particulars not general, nor
vogue. nor large. He is pariicular-in hie
attentions, II Botin his diet-and Very def.
mite, and small. 1t is therefore the moro
wonde iul that he should spring into exis
/ tence out OF apparent nothingnees. Bui
that Is what he does. Nobody knowi
whence no comes, but on the fist really
warm day he Is here and ready for bust
nese. lt ucVeE ubo any PeAlCu u Aclp
leRs infancy, either. he begins full grown
and aelf.reliant. Ho clinaB, to be sure, bu
it is not for support. We never yet heard
Of a fly who was not fully able to supper
himstlf. And yet he soon becomes inaup
portable. a.:s5 55s5.F
But to return to his origin. It is tht
general belief Of children that he grows on
window panes, and we do not know tina
any better theory has been devised. Z Tha
is where he makes his arst appearance, a
any rate. A manufacturer Of window
yla, who should patent process 10
uaking panes that would not produce o
nou,i,h lies would make fortuue out O
lit, We do not believe, however, that sucl
a procees is possible. Ii s.ems to be al
inherent and essential property Of windos
panes to produce flies. 1t certainly ia al
Inherent and essential proper, y Of fl es t
produce or sgsravste pains, And ye,
strictly spes king, flies have no propert
OF their own. h They live altogether O
other peoples property, Perhaps tha
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-25

Are you disturbed at night and broken Of
your rest by SICK child suffering and crying
with pain Of cutting testh7 II 30, send Ut
once and get bottle Of Mrs. Windows
Soothing Syrup for Children Teething. 1u
value Is incaloulsble. 1t will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately. Depend
upon 1t, mothers, there Is no miatake about
1t. 1t cures dysentery and d.arrhoea, reg.
ulates ths stomach and bowels, cures wind
colo, softens the gums, reduces infamma.
ton, and gives tone and energy 10 the whole
systsm. Mrs. Winslows Boolhins syrup for
Children 1esthing Ia pleasant 10 tho taste,
and Is the prescription Of one Of the oldest
and best female nurses and physicians in tbs
ssss sna a1d 0r p sis x AL druggists
tie. Gf,E,- #. = -. NNs&w
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Jrel lsRrrts (Uncie Hemna).

atlanta Correspondence cincinnati 7imts.Sar.
He was born in Ea,on,on, Putnam coun
ty, Ga, about thirty.sx years ago, and s
eort OF after glow from these red, red hills
OF Georgia isll upon him and fixed hi
complexion forever. That is, 10 i is san.
dy-red beyond disguise or mitigation
and freckled-and email. He has good
gray eye, and quick bearing, which lat
ter feature may BE- the result Of modes,y
indiGerti co or the subdued misery Of
dyspepsis, I hardly know which.
He began journalistic work in Savannah
fourteen years ago, came to Atlanta and
took work upon the Constitution in 1876
soon achieved reputation as funny ma0,
forced bis way to the literary Round Table
with uncle Rsmus HIS Songs and Say.
ings," and now has another book, "Mipgo
and 0 her Sketches" in the hands OF Os.
good 4 Co., and soon to be out.
1t is great mistake, l think, to regard
Harrie IS funny man, merely. "Teague
Poleet," sketch that ran through couple
Of numbers Of Tile Century about year
ago. is better measure Ut hArris' capacity.
1t exhibits raro strength, penetration and
feeling, and indicates, perhaps, the direc.
ton in which Nh. Harris' genius will here.
after travel. II would not % surprising to
me If this New South should, among its
many other lines Of development, rear q
new school OF literature, q prophecy OF
which may be seen in Cable and Harris.
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HH Es
MEpIoAls
HNsty 1ork.

.f. .HHf II- e. Il. u. N, $500 - - = ~
This n to certify that ar, well acquainted With
4 man fiity years Of age, for many years 4 resi-.
dent Of this city, who has been ut times extremely
ILL., but could not tell from what cause, unless Il
was worms. He told his attending physician hts
suspicious, but the physician at once nd,eulsd
the Idea, and refused 10 attend him any longer.
His son then mentioned Dr.. c. McLane's Yer.
mifuge, and asked him II he would take It, his
reply was-i must take something to get relief.
They at once procured a bottle Of D.. O.
1eLahts Ttrmtlng,, and he took e one dose. Ths
trorms, cut up In every form. lie got we'll I'M.
mediately, and 10 now enjoying exec lent health
and, like the good Samaritan Of old, Is sndeavor:
Ing 10 relieve unfortunate eghbors. lie makes
II his busne. TO hunt up and select ail cases STINT.
lar to his own, that may he gwen over by regular
physicians, and induces them to try Dr.. c. Nc.
Lanes vermifugc. So far no has induced more
than twenty person. TO take tho Heunifuge, and
In every case with the most happy results. lie
isweii satisfied that DR.. c. MeI.anes vermifuge,
prepared by Fleming BROS, Of Pittsburgh, I. NJ
more generally known would not fail to save
many valuable lives. For further particulars
inquire Of Mrs, llaEd!e, ii4S caunsn street, New
York City. @ r