Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

CHARLES X GAY, was arrested at Ieaven-
worth recently, charged with bigamy and
adultery. Gay was married TO Miss Annie
Williams, of Ross Station, about one year
ago. Developments show, however, that he
was already married. Gay is about thirty
years old. Miss Williams is the daughter
of a wealthy farmer.
PRIVATE FELIX O'RoURKE, Company I.
Twentieth Infantry, was run over BY Kan
Sas Central train, near LcavenwOrth, one
night recently, and almost instantly killed
the train cutting of his right leg and hand
At the wrist. He was intoxicated and went
to sleep on the track.
SOME days ago w. +. Chapman. of New.
ton, filed complaint with the State Board
Of Commissioners against the Santa Fe
road, in which he sets forth that he had
been charged an exorbitant freight rate Oh
a shipment of goods from Kansas City &c
Newton, paying S1.l3Iz per hundred pounds,
while the rate OH first class goods is only
seventy-five cents. but 1t seems that he
shipped at Ownre's risk, therefore the Board
finds that the charge was made on the regu-
lar tariff rate on classification made upor
lawful basis, and there was no Overcharge.
julius HERMAN, a former resident OF
LeavenwOrth. who swindled and robbed
victims from LeavenwOrth to Colorado.
down to Texas, with drafts or bonds thai
were no good, has turned up i'm Hampstead.
Tex, where he received fifty dollars on o
draft drawn on l.. Kiper * Sons. He had
secured about 200 in that manner since
Christmas.
a BRAKEMAN named Holiday at Topeka
collected two dollar fares from two young
men going to Wellington recently. He ex.
pected to steal some checks and thus pass
hr,Nh
and he was bounced off the train then and
there. II was his first trip.
GEORGE BALL, a we'll known nurseryman
of Atchison County, fell from a load of lum-
Der near his farm the other evening. The
wheel of the wagon passed over his chest
and killed him instantly. Deceased was an
Englishman by birth, and has been a resi-
dent of the county about twenty-five years.
and was about fifty years old. He leaves a
wife and eight children.
THE suit of Mrs. r w. Willis, com
menced in the Sedgwick County District
Court, against the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe, has been compromised, the com.
pany giving her a liberal compensation.
Her husband was in the employ of the com.
pany and was killed by the cars on the
Caldwell branch last fall.
A LULL i'm State politics.
THE death of General Langdon c. Eastop
recalls considerable of the early history of
Kansas, he having served i'm that district
for twenty years before il was admitted
into the Union and having located some
of the most important posts within its Dor.
ders.
THE Saline County Fair Association has
fixed upon September Esd, cath, 25th and
26th as the dates for holding the county fair
at Salina.
HENRY KING, who has lately been doing
special editorial work on the St Louis
GIObc-DCInOcnot will again take ND his
residence in Topeka, not, however, severing
his connection with that paper,
CONGRESSMAN PETERS secured the allow
ance of pension for Louis Boyer of Nc
Pherson County.
JUDGE PERKINS secured a pension for
John ID. Jones, Of 0Swego, an increase of
pensions for Norman Ives, of Elk City. and
n. w. Hale, of Independence.
A HEAVY wind-stOm visited Opolis re-
Gently, a small village on the Girard Branch
of the Frisco Road, and considerable dam
age was done. Many houses were blown
down, but no one was hurt The streams
were very much swollen
The rainstOrm in Southeastern Kansas re-
Gently was exceptionally heavy. Creeks
and rivers were overlooked, the Frisco
Railroad track washed out in many places
and much other damage was done
PRoHIBTTIoSIsTs had grand mass meet
ing At Topeka on the Sd
GENERAL AUeUR has left Fort Leaven-
worth for Washington, where he has been
ordered rs member Of the Swain Court of
Inquiry, Of which General John Pope is
President
IL the United States District Court AZ To-
peka Judge Foster sentenced William
Gtvens to one year In the penitentiary for
detrauding the mails, and John Henry for
counterteiting was sentenced to two wears.
A DISEASE has broken out among the
cows In the south part Of LeayeuWorth
which has cansed the death of six valuable
animals In the past few days
JOSEPH DILLON has been appointed JUS
ice Of the Peace for Finney County. 1t being
township Of Ford County.