Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
KANSAS STATE NEWS

eemoef last represented to the BSafi oi
Railroad Commissioners that no r,as{ehos,
train was operated UPON the EeayefiWorth
Topeka & Southwestern Railfbad. Which
road was operated by the Atchis5f. Ttpeka
santa re Company: That the only faciL
tnes ana c0nveniences Afforded To the tray
cling public over said liue was A cosch n,
tached 10 q freight train, the movement o,
which was exceedingly slow, and that IN
consequence great delay and inconvenienct
was occasioned to those who were REQUIRED
70 travel over IL On temOnstrauces from
the Board, the Santa Fe Company eIaIned
that The expense Of running dailr r,assen-
ger train over the road mentioned would be
5000 a month"; an expense which the traf.
fic did not justify. The Board al frs,
Thought this plausible reason. but an con.
sulting an efficient railroad engineer found
that the expense had been greatly exaeger.
ated, and that Il would amount TO only
S5l7.5O. The Board, therefore, advised the
company to put daily passenger train on
the road.
HONORABLE II. c. SPEER, Superintend.
ent Public Instruction, approved the fol
lowing appointment Of County Institute
Conductors and instructors, the appoint
ments being made by various County Su-
perintendents: Ottawa Franklin County
Conductor, A. 5. DIN; Instructors. w
Wheeler and q. +. Holt. RUSSELL Russell
County-COnductor, A. Carroll: Instructor.
Z. II. French Ellsworth, Ellsworth County
Conductor, c. T. Ticket: Instructor. n,
COover. PaOla, Miami County-C Conductor,
II. A. Mclean; Instructor q. A. Bowie.
Marion, Marion Counsy-Conductor r. NJ,
Donaldson; Instructor, Miss Matte Spepcer,
Beloit, Mitchell County-Conductor p. j.
Williams; Instructors, J. w. whitecotton
and Charles Parmentef. Hutchinson. Reno
County-Conductor, e. w. Winans: In.
stuctors, +. +. Prigg and K. ii. Richardson.
Concoriia, Cloud County Conductor, NJ.
Chichester; Instructor, r. A. Sawhili Nc
Pherson, Mcpherson County-Conductor
T, ID. Fitzpatrick; Instructors, E. w. Hulse
and Miss Belle Larimer.
THE coroner's Jury rendered a verdict In
the case Of the mysterious killing OF YOUNG
Harry ROblyer, which occurred on the 5th,
near Emporfa- Green, the companion Of
the boy on the honey gathering expedition,
In the opinion OF the Jury, was the party who
killed the boy with an unknown instrument
with feionious intent Green stoutly affirm.
his innocence.
THE Warren Line OF steamers, which 4
one Of the greatest European cattle-carryinr
companies In the country, has received Z
letter from Governor Click, of Kansas, thai
the cattle disease In his State Is entirely
stamped out Shipments to Europe, which
have been very small lately, will now be re.
sumed with vigor.
THE Council Of Usage City by vote OF
five to three passed a resolution ordering the
withdrawal OF the complaint against the
Santa Fe Railroad Company.
WHAT was known as the old Parsons
mill at Parsons, was burned the other
night The mill cost $4,000, but has
been Idle for some time, and the actual loss
will be about $4,000; insured for $1,000.
WILLIE FRANKLIN, aged nine years, was
instantly killed at WyandOtte, the other
afternoon, by runaway team.
TOPEKA had five burglaries on the night
Of the Sd, all committed evidently by the
same gang.
PosT-OFFfCK changes in Kansas during
the week ended April 5, 1884: Established
Calvin, Crawford County, Daniel Meloy,
postmaster; New Murdoch, Kingrnan.
County, Thomas A. MustOe, postmaster.
CHARLES SPRIcK, a well-knOwn German,
OF LeayenwOrth, has been very uIi.
fortunate with his family in the past few
years, having lost his wife and entire
family Of several children in that time,
the last one a daughter, grown, dying
last week. He has the sympathy Of a
large number of people.
THE Bank of Saratoga, Pratt County. and
the Butler County Wooden Mill Company
hled articles of incorporation with the Seem
tary of State lately.
DR. A. n. HOLCoNBE, State Veterinary,
returned to Leavenworth the other evening
from NeOsho Falls, accompanied by Pro
feSSOr McEachran, PRESIDENT of the Mon
treal veterinary College and Veterinary
Surgeon TO the Dominion Government.
Professor McEachran had been sent to
Kansas to learn the nature Of the disease
affecting the cattle i'm COffey and other
counties, in that his Government might
have official information in the matter.
A DISPATCH from Fort Smith, Ark, says:
The investigation of the charges against ex-
Congressman Phillips, of Kansas, resulted
in complete eXonoration of Phillips. r
NJ. Wolf, Cherokee Delegate at W Washington
and ID. w. Lipe, late Treasurer of the Cher.
Okee Nation, testified that the So. 900 paid
by the Cherokee Nation to secure the $780,
600 appropriation was paid three men in
Washington. They would not give the
names but declared Phillips did not receive
any part of it. Attorneys for the plaintiff
in the suit of BoudinOt against Phillips have
announced their intention of withdrawing
from the case.
Mrs. ENKI.E, q. Christian woman, whose
husband Is Jew, embraced the Jewish re-
ligiVn at LeavenwOrth the other day. Mr..
Enkle'S family was entranged with him at
his marrying Christian womaI and it was
hoped that the conversion of his wife to her
husbands faith would lead to a reconciia-
tiOn.
TIE State Board of Railroad Assessors.
consisting of Lieutenant Governor ID. w.
Finney, Secretary of State James Smith,
State Treasurer S. Il. Howe, Attorney Gen.
erhl w. A. Johnston and Auditor of State Z.
p. McCabe have started out on the annual
tour to assess the railroad property within
the State.
SAMUEL MCGEE, a colored laborer work
ing for the Santa Fe Company on Conductor
TilfOrd's construction train, was brought to
Topeka the other day with sickening cash
cut i'm his head. lie could hardly talk, but
managed TO tell the reporter that SOME man,
whose name he did not know, had struck
him on the head with a spade.
AT Washington, on the 5th, Hon. Thomas
+. FenlOn, attorney for plaintiff In error, ap-
piled to the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States for an allowance
of writ of error and supersedeas in the
case of the State of Kansas against John
Foster, County Attorney of Saline County,
Kansas. The Chief Justice ordered the
writ to issue and approved the bond.
FRUIT crop reported all right.
THE complaints from Usage City, Newton
and Great Bend against the Santa Fe Rail
way Company seem to have lost their inter.
est entirely. When called for trial on the
rehearing before the Board of Commits
siOners there 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 10 come
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 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