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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-11-06
Death Foretold by a Dream.
IFayettevine l.\rkl Lettor1

lfayetteVlle (4Ark.) Letter
Those who believe I'll at dreams often
foretell death aud other calamities. have
here a circumstance tn ut will strengthen
their belief, and those W 10 are skeptical
on that subject will fn1 something unex-
plainable and mysterious, something that
can not consistently be att ributed to a
mere accident Mrs. Ka therine Kessler,
the wife of Philip Kess 'er, a German citi-
zen living four miles fr ON Fayetteville, on
the night of the 1st OF the present month,
dreamed that her aged father, named Ma q.
thes Nerk, who resided at New Castle, Ia,
had died, that she had been with him in
his last sickness, was pres MT when he ex-
pired aud had seen the ssanHp of death
upon his features. Whtn she awoke she
felt greatly troubled, a nd the more she
thought about the matte r the stronger the
impression grew on her mind that the
vivid scenes in her drea N had foretold the
death of her parent Tie time passed on.
and she received no new until last Nom
day evening; she told her husband that he
must conr- to town; th.lt she knew they
would get letter. He cameAwalked in
through the rain-and whCu he called al
the post-ofiice he receiv 9d two letters from
his wife's brother, Will nm Neyk, of New
Castle. The first that he opened stated
that their father had just saken suddenly
and dangerously i'll, anil a iso stated that
the night before the old ma had dreamed
that he had seen his dug 'iter; Mrs. Kes-
sler, weeping. The othDr letter. written
day or two afterwar 4, ann0unced his
death. Kessler is a truthful and worthy
citizen, and accidentally rel ate6 the above
singular circumstances when questioned
as to what brought him to town through
the rain last Monday evening"
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A STRANGE SUPERSTITION.
An Inhabitant OF Connections Who Be-
neves That Stones Have Souls.
iCof. n. Y. Tines.l


Over near Middletown, writes New
Haven correspondent is a farmer named
E lgar @. Stokes. a gentleman who is said
to have graduated with honor in New
England college moro than a quarter of a
century ago. He enjoys, perhaps, the
most notable bit of superstition to be
found anywhere in this country, in or out
of Connecticut He owns a farm on which
he lives, and it is valuable; not quite so
valuable, though, as it once was, for Mr..
Stokes eccentric disposition has some-
what lchanged the usual tactics that
farmers pursue when they own fertile
acres. The average man clears his soil OF
stones; Mr.. Stokes has been piling rocks
all over his laad. Little by little the
weakness. or philosophy, has grown
upon him; and not only from ever
part of Middlesex C,unty, Int from
every part Of this State he has been ac-
cumulating wagon loads of pebbles and
rocks he -5esks Tor no peculiar stone,
either in shape, color and quality. II
they are stones that is suffi ficient. And
his theory Is that stones have souls
souls, too, that are not so sordid and
earthly as the souls that animate humau-
ity. They are souls purif I'd and exalted.
In the rocks are the spirits of the greatest
men who have lived in the past ages, de-
veloped by some div nifty until they have
become worthy of their new abode Napo-
leon Bonaparte's soul inhabits a stone, so
does Hannibal's, so does Casar's, but
poor plebeian John Smith and William
jenkins, they never attained such immor-
tality. Farmer s okes has dumped his
rocks with more or less reverence all
along his fields, aud this by ons name and
that by another he knows and halls
them all A choic, galaxy OF thu
distinguished lights of the old days ars in
his possession, and just between the burly
bits of granite at the very threshold of
his home is a smooth faced crystal from
the Rocky Mountains This stone has no
soul yet. The rough, jagged r OK on its
left Is George Washington. The granite
spar on the right is glorified with the
spirit OF Good Q1een Boss. The smooth :
faced crystal one of these days is to know
the bliss of swallowing up the spirit of
good Farm.r Edgar Carton Stokes. 1t
was not until recently that mystified
neighbors obtained thu secret of the vast
accumulation of rough stones on the
Stokes farm Mr.. Stokt has a family.
They all seem to be intelligent, practical
business people. There may he Will
contested in Mddletown one of these
days.
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FORESTS POKER STORIES.
Winning Sal 900 on One Hand - Fi.teer
Hundred Dollars From &7.20.
Nashville Americana

Twas 'tting in room in the Maxwell
House with General N. b Forr est several
years before his death.
General Forrest" l asked, cit has
often be IN sld that previo1s to thu war
YOU were a terror at the poker table.
H w much did you ever win on one
haad?"
He repl ed; 81 have played few heavy
games a1f many a Ii hit one. In New
Orlea IS OF one hand won $i7 000"
"And what did you hollr"
''Three ngs and two min ,s."
have always regretted I didn't ask
him what his opponent held, bus did
not. He tod the following story, his
eyes filing with taars 4 uring its recital:
"When my wife AMI went to Memphis
after the close of no stilities we had 81 90,
not a cent more or less. We spent one
entire after noon ransacking an old poft<
folio hoping to find some oil unc llected
account. or L o. o. which I might real
izA There wasn't thing. I said to my
wife: 'Rhoda, you have always been
again me and p kr; l never played
game since first knew you that your abb
sent face was not hauating rebuke over
one shoulder. Now, 1 have been invited
to Sneed's TO a dinner to- night, and 1
know there'.l be cards. II you'll give me
your blessing this once, my dear, 1 feel
mighty sure can come home a richer
man,
'Said she: Forrest, we've got along
without that. so far as l have known.
and the Lords help, we'll still go on
without it,
eyes said I, but the Lord has BEEN
slow of late, and seems to be gittinf
slower; what dye say to this one time?
Sac never conse nted, but she didn't OPP
pose it very strong. and 1 promised
wcul Int go over the S7.2l. It was just as
/ expected. Four tab es wers run1ing at
Sneed's. and l won en- pugh at fifty cents
ante to go IN at a higher table later on.
Well, sir, as 1 won--lnd 1 won right fr ,m
the first-I just dropped the money into
my hat on the foor, and when we broke
up at daylight I put my hat on with the
money in it, without counting it over, and
went home AS I cam, near to my house
caught q 81 mpse from the outside OF
my wife's white figure waiting right
where she had waited all night, pale and
anxious, and when went Ia just took
of my hat and emp'ied 81, SD in her lap
felt sorry for hsr for she couldn't bless
that nights doings; but, sir''-''it was
q great relief to ma"
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A Huge Mu.l.nllonra.
IN. Y. Tin es-l

A crowd gathered ye sterda5 afternoon
in front of the window OF one Of the SPORT
ing goods establishments on Broadway tc
inspect a huge muska llonge,. which was
fastened to a still larg az piece of birch
bark. The fish is a be Iutiful specimen.
covered with dark brown freckles, and
weighs thirty-ive pounds. Its lens sth
''over ali" is fifty one il ches aud the cir
cumference of its head twenty two inches.
Two New York gentlemen, Messrs. VIII
son and Suss, caught the tish during a SO.
1ourn at the Thousand Islands, near Clay
ton. They worked for ore hour and half
before they landed their prize, and even
then we're obliged to shoot him, breaking
the backbone, before they coald get him
into shallow water. In the saute place. ON
the same day, Mr.. Wilson caught a one
pound muskallonge, and inside OF twenty
minutes caught q twenty-
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a FAMOUS DUEL.
How n United states senator aud n Com
gress man shot Each Others Clothes
on.
[ss. Louis Rennhlican1

on
Ist. Louis Republican,
"An event which excitei National ina
terest was Senator Gwin's duel with Cons
gresham joe McCorkl,. McCorkle rep-
resen'el a California Distr c., and fell
eply in love at Washin Zton with q
Tennessee girl, but II she had any aFec.
ton for him It was alienated by Mrs.
Gwin. who was a beautiful aud accom<
lished woman, and a superb diplomatic.
McCorkle's animosity,was aroused ayains st
Gwil in conseq ience, and the fee ing be-
tween the two California repres snta tives
was SO Intense that the Washington
papers at the time published a great deal
about the affair. There was then only
ono ship a moath to the Pacific slope,
and Gwiu and McCorkle, although so hos.
tile. went out home together. On board
tn ir relaipns were verv stiR aud stilted.
"When the ship touched at Santiago I
went aboGrd and accompanied them to
San Francisco. Il was friend of both
men, aud endeavored to bring about
reconciliation between them, but as soon
as we landed at San Francisco McCorkle
challenged Gwin to duel, and Gwin ac-
cepted.
called on Gwin the day a'tsr the
challenge, and he, having heard that I
had agreed 10 second McCorkle, ex-
claimed: MY Col Major, are you, my
old ;rien1, going to turn against meP 1
assured him that would take no part In
the affair. The Sheriff. however, inter
fered and Irevented the duel at San
Francisco Finding they could not meet
for the purpose there they decided to go
to Monterey and have thu duel at place
about fl teen miles out from the town.
"All the preliminaries being arranged
for a week prior to the time of the encoun-
ter, each of the princ;pa practicsd as
siduously with the riff and there wers a
number of spectators of the practice
shooting. Each man, too, had his friends
among the witnesses Of the others prac.
'c,. and thus got ideas of his opponents
skill Their shooting in these rehearsals
was magnificsnt, and everyone thought
that one or both of them woul1 surely fall
in the actual encounter.
'On the appointed day Gwin and Nc
Corkle, accompanied by their seem Is aud
trends, repaired to the elecsed spot, and
the drea1ed du i was fought They were
fifty or sixty yarls apart, AMI blazed
away with r flss. They tore each others
clothes, but after firing seven shots had
drawn no blood. This did not satisfy
them, and they called for more anmuni-
tion. Tlen a discovery was male. The
ammu nit on hal been exhausted aud they
W re fifteen miles from Mont rev, and
about one THOUSAND miles from any where
else. 1t was plain that the duel was over
for that day. In great dis gust, hut still
as venonous as ever the parties departed
for San Francisco. The differences be-
tween: :McCorkle and Gwin were aTte-warl
a1jus ed. Tls bloodlsss duel bee ,me his
torical, and one Of the most famous in
dueling annals.
''Gwin soon left California. and / never
saw him afterw IT l.''
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INTO ETERNITY.
A Wagon Load CT Dynamite Explodes
with RsrribIe Eject.
IPetersboro tont) speclall

LEttchEOOfU AOntl SltCidLl
A wagon-load OF dynamite that was
boing conveyed to the works on Burleigh
Canal exploded about a mile from the VIII
lage- Just previous to the accident
Thomas Nolan met the two men on q
wagon near the top Of hill. In going
down the hill the horses broke into a slight
tPot They reached the bottom of the hill
In safety, but when they had come TO a
marshy spot abou. one hundred yards
from where Mr.. Nolan met them a sound
like a volley of a score Of thunder claps
rent the heavens, and the two men and
their team had literally disappeared. The
force of the terrific eoncussion made an
excavation in the road and the surround
ing swamp fully One hundred and fifty
feet wide and at places not less than ten
feet deep. Not n fragment Of the wagon
excepting the tongue was to be seen, but
the horses were hurled fifty feet and torn
and mangled beyond description. The
shoes were torn from their hoofs
. by the violence of the explosion.
A short search In the bushes brought to
sight ghas1y proofs of the terrible fate of
the men. although ia fragments so small
that some difficulty was expert snced in
finding them. In one place, more than
one hundred yards from the spo', the REM
nants of a hand was picked up. Other
terrible evidences Of the horrible death of
the men were found, but so small in size
that they gave no clew as to who the men
were. The men are said to have been
named Morton ami SImons, and to have
lived in Tweed, hom whence they were
conveying the dy lamite to Burleigh Falls.
The wagon contained twenty cases of the
explosive, each OF which is believed to
have contained one hundred pounds.
Large crowds fro. q Lakefield and the more
immediate vicinity soon gathered around
the scene of the explosion. The explosion
was plainly heard for distance of FIVE
miles, and was described by those who
heard it as IL an earthquake had taken
place. In the hnmtEliats vicinity windows
were shattered, and the gable end of an
adjacent barn blown in by the concussion,
while n thrasher on heighboring farm
was lifted from the ground.
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a NOVELTY.
A Doctor Uses a Galvanic Battery to Cure
BalkY Horse.
TNf0dasta rCaI


IModesta (Cal.) News1
DR.. Mclean purchased large bay mare
to match his bay animal, and Or oposed to
drive her in a double team to his bu ygy.
He hitched them up together and started
them up. His o'd horse start d. but the
other did not She appeared to be hitched
wrong end to, for sha wanted to go stern
first. The doctor tired moral suas. on,
trengihened by a whip he had. The mate
dragged her, but it was no use; he could
not get her 80 go the right way, so he
conce we'd the idea of trying an electric
charge. He hitched her with a strong
mate to n heavy dray, and attaching a
battery he arranged two wires, one
leading to her head and thu other
ending under her tail. Then they
started, or, rathor, did not start. She
began to balk AMI lack. Toe doctor
opened out the charge from his ,ttery
and that mare had a peculiar sensation
under her tail. She couldn'5 kick for her
tail was tie d)wn. Shs locke back and
there stood the doctor smiling, but not
saying a word. She looked at her mate,
who was quietly blinking his eyes an
switching the flies off. utterly obi vious
The electricity still kept her tail end
Interested. Taking in the mysterious
situation it was too much for her. She
lay down and bawled. She screamed
with fright and CONSERVATION. The doc :
tor then put on another char se heavier,
which helped her like fash, and off she
went like the wind. When she would go
too fast he would give her charge in
front. When she would back he woa'd
startle her with a charge around the root
of her tail 1t completely cured her.
She does not lelieve In electr city, and
has, in Consequence q hit baking.
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A oAMBLERrS TRICK.
Starting His Game on a state Line and
DOdgiDg the Officers of Two states.
lElmira N. Y) Special1

GElmra u. " Special
The sharpest gambler east of the AJle-
ghenies has been discovered near Knapp's
Creek in this State He has built his
house exactly on the State line and when
the New York officials made descent on
him:Tuesday evening he just moved his
tables, chips and players into the other
end of the room aud Iclaimed to be in
Pennsylvania. The hocse was found to
be exactly on the line, but, as it had an
entrance frcm the Pennsylvania as well
as the New York side, an arrangement
was made with the Pennsylvania
authorities, and Wednesday night
rush was made by both parties
and Mex sough was captured. He
W as caught in the north end of his house.
so he was fined so by the New York
Justice. When he went back to his place
at night he boarded up the Pennsylvania
side of the houss and has placed the
officers in a quandary. The tables are on
the Pennsylvania side. and the New York
officers can not touch him. II the
Pennsylvania officers come they must en-.
ter from the New York side to make an
rrest and they must have a requsitiou
to do this, as to take him out they must
take him into New York State Thev
haven't found out just how they are
going to catch him yet. but are trying
to devise a plan. Meantime he is ne
doubt fixing up scheme 10 circumvent
them
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A Dog as a Hftching.post.
[Gofded Daysl

In Hyde Park, near Boston, one day re.
Gently. a gentleman, who was out riding
on horss back, dismounted in Everett
Square, and, finding no hitching ~posi
handy. he fastened the reIns to the lIal
OF his big black dog. Having patted tht
dog on the head, and having said: Nov
be a good doggie," the horssman entered
the house. Everything worked well until
a small boy came along, and sang out:
rs ook 'em, Jackr
The dog made a sudden movement, and
the horse tsrked up hfs head, whereupor
the dog went floating through the air like
the pend nlum of clock. just then che
owner of the horse ran out to the resc1e,
end It was well he d d so run, for in q l.
other minute the ''hitching-post" wouls
have been as lifeless as though it had beer
made of iron
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AN EDITORIAL GUN.
Wonderful Exploits OF n Texas Editor-A
Gun That Is n Gun.

Wonderful Exploits OF Texas Editor-A
Gun That is n Gun.
Tyler Texas Courier1
S:errett, the red heade superintendent
OF the Dali IS TINS has bought or bor-
rowed n hreeca- loading shot-g1n that
shoo's six tlm $. IL is a half- sister 20
the Winchester rife. The noise mads by
this gun when feeding il W tn cartrid ges
Is similar to that of an al gator chewing
on razor back" a diiapidated hand.
car on the Waxahach Tap or frien I
Sterrett's bazoo IN a club meeting. Last
week Sterre and this gun found their
way to Henderson Cou ity en- a clmp
hunt They wtrs givon a large bay mu e
and one sur to hunt wi h. Ster-
rett aud the gun deserve much
credit fer the way in whisu
they engine rsd the mu,e through the
woods W tn one spur. Sterrett had the
spur on his RI ht foot. and the in.
juriei On the left leg are m rk-
ably few, considering that the
muls went kiud of 'cat wAm-
posed" Sterrett and the gun were put
on q stand out of gunsbot OF any one
else As the dogs and deor approached
Sterrett began to m inipalats his gun.
The railroad was only some two m les
distant, and the people in the neighbor-
hood thought that an eng ne had jump ID
the track and right q wa and was out in
the woods. Soon six ex. .,los ons were
heard. Sterr,tt had sho All the
hounds escaped to camp and S erritt had
only wounded ona Sterritt's fine pair of
hounds were both unhurt. The one that
was hurt didn't know Sterrett aud a D..
preached too near. About K hours az.
terward Sterrstt and the g11 came into
camp. Their excuse for being so late
was that Sterrt5 ha To th1nge the 81 W
from one foot 60 ths other in ord to keep
his COURSE s errett has been hunting
heretofore with a horse-pist l aud a qua
Is Gb,ut to get the best OF him. The party
stayed ON the hunt for several days, but
they coIld not inhu nee the hounds TO go
into the woods with Sserret. aad the gun.
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A King Pursued by His Creditors.

The eccentric monarch of Bavaria. King
Ludwig, is at present being duuued like
any other unfortunate person unable to
pay his creditors. The poteutate has a
penchant for building castles and love
Of opera, and between the two he has
spent Inn mense sums of money. Thou III
ne Is fond OF erecting castles. he has nc
queen to grace them; and. although pas
sionately enamoured of opera, is bater
OF women So intense are his feelings
toward the opposits sex that on the occa-
sion OF his visit to Princs HohenloIe, in
Paris, the Prince IS had to be sent away
90 that be might not be annoyed with her
preaenca.D
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ToB.A6HOr
ANNOUNCEMENT Il

Messrs. Ramsey & Sheldon have
formed partnership and propose to
lead the former record of this house in
low prices. Mr.. Ramsey has Just re-
turned from the east, where he has
bought an immense stock of groceries,
which they are dow receiving; and now
Mr.. Sheldon has gone to Chicago TO
complete their purchases in dry goods,
which, when in, will be the largest
stock ever i1f the city, and the beauty
of it is they are all bought for spot cash
and at bedrock prices, and they pro-
pose to sell thcHs the same Calf &hd
you will find no city in the wesS can
compare prices with them.
Main street, Medicine Lodge.
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hi. cont,nuous resiaence upon, ami uuafsaticr
NJ. Strong, r. Brown. c. strs.n. John spsr&L
ali OF Mcditsne Lodge. kans-
IeS W. x. BaOwNLEE, Registers
Land Once at L,rned. Knns. Oct g. as
Notice Is herchy given that the folhwfag-
named settler has nsed notice OF kis teafinrS
"a mahe Enal t-faQt IN support OF HIS claim. aEt
thMt ssiu proof viii be Ltic before the tlldg6
or in his s2sesicc the clerk ot ttstict uoiirf. "a
Medicipe Lodge. Kniis on January >, 1885, w:
Amanda A. brickell. . DS. M Ti65, for the s~e
section 81, twp. ~. feayc al.
lie names the f3icwing witnesses 10 pruve
his contihuous residence upon, and cultivatiow
of, said land, viz:
G. 3. Streeter, John Rogers Oscar Lindieys
L. L. Lindley, of KioYa. Kans.
23-2S W Il DRowNbEE Eeuisf,Aff
Land Office at Lsrned, Kans.. Oct 2S. 'S5
Notice Ia hereby girF.n that the 10 towing<
named settler has filed nt't;ce of his intention
to make andl proof IN support of his claim. and
that said proof will bc made before Albert IL
Noble: notary public, at his Office in the city of
MeqfcfGe Lodge, Klaus, Dec. 81. 1885. Via: Johu
4, Gobeiiies q D s, No. SiIl, for tsis lots and {
sectional, twp 81 $ IF rlissge II vest
He names the fo lowing Witnesses to prove
MS continuoca rSsidence 6poi-, ana cultivation
of. said land, viz.
John Sparks, Isaih Al Twemhy, Henry W,
Pepperd, james Pepperd, of Medicisfe Ludgcy
Blrber county, Kans.
1928 w. r. BRowNLEE, Register,
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PosrAL

PoStoiiicc NJ Medicine Lodge open from : 4 "
70 y FN. Sundays one hour oH arrival of mail.
tioney order office. w. 70. NASSLYKE, PM.
EAMA VANSLYKE, ASSISTANT
The Mails:
From Attica and all Eastern points, arrives
daily nt pm; leaves daily ats An.
FROM sun city, Lake CITY. soldier Creek, Red
eek HutChiusu1l. kinrman. Bross, kiowa.
l. ~, arrives Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
d ysat5PN. Departs Tuesdays, Thursday and
saturdays ntS a ".
frpm luka, Elm Mills and Saratoga arrives ON
tuesdays UNI Fridays Rt 3 " and departs on
Wednesdays an1 SATURDAYS az SAN.
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CHURCHES

METHODIST EPISCOPAI.-Serviccs every
4Nl SUNDAY M i0;.D "a. M. aud 10 y. m. sun 81
day school every sunday M 1870 y. I'M. Prayer
meeting every Thursday evening M 7:;0
strangers invited. W. ~. GILLIAN, Pastor.
DRESBYTEitTAN.-Sc on sccmd anil
fourth Sundays sf each month. sunday
school at . y. ~. A. AxLTNE, Pastor.
OtHRTTTfAN.-Prcnch every lst and 3d
- sunday at n O'Clock. SUNDAY school at 10
Trlork every sunday. REV. A. III. MULKEY,
Pastor.
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Democratic Central Committee.

Democratic Central Commlttse.
Y. p. CARurHERs, Medicine Lodge.
W. r. WILLIAMS, sharon.
\. r. DtCKERsON, Elm Mns.
r. =. PROCTOH, sun City.
~. VI. MAsON, Lake City.
J. NJ. SINNONs, New Kiowa.
". q. AFFORD, Hazclton.
4. &. CNaRA sexton.
LIN. MunDO-K. Lodi.
THos. J. DYER, Cummnsford.
T.. 4. CARUTIIERs. Chairman,
W. Il. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
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sOCIETIES

"A A. y s. a. M., Dcita Lodge No. II
- "a Regular communications, nr-t and
~ ~ third Saturday evenings IN cnch
N month. ~. nLfUEHAHS, ". VI.
Nm tNGRAHNu, Secretary.
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r ORRAINE CHAPTER. Order Eastern star.
LReRiar meetings first ana third Monday
MRs 7. l.. O'BRYAN, W. NJ.
Miss DELLA MOoRE, Soy.