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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-04-25

ADMISSION-Uusual Theatre rates.
Reserved seats can be had AZ the d. & K.
g. ciice ard Salt Lake Theatre. Wednesday.
April 18th. and day Of the Concert, without
extra charge
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-04-25

Careful Atsandon Eiven % ne Sale Of Ore
and Bullioa- We solicit ConSfgnmenn
EuArzntectng ne Highest AArkst Prices.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-04-25

Execute Order for PurshAss or Sale .
etockI and Boads ~ New York and So
TrAneisco.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-08
LAND MATTERS.

Commissioner Sparks, of the general
land office, is perhaps now the most
thoroughly disliked man in the country.
The land seekers and settlers hate him
because he has put a strict interpie.a-
ton on the homestead and presumption
laws; the land agents hate him because
he has practically broken up their bust
ness, and the corporations hate him be-
cause Ire will not issue patents for lands
they claim to have earned. The state
OF California, through its governor. has
made complaint to the secretary of the
interior that the commissioner will not
prepare patents Ia lands granted to
that state under various acts of con-
gress. Western congressman are
flooded with letters asking Tor the re-
mOval Of Sparks. UnquestiOnably he
has unsettled titles to much land i'm the
west, and he has seriously crippled
many bona fide settlers in his desire TO
reach the fraudulent ones; but we do
not believe he has been making the
rulings he has merely for the sake of
notoriety.
There WIS reason for deciding that
hOmesteader who had previously taken
advantage OF the presumption law could
not commute the homestead. Who
does not know of one or more cases
where men had proved up pre-emp-
ton claim in this county, who had also
settled on and purchased a quarter
section OF school land; disposed or both
OF these and rushed for the homestead
and timber-culture lands and taken two
more claims? There are many cases of
this kind.
Again, how many instances can be re-
called IN this county whers people have
come here from the east, taken and
proved up a claim and Immediately
vanished from our sight and memory.
How many tracts of land are there in
this county that the land Office books
show to be taken" that there is not
the mark of improvement on mot even
n post hole. garden spot or shanty?
An illustration: A young man whose
home was in an eastern county, took
his claim. renamed on it a few weeks,
and went home. About the time he
should prove up. he came back from his
home i'm the east, remained here two or
three weeks. and having made his proof
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-08

Of settlement and cultivation he re-
marked: Now Barber county can go
to HI; I'm going back to Gods coun-
try" And he went, no doubt feeling
secure in the possession of his claim.
This is the class, as We understand it.
that the land Office are after-these mere
adventures, who come here and take a
claim for the purpose of speculation.
purely. These are the people that have
caused actual settlers so much trouble,
and these are the ones who have made
the loan companies timid about putting
out their capital here.
No reliable agent will place loan on
the claim Of an adventurer who is i'm
mediately going away from the county,
leaving his claim without any improve
ments and subject to being Jumped
as soon as he goes away; but Jim
crow" agents, anxious for business, are
liable to place loan on anything, and
the consequence is that the legitimate
business is badly crippled.
1t should be the policy of every good
citizen to only encourage actual settlers
and discourage adventures. No citi-
zen should allow his his name used as a
witness unless he is fully satisfied that
the claimant is in earnest in making
the declarations of settlement. Let it
be generally understood tina: final proof
can only be made when the spirit and
intention Of the law is complied with,
if not the strict letter. and there will be
few Cancelled entries, patents withheld.
and complaints of false swearing.
We are in sympathy with all honest
people IN search of homes; we feel for
those who have endeavored to comply
with the law in making settlement; but
we have no sympathy with the adven-
turer and Spectator who only takes a
claim to Immediately sell his fright"
and take another, or who makes his
proof, mortgages his place and skips
back east to luxuriate on his i'll gotten
gains. lie has not only given cause for
general suspicion of claimants, but he
kas likely kept some honest settler
from taking claim and becoming a
useful citizen.
We predict that in the end the strIn-
gent rulings of the land department
will be of actual advantage to every
county affected by them.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-08

An Indian Territory special to Little
Rock paper says that an attempt is be-
ing made by a number of leading Cher
okees TO set aside the lease Of the tract
of land known as the Cherokee outland
to syndicate of cattlemen. The land
embraced more than six million acres
and includes all the unoccupied lands
OF the Cherokee nation lying west of the
Arkansas river. The lie Use was made i'm
July, 1883, 10y an act of The Cherokee
council which directed chief Bushyhead
to let the land in question for term of
live years at rental of SlO0, 900 per year.
the money 10 be divided per capita
among the Cherokee people. The les
sees are prominent western stocllmen.
IL Is claimed that the bill authorizing
the lease was Tailroaded through the
council; that the Cherokee speaking
members did not understand it and that
the consideration was too small. The
Cherokees who oppose it hope to obtain
an investigation by congressional
committee as to the means used in secur-
ing the lease, in which event they are
confident it will be abrogate,l.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-08
our JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

There appears to be an impression
that the extra session of the legisla-
ture, which meets on the 10Th inst,
will change the boundaries of this, the
nineteenth, judicial district in some
way. 1t is to be hoped if this is de-
cided on, that Summer and Barber
counties will not be divorced. This
county by q handsome majority de-
clared wish to have Judge Herrick sit
as district judge, and it would be dis
appointment if he were given some
other territory and Barber county be
compelled TO experiment with another
new judge. Since the earliest history,
Barber county has had to put up with a
new Judge about every year. We have
had Peters, Brown, Strang, Harris,
Sluss, Orner, Ray and now Herrick, and
a dozen judges pro TEN. So far as we
have heard, Judge Sluss is the only
man who ever made the least effort to
clear our large docket. The others ap-
peared to regard this as sort of side
track on the main line at which they
only had to remain.a short time. Judge
Herrick has the reputation of being in
dustrious and untiring, anu we have
reason to believe that he will stay with
she docket until it is cleared, even if he
has to hold special term of court.
So let us have Herrick at least two
years, and then talk about making a
change. Sumner, Harper, Barber and
Comanche counties make a good dis
trict, with about enough work to keep
a judge employed. So let the nine
teenth district alone.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-08

Vanderbilt left fortune of S2OO.OOO,
900. The commercial editor of the New
York Times, who is evidently fond of
computing figures and making compar-
isons, says If this wealth was all i'm sill
yer dollars it would require a train of
S5S cars of twenty tons each to trans
port IL. The train would he about two
and half miles long. On an ordinary
grade it would require twelve locomo-
tives to haul the train. On roads of
steep grades and sharp curves fifteen
Or twenty locomotives would be needed.
Put lengthwise, dollar after dollar, it
would stretch a distance of 1872 miles,
making a silver streak from New York
across the ocean TO Liverpool. Piled
up, dollar on dollar, it would reach a
height of sos miles. Laid fiat Oh the
ground, the dollars would cover space
Of nearly sixty acres. The weight of
tins mass of silver would be 7,l6O tons.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-08

The president is not at all worried
over the action of the senate with
regard TO his vacation appointments.
lie says lie does not think the senate
will interpose petty objections to the
confirmation of his appointees, and if it
does he cannot help it; the senate will
have to shoulder the responsibility for
any such action. 1t is his duty to make
the appointments, and this lie has done
to the best of his ability, and expects
that the senate will do its duty i'm the
same manner. lie admits that he may
have made some mistakes, but does not
think they were very many. He denied
point blank the statement that he had
had conversation with republican SEN
ators on the subject, with view TO be-
INC let down easy when the senate got
mold of the appointments, and said that
he would not adopt such a course under
any circumstances. lie also intimated
that this was an administration with
spinal column of well developed firm
ness, and that II would strive to do it's
duty without fear of the senate or any
body else.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-08

Several brethren of the southern
Kansas press have signihed desire to
have an association formed for this sec
ton. Harper aud Medicine Lodge have
both been mentioned as suitable places
for the meeting. Count. the INDEX in
on whatever may be agreed on. lf il
will be satisfactory to all concerned.
why not name MAY rs the time, and
Medicine Lodge as the place for holding
the meeting? BY that time Our valley
will have on its loveliest garb. donated
every year by Dame Nature; our rail-
road will be anxious to haul sight-seers
here. our new hotels will be completed
and we can feed and sleep half OF
Kansas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-08


Mr.. Phelps, our minister To England.
says in regard To the Lawrence Town
ley estate, to which large number Of
Americans, of Kansag, believe them
selves To- Ice heirs:
lst. There is no money i'm the bank
Of England belonging To the Lawrence
Townley, or TOwnley estate. 2d. That
there is no such estate in England as
the Internationally estate or any
family known OF that designation. 81.
That the Townley estate is a large
landed property in the counties of Lam
caster and York, which is now and has
been for Il very long time in the posses
sion Of It's proprietors. That possession
is completely protected by the law of
England. There are no unknown or
American owners of any part of il and
no ground whatever for any such claim.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-08

degrees. l have treated 100 dogs in this
way, and not one has become mad"
Lately the doctor las been expert
menting on human beings and he thinks
certainly he can cry, .,Eureka!' Sey-
eral children from Newark, Y. j., were
lately sent 10 him and he treated them
with success. And now PATIENT are
being sent to him from many countries.
In the east, a society of medical men
has been organized to study the Past 5ur
system and they propose sending dn9 of
their number to France to study>with
the great scientist.
If indeed he has discovered the A.ti-
dOte for hydrophobia poisoning. he has
accomplished wonder and his name
will live for centuries.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-08

Ex-Governor George W. Click has
taken possession of the Topeka pension
agency and made the following appoint
ments; james II. Howe. chief clerk. of
Macon City, Nj, and Colonel l.. L.
Green, clerk, of Baldwin City. Kans.,
Endorsed by the Grand army post of his
home and by prominent veteran soldiers
OF the late war; Major a. Z. Shreve.
clerk, of Topeka, Endorsed by General
Rice post of Tope a; b. w. Yaltrup.
clerk of Paola, Endorsed by the grand
army. Mr.. Click has three more clerk
ships to fill, but the appointments have
not yet been made.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-08

The Kansas City Times, OF the Sd
inst, came out In a mammoth edition
OF 50 pages, the largest paper ever pub
lished vest OF the Mississippi. 1t was
not q mass Of nothingness, either, for
every page was replete with valuable
matter relating to the wonderful pro.
gress made by Kansas City during the
year 1885, or the general news OF the
day. The Journal. of Kansas City,
thought IL was slashing a fat porker
three days before with a q page paper;
but the Times went il eight better and
then did not strain In the effort. Kan
Sas City is a wonderful town. full Of
enterprise and active citizens and is
growing at wonderful rate. The city
should be proud OF the Times, and, the
Times should be proud Of the CITY.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-08
FORESTS POKER STORIES.
winn ing SAT 900 on Ons Hand - I'll teen
Hundred ID liars From $40.


Winning SAT 900 on One Hand - I'll teen
Hundred ID liars From $40.
Nashville Americana
Twas sitting in a room in the Maxwell
H 1use with Gen,rn' N B FJr:est veral
years b ,tors his death.
'Gen-ral Forrest" 1 askel, sit has
oit,n be N slid that previo u to tn, war
YOU were a terror at ths p)xsr table.
II w much did you ever win on one
hand?"
He repl ed: al have rlayel a few he,vy
games al many Ii hit one. In New
Orleans OF one hand won 81 900"
"An1 what did " u hol II"
"Three ngs and two ni10s."
have always TO .rettsl 1 Iii Int nsk
him wha. b 8 opponent hsd, Iut I dill
not. He tod the followi ,g sto y. s
ewes Fl ling wi b t'arS Turing its ci'al:
''When my wife an l won't to Mem his
after the close OF no 4tilite' va hal 81 p,
not a can't m ,re or lesI We spant one
entire afternoon ransacking an old rort-
folio b DDin to Il I'd soma oil unc llected
account, or L q. u which m ght real
r. There wasn't thin 1 s1id to my
wife: 'RhDd ypu have always been
az lin me and p kr; mover played a
game s nc / first knew YOU that yolr alb
SAINT fac. was not q hau ltiny rsbuke over
one shoul Ter. NV, l lavs been invited
to Smells to dinner to- night, and
know there be carls 1; you'll give me
your blessing this on:s, my dsar, l feel
mi shty sure can cone hnms a cher
man,
"Said she: IF rre,t, ws'v, got along
with ut that. 81 far as l have Known
AMI Y the Lords help, We'll still g> on
withol: it,
ayes sad I, but tn Lord has be n
slow OF late, aud seems to b, gittin'
slower; what dye say to this one tim p
she never cons ated. but she did 1T OPP
pose 1t very strong. and 1 promised
wAul Int 60 over the $Z2l 1t was just as
ex pscted. Four tab es were run hing at
Snee rs, and won en- 'ugi at Atty ce ats
ante to go | at higher table later on.
Well, sir, as l wo1-lnd 1 W IN right fr I'm
the first-I just dropped the money into
my hat on the h10r, and when we brok,
up at daylight l put my hat on with the
money ia l., without cou1tiug il over, an
went home. As cam near to my house
1 caught a FL mpse from the outside OF
my wife's white fl cure waiting right
where she hal waited all night. pale and
anxious, and when l went Ia just took
off my hat and emp'ied 81 sd in her Lap.
felt sorry for hsr for she couldn't bless
that nights dor but, sir'-'ft was
a great RELIEF to ma"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-08
HYDROPHOBIA.

DIR. Pasteur. the celebrated French
scientist, who has discovered cure, or
rather preventative, for hydrophobia
IS now attracting attention from all
civilized countries. His practice is to
inoculate against the poison something
like vaccination against smallpox. Or
to give his own words: II began my
experiments in 1852. Taking the spinal
cord of dog which had died of hydro
phobia, and with that inOculated a
rabbit in the first membrane of the
brain. 1t went mad in fifteen DAYS.
Then with portion of the spinal cord
OF this rabbit / inOculated another rab-
bit in the same way, and it went mad IN
thirteen days and so OH. | continued
incubation from rabbit to rabbit. find
ing the strength of the virus increase
each time until the ninetieth time pro-
duced hydrophobia in only seven DAYS.
L then took very small portions of the
spinal cord of this ninetieth rabbit, and
which contained the greatest virulence
yet obtained and suspended these bits
Oh virus in empty bottles, in which the
air was kept dry by means of potash on
the bottom of the bottle. After several
days exposure in dry, cold tempera-
ture the virus loses all its strength.
The time required for this loss depends
on the size of the piece and the dryness
and the GOODNESS of the air. Then of
this virus which has lost its strength
take small portion dissolved in sterile
bouillon, and with a pravaz syringe
inoculate the animal. Each day inoc-
ulate itagain with virus. little stronger
each time, until at last the system has
become so accustomed to the poison
that can use the virus which has not
been dried at all, and which would pro-
duce hydrophObia in seven days If the
system has not been so treated to it by
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-08

In the review of tie industries of
Kansas City, the papers published fig
ures to show the prices paid for the va
rious kinds of labor during the year.
From this it will be seen that there is
no advantage in living i'm n city, for
here In Barber county n laborer can not
only get as good wages rs in the city.
but he can live cheaper and stand some
show Of getting a permanent home by
taking claim. Here are the Kansas
City figures: Street laborers, sI.T5;
team and driver, SO; carpenters, SI.75;
bricklayCrs, $3.50 to Sl.OO; painters,
$l.5Oto $3.50; plasterers, 50 to 81; COM
mon labOrers. 81 .2S to 50.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-08
RANGE CATTLE.

a dispatch from Harper, dated the
18th, to an eastern paper says that the
storm of this week will be very bad on
range cattle until thaw occurs. Per-
sons away from here are liable to get
the wrong impression from that state
ment. In Harper, Barber and Conan
che counties there is not even one bunch
of cattle that has been left to rustic"
on the range without other feed. Every
stocAman in the county has provided
plenty of feed for his herds and the
losses of last winter and the two preced-
ing winters will not be repeated. For
nine months of the year cattle can and
do live in Barber county without being
fed; but during three months, no sensi-
bic man will allow his stock to go with
out feed, and plenty of it. Not great
loads of corn, chopped feed and hay;
but sufficient hay, millet or fodder to
keep them from getting hungry. He
does not expect to fatten his range cat
tie in the winter; but the sensible stock
man is seeing to it that they do not get
down dead poor.
The gentle zephyr of the past week
Will not injure the stock interests of
Barber county.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-08
A Dog as a Hitching-Post.
TGolden Days.I


In Hyde Park, near Boston, one day Sc.
Gently. a gentleman, who was out riding
on hors b1ck, dismounted in Everett
Square, and, finding no hitching pos;
handy, he fastened the reins to thu llal
of his big black dog. Having patted tn,
do on the b "a l, and having said: Nov
bs a goo l dogcie," the hors.mau entered
the house. Everything worked wall until
a small boy came along, AMI sang out:
IS r,k 'em Jack"
Toe dos mad q sud len move nent, and
the rise ] rked mp his head, whereupor
the dog went floating through the air like
the peudGllm OF clock. just then the
owner OF the horse ran out to the rescIe
and It was well hs d so run. for in q l.
other minute the ''hitciin y-post" woult
have been as lifeless as though L. had Leer
made of iron
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-08
A FAMOUS DUEL.
u az United st ste5 Senltor and = Con-
g-ess man shot Each Others Clothes
Or
Tss Louis Republican,

u ~ n United st lte8 Sen1tor and . Con-
: gresham shot Each Others Clothes
Or
ISt Louis Republican,
"A1 event which excitel National In.
terest was Sem tor OWNS dusl with Con-
gress nan 'e McCorkl.. McCorkie rep
resenei California Distr c., and fell
ePly in love ct Washin yton with a
Tennessee girl. but il she had any aFec-
ton for him l. was alisnatei by Mrs.
Gwin who was a beautiful and accom-.
VI sIsl woman. and a superb diplomatic.
AcC'rkle's All n ls;tyiwas aroused again ct
Gwt in coaseq Isnc', and the fee Ing be.
tween the two California repres snsa tives
was SO intense that the Wash ingtou
papers at the time published q great deal
about the affair. Taere was then only
ons ship a mol tt the Pac &c slops,
and Gwil an McC rkle, although so hos
II .. went ont hons together. On board
th 1 reli 1 ms war verv still and stilted.
"WheI tne ship touched at Santiago I
went alb ,ard and accompanied them to
9 m Frt cisco. / was friend of both
men. and ,dsavorsd to bring about a
rec nctiation between them, but as soon
as ws lande at San Francisco McCorkle
cha lenged Gwin to a duel, and Gwin ac-
cepted.
i called on Gwin the DAY ter the
chalsngN and he, having heard that I
had ayrse1 20 secou1 McCorkle, ex-
claimed: MY Col! Major, are you, my
old rien1, goin TO urn against meP I
assured him that wolll take no part in
the affair. The Sheriff, however, inter
fered and prevented the duel at San
Francisco. F.nling hey coul not meet
for the purpose there they decided 10 go
to Monterey and have tho duel at q place
about e teen miles out from the town.
Gan the preiminaries being arranged
for a week prior to the time of the encoun-
ter, each of the principals practicsd as
siduoully with the r.h,, aud there wers q
number of spectators of the practice
shooting. Each man, too, had his friends
among the witnesses OF tn, others prac-
Co. and thus ut ideas Of his opponents
skill Their shooting IN these rehearsals
was magnifi ant, and everyone thought
that one or both Of them woull surely fall
in the actual encounter.
On the appointed day Gwin and Nc
Corkle, accompanied by their seem Is aud
ir ends repaired to the sci, csed spot, and
the dreaded du j was fought They were
6fty or sixty yarls apart, AMI blazed
away with hss They tors each others
clothes, but after firing seven shots had
drawn no blood. This did not satisfy
them, end they called for more n muni.
ton. TIen a discovery was maia The
ammu 1it'ol ha | been exhaustel and they
re fifteen miles fro N Mont rev, and
alb nut one thousan miles from any where
else. 1t was plain that the duel was ever
for that day. In great dis gust, hut still
as vsno nous as ever the par es d spart ID
for San Francisco. The diff ,renc,, be-
tween: McCo-kle and Gwin wer, ate ward
adjusted. Tis bloo1l SIS luel bee ,me his.
torical, aud one OF the most famous in
dueling annals.
''Gwin soon left California, and never
saw him afterw
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-08
A shark with Horns.

zone popularity of the shark" said
Captain G IderdaIe yesterday. lis that he
never W II swa low a negro. White men
and mos anything elss he readily de-
YOURS. but q color ID man never. There's
an cid tradition among seaman about
man-eatins sharks. When one hiss been
killed the sa l1rs look in his bal y for god
watches AMI other valIables. You see
the SHARK swallows anything that comes
In his way. and we usel TO find ali sorts
of things in his NAV. Once, on board q
steam =, the crew had been killing bsef
and threw overload a hide and horns.
Not Icing after they caught q shark, and
sure enou h, they found be had tried TO
swallow the refuse. He got the hide part
way down but couldn't get away with the
horns There was q scientific man on
board md he thought he had dis covered
q new sp cses OF shark with horns."