Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-06-13
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NELSON MoRRfs, the Chicago live stock
magnate has bought back from the A.....
lean Cattle Trust the Fairbanks canning
property, and has satisfactorily dissolved
all relations with the trust The consider
alton paid In these purchases was g., 600 900.
Mas. CARRIE HARRINoToN, wife OF awell-
TODD druggist OF Chicago, committed sui
eide recently by pouring oil on her cloth
ing and then sottlng fire to H. She had
,quentiy mad nts OF demcntia-
TnE Chicago Appellate Court has re-
lversod the order OF Judge Shepard In the
ttawson divorce case ia which he allowed
Mrs. Rawson large sum OF money for tenn
porary alimony aud solicitors fees. Mrs
Rasvson thereby loses a large amount and
Banker Rawson gains decided financial
victory.
FIRE tho other night in Selma, Fresno
County, Cal, burned one-half OF a block
opposite the Southern Pacific railway de-
pot. Loss, $4,000; partly insured.
A LARoE meeting Of Irish Americans was
held at Chicago on the night Of the Blst to
protest against the Papal rescript Tho
meeting was addressed by ex- Con gresham
Fiuerty, Matthew p. Brady and others.
TuE 81 Paul (Minn.l knitting works
burned the other morning with most OF the
contents. The loss was $4,000, the in
surance 81, 900.
The boilers OF the raft steamer Inver.
moss exploded on the 9Oth on the MIssis-
sippl, north Of Hannibal Mo. Twenty one
men were blown INTO the water, i've OF
whom were drowned.
TINS Prohibition National convention at
Indianapolis, Ind, on the Blst nominated
General Clinton u. Fiske, Of New Jersey,
for the Presidency, and John A. Brooks. OF
Kansas CITY, for the Vice-P Presidency. The
platform adopted contained a woman suf-
fragc plank Very liberal campaign sub
scriptiGns were announced aud the conven-
tion adjourned sine die amid great enthus-
asm.
Mus NJ l.. RAwHoN, wife Of Banker Raw
son, shot her husbands attorney, II. @.
Whitney, seriously IN Judge Jamieson's
court room at Chicago on the lst The
woman the day previously had tost her ALI
mouy case In tho Appellate Court, and this,
a was thought bad frenzied her. Some time
ago her son by former divorced husband
shot tho banker on tho church steps for
which no Is now In the penitenuary. Mrs.
Rawson was immediately arrested. Whit
ney o. ono time resided In Lawrence, Kan,
and served n term as State Senator.
THREE boys were drowned while bathing
in pond NJ Conway, lows, on tho LIST. Two
OF them belonged TO Joel Weeks and one "a
w. n. Cooper.
THREE lives were lost by the explosion
OF a boiler In the Eureka iron works n
Wyandotte, Mich, recently. Quite q mum
bor OF other persons were seriously injured
by escaping steam and flying debris.
FOURTEEN million feet Of lumber were
reported burning az Brainerd, Mimi, on
the morning Of the ist the confagratiou
threatening the town
ID. j. SutIIvAN,a retail dry goods dealer
OF Indianapolis, assigned recently. Assets,
1900; liabilities, $4,000.
JAMES h. HkrEs. Chief Justice OF the
Supreme Court OF Idaho, died recently,
aged forty-eight
A MIXED train on the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids a Northern road was derailed near
Rock Rapids, Ia, the other evening By q
broken rail- The conductor and three pas
sengers were badly bruised.
SIx or seven Of those injured IN the giant
powder explosion az Fountain, Col, who
were not thought 70 b In danger were
later reported dying.
THE schooner Maggie McCroa has been
sunk by tho Ice on Thunder Cape. Lake
Superior. The crew escaped. Vessel and
cargo were worth $4,000.
HARVEY NEwcoMB otherwise known as
i''Bobby Nowcomb,n the variety actor, died
0f pneumonia recently n Tacoma, w. T..
aged forty-two
! PRo1. ANDERSON. PRINCIPAL Of TIE hlgh