Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-07-11


THE Academy Of Music building at
Haverbill, Mass, containing a hotel and
several stores, was destroyed by lire the
other night Loss, 100000; insurance,
$4,000.
IN the course OF recent address before
the Auti-Poverty Socie J at New York DR..
McGlynn is reported to have said: "Some
day there will be a tremendous revolution
which will eclipse the French uprising and
in which the people will rise up in their
wrath at the interferences of their die
tators, and bayonet and club these monks,
and priests, and Archbis hops, the Pope
and Cardinals. This is the way the Lord
will deal with them; so l may leave them
to His mercy" ThIs was wildly cheered.
THE WEST.
JOHN MARTIN, OF Shawnee, has been
nominated by the Kansas Democrats for
the Governorship. The other candidates
nominated were: Lieutenant Governor HI.
Miles Moore, of Leavenworth; Secretary,
Allen g. Thurman, OF Parsons; State Aud
itor, W. II. White, of PaolR; State Treas
urer, w. a. White. OF Council Grove; At
torney-General c. F. Diffenbacher, of
Great Bend; Superintendent of Public To-
struction, c. NJ. Cole. OF Phillip burg; As
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p. Campbell, of Wichita.
LlGHTNING struck the house of Ole OLE
stad, ten miles north of Hunter, OAK, the
other night, killing Oestad aud his wife
Their baby was found alive in the house
by neighbors who forced an entrance
twentv-four hours after and found the bod
les Of the parents.
GEORGE JONES, a twelve-year old boy, on
the 4th loaded an old tomato can with
powder and, attaching shaving as fuse,
lighted it, at Indianapolis, Ind. Before he
could leave the spot the can exploded, tear
ing of the top of his head and killing him
instantly.
THERE was fatal case of sunstroke the
other afternoon on Chouteau island near
Nameoki, Ill. The victim, stranger
from St Louis, was shocking wheat at the
time.
HENRY MEYER, German farmer, walk
ing on the Ohio & Mississippi railroad
track at Lebanon, H., was run over and
fatally injured recently.
THE American party of California held
its State convention on the 5th and elected
delegates TO the National convention.
WIND and rain IN and about Algona,
Iowa, recently destroyed several small
houses, wrecked circus and ruined many
crops.
The business portion of Lake City, Mich,
was destroyed by fire on the 4th, two
blocks being burned down. The loss was
$4,000; insurance light.
A DISASTROUS fire broke out at Marys-
vile, o., early on the morning of the 9Th in
the block in which the most valuable bust
ness houses in the city were located. Loss
was S2010o0; insurance, $4,000.
HARRY c. TUCKER and his father and sis
ter were drowned In Lake Johanna, near
St Paul, Mimi, recently by their boat cap
sizing.
THREE men were arrested recently and
taken to Chicago, charged with being in a
conspiracy to wreck trains and destroy
property on the Chicago, Burlington q
Quincy. Dynamite was found in their pos
session and card Of membership of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
The business portion of Maumee, O., was
destroyed by fire the other morning. Loss,
100000. Cause, 5recrackers.
Four of the principal business houses of
Durango, Col, were destroyed by fire on
the 4th. Loss, $4,000.
NEWS has been received of a terrific
wind aud hail storm about twelve miles
north of Amherst, Wis. One woman was
killed by falling timber All the crops of
strip of country about one-fourth of a
mile wide aud three or four miles long
were total loss.
MORMON Church agen have turned over
10 Receiver Dyer the noted Church farm
near Salt Lake. |, 10 acres, valued at $3.50,
600. Further lacge amounts OF property
are expected to DO reclaimed within a few
days in Government proceedings against
Mormon Church property.
REPORTS have been received of the kill
ing OF three Illinois runaway lads n the
| Seminole country by Indians. The boys
had previously killed an Indian
SOLOMON NELSON and E. G. Hedberg were
drowned in Belle Greek near Cannon Falls,
Mimi, the other day, while repairing a
bridge, the latter falling into the water
and the former going to his rescue Nell
son was prominent business man.
In is reported that Rev. Father Thomas
r. Mangau, OF Joliet, Ill.,, will be appointed
Vicar General of the Roman Catholic Do
cese Of hicago.
j. w. BRowN, the alleged polygamist re-
Gently arrested in Chicago, was arraigned
at Detroit. Mich, in the case of marrying
Mary Benjamin, pleaded not guilty and
was remanded to Jail. 1t is now stated
Brown has been married no less than thirty
two times, and many of his dupes are ex-
pected to be present at the trial
A CONSTRUCTION train on the Elgin, Joliet
q Eastern road was wrecked recently
near Joliet Ill, by distractions on the
track. Three Italian laborers were killed.
Engineer Wright was fatally scalded.
The three members of the firm of Shot
well, Clerihew q Lothian. who failed some
days ago at Minneapolis, Mimi, have been
arrested on warrant sworn out by the
cashier of a bank to which the firm was
largely indebted, on a charge of swindliug
DAVID JULIAN, brakeman, was killed
by the wreck of a train at landslide two
miles south Of Lafayette, Ind, on the
Louisville, New Albany q Chicago. The
engineer and fireman were terribly in
Jured.
SINCE the Chicago convention a truce
has been effected between OK. Senator
Malone and Senator Riddleb rger by
which their long standing personal differ
ences have been laid aside sufficiently TO
allow them 10 work in harmony for the
success of the Republican electoral ticket
in Virginia
A SERIOUS rain and hail storm was re-
ported in the vicinity Of Buffalo, Wyo., on
the afternoon OF the.Sth.