Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-01-18


THE WEST.
the Atlantic Il Pacific railroad, about
three miles from Coolidge, y. NJ. recently,
the frst-clsss coach attached to the regular
passenger train jumred the track and
turned over. Miss Florence Wilson, from
Woodstock, Ill, had her skull fractured
and received internal injuries.
TIE east bound passenger train ran OF
the track at Dickinson, 100 miles west Of
Bismarck, ID. T., the other night Many
passengers were reported killed or injured.
The fireman and engineer were pinned be-
meath the locomotive.
TYPHOID fever has been produced in q cat
in Lansing, Mich, by Prof. Vaughan by
the use OF germs in water from Iron Noun.
tain, Mich.
The Julian House at Goshen, Ind, was
set on fire by an incendiary the other night
and destroyed The thirty odd guests es-
capped in their night clothes. No lives were
lost.
TIE post-ofice at Lindsay, Sandusky
County, o., and all its contents were de-
stroyed by fire recently.
JOSEPH BLACK, of Cleveland, o., has been
nominated by the Pres dent asU nited States
Consul at Buda-Pesth.
THROUGH the failure Of the brakes re-
Gently, q train loaded with ore from the
Mary Murphy mine, near St. Elmo, Col,
ran down the mountain with frightful
speed into the town of st. Elmo. The On.
CINE and four cars jumped the tract, in
stantly killing Engineer Connors aud Fire
man Whaley.
Six men were injured recently near
Rockford, ILL.,, by the explosion Of two
dynamite cartridges placed near a fire to
thaw.
AN epidemic has broken out among the
Indians at the Poplar River agency and
many have died.
TIE suit At Chicago for divorce Of Mrs.
Annie Chapman, known to the theatrical
world as Annie Summerville, terminated
in her favor.
TERRIBLE accident occurred on the
Southern Pacific near Sumner on the 10th
The emigrsnt car attached to the Los
Angeles express got loose and running
back was dashed over an eighty foot en-
bankment, where IL burned with many of
its imprisoned inmates. The number killed
was unknown. Many were shockingly in
jured.
TIE wholesale building on Madison street,
Chicago, occupied by Ellinger & Co., cloaks,
and others was burned on the morning of
the 18th. Loss, f2OO, 600
DR. ToLMAN WoEELER has given q four
story block in Chicago to the Western
Episcopal Theological Seminary in celebra-
ton OF the siKtieth anniversary OF his wed
ding.
GOVERNOR LARRABEE, OF Iowa, was rein
augurated on the 18th.
HANBURT & CARNEY, Of San Diego. Cal,
have been sued for 500, $50 collected by
them on land Of the International Gonna
ny, Of Mexico, and not accounted for.
BENTON j. HALL, Of Iowa, has been con-
frmed by the Senate as Commissioners Of
Pensions.
THOMAS BARRETT, convicted Of the muir
der OF q street car driver in Minneapolis,
MIMI, has been sentenced to be hanged
May IL.
The United States man-of-war Iroouois
has returned to San Francisco from an un-
successful search for the abandoned Sir
John Hancock
IT was stated at Chicago on the 18th that
the Western railroads were unable TO come
to an agreement and that freight rate war
was certain.
A SEVERE blizzard swept through Dakota,
Minnesota and Iowa on the 18th. The
storm came on suddenly after q fall of
snow. Fears existed OF the fate of any per
sons who may have been overtsken by the
storm remote from help.
TIE residence of Senator ingalls, at
Atchlson, Kan, was destroyed by fire re-
Gently, supposed by burglars, the family
beng absent at Washington, where Sena.
tor ingalls, is attending to his duties as
President Of the Senate. The loss, which
included valuable library, amounted to
f25,0O0.
A FIRE at tho armory at Columbus, O.,
on the 18th DESTROYED some fine poultry,
valuable dogs, etc, on show. The State
lost $40, COO worth of property, the value of
the live stock lost being $4,000.
No one was seriously injured by the re-
cent wreck Of the emigrant car near CALI
ente, Cal.
The non-union printers Of Chicago have
organized Printers Protective Fraternity
No S.
DISASTROUS flames broke out in Indian
apolis, Ind, in the rear of ID. p. Irwin Il
Co.'s dry goods house. South Meridian and
Maryland streets, OH the night Of the 18th
The IRE extended as far as the new union
passenger station. The losses were esti-
mated as amounting to a total OF $3.50, 600
A FIRE adjoining the Free Press once At
Detroit, Mich, the other night, compelled
the editors and printers to seek safety in
flight.
TIE Herald of Santa Fe, publishes q
statement Of the financial condition of New
Mexico, obtained from Official sources,
showing that the stories circulated with
the evident intention OF bearing Territorial
securities and impair:ng the Territorial
credit are without foundation in fact
The Universalist Church Of the Redeem
er at Minneapolis, Mimi, was burned re-
Gently. Loss, $70,OOO; insurance, $4,000.
REPORTS OF persons frozen to death in
the blizzard OF the 18th and 18th were quite
numerous. The cold was intense, from
twenty to forty degrees below zero being
registered in Minnesota, Montana and Da-
kota.