Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-02-22

Orleans, bondholdIng creditors oil the CIV
OF Houston, Tex, have petitioned Circuit
Judge Hardee, OF the Federal Court to ap-
point a receiver for the city.
BIZ a boiler explosion near Bastrop. La.
recently two white and two coored men
were killed and four others badly scalded
1T is announced in political circles at
waco, Tex, that Hon. Roger Q. Mills Is to
be candidate for the United States Sem
ate, to succeed Senator Coke. The canvass
Tor the State Legislature will be made on
! the Senatorial issue.
A soUTH-BoUSD passenger train on the
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore rail-
road struck the side OF freight car near
Baltimore, Nd, recently. The side of the
hrst passenger coach was damaged, and
three persons were injured, two train
hands and passenger from Richmond
! Va, named Claiburn Watkins.
DURING an attempt to arrest an illegal
dredger at Annapolis, Nd, recently, the
state oyster police schooner Folly, Captain
| Clark, was attacked by three schooners
and considerable shooting was done on
both sides After The ARRAY it was dis
covered that Captain W. P. Whitehouse.
OF the schooner Albert Nichols, of Balti-
more, had been killed.
TIE Mississippi Senate has adopted the
house bill to pay $50 yearly pension of or
GERS, soldiers and sailors, and their SER
wants who served in the Confederate army
from Mississippi, and who are now unable
% labor because Of injuries received in the
Vervice.
GENERAL.
FEARFUL snow storms were reported in
Europe. In some parts of Switzerland the
snow was seven meters deep. and numer.
Gus avalanches occurred, attended by loss
Of life. The channel Of the river at Cas-
TEN, Austria, was filed with snow by an
avalanche, which also destroyed several
houses.
The mayor of Cork has been convicted of
the charge Of assaulting police sergeant
at plan OF campaign meeting and sem
fenced to fourteen days imprisonment
without hard labor
HANLAN and Kemp have been matched to
row for the championship of the world and
ESQ side on the Paramatta river. Aus
tralia
THE Prince of Naples has become honor.
airy president Of the Italian Exposition in
London.
TIE London Standards Vienna CORE
spondent says that the Austrian Govern
ment has decided to take fresh precautions
and measures TO counterba balance continued
military preparations on the part of Russia
ACCORDING to a dispatch from New York.
cavalry from British Guiana had taken
possession of the disputed Venezuelan
frontier. General Silva, the Consul. stated
that he would call Secretary Bayard,s at
tention to the invasion.
The Pesther Lloyd says it has learned
that current rumors to the effect that Bel
GUM and Holland have entered into a de-
fensive alliance with Germany are well
| founded.
LARGE numbers OF persons threaten to
leave Manitoba unless the Canadian Pacific
monopoly is removed.
REPORTS from the interior of Russia con-
cur IN stating that the publication of the
Austro-German treaty, taken in connection
with Bismarck's speech on the Military
bill, has created intense irritation among
all classes.
AN explosion which occurred in the
Kruezgerben coal mine near Kaiserslan-
tern, Bavaria, killed forty persons. Thirty
six men were rescued.
FULL reports concerning the condition of
the Crown Prince issued by Prof. VIrchow
and DIR. Mckenzie state that the disease
with which he is afflicted Is not of a cam
cerous nature.
THE Ottawa Cam Free Press attacks the
canadian Government bitterly because of
ne Fisheries treaty, which it calls capt.
ulation.
edFebruary 10 numbered for the United
States, 236; for Canada, 81; total 273; as
compared with 2S9 the previous week and
267 the corresponding week of last year.
GIDEON BoRDEAU, Queens Printer for
Manitoba and favorite of ex-Premier
Norquay, has skipped to the United States,
leaving shortage OF over 5000
FIVE men were killed in quarry in Car
narvonshire, Wales, the other day by the
falling of a bridge.
THE Emperor of Germany is said to be
in very feeble condition. He is almost con-
stantly in tears, owing to the news regard
ing the Crown Price. The Empress is also
deeply affected.
CLEARING house returns for week ended
February Is showed an average decrease
Of 10.4 compared with the corresponding
week Of last year. In New York the de-
crease was 173
A DISPATCH from San Reno of the 18th
says: Though strict secrecy is observed,
1t appears clear that the condition of the
Grown Prince is extremely serious. Hourly
bulletins are sent to Emperor William.
BOILER explosion occurred on the &C.
soria estate near Sagua, Cuba, recently.
doing great damage and injuring twenty
persons, Including the engineer and the
manager Of the plantation.
A TERRIBLE earthquake has occurred in
the province IF Yunnan, China. Two thou
sand lives are reported to have been lost.
PROF. VIRcuow has gone to Egypt to pur.
sue his anthropological studies.
IT is stated at Ottawa, Can, that the
question Of the boundary line between
British Columbia and Alaska will be sub
mitted to an international arbitration COM
mittee as soon as the fishery treaty is
ratified.
THE Temps says that extreme activity
prevails at all the French arsenals and
that fighting feet is being fitted for
active service. In q few days, it saws. the
naval stores will be far better than at the
beginning Of the year.
THE LATEST.
LONDON, Feb. 20-Desplte keenly cold