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

RECEIVER JAMES MCCoNvILLE has taken
charge OF the Metropolitan Bank of Cincin-
natl
FIRE at Dell Rapids, Oak, the other night
destroyed eleven buildings, causing $25 600
loss.
THE Church & Graves Manufacturing
Company, of Minneapolis, Mimi. has as
signed with $50, COO assets and SO, 0O0 liabil-
tiles.
THE United States steamship Iroouois
has been ordered to be locked for exami-
nation at the Mare island navy yard, Cali
fornia.
The Northwestern paper manufacturers
In convention at Chicago recently consid-
cred proposition to sell out to Eastern
parties so as to form pool or trust Final
action will be taken March T.
SIX loaded cars of freight train broke
through new bridge near Galena, H., re-
Gently and were destroyed. A brakeman
was killed.
NUMBER Of boomers were recently
elected from the Oklahoma Territory by
colored troops. Some were held at Fort
Reno, the others being discharged.
DULUTH real estate sharpers have sold
many lots away back in the hills to Buffalo
parties at fancy prices.
The steamship City Of Pesun which
reached San Francisco from China on the
18th had several cases of smallpox on
board and was quarantined.
MARTIN L. ScoTT was hanged at Deer
Lodge. Mont, recently for the murder of
his wife in fit of drunken jealousy.
DEAF BULL, Crow Indian in the military
prison at Fort Smelling, recently attacked
two other Indians with knife, laying open
their Threats. He then stabbed himself
and broke his arm VIII lie resisting the man.
acles. The injured Indians, it was thought,
would die.
AUGUST HETsKE, OF Chicago, has been
found guilty of murder in the first degree
for beating his little stepson to death with
a strap.
The murderer of Millionaire Smell at
Chicago turned out to be William B. Tas-
colt the scapegrace son of Colonel James
b. Tascott, head Of the Tascott Manufact-
urlng Company. The boy had served a
term in the Kentucky penItentiary. Young
Tascotps whereabouts were unknown on
the 18th, but the police were confident of
bis speedy capture.
TIE police Of San Francisco have closed
up the American lottery, run by Chinese,
which did business OF between $4,000 and
go GOO year.
MUELLER & GoGREvE, rectifiers, import
ers and wholesale dealers in liquors, at
. 40 oAst EdAA aSECtJSt AluGl0LaIl, nave
assigned. Liabilities, $4,000; assets,
$4,000.
FEARFUL tornado went through Mount
Vernon, Ill, on the evening OF the 18th.
Thirty-one persons were reported dead and
hundreds injured. The damage was i'm
mense, hair the town being leveled. To
add TO the horrors, the ruins caught fire.
Thieves also robbed the dead and dying,
A call for aid was immediate Responded
to by adjoining cities. The weather after
the storm turned cold, and it was feared
much suffering would result
Rev. JAMES ScHoFIELD, father OF Major
General Schofeld, U. S. A, died in Chicago
recently, in his eighty-seventh year.
BANKER HOPKINS, of Cincinnati, has been
denied new trial.
THIRTEEN prisoners escaped from the
Newark 20 } jail recently.
The postmaster at Woodward. Iowa. has
rpm away with an unknown lady. His ac-
counts are in good shape.
JOSEPH A. STEDGRRMILK, of Auburn, Ill.
agent for the ST. Louis branch of the
walter A. Wood Reaper and Mower Com
pany, is charged with forgeries to the ex-
tent OF over 5000 in connection with his
business with that firm.