Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-12-27
NUMBER 80.
KANSAS MATTERS,
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roads will pay into the treasury Of.
Ottawa county the same amount OF
taxes this year.
John and Charles Hoffman have.
been arrested in Coffeyville for steal
ing oats in the Territory and dispos-
ing of them in that city. They will be.
tried for bringing stolen property in the
state. and will probably be re-arrest-;
ed and tried in Fort Smith for steal.
ing the grain.
Early in January the bii lge al
Leavenworth, in which the Buriing-
ton road is interested. will be ready,
for business. BY the completion Of.
this bridge all the difficulties which
have in past years attended the trans
worth and eastern points will be.
wiped out.
Antoine Hoenish, an Austrian living
northeast of Great bend was found
dead near that town last night, with
his neck broken and skull fractured.
His brother lay near by in q drunken
stupor. Both had been on a spree
and had evidently fallen out of the
wagon while returning home. The.
dead man leaves q wife and five child
rem.
Charles w. Jacobs, postmaster at
sun City, Barker county, is reported;
by Inspector Cochrane to be short in
his accounts to the amount of S7O0.
Jabobs keeps q store in connection
with the postoffice and does not deny.
that he is in arrears, but says that he
has used the government money in.
the transactions of his private bust.
ness.
After few weeks detective work
Sheriff McCray and Deputy Manner Of
Fredonia made the arrest of George
WhSley, Louis Garrett and Elmer Coo
ley, Monday, charged with three diff
ferent hold-ups. all occurring within
a few weeks. The first was Leonard
Toepfer, of New Albany, Kan, the.
second that of the age.t at Severy.
Kan, and the third that of the agent
at Howard, Kan.
The state board of public works has
been unsuccessful in its efforts to &C.
cure bids within the estimate for
wireing the deaf and dumb institute
building at Olathe for electric light.
The total amount appropriated for
the whole work was 81, 500, and the
architects estimate for wiring alone
was $1,000. All bids have largely ex-
ceeded the estimates. 1t is probable
that the state will take charge of the
work in detail.
Francis NJ. Newhouse, who has beer,
working for the past four years for C.
M. Beeson. of Dodge City, left there
about September 1, went to Roches-
ter, Ind, hired team and drove out
to where he had formerly worked be7
fore coming west. He came back to
town, had check cashed for $3.50 and
ate supper at the Arlington hotel in
that city. This is the last trace of
him up to the 3rd, inst. He was 81
years old and of good habits. 1t Is
feared that some one has made way
with him.
No more matched games of football
will be allowed to be played by
the students of the state uormal
school after Saturday. on which occa.
sion they play return game at Eml
poria with the Ottawa university team.
The faculty claim that the game at
tracts too much attention from stud
les and lowers the grade of students,
besides being brutal and provocative
of profanity. 1t is said the other
state educa tional institutions will fol-
low the precedent established, by the
normol authorities.
The celebrated Spanish fever cattle
case was called in the district court az
Emporia Tuesday. There are 159 peo-
pie seeking damages for cattle al-
legged to have been lost by Texas or
Spanish fever. In May, 1892, Housier
Bros, of Kansas City, brought from
10 nd a
Hartfort, about 90, 900 head of cattle.
From there they were driven TO the
Brogan rancho in Chase county. A
short time after native cattle along
the route began to die at an alarming
rate. A commission reported the
losses at 1 500 head. valued at Sl5, 900,
from a widows cow to Far
rington & Lantry's loss of $4,000.
There is a great array Of famous LEGAL
talent engaged from various sections
OF the country. The suit is expected
to last a week or more.
In the celebrated Texas cattle fever
tses for damages against the Missou-
ri. Kansas & Texas railroad compEny
at Enporia, the jury has brought in .
verdict with lat items, generally in
favor of the plaintiffs and cross Pc
sltioners end against tho railroad
company. The damages In the aggre-
gate amount to s47, ,379.so. and range,
all the way from Si2 for single ami
ed the cattle firm of harrington &
Lantry. The railroad of course will
fight the case to the bitter end, and 10
will not be finally settled until the
court of last resort has passed upon 1t.
Weld, of Atchison, are at war over
deputy sheriff appointed to watch cer-
tain business houses on Commercial
Street, and both are talking back
through the newspapers. Weld noti-
fed the deputy not TO try the doors of
business houses other than those he
was employed to watch under penalty
of arrest. Larkin says the deputy
has authority to perform the duties Of
that Office in any part of the city.
Larkin also takes occasion to notify
tramps that they will receive no bet
ter treatment or quarters in Atchison,
as far as he is concerned than they
did previous to Governor LewellinR's
letter to the Metropolitan police COM
Wichita came near experiencing q
cOlllSloH DIWeen q street car ana q
Santa Fe passenger train Tuesday.
The street car was returning from Coll
ege mill with its precious load,
adies, and at the crossing of the San
"a Fe tracks freight had stopped.
the crossing. Finally the
freight cleared the crossing and the
,ar proceeded on its way, but when
,n the railway tracks the trolley came
,f, and npon looking out of the ear
he ladies discovered the passenger
oearing down upon them, when to the
of the conductor they
quietly got off to await the collision
which was luckily averted.
TIE Perry Building and Loan ssso-
Iiation took ont q charter with Secre.
ary Lowe. The incorporators are:
Iohn Brogan, Jim Gore, j, A. Cruik-
hank, L. d. Freeman, j. Feliner, r.
". Farrar, Edgar Watkins. w, E. Nc
,lung, e. B. Park and Russell Briggs.
Three counties in the southwestern