Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-08-15
KANSAS STATE MATTERS.
WHAT THE JAYHAWKERS ARE
DOING TO-DAY.
Condensed News from All Parts of
the Great Sunfiower Statc-A Gem
eral Summary of Kansas New.

Lincoln county at 80 cents day and
board
a big irrigation convention will be
held at Tribune, Greeley county, some
time this month
The ten days Bible school OF the
Kansas Gospel union closed Thursday
at Bismark Grove
"A well digger thinks he has discov-
cred vein of gold near Argentine
that will repay working.
The Kansas City, Kan. mail car
riers wh) were appointed last year
have had their wages raised from $50
TO $50 a month.
Tobacco is being grown success
fully and extensively in the vicinity
of Spring Hill, Johnson county.
Sam Small, of varigated fame. lee
tured in Emporia Friday night on the
topic, What is the matter with our
Uncle SAM"
\ colored child year old drank
concentrated I've at Litchfeld, Craw-
ford county, last week and died IN
great agony two days later.
The only nitro glyccrinc factory in
Kansas is located about two miles
southeast of NcOdcsha. and has a
daily output of 200 quarts.
The convention of the Christian
churches of Northwest Kansas will be
held in a wigwam. between Bcllcvillc
and OrOnoquc, Norton county. August
@l-23.
The NJ. X. & +. shops at Parsons
will hereafter run six days in the
week. For some weeks they have
been in operation but four days each
week
son of Congressman John Davis
has just made final proof on a timber
claim in Greeley county. lie has never
lived on the claim and never worked
it himself
a lively fight over the assistant
postmastcrship at Wichita has been
settled by the appointment of George
i. Locke, who has been IL candidate
Tor the position only four or five days
j. \. McDcrmOtt ma, been arrested
at Salina for forgery on complaint of
j. Is. Cummings. Cummings charges
that last month McDermott drew
three checks on him on the Salina
State bank.
About 1000 barrels of petroleum per
day is being pumped from the South
crn Kansas oil fields into n 40, 600 bar
rel storage tank at Neodesha. A well
was ''drilled in and shot at Thaver
on the 4th inst, which yields nearly
fifty barrels dav.
Fire broke out in the blacksmith
shop belonging to j. A. Downev of
Heading, and it was completely de
stroycd. The flames spread to the
grist mill adjoining and destroyed that
also. The loss is estimated to be
about 81 900. No insurance.
1t is reported that the corpse of
Mrs. Subblefield, who was buried in
cemetry between here and Burlington
short time ago, was taken from the
grave and robbed of Il silk dress gold
watch and some iewnlry that was
buried with her, the coffin being left
open by the side of the grave.-Lebo
Enterprise.
Henry A. Tegdcr, aged about 30
years committed suicide at the Osa-
watomie house in Osawatomie Satur-
day night by drinking an ounce of
nuX vOmica From papers on his per-
son it was learned that he had recent
ly been employed by the Ferd Helm
Rrp
and has brother at Meridian, No.
An aged lady in Atchison came near
meeting horrible death by poisoning
Sunday morning. She took a bottle
of carbolic acid from the shelf and
thinking it was wine turned it up to
take drink. She took large mouth
full but realizing something was
wrong, spit it out before swallowing
it. Her mouth was badly burned how
ever.
The badly decomposed body of an
unknown man was discovered in Fox
creek, onc-half mile west of Strong
City, Tuesday morning bout IL o'clock.
An investigation by the coroner's jury
developed the fact that lie came to
his death through a gunshot wound
on the top of his head and then thrown
into the creek by party or parties
unknown.
The board of education of Kansas
City, Kansas, felt constrained to cut
the term of school from nine to eight
months because of scarcity of funds.
Now the teachers offer, in order to
carry out the scheduled course of
study, to teach nine months for eight
months pay, with the understanding
that II the board succeeds in collecting
sufficient back taxes they are to re-
ceive remuneration for the full time
taught.
The Times says that there will be
$50 wheels in line at Leavenworth. on
the occasion of the bicycle meet Aug
ust S. NJ. III. Burt, Kansas champion.
who is now in Chicago, will be there.
a farmers institute will be held in
Forest Park, Ottawa. August Is. Sec
rotary Coburn of the state board of
agriculture and ex-Sccretary Mohler
will be among the speakers.
The Ladies' Auxiliary to the A. RI
at Argentine is making an effort To
induce boarding house keepers to boy
colt all railroad men who have taken
the places of strikers.
The White Banner is new populist
paper which has been established al
Wilsonton, Labcttc county.
Capt. w. T. Burgess of Wichita has
an offer to enter the Japanese service
during the Corean war. He may &C
cept.
The rainmaker at Eureka received
his guaranteed $500 Cor the rain ot
Wednesday. There were scores OF
Ofhar that