Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-20

tracts for threshing SO, 900 bushels Of
wheat In Cowley county this month.
Five young men and ten young Ia
dies were confirmed in the Jewish syn
agOgue at Leavenworth last Sunday.
Clay Center has already purchased
$500 worth of Fl, eworks and will shoot
them off at the Fourth of July cele.
bration.
A model school of five rooms is be.
ing conducted in connection with the
Riley county normal institute at Man.
haitian.
a merry-go-round at Wichita dis
turbed a w. G. I. L. meeting just
across the street and was abated as
nuisance.
Adam Yeager, of Lawrence, was
struck by lightning and instantly kill
ed in his yard during a thunder storm
Saturday afternoon.
Commencement exercises of the pub
lie schools of Douglass county were
held last Saturday at bismarck grove.
There were fifty graduates.
The scheme of the senior class OF
the State University to raise fund for
the assistance of poor students has
materialized to the extent of $50.
Canton, Mcpherson county, has a
chinch bug station for the distribution
of Prof. Shows deadly infection. It
is located in the Republican Office.
At a recent election in Comanche
county, it was decided to let the herd
law stand as it was. This will put
quietous to the free range question.
An eleven year old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Jones of Kansas City,
Kans., was struck by lightning and
almost instantly killed Saturday
night.
The famous Hi.lman insurance cases
have been set by Judge Thomas for tue
second Tuesday in January, 1895.
Judge Thomas will try them at Leav,
enworth.
Good rains are reported all over the
state on Saturday and Sunday. Corn
is greatly benefited and with another
good rain in 20 days, it will make
fair crop.
Lawrence has sixty miles of side,
walks and a damage suit for $4,000
for "a fall sustained ty lady on por-
ton of them which was alleged to be
defective.
Judge Albion w. Tourgee, of New
York, author of "a Fools Errand" and
Bricks Without Straw" will deliver
an address at the Winfield Chautua.
qua assembly
There is some talk to the effect that
the State National Bank of Wichita,
which failed recently Will resume. If
there is no resumption a receiver will
probably lie appointed.
The board of education of the Otta.
wa city schools has elected teachers
for the ensuing year. Superintendent
+. 2. Smith, with nearly the whole
corps of old teachers, have been re-
tanned
The Bank of Oberlin was closed Sat
urday by Commissioner Breidenthall,
caused by the failure of Steele & Walk
er, of st. Joe, the latter being presi-
dent of the bank. There was $4,000
of county funds on deposit Assets
and liabilities unknown.
The Missouri river has been steadily
raising for severa days and at noon on
Monday was in four feet of the danger
line at Omaha. Above and below
the city the current is doing consider
damage to farm lands. A terrific rain
fell all over Northeastern Nebraska
Tuesday.
Lane county has 41,9s1 acres OF
wheat to harvest this year, which at
8 bushels per acre will yield 33, 500
bushels of wheat. Deducting 3,15O
bushels for seed and 1900 bushels for
bread lie ayes 2s, 45O bushels, which at
40 cents cents per bushel means $113,.
500 for Lane county's wheat fields.
C. O. Beardsly, Ben Verbryck and
Sam Davis escaped from the city Jail
at Ell Dorado one night last week
They removed the bolts from the lower
hinge of the iron door, sprung it out,
wedged it out at the bottom and crawl
ed out Beardsley vas serving a sent
ence of 1850 and Davis $50 days for vi
olating the prohibitory liquor law
Verbryck was convicted of assaulting
an officer and was held for payment of
fine and costs. They are still at
large.
The year old daughter of George
Firstenberger was horribly burned at
Seneca Saturday morning. 1t seems
that she was playing with some other
children in a child's playhouse, and
accidentally lighted a match, setting
fire to some hay which they had spread
around Her clothes immediately
caught fire, and before help could
reach her, that she died soon after.
A boy probably 16 years of age, Civ
ing his name as Louis Kirk applied
to Chief of Police White Tuesday for
money with which to buy ticket to
his home in Alexander, Neb,, SAYS the
Atchison Champion. Kirk who is a
typical country boy, went to Kansas
City some time ago to visit his married
sister He informed Chief White that / 6
liked Kansas City and would have re-
NAMED there but for the fact that his
sister had taken on too many city airs
to suit Him. Everything went all
right until meal time, when young
Kirk wanted to eat his potatoes with
| a spoon, which his sister refused to
stand. Tie country brother insisted
| on eating potatoes in the good old.
| fashioned way. So much objection
was raised to this that life was a bur
den, and he decided to run off. He
had enough money to buy a ticket
| to Atchison, but ran short of funds
here. He telegraphed his father for
money, which was sent to him, and
the young man continued his journey
There are 2s5 persons enrolled in the
! Convey county Normal institute
The much talked-of extension of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad
southeast through the rich coal fieIos
of Crawford county is no longer con.
| lecture, but a certainty. Chief Engin.
A Al
Kansas & Texas has received orders
from headquarters to commence the
survey from this city and tomorrow
| Colonel Wilson will start with corps
of men out over the proposed line
The work, it is understood will be
pushed to speedy completion.-Parsons
Sun.
The Leavenworth Training School
for Nurses graduated its first class
| of students on the evening of Friday