Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-09-19

/ The Anderson county fair was go
! ing on last week
! The Russian thistle has arrived at
Wabaunssee county.
Mcpherson pays $40 each per year
for its arch street lights.
The Deaf and Dumb school at
Olathe will open for the year this
week.
Leavenworth's poor commissioner
is already receiving many appeals for
assistance.
A well will be sunk at Smith Center
to depth of $500 feet in search of
artesian water. s5.gssas
| Heavy rains last week made the
Marias des Cygnes river at Ottawa al
most a torrent.
Stewart u. Schenck of Colorado, and
Miss Lizzie Howell were married in
Usage City Thursday evening.
There were forty-three cars of hay
sent out from Mayetta, jackson coun-
ty, last week, and seventy four loads
in the month of August.
The irrigation fad has struck EN-
/ poria. The science club there will
discuss various phases of the question
at its September "a meeting.
Crit Watkins, a professional gam
bier, who was raised in Sedgwiciz
county and who was well-known in
| Wichita, was shot and killed in Dem
yer one dav last week.
| The Wesleyan university began its
eighth academic year Thursday with
most of the old students present and
many new ones. DIR. A. Schuyler can
Quoted tue opening exercises.
While riding on an errand the young
son of John Annis was thrown from
his horse by the animal running into
n gate in the dark. The boys neck
was broken by the fall and when his
parents, who live at Wood bine, al
armed at his absence, searched for
him they found his dead body by the
gate.
a man was found lying unconscious
along the railroad track between Pea
body and Florence early Thursday
morning by bridge gang, who
brought him to consciousness. He
proved to be man from Ohio and had
walked off Santa Fe train No. while
asleep. He had received no serious
injury and left on the next train.
The total registration at the State
MI II,
495, total of III more than at the
same time In the term of last year.
Chancellor Snow claims that this is an
indication of return of prosperity to
the people of Kansas, and that this
registration is the greatest for this
week in the year in his record of
twenty years.
Charles Davis, an cx-convict, and
William Clemens, both of Pittsburg,
were arrested Wednesday by Detec-
tjves Ferrill and Skinner, charged
with shooting and attempting to rob
Joe Davis at Opolis a few days ago.
The officers claim to have strong cir
cumstantial evidence pointing to the
guilt of the men. In Justice Wayde's
court both were committed In default
of 81, 900 bond, TO appear for prelmin-
airy trial the coming week
William Fox, a German farmer liv-
ing about two miles north of Law
renee, was accidently shot by his wife
Wednesday afternoon. The two were
shooting at a mark when Fox gave
his wife the gun and went to arrange
the target. The gun was discharged
and the ball passed entirely through
the body, piercing the right lung.
Mrs. Fox helped him to the house and
and then summoned a doctor. He
was resting easier Thursday but the
chances are against his recovery.
Mr.. John Forney, an elder in the
German Baptist church, sect fami i
arly known as "Dunkard," handed a
family recorded to the editor of the
Abilene Gazette, recently, that when
one looks at it carefully, is something
wonderful BY his first wife he had
five sons and by his second wife seven
sons and seven daughters, making
nineteen children in all. Through
these nineteen children he has had
ten grand-childrer and through the
latter twenty-seven great grand child.
rem. OF his l47 descendants I2I are
still living
The usually quite little city of Bald
win is considerably stirred up over the
arrest of j. b. Mckay for the alleged
attic mpt to rape a l3-year-old girl liv
ing in the south part of the city. II
his own testimony he admitted many
of the disgusting details recounted in
the charge, but denied the fact that
would send him to the penitentiary
The evidence is strcng against him
and the people are indignant. Tall
of summary punishment is freely in
dulged, but probably no action will bs
taken. He was bound over to tn,
September term of court with S6OC
bail.
Onion culture is becoming an impor
tant branch of farming in Rossvills
township. Clayton Banks and Ed
ward Risk will grow from l,50o t.
l,s00 bushels on five acres of land
They have sold car load at 81 cents
bushel Topeka Mail
Jerome Pitney, living east of La
c,ede. Pottawattomie county, LOST
thirty head of cattle last week from
lack of water in his pasture. A few
days prior he had visited the pasture
anil found abundance of water. and
upon hls return fevs DAYS thereaffe!