Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-05-02
Police Judoe Osborn Of Fl Scott ba

| BrOI. w ynn mas resigned MS Cn2u
| in Midland college, Atchison, and will
! go TO Ames, Iowa, as professor of Eng
/ lish literature in the state agricultur-
al college there.
/ The barn on the Crawford county
! poor farm was destroyed by fire last
week. Several horses and consider
/ able amount of other property were
burned. There was no insurance.
A proposition is under consideration
! at Baxter Springs to turn the city hall
! into a college building. Two prCfes-
sors have offered to institute col
lege if the hall be given as bonus.
Two little girls of S and 10, daugh-
ters of Mr.. ard Mrs. Frank Troupt,
who live near Independence, were ter
ribly burned Friday. The clothing of
the younger girl caught fire from an
open fire place and in attempting to
extinguish the blaze the elder girls
clothing also caught. Both are in
| critical condition, but may recover.
| Fort Scott has been placed on the
eastern Kansas racing list by the di-
rcctors of the circuit association. This
, will insure a number of good horses
at our meet here in August. All the
! horses that make the circuit will. of
course, enter here. and we will have
one of the best race meetings we ever
had.-Fort Scot Tribune.
An oratorical contest in the interest
of woman suffrage was held in the
/ Central college chapel at Great Bend
| Saturday night. A great crowd greet
ed the orators and lively interest
was manifested. First place was
awarded to a. f. Neal, of Kingman.
and second to Miss Stella RobeI is Of
| Chanute.
The Atchison police boards edict
against slot machines has developed
into a revenue scheme by which ma
chimes are licensed through tie me-
dunn of graduated scale of monthly
fines ranging from 81 to SO. People
in Atchison may still be wicked if
they SO desire, but they must pay cash
monthly in advance for the privilege.
DR.. w. Il. Sinler, chief of the gov
ernment inspection bureau of Kansas
City, Kan, has received notice from
Secretary Morton that on and after
May !, an antemOrtem eXaminatiO
must be made of all cattle killed in
the two Kansas Citys. All cattle con-
demned will be instantly killed and
turned over to the dissecting works.
The order will necesSitate the appoint.
ment of siN or seven more inspectors.
The report Of the board of directors
for the Kansas educational exhibit at
the Worlds fair has just been issued.
1t is d concise vet comprehensive
statement of the origin and manage
ment of the exhibit. The special re-
ports % Superintendents L. c. Woos-
ter and c. NJ. Light are quite va.ua BILE
The report of the treasurer, George T.
Fairchild, shows that the receipts
were $6,537.43, leaving a balance of
S27S.
James A. Flesher, who recently
went from Mcpherson to Kansas City
and secured work as conductor on the
Edgerton branch of the IL road. was
run over and instantly killed by an
! electric car in Kansas City, Kan, Sun
day. Mr.. Flesher was a member of
McPherson post No 81. q. A. Il. Dur
ing the war he served with honor in
the SiXty-sccond infantry under Colo
mel J.. {. True, Kansas City. @lie was
ais II member of Garden City lodge No
IL, a. 0. L. w.
, There is some question as to whcth-
or the Kansas City. Kansas, 500, 600
school bond proposition was legally
, carried at the last election. More
votes were cast for it than against it,
, but not a majority of all the votes
cast. The board will meet this week
to decide whether or not TO issue the
bonds. If they decide to make the is
sue restraining order will undou bt-
cdly be sued ont and the matter taken
: to the courts. There is considerab ble
opposition to the issuance of bonds in
( the proposed amount.
, Safe blowing in country towns
, around Wichita is becoming protita-
bile and very dangerous occupation.
Daily reports come in from surround
ing counties Night before last safe
was blown open at Greenwood and on
the same night raid was made on
the town of Hesston, station on the
: Missouri Pacific near Newton. Offic-
ers are of the opinion that the gang
implicated in tne business go out on
their raids aid then run into Wichita
for cover, this being the largest city
near at hand.-Wichita Beacon.
The advance column of the common
veal army remains in camp in Hagers-
. town, Md. Brown is bent on making
] his usual speech in the public square,
and that he my have an opportunity
of doing so the march may not be re-
sumed for several days. Souvenirs of
:, the army, such as badges and ribbons,
. are being sold at good prices. and the
! camp is being enclosed so that the
public will be obliged to pay for a
peep at the aggregation should the
+ public desire it. The proceeds go to-
ward sustaining the army.
: On Sunday afternoon Jesse, son of
Oscar Meyers of Leavenworth. aged 5
years, fell into the Missouri river and
drowned, right at the place where
Mrs. Mettman's body was found cut to
pieces several years ago. He was in
company with his father fishing, who
leaned against tree and fell asleep.
When he awoke the little boy was
; missing, but his hat on the end of
some logs tied to the shore gave un-
mistakable evidence that he had fall
en- into the water where it was about
uine feet deep. A little dog that had
been with the Myers child was run
ming along the shore making a great
racket when the father awoke Dill
gent Search for the body was made,
but no trace of it could be found.
Cheyenne county citizens are talk
ing of pursuading the county commits
5 sloners to levy tax for the purpose
: of raising funds for sinking an artes-
ian well. The row over where the
, we'll shall be located is expected to
STIR up quite boom.
Sheriff Brown of Hiawatha arrested
t four suspicious characters on Thurs
; day. The fellows had in their poss-
ession about one hundred pairs of
gold trimmed spectaeles, which they
5 were selling. One of the men had a
: sand bag, another a revolver. etc.
t Nothing is known of the men there.
They will be held by the sheriff for
several days.
: A petition signed by 7o9 persons has