Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-03-07
KANSAS MATTERS.
Condensed News from All Parts OF
the Great Sunfiower State-A Con.
eral Summary OF Kansas New.

Inc teachers In the Clay Center
schools visited Haskell institute at
Lawrence Saturday.
Spring wheat sowing is under way
in Decatur county. One man has put
in seventy-ive acres already.
An epidemic of measles has caused
the closing of the Lebanon, Smith
county, schools for two weeks,
A sneak thief entered the kitchen of
hotel at Bird City, and stole $50 be-
longing to one of the servant girls.
A forty foot vein of superior gyp-
sum has been discovered on the farm
OF L. j. Cook, near Dillon, Dickinson
county.
Emperor William visited Chanc Slor
Won Caprlvi at 9 o'clock Saturday
morning and congratulated him upon
his birthday.
No person hereafter will be given
aid by Nemaha county without pre-
senting certificate from his town
ship trustee.
1t is reported that the Rocks county
normal institute will be held in Plain
vile this year instead of at Stockton
a. heretofore.
Three hundred rabbits were distrib-
uted to the needy of Wichita last
week. The animals were a gift of a
hunter at Beaumont.
Not single Labette county man
according to the Parsons Sun, has as
yet announced himself as a candidate
Fred Haugawout, who has been run
ming the COTS Advocate, proposes to
quit the newspaper business and go
on the road for Kansas City firm.
Sheriff Fleming of Sharon Springs,
Wallace county, had good horse,
harness and cart stolen from his stable
the other night. lie will probably not
recover it.
A eliterary society has been organ.
lied at Atwood, Rawlins county. hav-
ing for one of its objects the estab-
lishment and maintenance of free
reading room.
The Associated charities of Law
renee has another scheme on foot for
raising funds. This time it is the pro-
duction by amateur talent of the ora
torio judith"
Prisoners in the Leavenworth
county Jail have been scheming for
some time to make their escape, but a
discovery of their plans a few days
ago has checkmated the project.
Marion Dahlene was thrown from a
wagon in runaway at Lawrence Sat-
urday and badly injured. No bones
were broken but he was very badly
bruised about the head ana rendered
unconscious.
Boone Sans of Winona, Russell
county, has been arrested on q charge
of assault with intent to kill. 1t
seems that he became filled with
whisky and also with the idea that he
would like to carve Ben Simpson.
Simpson wasn't hurt much.
James Brice, the Kansas City, Kan.
horse thief who was arrested at Lam
sing the other day as he was released
from serving term for appropriating
other mems horses, has been released
again. 1t has been found that the
statute of limitations has made the
charges brought against him inopera-
tive.
A charitable citizen of Atchison
who had furnished poor
family with weeks supply of provis-
ions was surprised by another applica-
ton in a couple of days from the re-
cipients of his bounty Upon his in
curry as to how they had gotten rid
of the things he had left he was in
formed that the family chad given a
party"
The Oxford Horse Thief Detective
association, incorporated under the
laws of Kansas in 1885, has Just offered
a standing reward for the conviction
of any person for petit larceny, 5000
for. grand larceny and $500 for arson,
in each case where the crime was
committed or attempted against the
property of any member of the associ-
alton.
Lucas Lodge of the United order of
Anti Monopoly has passed resolutions
condemning the illegal hanging of
Green Burton, VIM. Gay and John Cav
for the murder of Fred Dininny at
Russell recently, and asking Governor
Lewelling to offer a suitable reward
for the apprehension of the leaders of
the mob.
The Concordia school board is dis
matrimony among the lady
teachers in its employ by providing
that when one of them marries a Con-
cordia man and quits the service of
the board during the term for which
she was engaged she shall forfeit a
half months salary; and if the pre-
txyi1
town, the deduction amounts to a
whole months salary.
Bartholomew Barth, who lives at
:, ,O02 North Fifth.street, Kansas Citv.
Kan, was fatally injured SUNDAY
by falling from an elevated
train. He died at o'clock
Sunday night at the city hospital. Mr..
Barth boarded the car and as it start
ed discovered that it was bound for
Chelsea park. He wanted to take an
Edgerton place car. He rushed out on
the platform and pushed aside the con.
ductor, who was closing the iron gate
at the STEPS The car had passed the
platform and he fell to the street
twenty feet below.
Norton county's special Normal in
stitute will begin June 25 and con-
tinue until August "a.
The report of Fish Commissioners 7.
w. Wampler, has been issued from the
state printing house. The report saws
there is growing interest in pisclcul-
ture in the state and that large mum.
ber of private ponds are being con-
structed. The commissioner believes
the carp to be the fish for Kansas, saw
ing that itcan be grown as cheaplv as
chicken. He thinks every farmer
ought to produce all the fish his fami.
~ can consume. The United States
fish commissioner has notified him that
he will send car of food fishes for
in the near future.
An executive meeting OF Santa Fe
was he'd at Argentine
Sunday. The object of the meeting is
not known, but it is supposed to have
been for the purpose of arranging for
4 state organization of the conductors
n l0np tho cueforo