Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-08-08

sied Monday at Quincy, Ill
Brakeman Snodgrass was killed by
work train at Festus, Mo. Friday
Sarah Ray, colored, was acquitted
Monday at Meridian, Miss, of the
murder OF her infant {
William Sandford. a United States
regular, wa, killed in runaway at
Rock Island, ill., Friday.
w. +. Setzy. wanted at webb city,
Mo. for no sc stealing and burglary.
oas been arrested at Moberly, Mo.
Allen Fife, aged 20, was found
Head Friday in hi, cellar at Mo
oerly, No, where ne had evi-
IDENTIFY fallen the night before and
broken his neck.
{. A Irving, a telegraph operator, Of
Butte, Mont, was arrested Tuesday for
'mpersonating another man and draw
ng money from the First National
Bank, which was tclcgraphed from
Waterloo, la.
DIR j. Early dropped dead from
'poplexy Monday at Lockhart, Tex,
&c was a cousin of General Jubal A
Early, the Confederate General, and
auring the war lost a leg. He came
20 Texas after the surrender
Harry Nichols, aged 10, was arrested
Al Marshall, Mo, Saturday night by
United states Marshal and taken TO
Kansas City to be tried for cashng a
United States money order that be-
onged to man Of the same name.
The government has finally decided
not TO accept Herr Doves so-caIlcd
bullet-proof cuirass for use in the
German Army. At a recent trial of
efficacy at Spandau the cuirass was
pierced by bullets from a regulation
cihe at COO meters.
Io-morrow's outgoing steam ers
from New York will carry 81, 300. 900
IN gold, which was yesterday and to-
aay drawn from the New York sub
treasury for export, This leaves the
gold reserve at the close of business
to-day s55,393,5 so.
The Chinese official account of the
recent engagement between Chinese
and Japanese warships says that the
chinese ironclad Chen Yuenm, which
Us one of the largest vessels of her
lass belonging to the Northern fleet.
'etreated to Kotze, and escaped cap
iure by the Japanese. The latter. the
'eport adds, captured dispatch boat
and sank transport. Six other trans
ports escaped.
At GreenvIlle, Texas, viii Sockwel
accompanied Will Little out to Nat.
Parkers residence Monday afternoon
and when they drove up to the gate
Parker shot at Sockwell with a double
oarreled shotgun. He received n
Craze on the head, and before Parker.
who is a fathcr-in-law of Sockwens
could fire again, Little grabbed the
gun. The origin of the difficulty
dates back several months.
The o. f. Stockwell, with a barge
N tow, brought an excursion of color.
ri people to Cape Girardeau, Sunday
Irom Cairo at II p. m. While living at
The wharf and dancing was IN progress
on the barge. Joe Schlen, white bov
aged l3 years, drowned. He was not
seen after striking the water. The
BOY was the oldest son of Mrs. John
schlen. All means have been used 70
raise the body, but so far unsuccess.
fully.
The news was brought to Marshfield.
Mo-, Wednesday, that smallpox is
raging at Mountain Grove, a town in
wright county on the Memphis rail.
road. Eight deaths are reported and
large portion of the inhabitant.
have taken the disease already. The
matter was kept quiet for nearly a
week. Numbers of people have left
Tor other towns, and unless precau
uonary measures are taken the disease
IS likely to spread to adjoining towns
Perhaps the oldest living person ir
the state of Arkansas, il not in the
United states, is Chloe Wright. a col
pred woman, who lives on the proper
ty OF Judge j. u. Kimbel. in Uot
Springs. A few days ago she cele
brated her Hath birthday. She wa,
born in Halifax county, " c., in july
l7so. She is physically feeble. vet re
tains remarkable memory, and car
discourse quite intelligentlv about
events that occurred nearly century
ago.
Levi Winl<le employed at the Wa
bash rolling mill, shot and killed
Charles Williams i'm front of the lat
ter's home Tuesday afternoon. Wrinkle
was passing Williams residence. whcr
hc was accused by Williams of beinc
intimate with Mrs. Williams. Tn,
two men were soon engaged in a bit
ter quarre,, when Wrinkle drew his re
volver and fired three times Two q
the shots struck Williams. CAUSING
almost instant death. Wrinkle fled
Williams leaves widow and a voune
daughter. Wrinkle is unmarried.
An eight-ycar-old son of Frank Ror
ers, of Nashville. Ill, attempted Sun
day afternoon to commit suicide h,
hanging. He was found and take,
down by his mother before life wa
extinct. A doctor was called, and tn
child was rcsusitated.
special from BRUSSELS states tha
an anarchist hotel keeper. named Bas
ioer, was arrested at Client Friday b.
two policemen. He drew a dagger
stabbed ono OF them, and tried to sta
the other, but was diSarmcd b efore H.
could succeed. The injured policeman
is dying.
j. I. Ross, born in Luddington
England, in 1922. died at Marshall, Mo.
SUNDAY night He was forunarI,.
citizen of jefferson City.
A Paris dispatch says that Deput,
Degenanel has sent a challenge to NJ
Clemenceau in consequence of an at
'fe's upon him in NJ. Clemenceau's pa
Pc La Justice"
A. G. Hess, Chicago, Rock Islam