Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-09-05

in Arkansas City, has closed and the
members have all gone home
The police of Fl. Scott have been
notified to watch out for a man with
one hand gone, who had eloped with
a fifteen year girl from Walnut,
Kansas
The Salina Paper Manufacturing
company will start their mill in about
ten days. The intention is to cook
straw for the frst week aud then they
will be able TO turn out their paper in
large quantities.
The bicycle meet TO take place at
Emporia this week promises to be a
big event Entries have already been
made by some of the crack racers.
Eight races will take place, with
fine list of prizes.
Mr.. Will Thompson, eldest SON of
Judge Thomson, and Miss Bertha Felt,
only daughter of ex-Gov. A. ]. Felt,
were married Thursday evening. This
was one of the largest weddings in
the history of Seneca.
The annual reunion and picnic of
Pennsylvania settlers was held in
Soden's grove at Emporia Thursday.
The attendance was large speeches
were delivered in both English and
German and fine musical program
was rendered.
harrison Bros, Have just finished
cutting 2,7OO acres of prairie hay at
HePler, Crawford county, and expect
! - have over two hundred cars for
shipment. They arc building an ad
! dltlon of 40X100 feet to their already
large barn at Hepler and employ about
! fifty men.
The petition presented to Judge
Randolph praying for the calling of
grand jury at the next term Of district
court, only contained about fifty sig
natures. The law provides that the
number shall be 100 and accordingly
Judge Randolph will not order a
grand jury.
A young man by the name of Ran
dolph, OF New Cambria has been ar
rested on charge of assault. The
supposed victim was "a girl of l3 years
I ~ WV VI NnO lives III
Salina. Young Randolph gave bond
/ for his appearance in Van Trine's
court next week.
/ The Fifth district reunion of the G..
A. r. opened at Delphos Thursday un-
der auspiclous circumstances. The
home post had taken great pains to
/ put the grove in the best possible con-
dition for the comfort and entertain
ment of guests. Over two thousand
persons attended the opening exercises
In the district court at Atchison
Monday, case was fled by VIM =.
Lane, against VIM. T.. Daniels, a leg
ing in his petition that Daniels drug
clerk had made mistake in putting
mp prescription given him bv DIR. w.
w. Campbell for his eyes, ans that in
! consequence Of it his eyes were great
! ~ damaged. He prayes damages to
/ the extent of $40, O0O
Deputy Sheriff Mckinley has
brought in Eliza Betburem, the
white girl who ran away with Jesse
Reed, colored. He found her at Reeds
house, but Reed himself had skipped
! out. The officers have warrant for
his arrest. The girl is only sixteen
I and does not want TO go back to her
parents. She is in custody al the
court house in Emporia.
The first instance in the vicinity of
Atchison of Jew marrying a Gentle
woman occurred about two weeks ago.
! The marriage was not altogether
| public one. The immediate friends Of
the groom have heard about il and
are making inquiries by wire as to the
certainty of the event. The bride is
an out of town lady and Is said to he
an artist.
Chief Of Police Rufe Cone, vice .presi-
dent of Kansas for the National I'm.
ion of Chiefs of Police, Friday issued
call for meeting at Wichita on
October ?, to organize a state associa-
tion to be auxiliary to the national
union. Every chief of police and city
marshal will receive an invitation and
while here will be the guests of the
board of police commissioners of
Wichita.
Coral Adams, who is now riding
with DIR. Carver's Wild West show. liv-
cd in Leavenworth in her childhood.
She is the daughter of the well-known
government scout, Tom McFaddan.
and was born and raised on the plains
of Kansas and Texas. She accompan-
led her father on horseback from Tex
-
covered the distance of over 400 miles
IN less than ten days.
Blue Jay, Nat Simmons and James
House were brought up for hearing on
preliminary trial in Wichita, in Judge
Jones court charged with the mur-
der of Willard Stark on the night of
August 9. They were arrested by the
sheriff on August 10 and have been in
the county Jail since their arrest. The
case against them was dismissed by
the county attorney on the ground of
insufficient evidence to hold them,
and they were set at liberty.
Rev. w. ). Beasley is in Abilene
preparing for a ten days camp meet
ing to commence September "a. He
has tent 55x95 feet which ne will
pitch IN Abilene on the above date.
h. l.. Wilson seems to be the wheat
king of Saline county. He has 1850
bushels, averaging about 81 bushels
to the acre. with a weight of sixty-two
pounds to the bushel.
The Emporia canning factory is do
ing a rushing business. 1t put up
1000 cans OF tomatoes last Saturday,
and has put up $4,000 cans of apples.
boy named Bauchman. who is in
jail at Ottawa for burglary, set fire to
the jail and the place was flied with