Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-27


Hurried Readers.
The president has appointed Frank
McCoppin postmaster at San Francis
co.
Gold engaged for shipment by
Thursday new steamers amount to
So, 25U,t0O.
A chorus of 100 voices will sing pat
rlotic and soul-srirring songs at the
Fourth of July celebration at Cotfey-
vile. g
{. ?. Leland, auditor of the Lake
Shore railroad, died at Cleveland, o.,
at o'eloc.k' thursday morning. after
an illness OF several days.
Large quantities OF grasshoppers have
made their appearance near Carlton,
o., and in many places have totally de-
stroyed gardens and are lnjuring
meadows.
The operators at Pomeroy, o., have
not made an offer since the refusal of
the miners proposition ten days ago.
1t is believed that all parties will get
together and work will be resumed.
At Streator, ILL.,, while laboring un-
der temporary alteration of the mind,
owing to sunstroke, Herman Richter,
cut his mothers throat Saturday night
and attempted suicide. He will re-
cover.
There is absolutely no truth in the
sensational story circulated In the
United States by news agency to the
effect that Sir Edward Malet, the
British ambassador to Berlin, has re
signed.
In the deficiency lill the department
OF justice receives $7Os,27S, mostly for
fees of United States courts. The
largest appropriation is S., see for
the postoffice department.. Of this 81.
$40, ia goes for mail transportation by
railroad.
The Missouri river rose one foot on
Saturday at Omaha and is at present
within eighteen inches of the danger
line, with prospects of a more rapid
rise Sunday. The weather bureau re-
ports high water approaching from
the north.
Although a public exhibition has
been forbidden, the Creek Indians at
Great Falls, Mont, are carrying on
their sun dance quietly at their te-
pees. There is to be sham battle and
parade, which the authorities intend
to prevent if possible.
Arrangements are complete at Oma
ha, for the reception of delegates to
the Democratic free silver conference,
who began arriving Wednesday
though the convention proper will not
open until Thursday. Five hundred
delegates will be present.
Henry R. Walcott received a letter
Wednesday from Senator Walcott say.
Ing he is improving constantly. He
expected to be at Carlsbad Tuesday,
where he will remain several days,
The surgical operation was very sue.
cessful and no danger anticipated.
Chicago lost the Indian supply ware.
house in the house Saturday, O'Neill
mo. in the chair, on motion of Strauss
of New York, ruling that the proposed
removal of the warehouse from New
York to Chicago was new Legislation
and ON its face did not reduce appro.
priatiOns,
w. Il. Miller, Jr., of the firm of Gas
ton, Miller & Son, was killed at Hunt
ington, Pa, Friday, by the admins
tration of knockout" drops admins
tered by Edward Couch. bad man
Couch robbed Miller while he was TIN
conscious and fed. Couch has beer
arrested at Tyrone.
Emerson Allen, Cephas Wright
Thompson Wade, Thomas Westmore
land, Eugene Fulks and Tom Moore
the first three Indians and the other.
white men, have all been sentenced il
| the federal court at Paris, Texas, tt
be hanged September %. All wer,
| convicted of murder.
Developments tend to show that tn,
motive for John Kaufman numbering
| his supposed wife and three children
near Camden, n. j., Wednesday nigh
and his subsequent suicide was no
starvation but fear of being arrested
by former wife whom he deserted
years ago IN Cleveland, o.
| Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie, chic
| justice of British Colum bia, is dead.
The Memphis Appeal wa
sold at public outcry Saturday unde
a joint decree of the chancery and fed
|
| of creditors amounting to S55. 900. Th
| property was knocked down at SOS, 20
to Attorney II. c. Warliner. The sal
includes the Associated Press fran
p, chise.
Madeline Pollard arrived IN Saul
Ste. Marie, Michigan, Saturday, on tn
steamer Peerless with a mum Der of he
friends. Her name did not appear ol
the passenger list, but she was recog
nized by one of the passengers. Afte
spending the day in the city sightsee
ing she left on the City of Duluth fo
Chicago.
The London Standard commentin
upon the report of the captain of tn
bark Silicon, now at Philadelphia
from the Artic region. says the car
tain's statements appear to be of littl
value. nor is the fact that the Esqu
maux have heard of Lieutenant Pear
of any import, as their most northerl
post is nearly 200 miles from Lieuter
Peary's winter quarters. The pane
adds, 1T is idle to expect to hear fror
Lieutenant Peary until he, or the Ne,
York excursion party which is goin
to his winter quarters, returns.
Prime Minister Sagasta has announ
ed to the Spanish senate that If II
commercial treaty between Spain an
Germany is rejected the cabinet wi
resign or the cortes will be dissolve,
The body of Henry Uhlinper, WI
disappeared from st. Joe, Mo. sever,
weeks ago, was dragged from the Mi
souri, river at Atchinson Saturda
morning. The body had wound, or
sumably made by a bullet, and NJ
Uhlinger was probably murdered ar
his body thrownsin the river. Whe
he disappeared he had 5000 in his DO
session, none of which was found {
the body.
A rumor has reached Portland. IND
that there has been a wholesale a
tempt at poisoning near 'Farmlan
Mo, and that Leana Healev, a scho
teacher, and twenty-six pupils we
affected. Some one IS supposed to har
! put poison in the we'll