Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-01-03
KANSAS MATTERS.
Items of Interest Condensed for Hurrlea
Readers.

A. L. Randolph, of Emporia, has re-
celved letter from NJ H. Kempton,
OF topeka. calling for a meeting in
hmporla on Saturday next in the in.
terest of the proposed gulf and inter
state railroad.
DR., r. w. Cavins was transferred
from the National Soldiers Home at
Leavenworth to the one at Hampton.
Va, to become medical examiner of a
keeley institute about to be estab-
llshed at that point. He was highly
recommended by Governor Smith on
account of his proficiency in handling
Old veterans addicted to the liquor
habit
The contract was let Tuesday for
hauling the mails from the various
trains to the Leavenworth postofice
Inc duty is quite an arduous one re-
curing some thirty-six trips a day,
Mrs. L.. c. Terry. who has done the
work for several years, was awarded
| the contract at an advance of what
she received last year, and the con-
tract is good for four years with a
heavy bond
| One of the new enterprises of Kan
sas is the Cherrvale Construction COM
| pany, of Cherryvale, which has taken
| out charter under the state law.
! with capital stock of S25,OOO. The
| purpose of the company is to grade
and build railroads by contract. make
surveys and look after other work in
| connection with the construction of
new railway lines. The directors of
| the company are James O'Leary, Geo
| +. Woodland and NJ Templeton, all of
| Cherryvale.
George NJ. Harris and Pat Kelly es-
capped from the county Jail at Belle
vile at o'clock Wednesday evening.
They pried off ventilator and
crawled out through the opening
made. Three other prisoners were in
the Jail at the time and gave the
alarm. Harris is wanted for robbing
the United States mail at Scandal,
Kan, a short time ago and Kelly was
serving sentence for violating the
prohibitory law.
Between midnight and > o'clock
Tuesday morning thieves broke into
the barn of the Leavenworth Street
Railway company and took all the
cash boxes from the cars. They took
the boxes Il short distance from the
barn, broke them open and removed
the money. which amounted to sever
al dollars in each one for change on
the morning trips. This makes the
third robbery OF street cars lately.
and it seems that the company is be-
ing operated on systematically by
gang of thieves
A fire broke out in Lieutenant Hol-
lls' quarters at Fort Lcavenworth
Wednesday evening at : o'clock which
threatened destruction to all of the
wooden buildings of the garrison at
one time. Soon after the fire started
1t spread to adjoining quarters of otfic-
erS and was only put under control
after the Leavenworth fire depart
ment was called in to assist. Lieu
tenant Hollis house and furniture
was entirely destroyed. 1t is not
known how the fire originated
a row occurred at Fort Leaven-
worth Wednesday evening between
several soldiers, during which Trump.
eter Wilson of company +, Thirteenth
infantry, received injuries that Will
prove fatal. lie was said to be under
the influence of liquor and started the
ouble which led to his striking Pri-
NOS oAiSS VI ChC ln1HnC-
ry over the head with his trumpet.
After being struck Vance ran through
the quarters with Wilson close after
him. He came to some Indian clubs,
one of which he seized and struck
Wilson with on the left side of the
head, crushing his skull. Since being
struck Wilson has been removed to
the hospital, where he lies in a lreca-
rious condition.
telegram was received in Atchi-
son Tuesday by b. p. Wagoner from
IeXerkana, Ark, stating that John
y. Reynolds had suddenly lost his
mind and was raving maniac. The
odd Fellows of that place have him in
charge and telegraphed to Atchison
Tor ms family to come to him. Rey-
nolds telegraphed several of his
Atchison friends Saturday that he had
struck a scheme whereby he could
make a million within year and
asked them to share part of his good
fortune His wife was in St. Jose nh
when the news of his. insanity
reached here. She was notified and
immediately left for Arkansas He
left Atchison about a week ago on
iecturing tour. Reynolds is well
known as an evangelist and ex-con-
wet. lie has been engaged in the past
two years in selling a book entitled
Twin Hells," giving his experience in
two penitentiaries.
For the past two weeks wagon loads
of fish, consisting of buffalo. cropnie
and catfish, weighing from two to
twenty pounds have been brought
into Fort Scott and sold on the mar
llet square. AS it is against the laws
OF the state to trap or seine fish. the
county authorities have been making
Investigations and have found that the
tlsh We're caught in the river near the
paper mills where the lime water used
IN paper making, and the refuse from
the sewer empty into the river, As
he river is very low the lime water
seems to poison the fish and when
they como to the surface they are shot
with rifles and by this means wagon
loads of them are secured every day.
The board of health have been noti-
fed and will stop the sale of nm
healthy fish. The county attorney
Is determined to stop this unlawful
capture of fish, ahd will proba
commence action. against the fish
dealers in few days.
In the case of Louis Garrett and =. ]
Cooley. charged with attempting to
hold up Leonard Toepler at New Al
bany, November Garrett was bound
over to the district court and in de-
fault of 81, 900 bond went back to jail
and Cooley waived his examination.
Receiver Wilson of the Santa Fe
railroad company left Topeka Wed
nesday afternoon to attend a meeting
of the receivers to- be held at J. Nc.
Cooks Office in New York. FRIDAY De-
cember 30. This meeting will formu-
late definite policy to be pursued bv
the receivers. A committee is BEING
formed TO protect the interests of the
Atchison railroad bondholders.