Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-04-25

Inc hOTlu wants the Lawrence po-
lice force run on an expense of not
more than 81, 500 year.
There were so births. SO marriages
and 66 deaths in Atchison during the
first three months OF the year.
Nearly 100 persons united with the
various Scandia churches as the result
of a recent religious revival.
There were 200 cases of measles in
Atchison during January, February
and March, but no one died of the
disease.
The Globe says that the number of
tramps who apply at the Atchison po-
lice station for lodging does not aver
age five nightly
The graduating class in the Concor-
dia high school is larger than in any
previous year. 1t comprises thirteen
girls and three boys.
The Missouri river cut into the
banks at Atchison at the rate of foot
a minute for time on Monday, 12O
feet toppling into the water in two
| hours.
Parties who have fruit and who
have examined the buds say there is
not near so large per cent injured as
was at first eported.-Brookville
Earth.
meeting OF the executive com
mittee of the Kansas Equal Suffrage
ASSOCIATION was held at Salina yester-
day to d scuss matters connected with
the campaign.
A justice of the peace at Oberlin
married a couple who were on the
county, and when they failed to pay
the marriage fee he sent in bill to
the county commissioners.
Charles G. Stevens. a wealthy New
Yorker, was found dead in his berth
on on Rock Island sleeper just south of
| Wichita Monday morning. Consump-
tion was the cause of his demise
The barn on the Crawford county
poor farm was destroyed by fire last
week. Several horses and consider
able amount OF other property were
burned. There was no insurance
The Nashville, Tenn, West End
Land company owning about 500 acres
of suburban property divided into lots
and valued at S4O6, 900 made an as
signment Saturday. Liabilities, $780,
600.
Congressman Hudson has the ap-
polntment of a cadet to West Point
this summer and has arranged for
competitive examination at Cherry
vale May 2l to determine whom he
! will recommend.
La Crosse Clarion: The manager of
the Missouri Pacific eating house of
Gypsum City has been adiudged in
| sane and sent to the asylum. The
strain on his conscience for charging
| - cents a meal these hard times was
too much for him.
! Arch Linderman. Alva Prose- and
w. ID. Lambreth have been arrested at
Lyons and lodged in Jail at Wichita.
They are suspected of being members
of gang of counterfeiters who have
been coming and circulating quarter
and half dollars.
The question as to whether Webb
McNall or j. s. Mcdowell shall have
the support of Smith county in his
candidacy for state office will be set
tied at the Republican primaries. The
one who is thus beaten will drop out
i'll the interest of the other.
Colby Tribune: The old townsite
fight between Atwood and Brakeman
is at last being adjusted in the only
! sensible manner. The buildings are
being moved from the latter to the
former, and hereafter Rawlins county
will have one prosperous county seat
town.
An Oberlin man named j. w. Tib-
bles concluded the other day he would
like to whip +. w. Casterline, editor
of the Opinion, After he had given
the matter fair trial he made up his
mind that whipping an editor is not
what it is cracked up to be. He was
not dangerously injured and will prob
ably recover.
Chicago ice firm that does big
business shipped 14O of its ice wagon
horses to Manhattan last fall to be
wintered. They were rough fed until
recently but are now receiving a grain
ration SO that they may be in good
condition for work As soon as the
Ice season opens they will bo shipped
back to Chicago.
Gust Simon, young man 90 years
old, has just been arrested for break
ing into p. G. Balls store at Grove
land, Mcpherson county. on Christmas
night. He will have the preliminary
trial next Tuesday.
A lot of Ellis colored people went
up to Wa-Keeney last week and gave
show. Among the performers was
white man who undertook to get off a
camp meeting sermon. 1t was full of
uDgodly allusions and when he had
reached particularly profane pass-
age the manager of the hall arose and
| stopped the speaker-likewise the
| show.
! The Emporia Ministerial union has
put an embargo on free advertising
from the pulpit. At its last meeting
it resolved that 1.-THE pulpit is not an
! advertising bureau for promiscuous
interests of every sort; with our
abundant newspaper facilities it is not
necessary for every interest with
which the pulpit may be in sympathy
to distract the worship of Gods house
with multitude of notices; while we
are glad to reciprocate in giving no.
! tices for one another, no minister
should be expected to give notice of
any interest which may conflict in
any date with the activities of his own
! church.
The wife OF Rev. c. Z. Williams of
| the NJ. f. church of Garden Citv has
been adjudged insane She has been
in poor health for some time and it
resulted in a slight arrangement
which it is honed time and careful
treatment will cure.
A couple who wanted to be married,
but were refused license at Leaven-
worth because they were first cousins.
went to Kansas City to have the knot
tied. They were disappointed there
also, as the Missouri law is similar to
that IN Kansas. After the would-be
groom had sworn a little and the girl
had cried good deal, they started
for Oklahoma, where, they were told.
the embargo on true love is less strict.
Hays & Son yesterday completed a
| 1,24O-barrel tank for the oil company.
] 1t will be placed near Kimhall we'll