Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-02-13

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A Brown county man will ship a car
load of horses To- Europe soon.
There is a new Kansas railroad talk
ed OF from Doniphan county to Little
Rock.
Edourj Remenyi, the great violinist
winter.
w. Il. Borton Of Emporia, accident
ally shot himself while carelessly
handling "A revolver.
A car load of coal was distributed to
the poor at Colby on last Saturday.
There were 232 applicants.
The Kansas City, Pittsburg and
Gulf railroad held it's annual meeting
and elected officers last week.
Mr. John Brier was severely cut the
first of the week while trying to eject
a burglar from his house in Topeka.
DIR. L. Z. Miller, of New York, has
such confidence in Kansas that he
will plant a large orchard in Sedgwick
county.
j. B. Chandler IL Co, of Nebraska,
Is going to move their stable of forty
horses to Wichita to train on their
track.
The farmers of Kansas are rejoicing
over the fact that the late snow storms
have done great good for the com
ing crops.
Major Cole, who has been holding
revival meetings in Wichita the past
ten weeks, left for Paola. Kans, last
Tuesday.
John Misner and wife of Valley
Center township, Sedgwlck county,
celebrated their ffty-ninth anniver-
sary last week.
Leoti Standards While coming up
from Lakin Monday Frank Lane acct
dentally came upon herd of forty
two antelope.
Al Randall when they dance the
people have TO pay the fiddler, and
tho fiddler has TO pay the town a Ii
cense OF s..
T. +. Carver given a place on the APP
pelate court in case that court is
created by the legislature.
A McKeever of Blue Mound, has
Just built a corn crib one hundred
feet long and eight feet wide which
will hold 1900 bushels of corn.
John c. Hayes, living in Kansas
City, Kan, was called to his door late
Sunday night and assassinated. No
cause is known for the murder. Hayes
is n laborer and had no enemies
The Comptroller of the Currency has
declared dividends in favor of the
creditors of insolvent national banks
rs follows: Twenty-Five per cent. in
the Hutchinson National bank, Hutch
inson; twenty-five per cent in the
First National bank, Marion.
The bishop of Kansas announces
the following appointments for his
chaplain, the Rev. c. Rowland Hill, ID.
D.: Feb. 10, Pittsburg; Feb. II, Gil
rard; Feb. 12, Columbus; Feb. 13, Bax-
ter Springs; Feb IA, Galena; Feb. l5-l7,
Oswego; Feb. 1924, Independence; Feb
@5, Colony; Feb. 2G. Topeka; March
3-5, Clay Center.
An important compromise was We'd
nesday determined upon in the IA
nous Black Bob Indian land case
at Topeka, both sides agreeing to the
payment to the Carney heirs of Ss,25
au acre for 1000 acres in johnson
county in the dispute regarding the
title. This case has been in the Unit
ed States court for twenty years.
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Syl Dix
on served notice on Warden Chase of
the pcnitentiary to appear in Topeka
this week before the investigating
committee and give some evidence
with reference to charges made public
and privately, concerning illegal prac-
tices in that institution. He was or
dered to bring the books of the insti-
tuition along with him.
Despite the statements of western
Kansas members that no destitution
exists in their localities and districts
there are hundreds of applications
coming in to Governor Morrill, every
day for relief. Governor Morrill, turns
over all appeals to the committee, con-
sisting OF Messrs. Mcdonald, Doran
and Howe, and they have issued an
address to the people of the state urg-
ing them TO contribute to the relief of
the destitute people.
Governor Morrill, has announced
that he would appoint his Adjutant
General and Superintendent of Insur-
ance early next week. lie declines to
say whom he would name, but it is
conceded that either J. w. Moore, of
Marion, or ex-senator Hill =. Wilson,
of Hayes City, will be made Superin-
tendent of Insurance. The leading
candidate for Adjutant General is Col.
]. w. +. Hughes, who was court-mar-
tailed year ago for refusing to obey
Governor Lewelling's order to drive
the douglass House" from Represen-
tative hall two years ago.
Conductor +. ID. Sill, on n water
train of the Kansas City, Fort Scott
and Memphis railroad, fell under the
moving train in 0lathe while making
switch one day last week and was
instantly killed. He was about forty
years old and his home was in Au-
born Park, Ill.
The Baptist church circles are all
torn up in a church row. The church
council in session last week recon-
mended a change of pasture for Rev.
L. A. Hall and virtually bounced him
from the ministry so far as the Bap-
tist church is concerned.
The Horton electric light plant has
been offered for sale twice under
mortgage, but no one would even
make bid.
The charter of the Prospero Land
and Cattle Co., has been filed Its prin-
cipal offices are at Wichita and it has