Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-06-12
NUMBER q.
Sterling has Il churches.

Governor Morrill, las issued the for
NAL order removing Warden Chase
FROM the penitentiary. Chasc's attor-
neys say he will not give u,' the office.
and that they will fight the case TO a
finish in the supreme count
A set of books of 80 volumes was re-
Gently presented 10 the Kansas uni
versity library by the king of Siam.
The entire set is nicely bouod in yell
low leather The books are written
in the Siamese language.
AT 4 mass meeting of lead AID zinc
smelter men at Nevada, Mo-, the lat
ter agreed to give TO 10 cents day
each to the support of the Kansas
smclter strikers. The donation will
amoun. to about 500 each month A
committee from Pittsburg was pres
cnt.
a special to the Star from Lawrence,
Kan, SAYS: letter from Prof. ID. l.
Dyche, written OH board the schooner
Golden lIore off the Newfoundland
coast states that he yvilI join the Peary
expedition ut Holsteinburg, Greenland,
about July Is, and accompany them
to Pearys camp, as naturalist Tor
the American Ipuseum.
Miss Daisy D. Barbee and her
brother, Peyton F. Burbee, formerly
residents of Atchison, and graduates
of the High school of that city. ncice
and nephew OF Bailey Z. Waggoncr,
were admitted to the bar ut St Louis
Wednesday. Miss Barbee is reported
by the examining board as having
made the highest per cent. of any ap-
| plicant
There is on The farm of Henry N.Y.
ers near Fort Riley u natural curi-
osity. 1t is u roaring we'll" 1t Is
an ordinary drilled well, l25 feet
deep, from which 4 peculiar roaring
sound issues, and when the rock cover
is removed a whif of ice cold mir
strikes the Investigator. In winter
the water in the we'll freezes 20 q
depth of 40 feet A number of scicn-
tific men have examined this peculiar
well. ard it is said not to be fake.
The ninth annual session of the
Winfield Chautauqua will open Mon
day evening, June II. An elaborate
platform of the most distinguished lee
turers of the country is secured. The
departments of instruction are under
the direction of persons of high stand
ing as specialists in their lineS OF
=ork. The summer school under the
direction of DIR. Richardson OF Wich-
ita, will include in its faculty some OF
the ublcst teachers in the West.
]. Brace Lynch, of Chanute, santa
Fe engineer, has beer. appointed by
Governor Morrill, warden of the Kan
sas state penitcntary, vice Dick
Chase. removed. Lynch was tie Re-
publican candidate for st1te treasurer
in 1892. but wcit down -vi'h Farm
err Smith. lie was n candidate Tor
the nominat ton again last year. but
was defeated in the convention b. o.
l.. Athcrton.
A new clcw to the murderer OF
Charles ). Strevil, the ranchman
whose son has just been acquitted a.
Fort Scott of the charge of lie crime,
has been found. A butcher knife cor
roded in blood and wrapped in a
bloody handkerchief WAS found in n
field 200 yards weEt OF the house
| WheTc inc Wdo VII
the handkerchief was the name of =
well known tough character, who
disappeared soon after the criLIe was
committed. He will DC searched Tor.
The rain storm that prevailed over
southern and western Kansas Monday
was the heaviest known in the history
of many of the counties At Aome
: Of r..is. foil Eraf.u
: dra q is running bank full, all buffalo
r wallows and low places are lakes, and
. the ground is more thoroughly soalV-
cd than for five years Sc-eral STash-
outs arc reported on the Saiila branch
, of the Missouri Pacific and one on the
/ main line near Grainfield. The rain
extended us far south rs HEM rssey,
: lot. 1t will cause grain to fill out
, Coru was never IN such good condi-
, ton as now. Chich bugs arc pad in
, some sections but generally they will
be checked by the wet weather.
3 A Paola man has a contract TO fur
3 nish IT'S, OOU brick for the government a :
I building at Kansas City.
Mrs. Sadie Toler of wichita, WAS
elected president of the Western Au-
: thors' and Artists club at it's recent
meeting in Kansas City.
The success of the State Fair At
i, Wichita as regards good races Is as
sured beyond doubt, as prominent
: horsemen are interested, and the best
, horses of the West have been entered
3 and more are coming every day. All
| r,iI nj
;, this inspired faith In horseilcn as
g TO the Wichita speed ring being good
. place to bring their flyers" Sccre-
: tary Hewey reports 100 horses entered
q il the six stake rnces. entries for
a which closed juno 1, but entries foI
the ten purse races will not close un
h Ill September /. There are horses
6 now at the state fair grounds liable tC
81 make records equal to the best. II /:
r said that the string of horses recently
/. taken TO Wichita froEl the I.amo hl:C
10 farm at Dallas, Tex, arc the fastest
r young horses, not only in the West
nut in the world
70 Taylor G. Cook, in the state peDi
tertiary for numbering his wife in o.
borne county in Isss, mss written 4
ie letter 10 Governor Morrill, praying tho
n latter to carry out the death sentenc CO
IN his case.
m Roy Timmops, a young man whS
IN went to Wichita from Burlington,
Kan, to accept position in McSa
.c- mara & Co. S dry goods store. has beer
o. missing since Friday morning Nc
of clue can be obtained as To his where
i'd abouts. Il is feared that he has wan
O. dered away during q Gt of te;..porarJ )