Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-06-26
Fire destroyed the entire business
section of Patoka, Ind, Thursday.
Senator Lindsay spoke against free
silver at Frankfort, KY, Thursday.


A chart of the Great Lakes has been
issued by the photographic Office at
Washington.
]. NJ. Num-, OF Lewis county, Mis-
souri,. fell dead viii singing in
church ut Louisville, Ky.
Sam Jones says the gold bugs talk
ing gold brggery and the silver bugs
talking silver diggery have got the
country in lad fix.
The wearing of tan-colored shoes
and highly-colored necktics has been
forbidden by Commodore Sicard at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Congressman Richard P. Bland, of
Missouri, is i'll at hotel in Denver
He has completed his lecture tour in
Colorado, and goes next to Kentucky.
In a suit began in the supreme court
of New York, by Wood d. London, eX-
President Reinhart of the Santa Fe is
charged with having fraudulently mis-
represented the condition of the COM
papy aud the value of it's securities.
Gen. A. e. McAlpin, of New York,
was elected president of the Repub-
lican National League in session at
Cleveland, o. The convention closed
Thursday night with grand banquet
at the Arcade, at which covers were
laid for 1850 guests, while the bal
comics were filled with thousands of
spectators.
Excitement prevails over Victoria,
Dewitt and Jackson counties, Texas.
on account of the presence of supposed
members of the Dalton gang, who
have been committing depredations for
several weeks. Three sheriffs with
posses are now hunting them down.
One of Sheriff Steele's posse from De-
witt county has been shot by the out
! laws.
The veterans of the Mexican war
of Missouri will hold state meecin!
at Salisbury, Mo-, September Is and
10. The old Sacramento cannon, that
is closely connected in history with the
Mexican war, that is now at jefferson
City, will be one Of the many pieces of
artillery to be used at this meeting.
Several prominent speakers will be
present.
Mrs. r. H. Babcocls, a blood neice
of the muitimilliopairess, Hetty Green
of New York, is dangerously i'll at her
home in Fort Worth, Tex. Her hus-
band is also seriously i'll. They are in
destitute circumstances, aud their rel
atiyes have been appraised of the fats.
Mrs. Babcock's condition has excited
much comment, and the Green family
are beng ceusured on all sides.
A syndicate of Boston capitalists
has purchased the town of Morse, Wis.
The purchase includes the entire out
| fit of the Penolxee Lumber company,
every residence in the city, every
building of every kind except the
school house, and oil of tie mer-
camille interests. Tho price paid
is in the neigh borhood of $4,000, Ooo
The syndicate will establish the larg-
est tannery in the state of Wisconsin,
giving employment to 1000 men.
Capt. Alfred Springfield died ut his
farm in Randolph's Grove near Bloom
ington, Ill, Saturday, aged 81 years,
from injuries recently received while
breaking wild colt. Captain String
field won bis tito in the Black Hawk
war, standing in the same regiment
with Abraham Lincoln. He came
from Tennessee in 1926, and located
on the farm where he died. lie WAS
as hale and vigorous as most men
at so.
Governor Clark of Arkansas, has is
sued an unusual conditional pardon
to William B. Watson of Washington
county, who was in November last
convicted of grand larceny and SEN
fenced to one year'c imprisonment 1t
was conditioned that the pardon is
to be void if Watson shall 1T any time
within five years hereafter drink in
toxicating liquors of any kind as i
beverage.
Charles L. Sessingcr and Mrs. Panl-
inc Becker, of Philadelphia, were mar
ried by Mayor Strong in New York,
Wednesday. The lady requested the
mayor 10 leave the word ''obey" ont
of the ceremony, which he did. She
said she was not member of WON
ans suffrage club, or anything of that
kind, but was believer in the cqral
rights of the sexes, and that word
"obey" was relic of Oafbarism.
The three days fete celebrating tho
opening of the canal connecting tho
Baltic sea and the German ocean be
gan Wednesday at Kiel, Germany.
After the labor of eight years and an
expenditure of about 156, 600, 900 marks
(S3S, 500, OO0), Inc great canal is ready
for use. The whole canal, which is
50 miles in length, is lighted by cleo
tri:ity, raid to be the longest distance
in the world illuminated continuously
In that way. Fourteen nations were
represented AT the celebration by tho
presence of war vessels in the canal.
Thousands of people participated, in
Guiding many members of the nobility
of Europe, and it was grand and
elaborate affair.
The 6-year- old son of Hugo Miller
of Indianapolis, Ind, secretary of the
International Typographical Union,
was shot and killed by party of pic
nickers shooting at 4 target. The kill
ing was purely accidental.
Mrs. Virginia 3. Todd murdered hel
daughter, Miss Hettie Bethel, Satur
day afternoon, a. Hannibal, Mo- Jea
lousy was the cause. In divorce case
between Mrs. Todd and her husband
the girls step-father, tried recently
/ Mice Rofhal testified AGAINST har moth
err and in favor of Mr.. Todd, which
caused jealousy.
J. X. Emmett, jr., who shot his wife
in San Francisco, was released, as she
refused to prosecute Mrs Emmett
says she is not afraid that her hus
band will ever try to shoot her again