Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-06-26
HAPPENINGS IN KANSAE
ITEMS or INTEREST TO Dwell
IERS IN THE SUNFL0WER.
The Weeks Review OF Personal and
General News Condensed to Short
Paragraphs for the Convenience of
Hurried Readers.

Hurried Readers.
A woman who used to be shot out
of a cannon i'll n circus lives as Atchi-
son.
The Kansas Reform Press assocla-
ton was in session at Girard Monday
and Tuesday.
Ex-Trca surer Bauer OF Harper coun-
ty has been found short in his ac-
counts So 900.
In trying to catch a horse man at
Cottonwood Falls got close enough to
get one OF his cara kicked.
The Kansas State Fair premium list
is now ready for distribution by Sec
rotary w. R. Hcwey, Wichita
Hail stones, reported to De an inch
and half in diameter, fell in North
Topeka Monday afternoon.
Frank Mileham, of Topeka, had his
fast trotting horse, ELLA c." stolen at
Dubuque by one of its trainers.
The late Senator P. Il. Plumb's son
Preston, has just graduated from the
Moravian academy, at Nazareth, Penn.
One of the banks at Fort Scott has
$500, 600 on deposit, and local paper
says the people have lots more be-
sides.
President Peter McVicar, of Wash
burn college, Topeka, has resigned,
on account of ill-health. He has been
president of Washburn for 26 years
John P. Harris, department COM
mander of the G. A. r. for Kansas, hos
divided the state into districts by
counties and appointed an Inspector
for each district.
Jerry Simpson says that next year
he expects to send his son to the state
university at Lawrence. lie has been
attending Georgetown university, Dis
trict of Colum bia.
1. H. Brchm, one of the oldest gro
Gerry merchants in Hutchinson, m ade
an assignment to his creditors Wed
nesdav. The Indebtedness amounts
to S13, O0O with $40. 600 worth of stock
| on hand and some accounts. Carry
| ing too many accounts was the cause
of failure.
One day last week at Cherryvalc Mr.
| Schulthcisc purchased the necessary
license with which to wed Miss Min
mic Gerritson. the ceremony to take
place the following day. A few mo-
! merts after the license had been pur-
chased the young lady became de-
mented and has been q ravIng maniac
| ever since.
Walter ]. Town, whose home is in
Topeka, graduated last week from the
Troy Polytechnic school at Troy, N.
Y, one of the most thorough engin-
eering schools in the United States.
The young man has spent four years
in completing the course and will
como homo thoroughly equipped as a
:ivil engineer.
The largest students pay roll ever
issued at the state agricultural college
Is that for the month of May, just
paid. 1t contains 164 names, and
amounts to Sl,o43. The work done
covers every conceivable task from
sweeping the floor. ditching and hoe
Ing weeks, to picking straw berries and
teaching science.
Charles B. Martin, mailing clerk al
the postoffice at Parsons, while walk.
Ing on the NJ. X. & T. track on his way
homo Friday night. was knocked in.
sensible by some means unknown to
him. When he recovered conscious.
ness he found the heel of his left shoe
had been torn off by being run over
by the cars. Whether he was knock
ed down by train or footpad he is
unable to say. His injuries, while not
serious, will lay him up for several
days
The biggest verdict in a damage suit
ever given against the Santa Fe rail
road company in this state has beer
allowed by the supreme court to Mrs
VIM. Rowan of Peabody. The verdict
Of the jury was for $4,000, but with
the interest it amounts to SI3, 900, anc
voucher was made out for Mrs. Row
an for that amount. Her husband wal
killed near Peabody August %, 1889
The action was brought in the Sedg
wicl, county district court, and verdic
rendered for the plaintiff; The railroad
then appealed to the supreme court
which after five years, sustained the
verdict of tho lower court.
The Dold Packing company at Wich
tia opened up again for business Mon
day morning. They have just com
pleted number of new coolers, which
are the finest in the West. Fresl
pork and beef will be packed in them
and if desired the meat cap be frozer
solid and with the new Refrigerator
cars this meat can be shipped to any
part of the country. Formerly the
hogs were dressed ut Wichita in the
winter and early spring, and the car
cases shipped to the Buffalo house t.
be cured, but with their improved ia
cilities the cutting will now be done
at tine Wichita house and it will dis
pose of its own products in the mar
lxets of the country.
In tho district court at Hutchinson
Eph Bane was sentenced to $40 day:
IN Jail and to pay fine of 81, 700 fol-
selling liquor. The court granted &
stay of execution of five days on his
present bond, that a case might bs
made Cor the appellate court ut Wich
ita.
A drawer in a desk in the sheriff's
office at Wichita was pried open Wed
nesday at noon, and s35 belonging te
the Christian Endeavor Local Unioa
stolen Vim. Smith, treasurer of the
Union, is clerk IN the sheriff's Office,
and was keeping the money in the
drawer.
Hon. Joseph C. Sibley, of Pennsyl.
sania, the silver champion, was pres.
emit at the conference of silver men oil
Kansas at Topeka Tuesday, and adj
dressed large audience in the even.