Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-05-22


sentenced to serve terms in the peni.
tentiary for robbery committed in
that city last January.
The Methodist church people OF
NickeTson have given fair warning
that Christian forbearance will be laid
aside and all persons who loitcr around !
the church premises will be prosecut- |
ed.
The bankers of Kansas hold their |
annual convention in Topeka, May 22 |
and % The meeting will be held in |
Liberty hall, and delegages in attend
ance will be guests of the Topeka
clearing house.
The art club at Lawrence is going TO !
give fancy dress ball with living
pictures Yet the good citizens of that
town tear their hair out by handfuls
when they see figures with abbreviated
costumes upon the bill boards.
The state musical contest was held
in Hutchinson, ending last Saturday.
The following are the awards: EN-,
poria first S4OO, Newton second 5000
Mrs. +. c. Braclau and Mrs r. A.
Smyth OF Wichita, S25 for vocal duet.
Newton secured S25 on male quartette
II. L. Shaver of Topeka, got $50 for
tenor solo. Mrs. w. s. Bracken of
Wichita, $50, contralto, Vincent Gra-
ham of Topeka, $50. bass GEORGE
Hapgood, Lindsborg, S25, cornet solo.
Miss Abbie NJ. Noyes, Parsons, $50
piano solo. Miss Anna Campbell and
Mrs. j. w. Young, Topeka, S25, piano
duet Wyatt sisters, Topeka. $50, Ia
dies quartctte. Miss J. Abbie Clark,
Junction City, $50, violin. In classes
for voices, Newton 800, Emporia $40
Sterling $3.50, Lyons SIS. Honorable
mention and special reference were of
Mrs. Florence Towsley of Great Bend,
Miss Lucia Wyatt of Topeka, Miss
Annie Angel and Miss Alice Page of
Leavenworth, Mesdames Hagen, Clark,
Ingram, Young and Hogan of Newton,
Miss Annie Bundy of Westmoreland,
Mrs. NJ. +. Henderson of Hutchinson
and Elmer Harley of Ottawa. Certifi-
Gates weIe given to the Anthony class,
! VIM. Shaver of Wichita, j. A. Farrell
and Miss Clara McFadden of Leaven-
worth, Miss Stacy Neidlander of Wich-
ita and Miss Louisa L. Smith of Law
renee. The following received Il full
term tuition in Chicago Musical
School free of charge: Miss Estella
Harper of Ft. Scott, Miss Anna NJ.
Campbell cf Topeka and Miss Alice
Page of Leavenworth.
there is great destitution among the
the coal miners of Usage county, of
the 500 miners there, not moro than
eco have been regularly employed for
the past three months. At Scranton
the miners are facing condition Of
abject "ant, and starvation confronts
many women and children, who are
dependent upon the wages of the min
crs. At Topeka there are 400 men
without work. They have gone to the
country to solicit employment
from farmers but without success
The mines at Scranton we're shut
down two months ago because there
was no demand for the output of coal
The mine owners put coal on board
the cars at $3.50 per ton and pay the
miners 81 per ton for mining. During
the past month the citizens and bust
ness men of Scranton have been car
rying the miners over, hoping that the
business of the mines would improve
Conditions have grown worse all the
time, and destitute mirers and theil
families have been added to the list bJ
hundreds. At Usage City, Burlingamt
and Carbondale. there are many min
ers out of work. The mines at thos,
points have not been closed, but are
running light. Many are destitute anC
! will have to have aid from some source
Governor Morrill, is at loss to know
how he can render substantial aid t
| suffering miners, as there is no appro
priation of public funds which he cal
: use for this purpose. In Southeast
} ern Kansas, where the miners ar
striking, the families of the miner
; are in destitute circumstances, an
{ will demand State aid if it is give
the destitute of Usage county.
The Beacon says colorcd man wen
| into the Wichita city library and in
quired: "Is dis here de place were de
l gets dem dog tags?"
t The. jury in the case of Jim Mutt
r who made n murderous assault upo
= Leonard Colnan and Mrs. Jessie Pay
e ton in Leavenworth county last Eel
Y ruary, returned verdict of guilty i
t the Colnan case. The charge agains
: him was assault with intent to kill.
While the Kansas irrigation boar
is trying to spend the states appropr
alton for experiments. the farmers {
:, Kansas are investing many times q
= much in actual irrigation, and will /
:. reaping their reward before the boar
is In a position to make a report.
r In the jim Mutt trial Monday tn
d defense introduced dozen witnesst
II whose testimony all tended to sho
l. that the prisoner was habituallv me
l. ancholy and that he bordered on il
o sanity. Editor Smith, publisher of
IS small weekly paper testified that Nu
g had requested him few days befol
= the Atchison shooting to make I
y further mention of the PennRylvan
, tragedy and said that he acted vel
= peculiar. The arguments will doub
less begin soon.
a About thirty dentists of the state a
W tended the opening session of the thr'
n days meeting of the Kansas State De
d tai association at Topeka Pape
' were read by DR.. Thompson of Top
a LA and DIR. Esterly of Lawrence. tt
latter gave an account of his trip
Washington, d. C., as n delegate
u the American Dental association.
\ Coffeyville is having a boom in bull
y ing. No less than six brick bull
te proof structures are being built
o. Out of forty-five who took the teacl
ers examination at Abilene twent
sr seven failed and only three got fir
grade certificates.