Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-07-24

The twenty-second annual meeting
of the Kansas Millers' association will
be held at Hutchinson, Tuesday, July
e3d.
J. M. Ramsey, while working in his
deld two miles from Sterling, was sun
struck Wednesday and will probably
die.
The mercury is reported to have reg
istered Ill in the shade at Topeka
last Wednesday,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spitzei of Sunnydale,
Sedgwick county, were chloroformed
one night recently and $500 stolen. Mr..
Spitzel is the manager of the Sunny
dale creamery.
The State military board at its re-
hold a six-days' encampment, begin
ming September 16. The place has not
yet been decided upon. Leavenworth
made bid of 81 600 and Kansas City
81, 200 for the encampment, but it is
said that the encampment will prob
ably be held at more central point,
as the State has to pay the railroad
fare of the members.
The Grand Lodge of Kansas Odd Eel
lows was in session at Emporia last
week. The following officers were
elected: District grand master, j. F.
Roo6ry ,of Z
master, M. L. Butler, Parsons; district
deputy secretary, c. A. Morris, Par
sons; deputy treasurer, 1. F. Finley,
Chetopa; deputy chaplain, Rev. ]. d.
Wallace, Lawrence; warden, Henry
Burton, Emporia; guard, D. Tay, Sa-
lima; executive committee, N. c. j. VIII
liams, R. Bradley, John Hard. The
next meeting will be held at Lawrence.
Arrangements and preparations are
going steadily on for the State Fair to
be held at Wichita in October, and the
association is confident of successful
meeting, Judging from the interest
manifested by all who expect to par
ticipate. The horses that were trained
at the State fair grounds at Wichita
are making splendid records at the
Eastern races, and will be back in Oc-
tober to help make the speed ring fea.
ture of the State Fair exceedingly in
teresting. w. P McNair has been en-.
gagged as starter. The association
looks forward to a more complete eX.
hibit in all classes than has ever before
been made.
A. M. Kennedy, of Delavan, Morris
county, has just died after fast of 6s
days. His case attracted the attention
of the medical profession all over the
State and was discussed at the last
meeting of the society in Topeka
Kennedy was nearly 70 years old, but
until his last sickness was a remark
ably vigorous man. He was taken i'll
several months ago, his malady BAT
fling the skill of physicians. Then he
became paralyzed and from that day
until his death he took no food, 6s
days in all. He was kept alive by NOR
phine injections, and although he SLEPT
D great deal, his mental faculties were
alert during his waking hours.
The famous cannon known as solo
Kickapoo," which was brought to Kan
6as from Missouri to be used in sub
jecting and terrorizing the free-statt
settlers of Kansas, but which fired the
first shot which brought freedom tt
millions of Slaves" at the sacking o.
Lawrence, May 81, 1s56-virtually the
beginning of the rebellion-is now e
part of the State Historical society.
collection in the Capitol building a
Topeka. Captain Wallinshaw, adju
tant of Custer post, Leavenworth, viii
publish history of the cannon, ant
distribute copies to the old settlers o
the State, accompanied by fac-simile
of the cannon in miniature, number
of which he has had made from frag
ment which was blown out when the
cannon was being used during the eX
cavation of the first coal mine in Leav
enworth.
There is muddle in the Twenty
fifth judicial district of Kansas, caused
by an act of the legislature last winter
reducing the number of judicial dis
tricts. The Twenty-ffth judicial dis
trict is, or was, composed of the coun
ties of Marion, Mcpherson and Chase
presided over by Lucien Earl of Nc
Pherson. Marion was added to Judge
Humphreys district (Geary), McPher
son to Judge Martins Hutchinson
and Chase to Judge Randolph's Uyon)
This act is to take effect October 1
1895, Judge Earl's term for which he
was elected running until the second
Monday in January, 1896. There is q
grave question involved which is: Car
an officer be legislated out of Office be
fore the expiration of his term? The
constitutionality of the act is being ser
iously questioned. 1t is said thai
Judge Earl and his friends will test the
law by holding an election in the abol
ished district this fall. In case the
Secretary of State refuses to file theil
nomination papers, which he vii
probably do, mandamus proceeding:
will be brought to compel him to dc
so, which would carry the question di
rectly into the supreme court.
/. L. Webster of Lawrence, has haC
hiccoughs continuously for severa
days and every possible means for stop
ping it has been tried without success
Medical men are puzzled. He is in {
critical condition.
c. p Rutherford, county attorney o
Leavenworth county, has asked thu
cour " commissioners to appoint de
tecti whose duty it shall be to assis
the county Sorney in accommodating
evidence in Ca iminal prosecutions. TIL,
ground for this application is that 81
few convictions can be secured becaus
the county attorney has not time t.
work up testimony.
Mrs. Edward McGinnis of Topeka
committed suicide Sunday afternoon
by jumping into the Kansas river. Sh
received sunstroke six years ago
from which she suffered greatly, he
mind being affected as a result.
Reports from Lawrence are that tn
heaviest rain of the spring and summe