Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-05-29


arrested At Oberlin for assaulting
girl II years old. He is a middle e-aged
man and ia married. Ncighbors ex-
press great indignation over the mat
ter.
The Methodist church people of
Nickerson have given fair warning
that Christian for bearance will be Land
aside and all persons who loiter around
the church premises will be prosecut-
ed.
While the mother was away, Peatl
Weaver, the two-ycar- old child of j.
n. Weaver, OF Emporia, tried to put n
kitten into u tub OF water, but fell in
herself and was drowned before the
mother returned.
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 hand fuls
when they see figures with Abbreviated
costumes upon the bill boards.
The Twenty-fourth Annual Grand
Lodge of knights of Pythias for Kan
saS assembled at Hutchinson Tuesday
with 1000 delegates present. The ses-
sion was enthusiastic and unusually
interesting from the fact of ritualistic
changes. The contest for grand Off
GERS was spirited.
A. ii. Randall, formerly n minister
IN tho Swedish Augustani church who
was recently deposcd by the action of
the Minnesota conference at an ad-
Journcd meeting held in st. Paul
March &c and 81, has brought action
10 recover $50, 900 damages from Rev.
,. t. Swenson, president of the acad-
emy at Moorchead, Mimi. The latter
is n brother of Rev. Swcnson, presi-
dent of Eethany college, Lindsborg,
Kan.
Boyd Lambert, the II year old son
of Representative |. l.. Lamb bert, who
accidcntly shot himself with n revolv-
er Saturday evening at Emporia, died
Sunday morning from his wounds.
lie was the eldest child. Boya Lam
bert was one of the pages in the lcgis-
laturc last winter and was well known
10 all tho representatives and en-
ployes about the house. lie was n
bright boy and was one of the leaders
when the pages played house"
a special to the Globe from James
town, Cloud county, Kansas. saws Mrs.
g. Hartwell became insane last sun
day and throw two of her children in
20 sixty-foot well, one little boy OF
two years and little girl of five. and
was in tho act of throwing another
child, boy eight years old, who was
holding on to the well-curb when dis
covered by the father The children
were taken out and although several
bones were broken and they were cut
aud bruised in u horrible manner, it is
thought they will recover.
Friday evening Silas Herring of
Wellington, was sandbagged and rob
bed of $40 in money. Mr.. Herring
was at his home on West Lincoln av-
cnue when the deed was committed.
He had just gone TO the barn. only n
very short distance from the resi-
dcncc, and while in the barn some one
struck him over the head with a sand
bng knocking him scnselcss upon the
barn floor. When the members of. his
family went TO look for Mr.. herring
they found him unconscious. lie had
just received his pension money and
was carrying it on his person. Hence
IL seems that the robbery was com
mitted by some one who was ac-
quaintcd with the circumstances
L. II. Brady was released on a writ
of habcas corpus by Judge Randolph
Friday night at Emporia and was al
most Immediately rearrested on a war
rant sworn oat before Justice OF the
peace, on n charge of being IL fugitive
from justice and having obtained
money under false pretenses. Brady,
1t is alleged, is member of wealthy
and influential family of Atlanta,
Ga. He was arrested on a Santa Fe
train by the sheriff, who found him in
company with Miss Nellie A. Stone,
the l9-year-old neice of Hon. f. w.
stone, OF Oklahoma City, with whom
he was accused of clipping, though he
Is said to have wife in Georgia. Pub
lie sympathy is generally with him, as
he and the girl declare they were not
eloTing.
The law passed by the last legisla-
tute making a change in the judicial
districts of the state says Dickinson,
icary, Morris and Marion counties
shall constitute the Eighth Judicial
District. Chasc, Marion and McPher-
son counties formerly constituted the
Twcnty-hfth Judicial DistriAt so that
Marion county has been changed
"
are not satisfied with this arrange.
mcnt and 1t is reported that they will
go ahead and elect u judge for the
Twenty-fifth district (Chase, Marion
and Mcpherson counties) as before.
The counties of Geary, Morris and
Dickinson have expressed no intention
of attacking the law, and it is expect
ed that judge will be elected for the
whole four counties, the new district.
B. IL. Noel, brakeman on the Mis-
souri, Pacific, fell under ear at Flea
ing the other day, his leg being cut
on at the hip. The injured man was
sent to the hospital at Kansas CITY,
but canuot recover Noel has n wife
and family ut Harper, Kan.
Tuesday the Pharmace utical nsso-
citation met at Leavenworth in annual
session aud continued its dellbera-
tions three days. About zoo druggists
attended and were highly entertained
by local members, Mayor Cook de-
Iivered the address of welcome. Rou-
iine business followed.
The bankers of Kansas hold their
annual convention in Topeka, May 90
and %. The meeting will be held in
Liberty hall, and delegages in attend
ance will be guests of the Topeka
clearing house.
A. Mcbride. of Wichita, head brake
man on the Missouri Pacific railroad
running between Wichita and Hutch
insnn. fell from the ton of the train