Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-03-13
HAPPENINGS IN KANSAS.
ITEMS Or INTEREST TO Dwell
LERS IN THE SUNFLOWER.

16hS in He SUNflOWEH.
The Weeks Review Of Perso nal and
General News Condensed to Short
Paragraphs for the Convenience of
Hurried Readers.
The Valley Falls Literary and Social
association has been chartered with
capital of $500.
Jennie Wagner. aged Is, at Belle
vile, tried to shot herself because the
girls at school taunted her. She was
given to reading detective stories.
The first Swede Baptist church of
b anute has been chartered and the
trustees named for the first year are:
Peter Hermann, A. w. Heden, and s.
O. Olson. The capital is $1,000.
The Silver City Telephone company
of Argentine has been incorporated ior
the sEzrpose OF erecting a telephone
system and maintaining the same in
that city. The capital stock is 5000.
The Pawnee Valley Irrigation COM
pany has been incorporated to sink
wells and to otherwise arrange for
irrigating part of Garfield township
in Finney county. The capital is $780,
OOO:
The opera house managers of Kan
sas are arranging to meet in Hutchin-
son the 10th of this month to organ
ize an association, make circuit and
send an agent to New York to book
attractions.
Of the four coldest winters in the
history of Kansas three were in 1875,
1855 and 1895. When the next
one comes in 1905 Western Kansas
will send fuel out to aid the sufferers
in Western Wyoming.
One of the most conspicuous graves
in Mount Moriah cemetery, Deadwood,
is that of Abilene's former city mar
shall, j. B. Hlckok, who was known
throughout the West as Wild Bill.
Over it is his marble bust and around
it marble fence.
General Manager ]. j. Frey of the
Santa Fe. has issued an order increas-
ing the time of the men at the big
shops in this city from eight hours a
day, four day week, to ten hours a
day, six days week. The time over
the entire system is increased to nine
hours day, six days week.
The Prohibitionists and Populists of
Wellington have nominated fusion
ticket, headed by A. A. Richardson, a
Prohibitionist, for mayor; w. X. Saw
age the present incumbent, is a candi-
date for reelection and it looks now
as if there would be another three
cornered fight.
Fire broke out in the livery barn of
Huston & Grass Wednesday morning
at Harrington. 1t was crowded with
buggies and considerable hay was in
the loft The millinery store of Mrs.
Lottie Collins, next to the barn,
caught fire several times, but was
quickly extinguished. The loss by
fire and damage by water runs up in
to the thousands.
Saturday night Outlaw Elmore and
a masked man supposed to be Rogers.
entered the store of Hendra g. Davis
at Angola, took about two dollars
from the money drawer and a few
dry goods, and searched a dozen or
more men in the store, but secured
nothing. The people had been alarm
ed and armed men were in the post
office and depot ready for the desper-
ADDE'S This frightened them and they
left without attempting to extend
their raid.
Miss Descella Jacques, of Leaveu-
worth. now in Paris with her mother
and studying music, has been accept
ed as pupil by Madame Marchesl,
perhaps the most famous teacher of
the voice in the world, and who Sc
lects from long lists of applicants only
those who have marked talent and
voices that respond to the severe test
she applies, to determine whether or
not the applicant may enter the inner
circle as a pupil.
The Southern Kansas Bee Keepers
Association will hold their annual
meeting at Bronson, Saturday March
10th In Goodno's hall
Congressman w. A. Harris, of Lin
wood was united in marriage Thurs
day, February Z, in Pittsburg, Pa, to
Miss Cora Macisay. The bride was
formerly Mrs Bernard Murray OF
Lawrence. and she was on visit to
her old home when the marriage took
place. There were no cards and only
relatives present at the ceremony.
| Col and Mrs. Harris will leave Wash.
| ington, arriving here next Sunday or
Monday. They will go at once to Lin
wood, Kansas, where they will re.
side in future.
Last Sunday at Ottawa, fire broke
out in S. B. Rohrbaugh's opera house
known as the auditorium, and was
carried by the terrific wind that was
| blowing to adjoining buildings, and the
| auditorium, a residence and two barns
together with numerous sheds and
| outbuildings, were burned to the
| ground. Besides this, two other resi-
dences and barn were parti lily burn
ed and three or four more residences
| and the goods in them were badly
damaged by water. The total loss is
about $40, 600; insurance So, 900.
The Pittsburg Dramatic Company
has fled articles of incorporation
with the secretary of state. On ac
count of the fact that the organiza
tion is chartered without pecuniary
gain being its object, it has no capita
stock.
George w. Clark. {Pop.) of Topeka
A. D. Gilkinson, Dem of Hays City
w. A. johnson, (Rep.) of Fort Scott
A. w. Dennison, (Pop.) of Ell Dorado
7. F. Carver, (Rep.) of Salina. ant
E. E. Cole. rep of Great Bend ar,
the judges of the appellate court ap
pointed by Governor Morrill,.