Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-05-15

received word from her attorneys in
Indianapolis, Ind, that a rich uncle
of that city has just died, leaving her
by will one-fifth of his fortune. Hei
uncle's name is w. b. Belmont, and
he is understood to be worth between
500, 900 and 500, 200.
A Maple Leaf freight of Is loaded
cars from st. Joe to Kansas Citv, wai
wrecked near Fort Leaveuworth Wed
nesday morning by spreading rails due
TO rotten ties. Six cars, one loaded
with cattle, tumbled down a 3O-foot
embanl'mant, and six head of cattle
were killed outright. The train crew
hao remarkable escape. The wreck
ed cars will be burned.
The first tornado or twister of the
season occurred in Alabama, the sec
ond one in Kansas, and the third, and
last one, up to date. in Iowa. The
one IN Iowa was the most destructive
of life and property, the Alabama
twister came second in these respects,
and the Kansas storm, though in IA
tality the greatest save one ever oc-
curing in the State-was the least of
the three, yet the Eastern press is
holding out the impression that all
the cyclones of the year have been in
Kansas and that thousands of people
were victims Statistics show as few
cyclones in this as most other States.
The recent hail and rain storm re-
suited quite disastrously to some sec
tions of the State. One life was lost
near Emporia-M. q. Freedom who
was drowned while trying to cross n
swollen creek. Reports from certs in
points aver that hail fell to depth of
six inches on the level. For miles on
a stretch not leaf was left on the
trees in the path of the storr, while
vegetables and corn were cut into rib
bons and totally destroyed. The
damage to crops generally was NEST
severe.
The June meet in Wichita of horse
men promises to be the best ever held
in the State. The entrees include
some of the most noted steppers. AS
the purses will contain So, 900 the in
terest taken will be at high range
There will be three days of fun, be-
ginning on the 18th and ending on the
14th. The "big time" however, will
be during State fair week, October l
to 5, when $4,000 will be given up to
the speed ring. Secretary w. r. Hew-
ey, of Wichita. is receiving many let
tiers regarding entrees, and lovers of
the turf will witness host of fleet
footed and world-famed horses at
that time.
A writer in one of the Wichita pa
pers gives the following interesting bit
of news regarding the rainfall in Kan
sas for April while the rainfall this
spring was below the average it We
double that of "a. On April 10. 1894,
we had Il light rain; 14th, heavy ram,
and on the Goth light shower. April
i, 1895, rain and snow; 5th, light rain
and hail; 18th, rain; 10th, light rain
Both, light rain. On the 10Th of April,
1894, more rain fell than all the snow,
hail and rain in April this year. There
was an abundance of moisture and
plenty of water in streams and wells.
This year streams and wells are lower
than for the past ten years"
David Green, a young colored man
Of Stockton, has just been discovered
in forgeries which he has carried on
Systematically for over n year. Dave
is Il bright young colored man, with
more than a common school rduca-
ton. Some two years ago he taught
school at Nic0demus. The forgcries
with which he is charged are con fine6
fn hn e
district No. &c, Graham county, for
services as teacher. He succeeded in
floating a number of these orders,
eight having turned up so far,
amounting to about 5000. He was ar
rested by Sheriff Shaw. The prelim-
mary examinat ton was held before
Justice McNulty, and lie held the
prisoner for trial in the district court.
placing the bond at $500
L. S. Stcinkirchner, living near
Newton, will experiment on rice rails
ing this season. He has received seed
from Louisiana and Will irrigate it to
determine whether the rice will grow
in this climate or not.
For some time past loads of Mexican
cattle have been shipped into the
State. An instance of this took place
at Eureka some weeks since, but a
general protest was raised by local
stockmen and farmers who believed
that if Mexican cattle were allowed
10 run on the range all the natives
would die of Spanish fever. and they
determined that the Mexican cattle
must go. The United States inspect
ors passed them all right, but the far
mers threatened vengeance on the
Mexican cattle, and the Kansas in
spectors went to Eureka and quaran-
tined the whole train load pending an
investigation. They were billed to
Craig & Mann. but the stockmen
around Eureka claimed to have infor-
nation that the cattle belonged to
the Standard Oil company, and that
they were billed to local parties to
prevent suspicion that they were
quarantined cattle. The case was
called and won by the farmers and the
cattle ordered sent back.
Louis Hill, SON of o. C. Hill, exec
utive clerk to Governor Morrill,,
pounded Grant Harrington, Demo
cratic Populist editor of the Hiawa-
tina Democrat, for remark published
in his paper against his father. The
young man paid his fine and left town.
Sam Pearson of Hoisington, brake
man on the Missouri Pacific, lost his
life at Horace last week. He was en-
gagged in switching when his foot
caught in q frog. the train passing
over the entire length Of his body. He
was unmarried but leaves n mother.
He was a member of the a. o. L. w.
Mrs. Dudley c. Haskell. the widow
of one of Kansas most popular con-
| gressmen, had been elected secretary
of the Kansas Woman's Missionary
board of the Congregational church.
L. L