Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-03-13

wanted in Douglas county for forgery
committed two years ago.
The irrigation sentiment is begin
ming TO come to the surface all over
the state. There is the deepest inter-
est manifested by the more progress
about grasping the fact that FIVE acres
OF land under successful irrigation
will provide a living for the average
family and some to spare.
Two men, giving the names of ]. B.
Barton and P. Murphy, were taken off
Santa Fe train at Wichita and locked
up on charge of being the burglars
who on Monday cracked a safe at
Cross. o. T., and Thursday burglarized
the Santa Fe ticket Office at Arkansas
City. At the latter place SIS was Sc
cured and some express matter rifed.
The men both had revolvers and skel-
eton keys, .some articles of feminine
jewelry and considerable money. They
proved to be the men wanted.
The Peoples Railroad and Tele-
graph Company is the title of new
corporation that has just taken out a
charter under the laws of Kansas 1t
has a capital stock of $50. ESQ, 900 and
the directors are John II. Mcleod and
Finley Murchison of Marietta, Kans.,
August Holm, T. B. Hatfield, G. A.
Scammon, Dennis Sale and A. M. Jud-
son of Marysville. The charter pro-
vides for the construction of three
main lines through the state east and
west. The estimated length of the
road is 3.720 miles.
The congressional apportionment
bill as it passed the House Is as fol-
lows:
Be 1t enacted by the legislature of
the state of Kansas:
Section THAT the state of Kansas
be and the same is hereby divided in
| to eight districts for the election of
representatives to congress of the
! United States, each of which districts
shall be entitled to elect one represent
ative; the limits and designation of the
counties of each district shall be as
| follows:
Sec. 2-The counties of Doniphan,
Brown. Nemaha, Pottawatomie, jack
son, Atchison, Leavenworth and JEFF
fer< oa shall constitute the First dis.
trict.
Sec. 3-The counties OF Wyandotte,
Johnson, Douglas, Miami, Franklin,
Anderson, Lynn and Allen shall con-
stitute the Second district.
Sec 4-The counties of Bourbon,
Crawford, Neosha, Wilson, Cherokee,
Labette, Elk, Chautauqua and Mont
gomery shall constitute the Third dis
trict.
Sec. 5-The counties of Shawnee, Wa
baunsee, Usage, Lyon, Morris, Marion,
| Chase, Coifey. Woodson, and Green
wood shall constitute the Fourth dis
trict.
Sec. 6-The counties of Marshall
/ Washington. Republic. Cloud, Ottawa,
Clay. Riley, Geary, Dickinson and Sa-
line, shall constitute the Fifth dis
trict.
Sec. THE counties of Jewell. Smith,
Phillips, Norton, Decatur, Rawlins,
Cheyenne. Sherman, Thomas, Sheri-
dan, Graham, Rocks, Osborne, Mitch
ell, Lincoln, Ellsworth. Russell, Ellis,
Trego, Grove, Logan and Wallace shall
constitute the Sixth district.
Sec. s-The counties OF Rice, Barton,
Rush, Ness, Lane, Scott, Wichita,
Greeley, Hamilton, Kearney, Finney,
Hodgeman, Pawnee, Stafford, Reno,
Edwards, Kiowa, Ford Gray, Haskell,
Grant, Stanton, Morton, Stevens, Sew
ard, Meade, Clark end Comanche shall
constitute the Eighth district.
Sec. 9-The counties of Harvey, Sedg-
wick, Butler, Mcpherson, Barber, Pratt,
Kingman. Cowley, Sumner and Har-
per shall constitute the Seventh dis
trict.
Sec. 10-An act entitled "An act pro-
viding for the apportlonment of the
state of Kansas into seven congression-
al districts" approved March S, 1888,
is hereby repealed.
Sec. 11-This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its pub
lication in the official state paper.
Senator billiards. failure to receive
the appointment as judge of the ap-
pellate court has created for him a
the district court
The country in the vicinity of Ken.
nekuk, Atchison county. is being torn
up in search of hidden treasures. The
excitement was occasioned by an old
man appearing there few w eeks ago,
who said that in the days of the over
land express, there had been a rob-
berry, and that the Doodle, nearly S5O.-
600, had been buried near Kennekuk.
Saturday evening at about p IN.
two students in the Baker university
J. L. Anderson and David Davies, by
name, attempted to have some amuse
ment by riding horse double. The
horse became fractions and threw them
both. Anderson was hurt on the
thigh and Davies received severe cuts
on the head which produced concus
sion of the brain. Physicians were
called and everything was done to re
store him, but he was beyond recovery
better and it is believed he is out o.
Danger. Inc deceased is native o.
England aud has no immediate rela
tives in this country.
The Leavenworth Standard say
that Congress has finally transferred
the military prison and it will be re
placed by United States penitentiary
1t is great piece of good fortune fo
Leavenworth, as subsequent event.
will prove. It is a part of the genera
plan that place be allotted to tn
prison on the reservation in compar
lively isolated spot. Mr.. Broierick'
intention to see the new institution
amply provided for in the matter o
buildings will be seconded by the ad
ministration. The government pepi
tentiary is not to be an experimen
but permanent Institution