Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-02-19
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Canadian excise officials have seized
an Illicit still that has been operated
by monks at the Trappist monastery,
of Okla, Montreal. The still had
capacity of twenty-five gallons of
whisky per day.
| A w. Shelton, a prominent Missouri
farmer, was arrested, charged with
buying stock on false pretenses.
In 100 resorts to the knife in appen-
! dicitis at New York but TIVE operations
resulted fatally.
Mr.. Gladstone refused to do literary
/ work for New York magazine, al
though offered 81 per word for it.
William Riggin of Danville, Ill, cut
the throats of two men. He pleads
/ drunkenness as an excuse.
President Cleveland has pardoned
Robert f. Lane. sentenced in Missouri
to two years imprisonment and fine
for counterfeiting.
j. j. Ccrbett says, that In his opin-
| ion, cha mpionship prize fights in
America are done for.
Congressman w. FL. Grain of Texas
is dead.
Indictments against Erastus Wyman
have all been dismissed.
A statue of John Bright in the CEN
tral hall of parliament was unveiled
General Weyler, the new captain
| general of Cuba, has arrived at
Havana
William III. English left the bulk of
a s., 900, 600 estate to his two children.
An aereolite exploded above Madrid,
causing panic and doing much
damage
Thomas Sexton has declined the
Craftsmanship of the Irish National
| Federation.
Richard Croker will be at the head
of Tammany again during the presi-
dental campaign.
All the pool room proprietors and
employees in Covington, KY, have been
indicted by the grand jury and the
pool rooms closed.
Queen Victoria's speech to parlia-
ment was longer than usual, but an
nounced no changes in policy.
Owing to the Cuban insurrection this
country is now importing sugar from
Egypt, Hamburg and Honolulu.
In prize fight at Philadelphia be-
! tween Frederick Schlechter and ex-
Policeman Henry Pluckfelder, the
| former was knocked down and his
skull fractured when he hat the floor.
/ He is dead.
American Episcopalian bishops have
appealed to the powers in behalf of
Armenia They urge Christian cru
sade.
Professor Max Glau of a New York
! Deaf and Mute Institute, was found
murdered in his studio.
Joe Leads. Seldom, Ala. negro,
was taken from officers and hung bv
mob for attempting to assault Mrs.
A. ID. Prince.
Repu blican congressional convention
in the Seventh Texas district, held at
Temple, selected two Reed delegates
for st. Louis.
President Cleveland has been in
vited to preside at home mission
mass meeting soon to be held under
the auspices of New York Presbytery.
Judge Gresham's widow has received
some handsome Japanese tapestries
and vases from the Mikado of japan
as token of friendship and esteem:
Republican senators have decided
not to attempt further reorganization
at present because of the Populists
putting a ticket of their own in the
field.
c. p. Griffin has been appointed re-
CClfcI LUZ buc NOTIOWeSLern tlre aSSO-
ciation at Toledo. Ohio. The COMPANY
is carrying 81, ,O00, 900 risks with $50. ca
cash on hand.
Birdie Sutherland, the ballet dancer
who sued Hon. Dudley Churchill Ma
joribanks for 100000 for breach of
promise, has dismissed her suit on
being paid $4,000.
Senator Smith of New Jersey de-
clares that Congress is a menace to the
revival of business and that it should
pass the necessary appropriation bills
and then adjourn.
Minister Willis refused to partici-
pate in the celebration and festivities
in honor of the overthrow of the Ha-
yvaiian monarchy, and will likely be
given his passports for his discourtesy.
Lady Wilde spent all her means In
| expenses incident to Oscar Wilde's
trial and l,e- death revealed the fact
that she las been living in extreme
poverty, often wanting the nccessaries
of life.
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