Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-15
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State News
Topeka will run excursions into that
city for the holidays.
The jury in the Fivecoats murder
trial at Chanute have returned a yer
dict of not guilty.
| P P. Elder says there will be an ex-
ira session of the legislature. Gov.
Leedy says Elder knows-maybe.
E. N. Morrill, was in Kansas City
FIR day and was able to talk politics.
He is still weak, but convalescent.
The annual Bethany bazaar is prov
ing a great success. Large crowds
are in attendance every evening.
The State Journal has been using its
searchlight and can only find seven
teen Republican candidates for gov.
ernor.
Edward Wilder and P. l. Bonebrake
have taken up the matter of an Audi
torium for Topeka. 1t is now safe to
predict that something will be done.
Judge Dale, of the District Court of
Sedgwick County, has decided that
under the Metropolitan Police law a
police judge has no right to collect
fees.
The Wichita Grain and Stock COM
pany has been incorporated with a
capital of $500. The directors are A.
S. Pierce, w. E. Pierce and w. H
Berthof.
Warden Lands has made his report
for the month of November. The re-
port shows receipts for the month from
all sources of S14, ,SO2.O1, and expendi-
lures of S13, 1880.
A shooting and cutting scrape oc-
Cured between several men and
women in Leavenworth joint Thurs
day night in which Grant Blackburn
received fatal injuries.
The Kansas Equal suffrage Associa-
ton held an interesting session at
Yates Center on the 9th. Ex-senator
PETER was present and gave his un-
qualified endorsement to equal snf-
frage.
The Farmers Institute of Harvey
county held three days session at
Newton, beginning the 9th. The ses
sion was more than ordinarily inter
esting, and of special benefit to those
in attendance.
Eva, the 16-year-old daughter of A..
B. East, well to do farmer near Ca1d-
well, has disappeared with one Lou
Wilkinson, and all search for her has
been in vain. Mr.. East offers 500 for
information as to her whereabouts.
H. c. Ward of Rochester, New York,
was in Lawrence recently visiting the
museums of Kansas university. He
| is neteorite collector and wanted to
get some of the specimens in the Kan
sas museums to add to his private col
lection of 2l2.
An Uncle Toms Cabin company
struck Cawker City the other night
and its members proceeded to fill up
on drug store whisky. They were
promptly egged out of town and re-
quested not to return soon. They will
probably comply with the request.
John White and Bart Brindley,
brakeman, and James Sheppard, a
fireman, of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railway, drank what they
supposed to be port wine at Florence
last Wednesday night, and Brand1ey
is dead. Sheppard dying and White
very low.
Local wholesale grocer firms a
Wichita have been officially notified BY
the Santa Fe railway company tha
the rate from Missouri river points OF
beans, canned goods and coffee hat
been reduced from 50 to IS cents pei
hundred, the new rate being effective
on the 10th inst. Other roads have no
titled the dealers that they will NEE
the rate.
The Bohemians of Republic count,
have organized fraterna1 union
something which is unusual amonJ
that nationality. The Western Bohe
main Fraterma1 union is the name O
the organization. The three me,
named as trustees for the first yea
are as follows: F. L. Houdek, Wes1e.
Skocdopo1e and Vac1av Novak. Othe
incorporators are: v. Kromatka, Auc
ton Varius and Vailaw Kasi1a.
The county attorney of Ellis count
has been instructed to bring an actiol
agains, all parties who have failed t
pay their seed grain notes for see
furnished in 1895. The county treas
urer has sent out seven notices to eac
person since 1895, or about 4 200 in al
at an expense to the county of at 1eas
SIS, for postage, ETC., the last motto
|, being sent out just prior to the las
!. harvest. In 1895 and 1896 the count
treasurer collected and paid to tn
state treasurer So40.85. In 1897 I
date, the total collected amounts I
but S668 II leaving vet balance &