Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-15
NUMBER 81.

Gov. Leedy negotiating the sale of
some jack rabbits.
The state has rested its case, and
the defense is on in the Sheesley MUIR
der trial for the killing of Daniel Nc
Faggart at independence.
One Martin, a sensational religious
fake, who has been vlllifying the citi-
zens of Florence, has been shipped
from that town with instructions not
to return.
Rollo Schofield, of Chapman, was
fined $50 in police court for shooting
quail for market. When caught he
had in his possession COS birds and had
been shipping for month.
While playing with dog the 3-year-
old son of Mrs. McGinness, of Topeka,
who is visiting her father, William
Jackson, near independence, was
probably fatally bitten. The animals
teeth penetrated the boys eyelids, and
probably destroyed the sight.
The number of RABBIT sca1os re-
ceived at the Sumner county clerks
office in one day was 5000, for which
$50 in bounty was paid. The total
number of scalps received since the
bounty was offered, is $1,000, repre-
senting cost to the county of $40
for these pests.
VIM. V. Aultman, a farmer living
IS miles west Of St. Francis, has been
sentenced to the penitentiary for one
year. Mr.. Aultman is the sou of a
minister. His crime was the continu-
Gus theft of harness from his neigh
bors, which he burned or buried, and
never attempted to sell or use.
A. II. Davenport, aged IS, of Wau-
sau, Wis, died of hemorrhage of the
lungs while in the waiting room of
the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Mem
phis depot. He was well dressed but
had little money. From papers found
it was shown that he had Travelled all
over the country in search of health.
Shortly after noon Thursday DIR.
Henry H. Deal, one of the leading
dentists of Clay Center. was found
dead on the floor of his office. Upon
examination it was found that death
was caused by a revolver shot, the
bullet having penetrated the heart.
The wound was evidently self inflicted.
Cottonwood Falls, Dec. paul
Norris, a single man, aged % years,
was instantly killed on the Santa Fe
railroad at crossing on the Clover
Cliff far-l, ten miles west of this city.
He had driven across the track with
a load of fodder and went back to close
a gate, when a freight train struck
him.
J. II. Bol1ock, ranchman on the Up
per Pecos near Santa Fe, New Mexi-
co, has been engaged by w. L. Moore,
president of the Hutchinson salt works,
to go to Klondike in the spring as his
agent. Bollock has sold his ranch.
He will be accompanied by Thomas
Stuart and Jake Gable, of Glorietta,
hardy mountaineers.
The county commissioners of Pratt
county have closed deal with Splitter
& Co., of Toledo, o., for the refunding
of 500, 900 D. NJ. & A. bonds, paving
them commission of S3,O65 for get
ting in the old bonds. The old bonds
were 1880 per cent bonds and the
new ones are the same kind, bearing
~ per cent interest.
John E. Gilbert, Kansas stockman,
has brought suit in the common pleas
court of Kansas City, Kan, against
the Missouri Pacific and Rock Island
railroad companies, jointly, to recover
81, ,79o. .85 damages. Gilbert charges
that the railroads failed to disiufect
cattle cars after cattle afflicted with
Texas fever had been shipped in
them.
The state has paid to John A. Klein
hans, to whom the claim was assigned,
50 900 due Judge W. c. Webb for his
compilation of the statutes of Kansas.
The amount which was appropriated
for Mr. Webb was $4,000. The thous-
and dollars of the amount went to
John S. Parks, the state printer, who
printed and bound the books. Judge
Webb gets S9, 900 for the work.
There will be national convention
of fish commissioners and others inter-
ested in that class of work at Tampa,
Fla, January Is. In response to re-
quest from the governor of Florida,
Governor Leedy, some time ago, ap-
pointed delegates to represent Kansas.
ALI of them declined to go, but ORR n
Nelson, register of deeds of Elk coun-
ty, has written to the governor saying
he would like to represent the state at
the convention. If Mr.. Nelson cares
to go and pay his own expenses the
governor will accord him that privi-
Ilege, but the contingent fund is not
available for such purposes.
Fourth class postmaster have beer
lappointed in Kansas as follows: Elm.
dale, Chase county, H. E. Akers, vice
B. Holmes, removed; Faulkner, Cher