Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-06-30
GENERAL NEWS

Miss SARAH CECIL, the heiress, who
was adjudged insane and incarcerated
, In the Eastern Kentucky lunatic asy-
lum at Lexington last fall, and later
was allowed to go to a private santa
rum, was reported as starving herself
because her relatives will not turn
over to her certain papers. She is
worth more than $3.50, 900.
JOHN HAMITER, a farmer living 10
miles south at Mena, Ark, received a
sunstroke while in the harvest field
and died before he could be taken to a
| shade.
CORNELL won the boat race at Pough-
keepsie, N. Y, on the 25th; time, 2O:34.
Yale was second by 80 lengths; time,
2O:44 Harvard came in third, five
lengths astern of Yale; time, 21:OO.
THE business failures in the United
States for the week ended the 25th
were 215, according to Bradstreet's re-
port, against 21S in the corresponding
week last year.
ALL the window and flint glass and
% per cent. of the green glass facto-
rles, according to a Chicago dispatch,
will close on June 80 for long mac
tivity.
PETER NELSON, of Montour. Ia, was
recently drowned in the Iowa river
while trying to rescue boy who had
been seized with cramps
AN immense traction company has
been formed with a capital stock of
S7,5OO,000. to consolidate and take in
the Linden and Missouri street rail
way systems at st. Louis.
PROPOSITION has been made bv Bob
Fitzsimmons to Frank Dunn. MANAGER
of John l.. Sullivan, which has been ac-
cepted. 1t is that Sullivan and Fitz-
simmons meet at Brooklyn the after
noon of July 5, for four or six rounds.
II Sullivan's sparring shall be deemed
by the public and sporting writer's cred
liable and indicative of his ability to
enter the ring for a finish contest, terms
and conditions for such match to be
arranged Immediately thereafter
PETER MAHER, the heavyweight
champion pugilist of Ireland, and Tom
Sharkey, the sailor lad of San Fran
cisco, were matched at New York on
the 24th to fight to finish. The arti-
cles call for a bout to take place within
three months after the second and
final deposit is made on August ,.
DURING heavy storm at Hopkins
vile, KY, on the gath two earthquake
shocks were distinctly felt and the
walls of large buildings were shaken.
CRAZED with drink Fred Burpen ran
amuck in Harvey, near Chicago, stab
bing right and left. Policeman Healv
was stabbed three times. Police Chief
Bates saved his own life only by put
ting bullet into Burgen.
THE Brussels Reforma reported or,
the 24th that the entire Dhanis expe-
dltlon to the headquarters of the Nile,
including Baron Dhanis himself, had
been massacred by Soudanese. The
baron had enlisted 5000 men in the
Congo Free state to take part in Sc
cret expedition.
THE League of Ohio Valley Bimetal-
lie clubs" is the name adopted by rep
resentatives of free silver clubs of
Ohio. Indiana, Kentucky and West Vir-
ginia which recently met at Cincinnati
and united under one constitution. Of
hcers were elected and Indianapolis
chosen as the next place of meeting.
MEDICAL students of the University
OF Chicago, have entered into a secret
compact to give their brains to science
when they die, accompanied with a
truthful statement of personal virtues
and vices. 1t was believed that the
manifold shades of character NAV be
thus located in their respective parts
of the brain.
r e. YEoNAN, who has been much
talked OF for governor ON the free sill
yer democratic ticket, was hanged in
eftigy at his home town of Eagle Grove.
Ia, on the 22d. Mr.. Yeoman's friends
were much incensed at what they con-
sidered to be an effort of political or,.
ponents to kill his boom.