Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-11-17
ALL OVER KANSAS.
A Sample Of Cy Leland's E1ec,
ton Methods.
ingtOn.-TOm Cayanaugh.-John Car.
and Mrs. New Arrested Joe O'Brfan
Killsd.-E. c. Little I'm Demand.

Kirk, noted western dude, killed
man in New York city Saturday.
Edward Gano, by the accidental dis
: charge of gun at Great Bend today
is perhaps fatally injured. DIR. Tigh
, jot has amputated his arm.
The Rock Island is reported to b,
making arrangements to put on
"Plug" between Holton and Kansa,
City via Topeka, to compete with tn,
Santa Fe.
The New England Society of Law
renee is making great preparation.
for the celebration of December q
with the biggest supper ever given il
that city.
The State Horticultural Society ha:
issued its programme for the 31s
annual meeting of that society, to bs
held at Topeka, December 18th, 2otl
and 30th.
The towns of Ramona and Los
lSprings are singular in. having no va
can't houses, no idle men or boys, nc
ltiplers, and better than all, no dogs
Clark County Clipper.
The executive committee of the Far
mers' Institute for Harvey and Reno
counties have drafted the programme
for the third annual meeting at Newton
December 9th and 10th.
Joe O'Brien, brakeman on the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas railroad, was
shot aud instantly killed in a row in a
whisky joint in Parsons Thursday
night. The murderer has not been
apprehended.
Mrs. Nancy Wilson, said to have
settled north of Cherryvale in 1866,
before there was any whites on this
reservation, died yesterday of heart
failure. DIR. Gard says that for 4s
hours she had no pulse.
Fourth class postmasters have been
| appointed in Kansas as follows: Mad
ison' Greenwood county, w. D. Smith,
vice E. Michellin, removed; Maple Hill,
Wabunsee county, H. c. Beaudine,
vice G. H. Smith, removed.
According to reports, every man,
woman and child in Kansas now has
$116.23. We know this is true, because
Mark Hanna told Cy Leland to have
Lit Crum tell the Topeka Capital to
have Jim Simpson vouch for it.
Mr.. Frank George and Miss Cooke,
of Kilmer, were quietly married April
18th, 1897. They have just announced
their union by mock marriage. Re-
ports give no reason for their action
n keeping the matter secret.
Thos. H. Cavanaugh, at one time
/ assistant secretary of State of Kan
sas, is now reported to be in Utah en-
gagged in scheme said to involve two
million dollars. twill be remembered
that the size of Thomas when in Kan
sas was about $500.
Ellsworth Ingalls,, son of his father,
is reported to be a candidate for ap-
pointment as postmaster at Atchison,
| and is now in Washington where he
has gone in order to save that Office
transportation charges when 1t starts
out to seek the man.
The first carload of apples from
Kearney county are on track and will
go to Denver Friday. Another ship.
ment will be made as soon as refriger.
ator cars can be secured. The fruit
was grown by c. II. Longstretch and
the crop is both large and fine.
Prof. E. w. Doran, one of the states
most widely known educators, to day
Itendered his resignation as vice pres.
ident of the Kansas Normal college OF
Ft. Scott to accept the presidency OF
the Clinton Normal school at Clinton
Mo. He will go there next week.
| The home of M. ". Cagney, 706 Elk.
change street, Emporia, was filled with
relatives last night to witness the mar.
Iriage of Miss Edna r. Keller to Mr..
IL. J. Myser. The ceremony took
place at $50, Rev. G. c. Cromer, pas
tor of St. Marks Lutheran church, of
ficiating.
/ Never in the history of Nemaha Co:
was there as much wheat sowing al
there was this year, and the prospec'
i is fine. The condition for the whea
to enter its winter quarters never wa.
better. The late rains this fall gav'
it plenty of moistness, and the whea
is well rooted.
The railroads of Reno county, be
sides fulfilling their mission Of useful
ness, are paying almost Sc, 900 in tar
es to the county. The total valuation
of railroads in this county Is fixed thi
Iyear at 81, ,2O0, ,365, and the tax on thi
amounts to $4S, ,30o.40. The interes
Ipaid by the county on railroad bond
amounts to s28,6s1.os. The amour
Irecieved from the railroads by tt
: county this year exceeds the intere,