Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-05-25

ford county system of nominating
candidates for office, and to return to
the old fashioned system of making
nominations in delegate conventions.
Lyon County Popu1ists have in
structed against Governor Leedy. Mr..
Madden, in the course of a speech be-
fore the convention, and in answer to
question, is reported to have said
that Chairman Riddle of the Popu1ist
State central committee had entered
into deal for the purpose of having
a Marion county Democrat nominated
for Congress from the Fourth dis
trict.
Orders were received at Leaven
worth last Saturday to have the
regular army recruiting offices al
Kansas City and Topeka closed and
for Captains Rogers and Morrison te
join their regiment, the 10th infantry
1t is stated that only four recruits 70,
the regular army had been secured
at the first named place.
| The Kingman County Popu1ists
Convention instructed its delegates tc
the State Convention to oppose the
election of Taylor Riddle as chairman
of the State Central committee and de.
c1ared against a division of the state
officers with the Democrats.
|
The town of Wakefield was pretty
badly damaged few days ago by a
rain and hail storm. Cellars were fill
ed with water, windows and roofs
were broken and trees blown over
and considerable loss of stock was re.
ported from the country.
| A little lad at Me1vern was missing
the other evening. After several
hours of anxiety and careful search
he was found peacefully sleeping in a
house from which the family had NOV.
ed but few days before, and by his
side was dead snake which he had
been dragging around and playing
with during the day.
Mrs. Gertie Hughes, of Lawrence
who is in the city Jail serving out a
sentence for violating the prohibitory
law, wants to get out and in her pc
tition presented to the council at the
last meeting, she stated among other
reasons why she should be released
that her husband had enlisted in the
army.
Prot. Haworth, of the State Univer
sity, has sent to the state printer the
manuscript for a special volume on
the mineral resources of Kansas
Four thousand five hundred copies
will be distributed by the University
and $1,000 extra copies will be issued
for distribution by the state commits.
sion of the Omaha exposition.
On tom bstone in the Attica grave.
yard the following inscription appears
Through this inscription 1 wish tc
enter my dying protest against what
is called the Democratic party. ]
have watched it closely since the days
of Jackson and know that all the mis-
fortunes of our nation have come
through this so-ca11ed Democratic par
ty; therefore, beware of this party OF
treason. N. Grigsby, died April 16
1890, aged 49,"
A dispatch from Newton says thai
after being out only five minutes the
jury in the Snodgrass murder case
brought in verdict of not guilty ant
found for the acquitta1 of George
Snodgrass, the barber, who last Dec
enaber shot and killed Santa Fe Brake
man Charles Upton for despoiling his
home. After the decision was made
known, there was great scene in tn,
court room. Men and women cheeret
and fastened to greet the late pris
oner.
The Washington Life Insurance
company of New York has notified
Commissioner Webb McNa11 by wir,
that it would withdraw for the state
Treating this company the same as hi
did others, the commissioner som,
time ago sent special blanks, demand
ing the company's salary list. The
company declared that if the sa1ar,
list was required to be made publ,
property it would withdraw from tn,
state.
The Sheriff of Dickinson count,
presented bill to the county commits
sioners for $77, being at the rate O,
S1.oO for every day the probate court
was In session for attendance On pro
bate court" Payment was objected
to on the ground that the sheriff wa,
not in fact in attendance on the court
On appeal the district court sustained
the commissioners, ruling that ?
sheriff can only draw fees for attend
ance on probate court when the cour,
requests his presence.
Fixing Politics In Appointments.
Governor Leedy has so far carried
his idea of the just apportionment OF
patronage into his army appointments
| He made Col. Fred Funston, a Re.
| Dublicau colonel of tba T>,rox:.,