Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-07-26


gold watches, 22,577, valuation $147, 400; silver
watches, 12 1863, valuation, $42, S65; pianos 9794
valuation $371 1893; other musical Instruments
"a valuation, $2l2 $50.
The average assessed valuation of the per-
sonal property is: Horses, per head si2.a5:
cattle is; mules Sl3.35; sheep, $O.69; hogs.
sl.47; wagons, G.l2; carriages $500; gold
watches, 1888; silver watches. 1888; pianos
ss7,9l; other musical instruments, 1881.
Fought with q Lunatic.
Sheriff LAMBERT, of Mitchell county,
was called to Glenelder to arrest
Thomas Barnett, who was violently in
sane and needed restraint Barnett
was found in cornfeld and drew a
jack-knife and made several savage
thrusts. The knife was dull, which
saved the sheriff's life. Lambertz
seized his man and called for help. A
neighbor ran up and struck the maniac
with club, rendering him uncon-
scious.
Will Be Bigger and Better Than Ever
Directors of the Interstate Soldiers
Reunion association at Baxter Springs
are building a big amphi theater in
Camp Logan, to be completed by Au-
gust 20. The indications are that the
reunion this year will be the most
notable ever held there. Last year the
average daily attendance was about
10000. Trains will be run from Webb
City, Joplin, Columbus Baxter Springs
and intermediate points every hour.
Family Feud Near Oswego.
serious fight took place near Oswe-
go the other day between two brothers.
George and Tom Stice. There has been
feud existing between the two and
eliminated recently in slander suit.
Tom Stice was the plaintiff in that
case and lost his case. He also got the
worst of the fight, as his head was bad
ly cut and bruised by the blows from a
scoop-shovel used by his brother
Work on q Negro Industrial School.
Work will be commenced at once on
the erection of the new colored state in
dustrial school at Quindaro. The attor-
ney general has approved the abstract
to the Is acres of property decided to the
state, and the money appropriated by
the legislature is available. Chancel-
lor Vernon hopes to have the building Q
ready for occupancy by September Is,
the opening of the school year.
Topeka Wants the Celebration.
The Topeka Commercial club has
started movement to hold semi
centennial celebration in 1904 in honor
of the fiftieth anniversary of the or
ganization of the territory of Kansas.
1t was on May 80, 1854. that President
Pierce signed the Kansas Nebraska
bill, famous in history. which created
territories of both Kansas and Ne
braska.
Wants Decoration Day Reforms.
The grand army posts of Emporia
passed resolutions denouncing the desc
Grafton of Memorial day by devoting it
to baseball, horse racing, ETC., and pc
titioned the city council to pass an or
dinance forbidding such sport or other
than military or obituary parades on
the day. They also ask that the next
legislature make state law to the same
effect.
Kansas Census Supervisors Named.
The following supervisors for Kan
sas have been selected by Director of
Census Merriam:
First district, Andrew j. White of Todd;
Second. James NJ. Humphrey, of Fort Scott I;
Third. Asa A Smith, of Parsons; Fourth
Charles 8. Briggs, Of Carbondale; Fifth. Will
liam H. Smith. of Marysville: Sixth, Charles
W. Landis of Osborne; Seventh, j. C. o. Morse,
OF Hutchinson. They are all republicans.
Promotions in Twentieth Kansas.
Col Metcalf, of the Twentieth Kan
sas at Manila, has cabled Gov. Stanley
recommendations for the following
promotions:
Charles I. Martin, to be major vice William
81. Bishop: Edgar Frey. captain. vice Mart in:
Robert Parker, first lieutenant, vice Frey; John
Deming, second lieutenant, vice Parker; Harry
Shidler, captain. vice Oscar Craig; John Hirsch,
second lieutenant, vice Fred r. Dodge.
1t Was Sold at Auction.
The property of the Tri-state Tele-
phone company, which was organized
a year ago with es100, 600 capital, - will
be sold at action and many of the stock
holders will lose all they put into it.
The company strung wires from Kan
sas City to Clay Center, passing through
about 90 good towns
Once Has NO Charms for Him.
John 81. Atwood. of Leavenworth,
calls upon his democratic friends to
ucip hlHi KILL IL. ne Bays tudt ihc
Office has no charms for him and that
he would not accept it if it were offered
to him.
Heavy sales of Bonds In June.
The sale of county and municipal
bonds of Kansas for the month of June
was unprecedented in the states his
tory. The auditor of state turned into
the treasury over $500 received in fees
for registering these bonds, the largest