Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-29

About . 900 have been killed in the
Spanish and Philippine war.
IL is intended to have the peniten
tiary twine plant in operation by next
August.
On July l, Wellington will .be raised
from third to second class post
ofics.
Troy has a smallpox case with many
people exposed. Tue schools have
been closed.
Lapier Williams, of Kansas City
il appointed sup,r'n enlent TO- the
bin asylum
James w. Kline, private in tie
Twentieth Kansas, was killed in Il e
capture of Pasig
Charles Doster and Fred w. Bucban
have been commissioned lieutsnants
in the regular army.
James Bruce of Emporia, has been
appointed to the position of chief engi-
neer at the Topeka insane asylum.
During the binding storm Saturday,
Chas. Miles was knocked from the
Santa Fe track and kill I'd near Stafford
vile.
The santa Fe had bad freight
wreck on the Howard branch Saturday
afternoon caused by the spreading of
the rails.
There are two cases of small pox at
Bitter Creek, four miles south of Genda
Springs. The disease also appeared
in Neuton.
Twenty two men employed at the
J. N. Waggener rock quarry near
Atchison, struck for higher wages
March 18th.
Rev. j. d. Botkin " no has represent
ed Kansas as coDgressman-at-large for
one term will r. turn to Kansas and re-
enter the ministry.
Governor Stanley has removed
Webo McNsll, superintendent IF
insurance and appointed w. V.
Church to succeed him.
The county attorney of Philips
county IS prosecuting parents who
do not send their children to school
as provided by the compulsory l.
ucation law.
Mrs. Belle Yates, of Topeka, who
was injured in folding bed last week.
is completely paralyZed from the neck
down as result. There is no hope
of her recovery.
Over 50 farmers of Barton county
have been swindled by sharper claim.
ing to represent an eastern fruit tree
firm. They paid fancy prices for bud
ded fruit and received worthless set d.
lings.
A new road has be en- chartered under
he name of the Kansas, Oklahoma
Central & Texas Railroad comp ny
1t v ill run from Salina to New Kiowa
through Oklahoma City to D, nison,
Texas.
The Mcpherson Republican is re.
spOnsible for the statement that two
men in cleaning out well at Johns.
towD, found SO snakes in the bottom
.nd tie men had not been drinking
either.
The threatened schism in the
Methodist church at Topeka this week
has caused much comment. The
strife was between two factions, the
one favoring DR.. Embree and the
other DR.. Thorpe.
Up. NJ. Gilbert and wife who have
been Residing in Topeka during the
winter have returned to their old home
near Granville. Mr. Gilbert is di
rector and member of the executive
committee, and also treasurer of The
Co Operative Insurance Company OF
Topeka.
by the fact that the colored children
were barred from entering the home
in that city which is supported by the
county and city. The colored people
will not bar any color, and will take
any and all who are committed to their
care. They have rented a six room
cottage and three colored children and
one white boy are already inmates.
w. V. Church, the new superintend
ent of insurance. has Issued a license
to the Connectic, Fire Insurance Co
| of Hartford. This company was jar
red from the state by McNall because
its officers refused to submit to ex-
amination by representatives of the
Kansas depar' ment.
The receipts of the Kansas City post
office for the first half of March, indi-
cate that the total income of the off .e
for the month will be sufficient to
place Kansas City well inside the high
est class OF postofficos in the United
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