Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-15

for train robbery was unanimous for
acquittal on the first ballot.
The shops and mills at Louisville
KY, may have to close for Q time
owing to the inability of the opera.
tives to work on account of VAGINA.
ton.
Pres. ]. w. Springer of the Nation
al Livestock Association places the
loss of Texas cattle during the cold
at 10 per cent, the most serious loss
since 1856.
A farmer near Red Bud, Ill. J., while
engaged in digging trench recently
dug up human skeletons. 1t is sup.
posed he has discovered an old Indian
burying ground.
A strange elopement case occurred
at Maryville, Mo. A young man
named Charles Baker eloped with
another mans wife taking her child
rem and parents along also.
A young Irish woman is detained
at the barge Office in New York. She
came to this country to marry her
lover, but on the way over lost his
address. Unless the young man puts
in an appearance she will be derorted.
Attorney General Monett of Ohio
was offered $4OO, 900 bribe by the
Standard Oil trust to close his fight
on the company, but he refused say
ing that nothing would induce him
to desist in his efforts to enforce the
law.
An aged negress of Sheridan, Ar.
kansas was discovered in the act OF
burning her four year old grandchiid.
Four other grandchildren have died
during the past year and it is now
believed they were murdered by their
fiendish grandmother.
A stone was picked up in Minneso.
ia which bears runic characters
Prof. Breda translated the characters
and found it to be statement that
a party of Swedes and Norsemen on 6
journey of discovery had erected the
stone there to mark the spot where
one of their number was killed, prob
ably by the Indians.
The steamer, Labrador. upon which
AgonciIlo took passage for Europ,
was wrecked on the Irish coast. Al
escaped in the boats and were picket
up by the steamer Vikine from Nor
way The pa ssengers and crew los
everything they possessed.
Henry Zeigler, who lives nea
Wilkesbarre, Pa, was poor man who
owned 300 acres of very barren lan'
which yielded nothing. 1t was dis
covered that there is 25 foot vein o
virgin coal underlying all his land
now it is worth $5, 900 an acre.
Thirty Spanish immigrants arrive,
in New York recently. They ar
going to mining towns in the west
The authorities say that since tn,
close of the War with Spain the i'm
migration from that country has in
oroocod 100 nar oopf
Illinois has appropriated So, 900 TO
a statue of Frances E. Willard which
is to be placed in statuary hall at th'
capitol at Washington. There is NJ
statue of woman in the hall, ant
the architect Of the capitol said i
the statue was sent he would see tina
1t was properly taken care Of, bu
would not place it in tire hall unit
congress had voted upon it.
Daniel D. Emmett, the compose
fef the famous song Dixie" made hi
first speech, to the cadets of Kenyon
Military Academy. He wrote
the song early in the spring of '59
when he was travelling with Bryant
minstrels. Emmett travelled for 2
years with different companies a
lsong writer and musician. He is no,
l84 years old.
The Cuban army passe.: in revie,
before Gomez and the American off
GERS in Havana last week, and ar
to be disbanded. Great enthusiasm
was displayed by the Cubans an
much friendly feeling towards tn
Americans was expressed. Shouts o
"Long live the Americans an
I'sCuba for the Cubans" were hear,
every whore.
The records of the internal revenu
lbureau show that the total reeeip.
from the tax on mixed -four sine,
August IA, 1898, when the Law wen
Unto effect, have been S. 1S9. Th
le1pence of collecting this amour
has been $Is.59O. The receipt.
from this source during December
1888, were SALT and the cost o
collecting 8, $3.50.
Edward Teeter, resident of Roll