Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-17

Judge Hook, of the United States
istrict court for Kansas, issued a re-
training order preventing Mrs. Err
nina c. Buffers, of Atchison, from
'arnisheeing the wages of her di-
orced husband, John Buffers, for ali
nony. Buffers married again, and set
lp claim that his wages could not
re garnisheed by his divorced wife for
as he needed all his salary
or the maintenance of his second
amily. Judge Hook seems to think
hat an alimony debt occupies the
anne status as debt for groceries.
Riot In Yates Center Schools.
In room of the Yates Center
chools one of the boys threw paper
N the floor and refused to pick it up.
'rof. Markham resorted to physical
orce in an endeavor to compel the
-oung man to obey the order, when
everal OF the other boys attacked the
Professor. Superintendent Person
nd Prof. Kannard were called, but all
hree were stood off by the boys,
Who had pocketknives. Serious
rouble was averted by dismissal OF
ii the pupils for the day.
McPherson woman's Awful Deed.
Mrs. Joseph Christie, of Mcpherson,
ut the throats of her two children
10Th under six years old. She then
ut her own and set fire to the house
The children died at once and Mrs
christie lived only a short time. A
ew days previous Joe Christie, her
husband, was arrested for drunken.
less, and is now in Jail because he
'ould not pay his fine. 1t is supposed
hat worry over their condition led
he woman to commit the horrible
Iced.
Want the State Fair Revived.
The annual convention of the Kan
'as Improved Stock Breeders associa
ion at Topeka adopted resolution
lrging the revival of the state fair
rhe breeders claim that Topek;
should put it's money into an enter
Prise like fair, which will be a per
nanent feature, instead of spending i
On street fairs and carnivals. The.
say that state fair conducted on ;
basis would be paying
An Unusual Compact.
A. J. Bryant and c. d. Leggett ar
a couple of young fellows who forme'
a partnership in a barber shop at Ce
darvale. In joining forces, they en-
tered into an agreement to the effec
that the one who first should play
game or take drink o
liquor must forfeit his share in tn
This contract was dul,
placed on record, and the lawyers sa,
it is an enforceable one.
Labor Exchange Colony.
The socialist or labor exchange col
ony recently established 12 mile
of Fort Scott, will be aug
mented in short time by a numbe
of families from different parts of tn
state. A townsite has been laid out
The colony has it's own scrip an
everything in the commercial or labo
lines is done on the exchange plan
each man getting credit for just wha
he produces.
Passing of the Atchisou Champion.
The Atchison Champion, the oldes
paper in Kansas, has been discontin
ued by it's present owner, b. P. Wag
gener, who took it six months ag
under mortgage. The Champiol
was established in 1855 and, with eS
Gov. John A. Martin as it's editor an
publisher, was for many years tn
most influential republican paper il
the state. and made Martin governor
Want the Hemp Perts Open.
Congressman Long and Reeder, O
Kansas, called on the president re
Gently and urged the opening of hem
ports in the Philippines. They al
gued that the wheat growers of kar
sas would otherwise have to pay e2
orbitant prices for binding twin'
The president said he would immed
ately order Gen. Otis to have tn
hemp ports opened.
Damages Against the Dentist.
In the supreme court W. S. Roarl
of Junction City, secured a judgmeT
of $4,000 against DIR. Greene, del
tist, for injuries received while havin
a tooth pulled. The decision lay
down the rule that when DENTS
makes bad job of pulling tooth b
is liable for damages to the extent
the injuries sustained.
Full Pay for scool-Teachers.
The attorney general, in an opinio
to the state superintendent of publ
instruction, holds that when publ
school has been suspended by order
the bord of trustees, on account {
the presence of a contagious diseas
in the community, teachers are Ell
titled to full pay under their col
tracts.
stockmen's Fund to Try New Rates
The executive committee OF tn
Kansas Live Stock association ha
raised preliminary fund of $1,000
make the fight in the courts agains
the new cattle rates established b
the railroads. 1t is understood the
Attorney General GODDARD will hel
the fight.
militia Company Of Kansas Veterans.
Company 81, First Kansas regimen
Kansas national guard, was reorga1
lied at Lawrence. Capt. Adna Clar
was elected captain. The officers an
nearly all the men saw service wit
the Twentieth Kansas in the Philil
pines.