Barbour County index., 1900-12-19
General News.

Bryan ran l, 200 ahead Of the state
ticket in Nebraska.
Kansas City is making special eff
fort to prevent the spread of email
pox.
Bids are opened for the construc.
tion of FIVE new battle ships and six
cruisers.
man named James Is founding
new town, GAINESVILLE, eight m les
south of st. Joseph.
1t is probable that the Missouri
Pacific railway will buy the Kansas
City Northwestern.
The University of Kansas is asking
the legislature for a new $4,000
building and $4,000 for mainten-
ance.
Up to date Great Britain has pur-
chased in Kansas, Missouri, Okla
homa and Texas 46, OOO mules for the
Boer war;
At Fulton, Mo two negroes we're
logged at whipping post instead of
being sent to Jail. They preferred
the whipping and got it.
A "a inch vein of coal and a flow
of gas have been struck at Emporia.
The city is soon to have a new rail
road and new national bank.
In Coffeeville company of Ia
borers on the street were ordered to
work nine hours a day This is in
violation of the eight hour law.
The Salvation Army IN every city
In the state which supports the or
ganization is making preparations
for the Christmas dinner for the poor
Hogans, the representative from
johnson county, declares that no
one but ex-representatives and their
wives should be admitted on the floor
If representative hall and that he
will introduce a bill to that effect.
IL A minister in a Kansas town who
had announced that upon the next
Sabbath he wo'''id preach upon "Hell
and who will go there,'' received
various letters during the week be-
seeching him not to become personal
and mention names.
Judge Hazen decided on the
eleventh that SIS Topeka jointests
co,dd not be held for trial and set
them free. The county attorney
will probably be asked to take care
Of them. They had been arrested
under that famous city ordnance.
Thomas j. Kent, q we'll known
Texas railroad man was drowned in
bath tub on the eleventh at San An
tonia. He took a bath Immediately
after eating hearty meal and it is
thought he was seized with stroke
of apoplexy and fell in the water and
drowned.
B. r. Elliott, who became the pro-
prietor of the Nortonville News in it's
infancy, retained the ownership less
than a year. He died about five
years ago His childreu Milton and
Ethel, aged 10 and Z years, who live
in Atchison, have recently fallen heir
to several thousand dollars by the
death of batchelor uncle in Cali
fornia.-Nortonville News.
Three masked men entered Pete
Bros. soap factory in Kansas City at
7o'clock in the evening December
9Th, held up Supt. Schenck and
Cashier Adams, took $500 and es-
capped. The money was on hand to
pay the workmen their weekly wages
The Santa Fe fast mail which
leaves Kansas City at 2 20 a. M. will
be discontinued December 81. Its
place will be taken by the west
bound limited which will then be in
service daily and take the same run
ming time
Huntsville, Ala, Dec. 1l-White-
caps blew the residence of A. J.
Thomas, near the little town of
Cluttsville, into atoms last night
with dynamite. Thomas was about
40 years old and unmarried. His of
fense against the moral little COM
munity in which he lived was that
seven women lived with him. Sever
al warnings to send the women away
were sent to him. Only one woman
is known to have been seriously hurt
10 the explosion. Thomas and the
others have fed.
Bert Crum has felt quite frisky
since election. He entered the hotel
Office the other day and saw Harr =
Price sitting with his back towards
the door. He stole up and grabbed