Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-08-15
KANSAS NEWS IN BRIEF.


"A baby parade is 10 be feature OF
ahe EmPoria street fair
81 r
l;epnblican paper. has been bought
by {. Holman, fusion candI,fatet for
state. s6GIa;or.
Tripets wcre born last week 10
Nj and Mrs Ben Ellery of Scranton.
Mas. There arc two girls and boy
and all are doing we'll.
Wichita. of course. is the first Kan
sas town To claim that Bressi, the
t1aEan anarchssi who Killed King
Humbert, AT one time hved there.
j. \. Burnette of Caldwell. formerly
Judge of the Cowley county district
CONT. leaves the republican party and
comes cnt for Bryan and Breidenthal.
The Burns Cement Company is dou
bling The capacity of its plant. The
cement mill at Burns is at present the
only one IN Kansas now in operation.
This is Kansas: Al Mound Ridge a
sewing society has adopted bylaw
which reads: NO gossiping will he
allowed by any member Of th:s ord
en-"
4 call has been issued for y middle
of4the-Toad popufist stale convention
at Topeka. August -. for the purpose
cf nominating an electoral and state
ticket.
D. Il. Graves. pioneer lnmberman
cad one Of The wcalthiest cifilens of
Parsons. kas.. was last week adjudg
ed inSane, and he at once committed
SiIic de.
The FIrsi infantry .T,)Nv in Cuba. is
rNpected at Fort Ieavcnwnrth abOut
August II. where each company is 10
bc recruh2td up To the war strength
of l2S men.
In losing cx-Licmt. Gov. Andy Felt
The republican party in kanGus loses
one Of its greatest ,spclluh1lders. He
US what is called in the state. "A
smouIb talker."
Chicago papers announce the prac-
teal completion of the arrangements :
tor the extension Of the Rock iSlaad
road faam Liberal, Kmn-Is. 10 Whit
I Ake. .>ew Mexico.
Independence Is Shipping canta-
npcs to Boston by the ear load. A
= contains 600 crates. and the mel
as sell iT 81 u crate. The express
charges "a i ear arc $500.
The Itrylpis at The internal revenue
office Ga, The month of July were the
ht.,Aicsi that The office. has ever eN
pe.ler.rs1 Thr receipts for the
mon..h amounted ~ $l63 0n0.
After 6ghIine The case in The courts
for twenty one years. the Mutual Life
Insurance company cf New York.
has paid mp the Hillmon claim. which
with the Interest amounts 10 Ss3.ooo-
DIR. W. T.. Chalhss and Mrs halliss
of. Atchi>cn. WHO celebrated their
goldsA wedding August /. attended
the Baptist (hurch. accompanied by
thirty one chs ldrcn and grnntIch.ld-
zen.
Mr.and Mrs Henry Sewers Of Atchi-
son celebrated the 18th anniversary OF
their wedding. Friday evening. MIR.
SoweIs is IS Years old and Mrs. Sow
ers -. and both are active and IN
good health.
IL is pretty welt aanGFted that the
census Mill show u considerable fall
ing oil hi the population ri the West
rrn Kansas counties. The decrease
in the Sevenaj, diN;rict aione is este
mated at about $1,000.
Ap,Gess arc bringing 1he farmers
>rcod price For Maiden Blush. Gold
ea Pippin. Pennsylvania RedstrGpe
and Harvest Quecu, whirh are now
the most plentiful. the buyers are
paying $i.a0 to Sl7 u barrel.
Contracts have been let for tht
Grilling Of ten gas wells near Coffey
Vile. Thousands Of acres Of laslel
have been leased ANA 1t IS understood
HAT many factories now in the In
dsana fields will be moved ioKansas
Miss Jessie MordsoD. who is in
isA at III Darado. kas. charged with
the murder of Mrs. Own Castle, bride
Of week. has failed la secure reiease
ehrougb habeus corpas proceedings
and wfA remain in Jail untdl her trial
IN November.
Mrs. j. 3 Hamilton Of Saline. Kas
laS; week went 10 Cleveland, o. &c
marry for the second time Ssephen
York. from whom she had been
divorced thirty years ago Both had