Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-02-20

| week at the home of his parents.
| Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Ryals, of cam
GER The little one had been sick
about two years and all that medl-
cal skill could devise was done for
| him, but without avail.
High Price For Hogs. = The top
notch price for hogs was paid at
| sale held near Frankfort. Chas.
| Pratt sold forty head of Duroc Jer-
/ sey hogs that averaged $92 per
| head. The top price was paid for a
| last spring gilt. This animal brought
$500. Pratt is one of the prominent
hog breeders of northeast Kansas
and stock men from four different
states were in attendance at the
SALE
swinder Is Caught. = D. F. Bar
nett, the gold tooth swindler, who
is alleged to have stolen Geo.
Michaefs overcoat at Lawrence
and who otherwise swindled people
in that vicinity, was captured at FL
bling, Kan, by City Marshal Chas.
| Marsh, of Peabody. The evidence
leading to Barnett's capture was Sc
cured from d. R. Mcintosh of Burns,
and after some conversation traded
a fine fur overcoat for the one
renee. Barnett was trying some
kind of a swindle on some Elbing
men when City Marshal Marsh ar
rested him.
Another skyscraper for Wichita.
Work on another skyscraper for
Wichita will begin within sixty
days. The new building will be
built by Smyth Bros, on the north
las avenues, and be occupied by
Geo. Innis & Co.'S dry goods estab-
lishment. 1t will have frontage of
rs feet on Douglas avenue and
1873 IL feet on Lawrence avenue
The material will be reinforced ce.
ment, which is absolutely fireproof
and which grows stronger and bet
ter the longer it stands. All along
the front on both avenues the first
story will consist of one long, un.
broken expanse of plate glass with
not pillar to be seen. This will
give lnnes & Co. the largest and
handsomest show windows in the
|. west, as well as the largest dry
goods house in Kansas. 1t is ex
pected the new building will be
ready for occupancy by Sept. 1st. !
Dewey Is Free. The supreme
court has reversed the decision OF
the district court of Norton county
which dismissed the cases pending
against Chauncey Dewey, Clyde Will
son and William ]. Mcbride with
out prejudice. In the opinion hand
ed down by Judge Porter the court
holds that the defendants are en-
titled to their discharge, and so or
ders. The three men were charged
with taking part in the murder of
the greater number of the Berry
family in Rawlins county in June,
1908. They were tried in Norton
county on change of venue, but
not within the limit of three terms
of court after the indictments had
been returned against them. The
court holds that person cannot be
longer held for murder after a de-
lay covering three terms OF court
at which defendants demanded trial.
This ends one of the most famous
and long-drawn-out criminal cases
in the history of the state.
Hiccoughs Cause Death. - B. F..
Smith, a well known resident Of
Weir City, died at his home after a
short Illness. He was taken several
days ago with severe spells of hic-
able to stop the terrible strain on
his system and death resulted after
about sixty hours of hiccoughing.
Other complications developed
which probably fastened death.
To Insure Banks. A movement
is on at Mcpherson for the organiza-
ton of Kansas Bankers Surety
Company, capital $1,000,0OO, to be
! subscribed by the bankers of the
state and the fund to be invested in
government bonds. This company
will issue insurance policies for the
protection of depositors, charging
| the banks insured fraction of one
per cent on their average daily de-
! posits for the year. That this
| should be the solution of guarantee
ing the bank deposits in Kansas and
not the proposed plan now under
consideration by the legislature is
the idea of the men behind the
plan.
Fall Kills a Farmer. John
Leight, a prominent farmer living
near Portland, Sumner county, died
from the effects of a fall down the
stairway of lodging house in We'll
lington- He was Sc years of age. 1
Monument For Plumb. - P. II