Barbour County index., 1907-04-17
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school of instruction for the new
deputy food inspectors which Dr. 8.
]. Crumbine. secretary of the state
| board of health conducted, closed
| last week and the five inspectors
commenced work in the various
parts of the state. The territory
has been divided equally among the
four food inspectors. but the drug
| inspector will cover the entire state.
Some time will necessarily elapse
before some of the less important
points feel the effect of the new
pure food law.
True Love Doctrine.-The famous
| Bledsoe divorce and damage case
| that has been discussed and talked
about so much in Kansas for the
| last two or three years has reached
| the supreme court on the appear
of Mrs. Bledsoe. Mrs. Laura ]. Bled-
soc sued Eta L. Seaman for $20, 900
damages for alternating her hus-
bands affections. Bledsoe was
minister of the Christian church.
preaching at Clay Center and Dick
inson when he met Eta L. Seaman.
| who was Spiritualist lecturer. 1t
was claimed by Mrs. Bledsoe that
Mrs. Seaman taught her husband the
doctrine of true love and got him to
go to South Dakota and procure
divorce from his wife AT the trial
it was claimed that the divorce Sc
cured was illegal. but the Kansas
court held that the divorce could
not be attacked in Kansas. Mrs.
Bledsoe sued Mrs. Seaman for $780,
900 damages, but the court refused
to allow her any part Of this
amount.
Nineteen New Towns. The new
1907 official railroad map Of Kansas
as prepared by the state board of
railroad commissioners will show
nineteen new towns in the state and
only two stations now shown will
disappear The proof for the new
map has been made up and forward
ed to New York for printing. The
new stations on Union Pacific lines
are Riggs. in Trego county; Balta
and Homer. in Russell county;
Marydell. in Saline county; Vros-
seau. Cloud county; Sand Springs,
Dickinson county; Gatesville, Clay
county; Midland and Bismarck
Grove, in Douglas county, and Fruit
land, in Leavenworth county On
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail-
way the new towns are Downing, in
Morris county; Carmen, in Cbffey
county; Lorton. Nard and Petrolia.
in Allen county On the Kansas
City, Mexico & Orient railway. Clon-
NELL and Chute appear just west of
Wichita, and South Chelsea and
; Cassaday in Butler county north of
Eldorado The two towns to be
omitted from the map are Warner in
Thomas county and Brittsvii'e in
Cloud county. both on the Union.
Pacific. The map will show two
new proposed railroads. The Gar
J den City. Gulf & Northern. running
from Plains, in Meade county, to
Haigler. Neb., through Garden City.
Scott City. Winona. Godland and st.
Francis, and also a branch from
Il Garden City to Ness City. The
Cherryyale. Oklahoma & Texas be-
gins at Cherryvale, touches Inde-
! pendence and passes into the terri
tory Just south of Caney. In the
map issued by the board last year
sixty stations were wiped off the
map because of rural routes caus-
!. ing the discontinuance of that num-
Der of postoffices. Part Of these
J points where postoffices were locat-
J ed were abandoned by the railroads
; as soon as the government abandon
ed it's offices.
He Fell Sixty Feet. CharleJ
Swanson, foreman of the timer
workers at the lola Portland ce-
ment plant, was badly injured and
barely escaped death by falling from
the top of the 60 foot steel building
at the cement plant into the grind
ing pit His injuries consist Of sew
eraI broken ribs, badly sprained
2 back and serious bruises on differ
: ent parts of his body.
: Bank Cashier Found Dead. - w.
H. Dwight. cashier of the State
Bank of Goddard, was found dead
beside the railroad track a mile east
2 os Goddard From all appearances
e death had resulted instantly from a
wound in the right temple. re-
= volver lying close to the body point
5 ed to suicide. The deceased left Lis
( home early in the morning. He had
2 been in poor health for some time
3 and was respondent When the
t bank was opened several letters
: were found. one to Mr.. Dwight's
e wife. the contents of which are kept
D secret and another to the directors.
3 stating that the time lock on the
4 vault was set to open Saturday
! morning.
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