Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-07-28

The Glrnett Plaindealer comes to our
our table this week enlarged to five col
umn quarto and otherwise improved.
The Plairdealsr Is a splendid local pa
per.
Vol. l, No. z, Of the Inde, enlent, tire
new paper recently established at Hume
well, came 10 hand this week. 1t is
bright and newsy little sheet, and the adj
vertising columns bear eviderce that
Runneweil is settled with an erterprisiag
class of people. Success to the new pa
per.
There IS young German just from the
''Fadaer land" stopping at the Medi-
cine lodge Hotel, who wishes to invest
in cattle. He has about So, 0C0 in ready
moaey, out is una; quainted with the bus-
mess and would like a partner who un-
derstands il Thoroughly. Here is a chance
FOX some eDterprising low.
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As a general thing or little city Ia
very quiet and orderly, but occasionally
some smart youth thinks it curuing to
shoot eff his revolver and yell in tee
middle of the night for the purpose Ct
frightening people. Last Sabbath evening
a disgraceful proceeding Of this kinG
occurred, an6 it sounded very badly ineed.
Our sympathies are extended 10 Fred
Scott. He invested his al in a small
stock Of goods and established store, in
company with another man, at Nine Cot
1 toawoods; but by some means the firm be-
came involved, and a short tine ago tie
stock Of goods was levied upon Jy their
creditors. We are sorry for the boy, anG
trust that he may succeed better IN as
next undertaking.
while'passing aloas the street in To-
peka during our recent trip. we noticed
an empty brick building that was being
repaired By The workmen We had not
gone three doors from the spoS, wnen the
building fell down with "a loud crash,
scattering the debris in every direction.
No one was injured, but had VIC been two
minutes later, We would not now be
Whiting this lOca!-.he editorial head
would undoubtedly have been shattered
with brick bats.
We should like 10 enquire what action
our cit council took in regard to the side
walk ordinance? The question has b. en-
forcibly suggested to the mirds of our cit
lzens daring The muddy weather. IF e
are rightly informed. two OF three mem
bers Of the c0uncil who do not reside or
main street, were opposed to passing a
sidewalk ordinance while nearly al the
property owners in the two pri,c ;pal
blocks were in favor Of it. Why is this
tbusly! Let US nave sidewalks by all
means.
We understand z. ]. Conkliug, whllom
editor Of the Kingman Citlzar, Is making
arrangements 10 establish a p7pe. at
Cleveland, KInEman county, There is
nothing particularly startling in ihe above
information until it is understood thai
Cleveland Ia city Of perhaps Twenty in
habltants. with a grocery store ana a.
blacksmith shop. We are incllred to
think that the.land notices, which are a
lat thing IN that county, has something TO
do with this move.
Uncle Clark went into one OF our stores
the otter day to buy silk handkerchief.
and was almost parsli2sd on learning the
price. Simon explained that the high
price waa caused 10y some disease among
the silk worms. GLOW much does ver
ask for dis heah piece of tapeP" as ked The
old gentleman. "TeE cents" was the re-
ply. 'Ten cents! Jewhilikins! so de tape
has re tool spoze de cause Of dat an be-
case dare sum6u de matter wild de tape
worms. Dis seems to be gwine 70 re a
mighty tough year on wurms, anyhow
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We noticed singular performance the
other day in one Of our restaurants which
shows that if men love 'liquid fire. they
will have it whether or no. A gentleman
called for the lemonade, and when a5out
to quRH the liquid, a companion gently
pressed upon his stomach with mis- fingers
when out came stream OF strong smell
ing bourbon. The glasses of the party
were placed conveniently near, and thus
they had lemonade with good big stick
IN It, and the proprietor could not object.
even if he bad dCsme1 to do so.
One more newspaper added 20 the list of
untortunates. The Elk Falls Signal, af-
ter q P'carious existence Of one year and
eight weeks, has been compelled to sue
cuinb 10 the inevitable for want of support
to keep the machrne running. The Sig
nal was one OF TIE best local papers in
southern Kansas, and always looked as
clean and bright as a new dollar We
think the business men and citiz ms of
E'k Falls will rue the day they starved
out their local paper-an odium will be
attached to the town that the laspe of
years can not remove.
An EAcnange wants 10 know whit is
gossip2" Well. when lot of old ladies'
get to gether and tell how their neigh
bors are prospeEing, that Jim Snodgrass
came home the other evening sdrunker
than loon, that his wife csressd him
with rolling pin, that's gossip-one kind.
When young man is trying TO make
something Of himself, and they express an
opinion that he viii fall, because he is
meek and humbie-ihat's another kind.
Wien girl shall have made a mistake
and is ,ryiDg to make amends for that
mistake and they cav. II i no nsa fo- hnr