Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-20

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Is In tire city this week looking after his
stock Interests.
Dir johnson, has at Ell Smiths drug
store, the second joint OF an esgle's wing
which MEASURES twenty-five inches. II
was killed NEAR Sun City.
IL. n. McCacken.of Fl. Wayne, Indiana,
was registered at the Medicine Lodge house
last Saturday and sunday. He is interest
ed In the Goseseo Cattle company.
Judging from the amount OF freight
brought 10 this placein the past few weeks.
the indication are that our merchants are
e1Pcting good trade the coming sensOn.
Late Axline aud Charley Martin, attend
cd the Dress BID at Harper, last Friday
evening. T.Wr rpOr having a good time,
and being well eHtertaincd By our suburb
an neighbours.
Mrs. ID. {. BriSbin, az Topeka, arrived In
this citv Wednesday afternoon. She WAS
summoned here by the .scrious illness Of
her son Harry, ~hO Is now at the Medicine
Lodge house.
r. c MO'lerwell. Of Geneseo, H., presi-
dent OF the GcneseO, Cattle company, came
in last Friday, aHd remained in the city
over Sunday Monday morning he started
for the range.
The following an the discouTses to be
delivered by Rrv. w. J. Elliot, at the 81. r.
church on ne1t Sunday: Morning, 1.-The
just shah tive by faith" evening, "wlat
think ye OF Christi
e. 4. SaPderson is erecting new build
Ing, on the vScsint lot north OF Stamford.
1O'inman & Rogers BUSH Ois hOuse, for his
billiard hall. He expects to make = neat,
and inviting place Of it.
The Medicine Lodge house Is the popular
place for the stockmen Of tile southwest,
Uheu stopping in the city, you will always
good beds, and the tables supplied with the
bcst the market affords.
Lou. L. kinck. an engineer on the Chica.
20, st Paul minnesota & Omaha. Rail-
road, was In the city Sunday, and Monday
lie WIS on his way TO visit his father at
Springvale, Pratt county, Kansas.
~whcre oh where'' Is our Marshal, when
some fellow Is trying tl,e merits Of his six
shooter. at the midnight hour. This Is get
ung 70 he common Occurrence, rs well a.
dangerous one, and should be attended 60.
Tho editor OF the Harper Times, IL going
with the editorial excursion party to Mex
lco' on the 10th Of May, and is calling on
his Subscribers to rush la and pay I'M, A.
soon ss possible, as he Is short of the nee.
essary.
Owing to a Misunderstanding rs to the
day of Ineeting to take some action I'm re-
gard to placing riders on the east and north
lines Of the county, nothing was done on
last "wednesday by the Barbour County
Stocknal-
Amos Plank ami wife, Of Hutchinson.
were in the city MOaday. Mr.. Plank II
hcrclooklng for a location to establish a
jcw'try store. We hope Ire may succeed
In finding room 60 SUIT him aud come
among us.
Every man UOsaan and chill in Medicine
Lodge should plant tree on Arbor Day.
Thursday, the 2Gth Inst. but the planting
should not be confined to that day; plant
lots of them between now and then, and
Afterwards also.
Henry BlickIahn las moved his harness
sbop'onc door north, Into the room form
crly occupied by Sandyrson's billiard hall.
THIS gives Mr. Blicklnhn much NOR.
room 70 keep his extensive stock, which his
many patrons demand.
n Ball, Who has been in charge of the
shipping interests OF the X. e.. l.. < s. X.
X. l. at Harper for the pist two years, WAS
IN the city yesterday shaking hands with
his frehds, of which he has many. among
the cattle men of this section.
=. 4. Ewing brought .us In a nice lot of
hccl-ay specimens Monday, which he
caught OF of some cattle while they were
feeding ia his corral. They are preserved
In alcohol. and any one wishing to sec them
can Ito 20 by calling at this Office.
Mr.. Ellsworth Of the firm Of Mayhem &
Ellsworth, came in from his ranch on the
Ciinaron, "Wednesday, lie thinks his loss
viii not exceed four cent. and SAYS cattle
are doing nicely at present. lie left for
his home, Milwaukee, Wis, yesterday.
The old range COWS are In n fair way for
recovery. The last ram gave the grass
good start, and they can now live comic IT.
able, II not botherd too much by the heel
fly, which gets after them and causes them
to run Into the boys, where they stick and
die.
n @. Sparks, this week, bought Of Plat
& Evans through Nick Sherlock, go head
OF cattle, different ages, the greater part OF
which were cows, and all In good order.
The price paid was S2l.5O per head. Mr..
Sparks surely got a bargain in that trans
action.
AT a meeting Of the city council Wednes-
day evening, the city printing WIS let to the
lowest biddrr. Our neighbor, the Cresset,
made his bid my cents lower than legal
rates, and our Mayor, Ike the wise man
that he l., let him have 1t without further
ceremony.
Riley Lake II expected here about the
first OF May with n herd OF sixty COW
ujnlrs. which ne bought nj San An,o,,.