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Dodge City times., 1883-01-25

Mr.. Speer has introduced bill into the
House for the changing of Barbour county
to Barber, to conform with the spelling Of
the name of Thomas w. Barber, killed BY
the border rufians at Lawrence in 1855.
The title of the county is to perpetuate the
memory of the young hero and martyr.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-25
sHERIFF.s SALE.
STATE Fra SF caaa'y: %ASsAs' 3ss.
William w. Tuttle,
vs..

vs..
George w. Beebe.
DY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE to
ID me directed and delivered. issued out of
the District Court ofthe state OF Kansas, sitting
in and for Ford county. in said state. will, on
THE 10th DAY OF FEBRUARY. A. D., 1883,
between the hours of 10 o'clock a. IN. and
O'Clock p. m. of SAID day, ut the court house
door in Dodge City in the county and state
aforesaid. offer at public sale and sell to the
highest bidder, for cash in hand, the following
described real property. to-wit:
The SW our of sec. No. 26. TIP No. Is r No.
% W, containing l6O acres, more or less in Ford
county. Kansas.
Taken as the property of George W. Beebe
to satisfy a mortgage lien given by the said Geo
remains due and unpaid the sum of $50 81 and
SOS costs Of this action. Said property to be sold
as commanded by the said order of sale.
ialS GEORGE T. HINKEL. Sheriff.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-25

W. F. Petition, district clerk Of Ford
county, is prepared to make out applications
for final proof on homestead and pre-emp-
ton lands. The testimony of witnesses and
applicants can also be taken before Mr..
Petition. He will attend to all kinds of
business with the United States Land
Office at Larned. aug3l-tf
Dodge City times., 1883-01-25
LOTS! LOTS! LOTS!

OFFICE DODGE CITY TOWN COMPANY,
NYOT[CE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ price of Lots IN Dodge City will be advanced
twenty five per cent. on the first day of March
next, Prices are the same now as they have
been for several years past, Notwithstanding the
rapid sale Of lots and growth of Dodge City for
the past year. Il. NJ. WRIGHT, Pres't.
w. G. DICKINSON, Sec'y. ja1l-lm
Dodge City times., 1883-01-25

Mr.. Sewell from the military affairs COM
mistee, reported adversely bill to author
ize the Secretary of War to establish q home
for INDECENT soldiers and sailors in Kansas
Dodge City times., 1883-01-25
THE DODGE CITY TIMES.

The committee on Public Lands Will A.
tempt to call up the bill providing for re-
peal of the presumption laws and . modifi-
catien of the homestead laws, 80 as to require
that homestead cannot be patented until
the claimant has resided upon it thirty
months instead of six months. When it is
called up Mr.. Pettigrew will offer as an
amendment . modification of the timber
culture law 60 as to provide that no person
shall have the benefit of the law unless he Is
a resident of the land district in which the
entry is made; that the entries shall be con-
iined to eighty acres. and only two be al
lowed in section; and that land once
entered under the timber-culture laws can
never be entered under any other act. Ii the
entry is Cancelled it is to be subject to entry
only under the timber-culture act, and 80 on
until is patented under that act and trees are
actually growing on it. Several members
of the committee have already expressed
themselves favorable to the proposed amend
ment.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-25

Letter heads, note heads, bill heads, en-
velopes, statements, yankee statements, bus
iness cards, calling cards, invitations, dodg-
ers, circulars, posters, ETC., printed on short
notice at this Office.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-25
U. s. LAND OFFICE.
Larned, Kansas, December 18th. 1850

Larned, Kansas, December 18th. 1859.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and that
said proof will be made before the clerk of the
District Court of Ford County, Kansas. at the
county seat, on Monday, January 22, 1888, viz:
entry No 1749 and 64OO for the SW ar sec 8, tWp
26 8, r22w.
He names the following Witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation OF,
said land, Wig:
Thomas Murphy, W, 8. Kline. W. j. Ritter.
Henry Diehl, all OF Speareville p o. Ford coun-
ty. Kansas.
dee21 c. A. MORRIS, Register.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-25
MILWAUKEE, BEER.

HALLS VEGETABLE SIcILIAN HAIR
REVIEWER is o scientific combination
of some of the most powerful restora-
tive agents in the vegetable kingdom.
It restores gray hair to its original
color. It makes the scalp white and
clean. It cures dandruff and hunors,
and falling out of the hair. It furnishes
the nutritive principle by which the
hair is nourished and supported. It
makes the hair moist, soft and glossy,
and is unsurpassed as hair dressing.
It is the most economical preparation
ever offered to the public, as its effects
remain long time, making only an
occasional application necessary. It is
recommended and used by eminent
medical men, and officially endorsed by
the State Assayer Of Massachusetts.
The popularity of Halls Hair Renewer
has increased with the test Of many
years, both in this country and in
foreign lands, and it is now known and
used in all the civilized countries Of
the world.
For sale by all dealeEA
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-21
CsEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

An extra mat, an old one, should
be placed in the hallway on a rainy
lay.
The exact number of acres of ev-
cry field should be known to the owner.
-EIchdnge.
AS long as this country is compelled
TO import annually large quantities of
eggs there need be no fear that raising
poultry will not prove profitable. Che
cGgO Tribune.
E. l.. Sturtevant says the great
drawback to obtaining satisfactory
yields of corn comes from slovenly cult
ure, not only in operation in the field,
but from careless planting by the farm
er.- Troy Times.
The supposition that the introduce
ton OF farm machinery would cause a
displacement of farm laborers has not
been borne out by facts, as at no period
has there been a greater demand for
human labor than at the present. Farm
hanus are always scarce in some sec
tiOns--Prdirie Farmer.
To remove specks of dirt from the
eye. immense it in cold water, then roll
and wink it rapidly, still keep ng it in
the water, till the desired result is ac-
eompllshed. In eases of slight infam-
nation or drynesS of the eye, this bath
has good effect. Use tepid. slightly
sailed water. instead of cold. Tho
Household.
In many localities. where the potato
bug has formerly been very destructive,
1t has done little or no damage the past
year. This may be partly owing to the
peculiarities of the season. but is prob
ably also due in part to the increase of
insects which prey upon the potato
beetle andits larvae in various stages. -
Chicago Times
An Indiana farmer who raise.
many turnipS harvests them late and
stores in trenches. The trenches are
two feet deep, about foot and a half
wide, and of any desired length. He
puts the turnips in, filling the trenches
about half way to the top, then puts on
light covering of soil. As the weather
becomes more severe he adds more COW
ering until the trench is full Chicaqo
Tribune.
In several States there are local and
rural agents of societies for the preven-
ton OF cruelty to animals. Farmers
who are cruel to their animals should be
complained of. Sometimes farmers are
arrested on the streets for driving sick
horses; but whoever heard of a farmer
being complained of for ill-treating his
dog or his cat? In the streets of New
York the sOciety's agents look at p.ss-
ING horses in the thickest crowds, and
take Il sick or CALLED one out of the
shafts and compel the driver TO care fol-
it. The agents have the same power,
by law, that is possessed by police
man. N. \. Herald.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-21
The Wide. Vide World.

LIMA, REPUBLIC OF PERU.-Senor A. 10
La L. Delgado, l.. l.. ID. and Counsellor,
Tribunal of Justice, Lima, Republic of
Peru, says: One single application of S..
Jacobs Oil cured me completely of rheu.
matte pains in my left arm. l recommended
it to two OF my friends, the Mrs. Dona
Juana Garcia, widow, and Mr.. d. Herman
Decker, a German gentleman. Madam
Garcia was relieved entirely by the pain
cure from terrible neuralgia pains of ten
months standing. Mr.. Decker was cured
of inexplicable pains by single applica-
ton of the cure. My brother used the great
remedy for species of paralysis of the
arm. He was entirely relieved from his
ailment by one or two applications, after
having tried numberless other remedies
without effect.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-21
The SevastOpOl OF TO-DAY

Iwenty-eight times the earth has run
around the sun since the last bomb
burst over the august city of Sevas-
topOl, and Yet the ruins of houses.
churches and forts are rs fresh and
plentiful - if they had been made but
yesterday. The lca-t sea breeze raise,
the clouds of dust and sand. and the
unhappy city stands n sad reproach 10
Russian neglect. And vet il is a holy
place. There are the historical earti-
works. and Malakoff Hill saturated
with Russian blood. There fought. srf-
fercd and died nay, marched 10 sure
death-hundreds of thousands of Rus
sian soldiers There is the historical
grave of Il legion uf Russian heroes. but
no proud mau>ulcIm crowns that tomb.
IL is covered with yellow grass. thiStles
and heaps of dust. Alas, such a grave
never suggests the thought: '.In glori-
Gus death there is immortal glory" No;
II rather says: Nations. like men, are
ungrateful.'
During twenty-ei@ht years our coun-
try has not done anything to assist in
the resurrection of Sevastopol, and the
authorities have seemed to thwart every
sign Of life there. SevaStopol is one o.
the best commercial ports in the world.
but the Ministry of the Navy greedilv
sticks To every piece of land indiSpenSa-
BILE To the merchants. And so the Sc
vas.opol of to-day is neither a CONNER
cial nor naval port. Before the Cri-
mean war there were in Sevastopol 80
600 inhabitants, and now il hardly
counts third of that number. Certain
~, under tie present circumstances, the
SevastOpUlans can not rebuild their city
with their own means.
Nature has made Sevastopol and
tie Crimea in general real rem.
Winter Il not known there, and delicate
Semi-tropical fruits and the beautiful
sea make it n most desirable resort TO.
inval dS aud tourists. IL is our Italy or
our Florida. But our counirvmen are
50 accustomed TO froSts, snow and ice
that they do not appear to care at all
for that semi-trOpical paradise, the
Crimea. In Sevastopol there is a small
cape call 1.-THE Cape of Free Contempla-
tons. We wonder what thouphts are
in the minds of our countrymen who
visit that cape. In view of the ruins,
of the dust and dirt of the "augusi
city, Of the forgotten graves of hun
dred thousand heroes. of the rare natu-
raj forts not utilized. does il not occur
To them that Russia is playing the part
OF stepmother toward her bravest and
most unfortunate child. Sevastopol?-
80. Petersburg Noroe Iremia.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-21
Artemus Wards BOyhOOd.

Artemus' father died when the boy
was about fifteen years old, and as the
family circumstances were somewhat
limited thereby. he was apprenticed to
Mr.. j. Nj. Rix, who published the Coos
Democrat. at Lancaster. n. III. The
stage line To Lancaster ran by the Brown
homestead, and the drivers were moi
unfamiliar with the ability of the future
genial Snowman in the way of prac-
teal jokes. They knew how he organ
ized shows, wherein his fathers red
cow, with n coat sleeve stuffed full of
hay hanging from her nose, served rs
the elephant, upon which innocent
country youth were invited to ride, with
startling results. They knew, too, how
old Deacon Hale's white horse had been
induced to wander away for miles fol-
lowing tempting bit of hay, hung Just
beyond reach by means of a iath
strapped To the horses neck.
There was an endless series of pranks
gotten up by the boy to myslify the viii
layers in general, and his mother i'm
particular, and all these were well
known to the stage drivers. So when
the young humOriSt started for Lancas-
ter, eager TO know rs much as possible
about his future residence. the veteran
driver. Steve Seary, having previously
conspircd with the boys in Rix's office
to give young Brown a fitting reception,
assured him that Mr.. Xix was "A pious
man. and that his hands were. il any,
thing, more pious than he, and that the
sooner the would-be apprentice
crammed on the catechism the better.
Charles listened dolefully. 1t was late
at night when the stage reached Lam
caster. and in the morning Young Brown
hicd himself to the office. The ..force"
consisted of jOurneyman and
an apprentice named Smith. Thev
received him solemnlv. The
journey handed him a Bible
and made him read chapter, after
which he was examined on the cate
chism. His ignorance was commented
upon. but he was permitted To 90 To
work. At noon a similar performance
was enacted. while intense gloom rest
eel on the Office during the day. The
next morning harles went TO the office
resolved To run away at the end of the
week, but, on looking about, failed 20
find his fellow-craftsmen. Further
search revealed them under the garnet
stairs 90 intoxicated TO walk. Young
Brown was So angry over the sell that
he wrote note to- the driver threaten
inc vengeance, which was never ear
ricd out.
Browns fame rs a humorist was a
surprise Ia all who knew him. and even
To himself. \ greater surprise to hi,
kinfolk now is the interest still mani
Tested in the dead mcrrv-makcr and his
work. They thought that all attention
would cease with his life, but every
year the number of people who visit
Waterford To see his mo. her-now al
most eighty years Old-incrcases. -
waterford (Ne) Cor. ". y. Sua.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-21
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Cornell University has an Egyptian
student. He is a bright young fellow
and particularly gifted as speaker
Syracuse Journal
The annual report of the New York
Board of Education shows that So, &c.
320 was expended for common-school
education in that city during the past
year.--M j. Sun.
The Woman's Christian Association
of Chicago has in six years helped over
1000 young women 10 self-supporting
positions. The clearinghouse does an
excellent work. Chicago Herald.
Prof. YOumans saws that the study
of dead languages has been the one
pre-eminent and historic failure of the
so-called liberal education. There is
more hatred of it than of any other kind
Of study. mathematics not excepted.
Over church door in Kentucky
town is the notice " sulphur Methodist
Church. but this does not refer to the
particular views of the members: it only
refers to the town of Sulphur, where the
church is situated Chicago Journal.
DIR. j. II. MacCreary, of Lancaster,
Pa, suggests that each public school
in that State should contribute one cent
for the erection, in the Capitol grounds
at Harrisburg. of monument to
Thaddeus Stevens the father of the
common school system of Pennsyl-
vania. = Philadelphia Press.
Mr.. Henry Packer and Miss Mary
Packer will commence early next
spring the erection at Lehigh Univers,-
ty. South Bethlehem. Pa.-to which
their family has already given generous
sums of mOncy-of chapel in men,
DRY of their mother Judge Packer is
completing the work begun 10y his
father by furn' sh.ng the universities
laboratory in the most approved man
ner. ~ y Times
William and Mary College. of Viz.
ginia, has closed its doors, having but
one student at the beginning of this
school year. Next TO Harvard, this was
the Oldest college in America. having
been founded in 1893, and was the ONLY
one that received royal charter
Among the most eminent men educated
in its halls were Washington, Marshall,
Randolph. Tyler, Breckenridge and
General ScOtt.-DctroH Post
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-21
That Small BOY.

Parents can not be too careful about
their method of answering the numer.
GUS quotations of the rising generation.
a youngster on Cass avenue had noticed
tall black bottle on his fathers dress
ing table and asked what il held.
That. my son. i hair oil, - answered
his father, with n furtive and wander.
ing look. land il is not at all nice for
little boys"
The youthful Puestioner took a smell
of the contents and asked no more in-
formation upon the subject. He kept
up good Tit of thinking, however.
Last sunday the family enter aimed
some friends ut dinner. and there was
plum pudding with brandy sauce. The
small 10y had found his opportunity.
When he was helped to the pudding he
sized it up with large eyes.
Pa" he said. in loud. shrill tone.
rs he shifted the sauce afar of. "the
hair-oil on this puddin' smells awful
good"
Total collapse of "pa. Detroit Free
Press.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-21
How the New Civil.Service System
Works.

When q vacancy occurs in the lower
grade of clerkships of any department
head of the department notifies
the Civil Service Commission. Then
the Commissioners send back three
names standing first on the list of can
didates who have passed a successful
examination, and with each name 90
the papers showing who and what the
candidate is, his age, residence, occupa-
ton, and the results of his examination.
The Secretary selects one of the three,
and the other two go back upon the list;
or, if he Is not satisfied Svith either, he
can send for more names and papers.
Thus the appointing power does not
know the candidates, and does not con-
slider any recommendation from Con.
gressmep or other influential people;
yet some range of choice is allowed by
the system. For example, If the cleri-
cal office TO be filed is of such a charac-
ter that it is essential that the appointee
should write peculiarly legible hand
appropriate for the keeping Of records,
the Secretary can 90 on rejecting names
sent him until he finds an applicant
whose penmanship suits him. In like
manner, if some special faculty for
mathematics is required, he can be sure
Of securing man whose examination
papers show that he has the talent need
ell. There is no cast-iron system of
machinery. 10 project candidate into
a department against the Judgment of
its chief. Yet the heads of depart.
ments are absolutely debarred from ex-
ercising personal favoritism and from
yielding To the solicitations of Congress
men. How free the new system is from
the vice of Influence which used to
be the bane of public service, may be
shown by 4 recent incident. The War
Department wanted n clerk The Civil
Service Commission sent three sets of
papers to Secretary Lincoln, who select
ed the one which he thought most prom
ising. 1t turned out that the success
full candidate was n young colored man
of st. Louis, who was duly appointed.
Under the old patronage system the
man would have stood no chance what
ever OF getting into the public service.
Now he goes in on his merits alone, as
brought out by the examination and
shown by his testimonials as to charac-
ter Washington Letter.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-21

DIR. Isaac Lea, of Staple:on. 6. l.. is
one OF the most venerable Of Staten
Island physicians and i also coroner
for the town of Middletown. He acted
rs coroner at the time that Reinharli
was hanged at Richmond for the br1Itak
murder of his wife. Reinhar,lt. il will
be remembered, killed his wife at the
hour when babe was born, and
chopped the bodies of the two into
small pieces. crowded them all into
barrel. threw piece of carpet
over the top, which he placed in a
wheelbarrow, and, in broad daylight.
wheeled the revolving cargo through
the streets If Stapleton, passing from
the village into the woods near Silver
Lake, where he dug hole and buried
the barrel and its contents in a lonely
spot. A heavy rain-storm washed the
earth from the barrel. and child. while
out gathering nuts, discovered il months
after. Reinhardt had moved away
from the island, and the oniy clue &c
The corpse OF the murdered woman was
the piece of carpet that he had placed
in the barrel. After he was hanged his
body was buried in potter's field al
Richmond His skeleton, complete 10
every bone, and suspended by wire
placed exactly where the hangman's
rope was, with the whole held together
by wires run through the marrow chan
nels, hangs in a closet in DIR. Lea's con-
suiting Office at the corner of Richmond
road and-UniOn place, Stapleton. If
canyasser or political striker farries too
long in DR.. Leas Office, he touches
button near his desk. the door of a clos
ct flies open with whang bang, and ths
unwelcome solicitor finds ut his elbow
the rafting. disjointed. musty remnann
pf Reinhardt-N K.soarsGi.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-21

SINCE LAST OCTosER have suffered from
acute inflammation in my nose and head
often in the night having to get up and in
hale salt and water for relief. My eve has
been twice, for week at a time, so could
not see. l have used no end of remedies.
also employed a doctor, who said it was
impure blood-but got no help. / used
Ely's Cream Balm on the Recommendation
of a friend. l was faithless, but in a few
days was cured. My nose now, and also
my eye, is well. 1t is wonderful how quick
it helped me. MRS. GEORGE S. JUDsoN,
Hartford, Conn.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-21

Wendell Phillips, speaking of So
journer Truth since her death, saws:
Her natural wit and happiness in re-
tort / have hardly ever seen equaled.
Her eloquence was at times marvellous.
once heard her describe the Captain
of slave-ship going up to judgment,
followed by his victims as they gathered
from the depth of the sea. in a strain
that reminded me of Clarence's dream
in Shakespeare. and equsled il. The
anecdotes of her ready wit and quick,
striking replies are numerous. She
used to say to us: You read books: God
Himself talks to me-"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-21

The impatient old man. who cuts him short
With a quaint gesticulation.
. NO more % that, please understand!
We seen Jim's widder." This time the hand
Dives into the pocket and brings out
A bright bank-note: Guess the Amt no
doubt
But what we'd oughter give her n lift;
An here's n tribe, "a Christmas gift,
was pOOty nigh forgitttn'
RcmI her rent the comm year:
Ana Id like To remit 10 her now this ere
leer.
Did fever nOtice-it's kind o. queer
There's tew ways o. remdtinf'
-HdrpeTs Magazine.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-21

May be taken at liver and bilious disorders
with DR.. II. V. Pierce's pleasant Purga-
tive Pelle-s." Mild yet certain i'll opera
ton; and there is none of the reaction con-
sequent upon taking severe and drastic
eathartics. By druggists.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-21

MUCH the best and also the cheapest
paper for Western farmers and stocknen
% take is the Lire Stock Indicator, of Kan
Sas City, at only $50 per year. Its eight
large pages are filed every week with Just
what live, enterpriSing men need to know,
and its market report are absolutely the
best made. A sample copy (free) will con-
vince you of this.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-21

HAVE been entirely cured of terrible
case of Blood Poisoning Wv the use of
Swift's Specific (S. S. 81 after irving ev-
erything known to the medical people
without relief. JNo. s. TAGGART.
Salamanca, N Y
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-21

II HAVE BEEN AFFLICTED with an Affec-
ton of the Throat caused by diphtheria,
and have used various remedies, but have
never found anything equal to BRowN's
Bros cHIAL TROCHEs.-Rec. q. NJ +. Hump
ton, Piketca. hy. Sold only in boxes.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-21

HE only remedy sold in the United
States to-day that actually cures rheuma-
tism is Du ang's. 1t never has and never
can fail to cure the worst case. Write for
free pamphlet. II. X. Helphenstine, drug
gist, Washin ston, ID. c.