Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-04-24

cOunc1imen boutwell,, lneraham, Nc
Kinney and Blickhahn and Treasurer
Fleming were all active in rendering
assistance. Councilman Ewart was
ont of town, and Police Judge McCandsV
less was sick, or the entire city govern
ment wouldlhayeIbeen engaged in the
good work.
Ness3Ilif rode Charlie Taliaferros
Indian pony over among the sufferers
early in the day and managed to lift
several sufferers from their perches.
j. ii. Sherry is q heavy loser. His
splendid garden and valuable orchard
was ruined; but he is thankful that his
house remained.
Bob Taliaferro had just spent several
hundred dollars on Misplace, and lost
all of his fences and shrubbery.
Freeman & Winter did splendid work
with their men in building boats. So
did Cook Il Hoffman, and in fact all of
the carpenters.
The busiest man, and the one who did
the most ordering and the least work,
was cigar drummer, named March or
April, or something of that kind.
The banks on either side of Spring
creek were cut away by the swift cur
rent until it is twice its usual width.
Mrs. Beaver, on north Elm, lost IS
head of cattle.
Dr!StOut and wife went up Elm creek
Tuesday to afford all the relief possible
to their old neighbors who suffered by
the flood. To them the INDEX is in
debted for valuable information from
that section.
The severe wind Monday night blew
down Robert Means house, q mile and
a half north of Elm Mills.
The relief subscription paper was
headed by Standiford, Youmans & FL
dred with S100 donation; w. w. Cook
and the First National Bank followed
with Like amounts, and other firms, and
citizens were liberal in proportion.
Farmers L. M. Axline, Sam North
craft and A. l.. Noble, Temporarily
stopping in this city, all learned of their
homes north and west of here being de.
stroyed by the wind Monday night.
Hon. F. E. Gillette, of Kingman, did
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started from home before the flood
reached there, and first heard the news
here.
The great crowd of strangers who
were detained by the flood, and visitors
who came in to satisfy their curiosity,
nave kept the Grand packed, even the
nails being full OF sleepers every night.
Charley Masten was one of the first
to get over Spring creek and render
help to the sufferers.
j: ). Hyman attempted to swim the
raging Spring creek, Tuesday, and wa q
only prevented from drowning by being
pulled to shore with a rope that was
thrown to him.
George Ellis hair and beard have
turned grey since his hair-breadth es-
escape.
Hansen & Welsh's backyard was
not seriously damaged.
Uncle John Ramsey and Bill Young
are given up to be the best boatmen II,
this section. Their craft did more solid
work than any other on the river.
The Badger Lumber company gave
away large lot of lumber for sboats
! and RATS. Our lumber men are all
white.
1t is now reported that Pratt Centre
and Saratoga suffered extensively.
Sun City, Lake City and in fact all
the neighbOring towns sent delegations
here TO render assistance if necessary
III caring for the living and dead.
Where sosmany did good in rescuing
the living and caring for the dead il il
impossible TO mention every one: hut
in general terms we will say that not
citizen, man or woman shrank from
duty last Tuesday.
The cavalry brigade have not tired
OF searching yet, and a crowd is away
down the Medicine river to-day look
ing for bodies.
w. l.. Irish & Co. turned their lumber
yards over to any one who wanted to
make boats, and never charged cent,
The stores in town were very gener-
GUS In donating supplies to the suffer.
erS.
VIM. Young, Vernon Lyle, Tom
Doran and Alpha Updegraff went down
the river Wednesday as far as New XII
0wa. They found where the roof from
the Shepler house was torn to pieces.
about Is miles below here. Several
persons thought they saw woman and
child on a floating roof, but the general
opinion is that Mrs. Shepler and child
are lost: Another party will leave hero
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drifts even to KiOwa.
i Frank Shepler's tool chest was fonnd
at the Blackstone ford, near Old Kio-
wa. Part Of Bill Younx's chest was
found there.
There are three bay horses, strays
at Dial Morris place.
The dam at Turkey creek mills was
washed away. Turkey creek did vast
amount of damage.
j. A. McSmith lived In the bottom
In an exposed house but he was not
seriously damaged, though badly
scared.
VIM. Watkins family sustained con.
siderable loss in the way of clothing.
furniture and household goods.
--latest: Mrs. Shepler's body was
discovered last night at dark, in field.
four miles below Kiowa.
KINaMAN SUFFERED.
A special to the Wichita Eagle, dated
Tuesday, says: The bursting of sup
posed waterspout somewhere west Of
kingman last night or early this morn
ing caused death, restitution and de-
structi0n to the inhabitants of King
man. About 8 O'Clock this morning
the Minnesota river at this point began
to rise at tremendously rapid rate, but
no attention was paid to it as there had
been very heavy rains the preceding
night, and more or less since last Sat
urday. The morning and day had been
bright and clear. The river rose five
feet in thirty minutes and soon passed
out of its banks, and even then the peo-
pie did not fear any danger as it was
generally believed from the riley
condition of the water that the small
mill dam above town had given away
and that the water could not rise much
more. But on it came and soon small
outbuildings, hog pens, sheds, boxes,