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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
An Old Bachelor Meets, Courts and Mar
ries His wife la One Hu ldred and Four
teen NJ nutes.
N. Y. He-aldli


Dirl Il" said Mr.. 10 ieph Boai, bach.
elor: OF L ttls Neck. l. l., as 10 was dress
ing On Wedn ssday morning, Il guess Pil
60 over to Woodsbarg and see B=n or some
of the old boys. feel } stale; seems as
IL was a hundred inst ead of only sixsy
fiSe years old" 50 he ki ksd the bureau
draw to make ie go in, and hitched up the
gray mara was jlst noon time when
Mr.. Bond arrived a the h u5s of Mr.. Ben
jIm F.eig, in Woo1shurs, :, aaI was well
coined iuto the frOns parlor. He had
hardly seated his two hundred and five
pounds on the horsehair sofa when Miss
Ella Coombas, the next door nei hi or's
sxteen-Year- -old dau ter, came IN to
make a call. The two visitor, were i'm
troduc at four minutes past twelve p. IN.
A. Ell ht inmates past twtlvs +. IN. M.
Fleig started for the grocery to get some
meat for dinner and Mrs. F eig went out
into the kitchen t. lCok ter cooking the
We stables.
But the two visitors got Oh v,ry we'll
toye,h sr in a convers lti0nal way. $50
you havs to c)ck your own meals or else
go to an eating b house." sad NJ ss Ella,
c)1im seratingly, as ths clock in the cor-
ner indicated twenty-five minutes past
twelve p. IN. Ar. Bond Ielt a sud On ty
for b m self. and fell o wond sring how be
really had endured il for sixty five years
Just then tbs bent pin with which he had
fastened on his coll ar at the back pricksd
him vicIously In the neck. he groanel aud
clutched at his coat collar behind head
Miss Ella glidel over to him aud de .tly
adjusted the il.
'Do you low how to sew button on so
they'll stay!" he asae |, lou yingiy, as the
CLOCK struck ths hall hour for half-past
twelve r. m.
LAW now, iti a quarter of ore" said
she, with start, "a she looksl at the
cock, but he pulled hes s1rsr t. him By
the apron and went on * lainin. JUS
how his house in Little Neck was fur
shed.
WEe1 Mrs Flsig opened the or at
p. IN. AMI ammo Incod that dinner was
ready she found Mr.. Bond out in the
road unhi ching ths gray IN re, while
Mss Ella was staliins on the horse block
uShing furiously.
'We'rs going to b, married., b1t we'll
lie b1cI b,fore dinners ove-," ex pla in ed
Mr.. Bond. Mr.. C1onbes gave his reluc-
tant consent to thu match at 1:2l and
NJ mister w. {. Vince 1t made them ons at
]: 3 p. III. They were ba k again t. din
ner at > IS p. IN.
Thursday anl they wers busy all day
Friday receiving the cong gratulations of
the town OF Little y eek
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
TOBACCO DID 1T.
He StraiGhtenrd Up to Take a Chew, and
Then the sewer Caved In.
N Y Sun1


Chew M tobaccI saw ID the lives Of two
laborers who wers engaged in digging q
sewer In B oomtield avenu. Newark, ves-
terday. Thomas DJnl askel James Nc
Carol for a chew, and as the latt r
Strengthened his blck to get the covs,ei
article from his hip pock t. Dunn wiped
the soil from his hands and drew himsel
up to 5 full hei yht and smiled in pleas
ant an;icipa ion. ia Gnt this moment the
sides OF the sewer caved in and uried the
two men up TO heir chins in sand. A
number of carpenters and plumb ,rs.
working in the vi inity, saw the accident
and at once lied Ticks and shovels and
dug the un or un tie men out d nm was
the first man re cas- Il Tut large b uller
resting ON Ia ch sst retarI lei the di ter
ment of McCarroll. As he was drawn out
o; the hole Duln said: AN IL We don't
moind I'll take the chew now." Neither
OF the me l were injured.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
A Freak OF Fortune.
IDes Moines ia } Special. !

The family of William Tai uedge. of this
citv, have faile h sir t. II estat. il Eng
land worth 81 500 0. The estate Is one OF
the Oldest in E ,gla ID and CO nes through
the wife OF Mr.. TIA IN d -e. who has been
dead three years, leaving her u 30 md
and three chi dren. Mr. Ta,medgs was
formerly poor mau, having barely
enough property to take him to the seat
of his good fortune.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
Newspauers and Periodical,.

At the post office, n. g McCiGarey is
prepared to take subscriptions to daily
and weekly newspapers, foreign and
domestic, magazines and periodicals
generally. When renewing your sub
scriptions call on him and save postage
and expense. Club rates on all literary
papers ard naCazlfes.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
Big Roller Corn Meal OF
WaLhpr, 0f.4ttic0. "a.
New Dress Goods

Latest fall styles In dress goods at
BJerley. Dark & Runyan's. This is not
stock oi last years goods held over;
but an absolutely new stock just opened
Nothing like it was ever shown hers iii
Medicine Lodge. n
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fnrrc

In the United States Mutual Accident
Association. 5000 insurance Tor Sl3
a year with S25 weekly indemnify. SlO.-.
600 insurance at prop0rtiouaie rates
with $50 ky iademRity. The larg-.
est cheapest and best accident insur-
ance in the world over S9O000.0fD in
suraifce now in force. Forfurther par
ticulars and membership apply to
j. w. EsTILL s. Co., Resident Agent
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
Protect Your Eyes.

The greatest invention ever made for
human eyes is Prof. Hirschberg's dia.
mond spectacles and ye-glasscs. After
being Submitted to sttictly scientific
tests their superiority has been proven
over any and all spectacles NV in use.
The best oculists and physicians every
where pronounce in their favor. These
glasses can be obtained only at Lind
Sey X Co. S drug store i'm this city. p6
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
Buy Garrett Patent Flour
Of Halhpr, of .Attica. ss-S
Exreciallu for Ladies.

We have the largest lot of fine shoes;
the latest styles in dress goods. and
trimmings; the best and largest variety
of fiannels ever brought to Medicine
Lodge: Gall now before the stock has
been haudled. 1t is just opened and is
new anu desitahle.
II BfERLEf, DARK d RUNYAN.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
Cheap School Lands.

have some clruice School Lands for
sale in Fnney county. Will sell whole
sections from $50 to $3.50 the amount
due the state to be assumed BY the
purchaser: The land is first-class. Corr
respondence solicited. Address.
GEO. RIITENHoUsE,
23-tf Garden City, Kas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
StTTctly Cash Basis.
IT Hnce.
II. II. Robertson d Co.
Something Fresh.

1t has been our ambition to lead i'll
bringing ont the latest styles in dry
goods. This fall is no exception. We
have enlarged the capacity Of our room;
opened out our complete fall stock and
now invite everybody to come in and
see for themselves that we have bar
gains to offer.
II BYERLEY. Dirk e HUMAN,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
Stoves.

Cold weather is getting here. slowly
but surely, and so Il whole ear load Of
cooking and heating stoves has been
received by Geppert Il Stone. This
embraces wood and coal burners and
combination of both. This is fact,
beyond dispute. IA
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
Feed and Pasture.

/ have 100 tons of prairie hay, 100 tons
of millet and wheat straw, 400 siIochs of
corn fodder for sale cheap. Also a
pasture of 100 acres, with plenty of good
water. T.. j. SKEEN,
24tf Roundup, Barber Co.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
Strength o. Insects.

A French inves Z "a or VINO has taste for
the curious in sciencs, has re e:entlyImads a
ser e' of experiments to test the strength
o inserts as compared W tn the rsngth
of ether creatures. He finds that in pro-
portion 10 its size bee can pull thirty
times as much weight as a horse.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
LEES SUMMIT
N i RISE r | ES

To our patrons. orcha rdists, and planters:
We respectfully call attention TO our heavy
supplies and excellent quality Of nursery pro-
ducts consisting OF apple. peach. pear, cherry,
plum. ETC., berries and grape vines OF the yari,
Gus sorts, shrubs. hedge plants. forest trees
seedlings and everRreens from 8 inches TO 4
feet: prices low Special attention is called to
the fact that our agents are furnished with
written certificates of authorized agency signed
by US. We insist on patrons requiring agents
to show our certificates 50 as to avoid mistakes
OF dcce9tions. Orders senf by mail promptly
attended TO- BLAIR BROS. proprieforr,
&c Ic< Summit No.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
Rsal Estate Llama

On three or five years time, closed
without delay at the First National
bank. We will meet any rates ever
2lven in Barber county: lnterest paya:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18

We have jus, rec
OF piece go,n.s iof su
ulents--Dnsn III fore
goods. We nave emp.
cutter and experi0iit, ) moisan
can guarantee perfeet ffs a,id .i.nfu.,t..
W, rkmen nship. We CANOE o. al,ae!-s
sold by ANY eastern honSe; cur werk Is
supe ior 10 any house, hat furnishes
suits here. and better tl'au all, We are a
home institution.
IL BYERLEY, DARK 6c RUSYAN. ;.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
BUY UcSt'S Patent Flour
Of UaApT, Of Attica. s4
CHANGED.

Changed.
F. w. F!ato, jr., having purcha7cd half
interest IN the .lrug store or Fiening Bros. MI
persons indie It'd To said firm requcst to
call ut once al1 s'-tt;c hi -'i4ts 8thar
wise the same vii oe tu Ga of cts
officer 20 co 2ptiuH
2LSV
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
MULES foR sALR.

Sherlock s. Nils have 50 head of two
and three-year old mules for sale at
their stock-Jard on Second avenue, east
of Walnut street; all bred from good
Missouri mares. Mules are now on salu
a I'll eea be seen. g
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
Fall sfSlsa

In ready made clothing just opened,
Hats, caps, boots and shoes 1t Byerley;
Dark & Runyans. II
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
Buy Clark's Patent Fzour;
of Walxpr, Of .Attica. %

Everything new, fresh and pure at
Ballard & Lanes. A competent phar-
macist fills all prescriptions. %
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
Spring Wegoa 81 Cost

stock OF goods. ana 10 do siis tlay letl sei thef
stock of SPRING wAGUr' : Al CtfST la
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18

EASIEST wav to mark table-Iinsn-
Leave a baby and some black k-currant lam
alone at the table for three minutes.-
Toledo RGdc.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18

"GooD gracious" said the her, when
she dis overed the porcel il egg in her
Eest, II shall be q bricklayer nextD
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18

ST SECOND the motion,o said the smallest
hand Ca the watch.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
POSTAL
Tho Mails:

POstOfiice at Medicine Lodge open from 4 "
10 rM. Sundays one hour ON arrival of mail
Money order Office. 4. A. MCCLEAHY. y. NJ.
A. =. MCCLEARY, Assistant
Tho Mails:
From Atticn aud all Eastern points, arrives
daily at M: leaves daily ats An.
From Ashland, ColdwHter, Nescutunrn. Sol
dicr Greek, hcd Creek, sun City, Lake city,
daily.
T. az, arrives Mondays. wednesday, and Fri
di ysatbPM. Departs Tuesdays. Thursdnysnnd
Saturdays ats M
from lulsa, Elm Mills Hnd Saratoga arrives ON
tuesdays ana Fridays NJ = PM and departs ON
Wednesdays and Saturdays at \ 81.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
The Magne. Cigar, at Day # Records 81
&.30. 600. 90 pr,r ro Loan 3,sT,Ts on
23-tf

MONEY FURNISHED on DAY OF APPLl
CATION. ENQUIRE OF THE FIRST Ma
TIONAL BANK. MEDICINE LODGE. AZ
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18

TIHRISTIAN.-P Preaching every Sunday nt
Vii o'clock A. VI. sunday school ut 10 O'Clock
a. m. every sunday. \. ~. MULKEY. Pustor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH - Services on thirl
Sunday of every month az ShcrlOCEs ball, AT
1880 n. m. sunday schepl immediately after
ward. JoHN Is. MCKUNE, Pastor
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
DEMOCRATIC Central Committee

Democratic Central Committee.
T.. =. CAECTuERs, Medicine Lodge.
w. Il. WILLIAMS, Sharon.
ST. DiCSERsON Elm Mills.
II. :. PHOCroU, sun City.
H. NJ. MASON, Lake City.
y. NJ. SIMMONS, New kiowa.
W. G.. AFFORD, IIazclton.
l.. &. CuABB, sexton.
LIN. MURDOCH, Lodi.
THOs. J. DYER. Cumminsford.
T.. l.. CARUTuEHS. Chairman,
W. II. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
CHURCHES.

DRESBYTERIAN.-Sc on second anil
i fourth Sundays 0f cnch month. sunday
school at 10 A. ". A. AXLISE, Pastor.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-13
Luminous Lizards.

"Some of the geckos have a remarka.
bic arrangement for clinging to the wall.
and in the East | have observed them at
twilight climbing or crawling along the
wall over my head just like flies, and
upon these insects they mainly feed. One
of the most curious has the faculty of be-
coming luminous at will, and they have
been observed crouching on limb,
cleaning just like coal of fire. A friend
of mine, also collector" continued the
speaker, twas on n trip through Asia
once, and saw remarkable collection of
these fire bodies.
They had been tramping through
rough country for several days, and one
night came to camp in thick scrub
forest, and, the tents being set, they
turned in. My friends native servant
slept in the same tent with him, and in
the middle of the night all hands were
awakened by a terrific scream from the
man, who, when the others awoke, was
rushing about the tent yelling at the top
of his voice, and literally raining what
what appeared to be Goals of fire. After
a while they got him Gained down, and
the luminous objects were found to be
merely the innocent lizards. Attracted
by something, they had crawlcd into the
tent, and were roaming over the pros
trate sleeper, when one happened to cross
his face-hence all the trouble.
"No. " said the scientist, in answer to
a question, emo one has ever solved the
problem of the curious light that these
animals emit. 1t is light SO luminous,
in fact, that you can read by it, yet gives
out not the faintest heat; it also CLEANS
brightly when the animal is plunged into
the water; in fact, it is one of the puz-
zles that never has and probably never
will be solved. - Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-13
HEALTH HINTS.

For poison oak, battle in cream and
gunpowder twice day until cured.
To stop the nose from bleeding, stick
a wad of brown paper as far up under
the upper lip as possible.
For any kind of insect or bug in the
ear wet your finger in the camphor and
rub the inside of the ear just as though
you were washing it.
Some one who knows says that hem
orrhage of the lungs or stomach may be
quickly stopped by small doses of salt
instead of whisky, so often used.
When the skin is broken or for any
sore that has no corruption in it, wet the
margin of a newspaper in your mouth
till very soft, ana stick it on the wound.
The fine toothcd comb should be ban
ished from the toilet table, as it is an
active agent in producing inhammatory
conditions of the scalp, as many a case
of eczema capitis in children will testify.
A dccoction of the dry pods of the
common white soup beans boiled slowly
for three hours, is reported to cure
Bright's disease of the kidneys and
dropsy as well. No other liquid should
be taken,
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-13
ADevll Fish One Hundred Feet Long

We find the following in a letter writ
ten to Professor Baird, United States fish
commissioner; Captain Kecne states that
when fishing on the Grand Bank, in
latitude A degrees north, longitude so
degrees west approximately he found
floating at the surface near his vessel one
of the large squid, the body of which
measured as accurately as it could be
from dory, was fifty feet long, while
the tentacles, all of which were intact
and uninjured were longer than the
body, making the entire length more
than one hundred feet. The tentacles
were larger around than the body of Il
stout man. He cut the squid up and
boated aboard three dory loads, prob
ably about three tons weight, and he
estimates that there was at least one to
two more boat loads which he left to
diff away. have frequently heard of
fishermen finding pieces of tentacles, etc,
which might belong to animals nearly or
quite as large rs the one above mentioned
but have never before met with any one
who has had the fortune to see entire
such a king of mollusks. The informa-
ton which he furnishes seems to be of
more than ordinary importance, since it
enables us to form more accurate esti-
mates of the maximum growth attained
by these great devil fish"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-13

A dive is simply an ordinary living
room furnished with small cooking
stove and few chairs, and with rough
board benches ranged along the sides,
where any one can stay so long as he or
she can pay for an occasional drink OF
stale beer, the dregs taken from the
empty kegs piled each morning in front
of lager beer saloons all over the city,
| and kept in old tomato cans until it is
sour and Supplying. The wretched stuff
is sold for two centsa pint These dives
are usually in easements, and are kept by
thrifty Italians They are frequentcd
only by the most degraded class of
thieves, FOUNDERS, 'tramps and "bums, I"
who are glad to get out of the streets
and find warm place to sit in during
bad weather, or at night when the police
lodging houses are OVERLOOKING. The
Italians themselves do not so largely
patronze these dens Sometimes dances
will be gotten up in them and drunken
revelry will prevail, but as a rule the in
mates are kept in restraint and no out
ward improperly ispermitted. There is
no limit to their accommodation, and
thirty or forty persons may be found in
single room. The word dive strictly
means place that is low down, beneath
the street level, and is devoted to drink
ing or dancing, but it is not used in the
strict sense for lodgings. Italian dives
are not confined to Easements and cellars,
but are found on upper floors as well.
There is also a different class of habita-
tons which may be called "dens."
These are occupied by families who take
in dodgers, or by companies of men who
club together and live on the co-opera-
tive plan, one of the number attending
to the cooking and marketing, while the
others pay their pro rata share of the ex-
penses. In such cases one or more rooms
will be occupied by from five to ten per
sons, who are usually absent during the
day time. There is no furniture but a
stove and table, possibly one or two
chairs or rough benches, and the most
primitive kinds of beds or trunks. Often
they sleep on the floor or on sacks filed
with rags and plased on the tops of bar
rels or packing boxes. No regard is
paid to cleanliness or to sanitary consid-
erations. Men, women and children will
be found thus herding together, and
gambling and drinking are the occupa-
tions of their leisure. -AeW York Tribune.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-13

A st. Louis G2oJe- Democrat correspond
ent, in letter from Washington refers
to contemplated pension to be given to
the mother Of the late Captain Charles
L. johnson, of Iowa, and gives the fol-
lowing history of remarkable case
1t is claimed that there is no parallel
in the medical records of this country
or Europe to this case. johnson enlisted
at Leon as a private in Company A.
Seventeenth Iowa Volunteers. In the
summer of 1868, while leading his COM
pany in a charge at Big Black River in
the rear of Nicksburg, he was struck by
a minnie ball which passed horizontally
through the lower part of his body from
side to side, going between the intcstines
and the spinal cord, tearing the former
and injuring vertebrT of the column.
The cord was affected to the extent of
paralyzing the lower limbs. The hos
pital surgeon said it was hopeless case,
but by request and as a last act of kind
ness to a friend, the regimental surgeon
came and dressed the terrible wound by
drawing a silk handkerchief half at a
time entirely through Johnson's body.
The next day the helpless Iowan fell into
the hands of the Confederates, was put
into cattle car and jolted away to At
lanta His mother hearing of his con-
ditiou, hurried down from the North,
got through the lines, and found him
still living. When Sherman long after
captured the Georgian city Captain
johnson was still alive, and the devoted
mother was nursing him. They were
sent to st. Louis, where the wound was
seen and examined by the surgeons
there, some of whom are still living and
will remember it.
For sixteen years this helpless man
lived and suffered. The only position
which gave him any relief from torture
was lying face downward. He required
more constant care than a child, and
this was given him by his mother. Eat.
ing tomatoes, berries, or any fruit with
fine seeds, would open the wounds
afresh. Congress recognized the pecu-
liar claims of Captain johnson during
the latter part of the war by the eXtraor-
binary course of commissioning him a
captain in the regular army. He was
then put upon the retired list, and was
thus provided for. Since his death the
aged mother who took care of him has
been without means.