Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-06-12

l.. +. Perkins has purchased half
interest in the grocery store in the Lee
brecht building and the firm is now
Burney * Perkins.
Sheriff Rigg and Deputy vanslyke
started to Osawatomie Monday with
the young man Jones adjudged to be
insane two weeks since.
There is talk Of establishing daily
stage line between New KiOwa and
Coldwater as soon rs the railroad
reaches the former place.
The tax levy will be made in August
by the county commissioners. The sup
position is that it will average per
cent over the entire county.
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Quarterly meeting of the NJ. f.
church will be held here on Sunday ,l4th
inst. Rev. Gates, the presiding elder,
will preach at II a. IN.
Sun City is to have big celebration
on the Fourth, basket dinner, speech
es. musical exercises and innocent
sports being on the programme.
Mr.. +. T. Turner of Sharon. was i'm
town Wednesday, to witness the mar
riage Of his daughter, Miss Agnes, to
/ Mr. r. W. Holloway.
O. \. Ensign, Of Tip Top, Arizona,
nephew OF DIR. L.W. Stout was here last
Saturday and expressed himself as much
/ pleased with our town and county.
Matteson x Blake are stacking up in
town great cords of stone from their
quarry to be ready for any demand that
may be made on them.
a. l.. Noble did 60 east and when he
returns he will bri ng Mrs. Noble with
him. His brother bachelor attorneys
should give him an appropriate recep-
\ tiOn.
n. Jouno, of Pueblo, Col, a wholesale
lumber dealer, was here this week.
looking for a location. lie bought three
Of the Mrs. Beal lots on Kansas avenue
east through Gobeille Il Noble.
Johnson Il Denton want 10 employ a
night miller, and would be glad to hear
from one who lives on Mule creek.
whose name they have forgotten.
The Comanche pool wagons are haul
ing out supplies from this city at the
rate of about three tons a week, Stan
/ difOrd, YOumans & Eldred supplying
the same.
Evansville is TO be laid of into a town
site by the present owner, Mr.. Grant,
who purchased it from Capt. Evans. 1t
is desirably located, and no doubt will
be quite nice village.
ID. +. Flynn has resigned as post
master at New KiOwa and DIR. G.. II.
Downtain will likely be his successor,
he having been strongly recommended
for the position.
have now in my office supply of
the late school laws which will furnish
to the members of each district board on
application. GERLE SKEEN, County
superintendent.
DIR. l. W. Stout and Henry Blickhaln
started To Meade county last Sunday.
The former will look after his timber
claim and the latter will see il he can
strike something rIch.7
Mr.. Gilbert l.. Billings, father of Mrs.
+. B. Reynolds, of sun City. died there
on the SOth ult., at the age Of 7s, after n
lingering illness, paralysis being the
immediate cause of death.
In his travels last week, Ell. Allen
found on the road pocket book con-
tanning about $500 which he turned
over to the owner, farmer OF Harper
county. Honesty is good policy.
Sharon is to have a two-atory frame
hotel j0x90 feet, containing n rooms.
The town company are building it,.
\ small broom factory is now being
conducted in that thriving little city.
The evening Of the Fourth, the ladies
Of the Christian church of this city
will give a festival and promise ice
cream and other luXuries of the season.
Remember this.
The probate judge reports that for
some reason the number of applications
for liquor made to the druggists and
fled with the judge, are not so numer-
GUS, and so the supposition is that
the health Of the community is improv-
ing.
An agent of a prominent insurance
company told us this week that he had
written insurance policies in this coun-
ty within the past few months to the
amount Of more that SlOO, 900.