Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-01-30
MEDICINE LODGE BARBER CO. KANSAS. JAN. 80 1885.


VIM. Clark has been appointed post
master at Petersburg, Kansas.
There were in the United States in
the year Of 1884 1918, newspapers.
The Kansas Eclectic Medical associa-
ton met at Topeka on the 9th inst.
At the close Of 1884 it was estimated
that Colorado had l ,7Ss, ,sO4 sheep.
j. G.. Paxton & Son, Houstonville, Pa.
are showing Yorkshire swine at New
Orleans.
The wedding coat of Andrew Jack
son is shown at New Orleans. 1t was
made in 1893.
The fence cutters have begun their
work in New Mexico and Colfax coun-
ty Is the first place to suffer.
The raid on the treasury to pay guet-
rilla raid claims Is not countanance by
coyote" members from. the rural dis
trict.
At Dodge City six store houses burned
to the ground, including the Cowboy
Loss $4,000 with only a
slight insurance.
Resolutions have been adopted by the
Kansas legislature, protesting against
the. adoption of the much talked of
Texas cattle trail.
A correspondent writing from West
port. makes the startling announce
ment that they are to have blacksmith
shop located there.
The cattle in this portion Of the ter.
ritory have not as yet suffered to any
alarming extent from the cold weather.
Ration Comet, N. NJ.
Anexchange says that salt placed over
the range so that cattle will have free
access to it is sure remedy against
stock eating the loco weed.
The safe in the express Office at Har-
per was recently blown open, and last
week at Winheld similar event occur
red. $500 was the booty secured by the
burglars.
The "agitatOrs' for selling live stock
by weight in Great Britain are not
meeting with much success, and all
sorts of objections are urged against
the innovation
Smith Centre Pioneer: A debt con-
tracted on Sunday is not binding, from
which fact some of the subscribers to
the NJ. Z. church on dedication Sunday
are greatly tickeled.
The latter part of last week and the
fore part Of this week sleighing has
been most excellent. Everything that
could be put OH runners was brought
into requisition.
In most new states the rate of taxa
tion increases. Not so i'm Kansas; our
rate for state purposes was 10 mills
on the dollar in 1869, 8 l-2 in 20, 8 in
I'll and so on down to 7-lO mills in 'sS
and 's4.
The Winfield Courier lost the public
"a bid being put in for less than
the C's. rates. There is much kicking
and consequent soreness. The Tele-
gram lays back and laughs.
1t is not the number of acres plowed
but the number OF bushels harvested
which makes prosperity among farmers.
Do not forget this, but plow less the
coming spring and farm better.
In feeding large numbers of stock to-
gether, watch that the stronger ones do
not crowd the weaker ones away and
get nearly all the feed. Always give the
weak and thin stock little extra at
tent'oD and feed.
Two radishes, of the winter species,
grown on the farm of Mr.. Morgan, in
Sedgewick county weighed three pounds
each. They measured seventeen and
inches in circumference and
eighteen inches long.
Ex-Governor Anthony takes the gen.
eral ground that the present legislature
has no right to investigate Ex-Goyern-
Or Clicks connection with the signing
of patents to certain railroad lands as
his work was purely clerical.
j. r. Burton has been selected as the
dude" of the present house. Ex-Goy.
Anthony as the classical members, Nc
Taggart as the modest representative
while several are contestants for first
place in the race for ''good looking
honors.
The house committee on agriculture
1T Washington has agreed to report a
bill authorizing the president. whenever
he shall receive information justifying
such action, to declare and enforce quar-
antine against any state in which con-
tagious pleuro-pneumonia is known to
Exist.
A stranger went into crowded bar
Der shop at Topeka, laid package on
B table and waited for his turn. The
barber accidentally come In contact
With the package. when the stranger
Look out man, that paper
pound Of dynamitel" The
crowded shop was soon empty, when the
stranger took a seat and told the barber
20 proceed with shaving him.
Last Thursday an eagle caught a
prairie dog few rods from our Office
md Mike Sughrue bore down on him
with his fine silver mounted six-shoot-
II. The reflection Of the sun was
against him but the second shot killed
the dog, and the eagle fiew a short dis
'ance and lit upon the ground. Spence
Miner then came out with Winchester
md surprised the crowd by killing it
he first shot le4 yards away. The bird
measured five feet from tip to tip of
wings, and was what is known as q
Prairie Eagle. Mr.. Stone sent the skin
% Cleveland, Ohio, to have it stuffed
Clark Clipper.