Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-08-13
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u. l.. Blankenship purchased the
Chas. Dixon land, six miles from Sun
City, last Tuesday, at sheriff's sale for
Sl7j.
The infants Of Judge II. c. Thompson
and Jas. Deal are both dangerously i'll
to-day, with little hopes of recovery.
Lockwood & Gillette are in attendance.
Misses Merchant & Moore have open-
ed their new millinery establishment,
| opposite the Grand hotel, and the ladies
all say they have a lovely stock of
| goods.
/ Justice F. Z. Durham, during the
absence of Judge McCandless, will act
as city police judge, thus practically
dispensing all the justice to be found in
this city.
/ Mr.. Frank Block, who lives ten miles
south Of here, was in this week to see
/ the INDEX. lie is making n specially
of raising pedigreed hogs and fine cattle
and is well pleased with the climate
and grasses Of Barber county, for his
/ business.
DIR. Burney reports the following adj
/ ditions TO the population of Barber
county, since our last: On the 5th. a
boy to John Mari and wife, on Cedar
creek; on the 9th, a boy to J. NJ. Pucket
and wife, of Roundup: on the 9th, a
boy to 5. :. Robinett and wife, of Med
icine Lodge.
The Sexton postofTice trouble is at
last settled, the Office having been
turned over to Free Sexton, the regu.
lar appointee. The Office is now half a
mile west of the old stand, at Free
/ Sections store. and we hope that every
body will now be satisfied Those of
our friends WHO have expressed a wish
to get the INDEX regularly will now
| please send in their names with the as
surance that the paper will reach them
every week.
! As will be seen in another column the
/ friends of Judge ID. y. McCandless
/ have induced him to become a candi-
date for probate judge, subject to the
action of the county nominating con-
vention. lie needs no introduction to
the party in this county, for lie has been
a wheel horse in the party since its in
ception here; he has never failed TO re-
spond to the demands of his friends and
bis reward certainly has not been of a
substantial kind. lie would be an ac-
ceptable officer.
An observing gentleman of this city
remarked to the INDEX this week that
he could name the ticket to be nomi-
mated by the republicans ct their COM
! ing county convention, and this is the
list he wrote off: Representative, 7. \.
McNeal; district clerk, Frank Holmes,
Of Kiowa; probate judge, Bob Neff, of
sun City; county attorney. r. Il. Whit
aker, of Sharon; county superintendent
( 7. b. Mcdonald, of this city: commits
sioner, third district, Louis Lockart, of
Sun City. Cut this out and see if he is
a good guesser.
Judge ID. \. McCandless started last
Sunday to Winston, North Carolina,
to visit his father, who is dangerously
i'll. Judge McCandless has not visited
I his old home for seventeen years, and
10 doubt his visit vii! bc the occasion
of a family reunion. lie first located
at Wichita. after coming west, and was
the first postmaster there, and at the
same time was Il justice Of the peace
and a merchant. lie has lived in Med
I icinc Lodge for about ten years and has
/ held several positions Of honor and trust
His many friends wish him q safe re-
turn.
Thirteen members &C Delphia Lodge,
/ No. 10, Knights of Pythias. of this city,
! secured 4 special train Wednesday
evening and with conductor Miner in
charge, proceeded to Attica to assist in
the initiation of ten new members of
the lodge atthat piece and in the organ
i2ation of b of p band. They were
royalty treated while there, being ban
quoted AID otherwise honoTed, and all
came home yesterday morning at 4
O'Clock delighted with their trip. The
knights who went from here were: d.
w. Wing, Phil Frech, DR.. 5. NJ. Kess-
Ter, G. V. Sample, Thos. Dunn, S. L.
Overstreet, Ben. Wadsworth, l. y. Free
man, Geo. Karrar, G.. Miner, John Bun
dy, w. II. McCague and Cary Turner.
Several who were not members of the
order went over.
The st. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita
railway company have asked for and
had appointed, by Judge c. W. Ellis,
district judge, {. j. L0vejoy, Geo. c.
smith and Jack Sparks as right-of- way
commissioners 10 lay off route, right-of-
way. depot grounds, etc, for said COM
pany, through Barber county, as PEI
location by said company, from the east
line of said county to some point at OIL
near the line of the Indian Territory
south of New Kiowa. The commits
sioners give notice that they will meet
ON September 18th, prox., at two o'clock
on the county line between Harper and
Barber counties at the point where said
line enters the county and there begin
the work Of condemnation. This would
AiuiNdSo Ohdb tiiC Aodu VIII NC Dulll
J bonds or no bonds.
a week ago, a span of mules, wagon
and harness were stolen from q Mr.
Cruger of Clark county. a deputy
sheriff traced the thief and property
into Barber county and left a correct
description at Deerhead among other
places. Last Monday the thief ap-
peared there and Jas. Zimmerman anC
III. W. Bartels, the latter of this city
recognized him from the description
They got into his confidence to such al
extent that the three went TO dinner to-
gether, and at an opportune moment
Zimmerman grabbed him around the
body while Bartels disnrmed him of 2