Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-15

With "a bridge over the Medicine river
at this place, and a good road directly
west. the livery business would be
doubled ia this town.
Standiford.. YOumans & Eldred have
made arrangements to handle the Har-
I pei mills flour in carload lots. A car
has just been received.
1t is understood that there will be a
meeting Of the attorneys of this city to-
night, Friday, to consider matters re-
lating to this judicial district.
A report was circulated Tuesday that
a man i'm a wagon was frozen To death
Monday night, four miles southeast of
town; nut il was without foundation.
The condition of 5. w. Curd. who
has been dangerously i'll for more than
two weeks, has not improved since our
last, and little hope is entertained for
his recovery.
The bali given by the Young Mems
Social Club last Friday evening passed
OFT pleasantly, and while the attendance
Was not large, it was recherche in every
particular.
ii. +. Norris, an attorney Of Pierre,
Dakota, brother of Mrs. II. +. Noble,
Of this city. is here with the intention
Of locating. He was formerly from
Streator. Iowa.
Henry Appel came over from Attica
with his teams this week. and is living
in one of Tewksbury's houses. He
thinks OF hauling coal in connection with
his transfer business.
i. W. McNeal returned this week
from Northern Kansas, near Fort
Riley, where lac had been 10 see his
I father-in-law, Mr. Hi. who is seriously
Ill, with little prospects of recovery.
Il. Lacey x Co. is the name OF an
active real-estate and live stock COM
mission firm lately organized here. 1t
is composed of Judge Lacey and Denton
X Jones, all well and favorably known.
There are hundreds of men in the
county who would contribute several
days work towards building a bridge
over the river at this place and to i'm
proving the road west.
Dan Morris had the contract for fill
ing three ice houses, two for McClearey
X Lindsey and one for Smyth d Noble.
He kept large force at work until he
had cut nearly thousand tons.
4. W. Little, formerly a citizen of
Medicide Lodge, but now in the real es-
tate and loan business at WyandOtte,
came in last Saturday. lie is also of
the McNedl, Little Il Thompson bank
ing Co.
sun City citizens have petitioned
Judge Herrick TO declare that place an
incorporated city of the third class.
under the laws of Kansas. They claim
a population of 275. Their request will
no doubt be granted.
Weidner, Harris Il Co., the reliable
deliverymen, who have stayed by this
city So long, are prepared to haul any
/ Kind of freight or express TO and from
B the depot. Anyone can point them out
to you if you do not know them.
The programme for the Literary to-
! night. Friday, embraces an essay by
/ Mr.. Overstrect, recitation by Miss
Durham, recitation by Mr.. burst, Sc
| lect reading by Miss Burgess, essay by
George Fort, and n discussion of the
woman suffrage convention.
Max. Meyer, or Altamont. H., was
/ here this week with the idea of locating
in the clothing business. Should he lC-
cate here he expects 10 open 4 large es-
Establishment. Due notice of his arrival
| will be chrOniclel in these columns.
Sheriff Nc Clearey, of Montgomery
county, was here Sunday and took back
with him young man namel Mub'ey
who is charged with burning large
furniture store in Independence last
summer. MObley has been living four
miles southeast of here,
Such thing would be possible as
building temporary track To the pro-
posed bridge site on the Medicine river
and running the railroad pile driver
down to build the bridge. The distance
would not exceed 500 yards from the
railroad track
Some one stole a watch chain from
the Famous store last Tuesday, belong
ing TO John Brisbin. A man named
Collins, who purchased and tried on a
suit of clothes in the dressing room,
was arrested for theft and held one day,
but was discharged by Judge McCand-
less for want of evidence.
Hazelton Express: The Southern rs.
railroad was completed to Medicine
Lodge last Friday. and the INDEX and
Cresset are nearly screaming them
selves hoarse. We congratulate our
county seat on being a railroad town.
and will watch her boom with as much
pride as if we were a resident of that
city.