Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-09-24


Mulkey sells the Packard, Pelloubet
and Western Cottage organs. Il
Go to Geppert & Stones for wire;
$40 per cwt., and warranted. I3
Cattle and hog wire, at Geppert *
Stones, for $40. IL
Three car loads of Bessemer steel
wire. at Sl4O. Geppert Il Stone. Is
\ Bounce silver case, Waltham move;
ment, for $40. Hubbard, the Jeweler
Jim Wiltshire sold his household
goods and his family have started back
TO Indiana.
Barney O'Connor was in from Lakin
two days this week lie has sold his
livery outfit to Frank McAlister, of
this city.
Lands II Son, who have magnificent
farms down the river, this week pur-
| chased from a Texas man 600 head of
sheep that they will corn-feed this
winter.
Judge G.. W. Vickers. lately of Har-
per county, now the representative in
the Legislature, from Comanche county,
will locate in Medicine Lodge in the
practice Of law.
Il. I. Lee and wife and NJ. S. Purdy
started, this week, on a visit to Wat
Kins, Schuyler county, New York, the
old home OF both the above named gen.
tlemen. They will remain there four
weeks.
An organization is formed i'm this city
for the purpose of purchasing 10 acres
of land adjoining the city cemetery and
plating the same into burying lots. 4
lot of good men are at the head of the
enterprise.
VIM. ID. White has located at Lamar,
Colorado, and reports that as being the
booming town OF the west. \ U. $. land
office has recently been located there,
and the prediction is that Lamar will
be a second Garden City.
FOR SALE.-A frst-class Brunswick
Bake Billiard Table. Also first-class
Fifteen Ball Pool Table. Both tables
have combination cushions, are in the
best Of order, and are for sale at a sac
ritice. 10 HERRTNGToN 4 SMITH.
The bond proposition was defeated
in Comanche county last Tuesday by
more than 800 votes. Clark county
voted 353 majority for the bonds. 1t is
not known yet whether the road will be
luilt from Greensburg to Ashland COR
not.
10. and Keno, the western stage con-
ductors, say they will only vote for
road overseers in the coming election:
but each propose spending campaign
fund I'm the interest Of men who will
promise to fix up the road between this
place and Lake City.
w. w. Cook and his attorney, E.
Sample, are in White county, Arkan-
sas, this week. taking dispositions in
the notorious Boyd cattle case. 1t will
be remembered that the Boyd cattle,
that contaminated the herds of this
county, in 1888, came from Arkansas.
Louis Nelson, merchant tailor, for
merly with Byerly, Dark & Runyan,
begs his customers attention to the
fact that he has resigned the po-
sition herein mentioned and is now To-
Gated in i'm bursts row. Any of his
friends that desire first-cass suit of
clothes may call. The most fastidious
may he pleased. IL
There will be fun in the republican
convention tomorrow. The slate fixed
up some time since is already cracked
with fair prospect of being broken
outright tomorrow. Bets are being
offered without takers that Judge Har-
dy will be the nominee for probate
judge and that Mr.. Whitaker will not
he the nominee for county attorney.
DIR. G. t. Rigg and family returned
Wednesday from their fourteen-weeks'
trip through Colorado. They report
having had most enjoyable trip. Eli
Smith and family accompanied them
out and will remain near Dillon, Colo
RADIO, the coming winter. Mr.. Smiths
health has been very greatly i'm
proved.
Heath Il Co. have opened up -four,
feed and grain depot on east Kansas
avenue and about the 18th of October
will have their feed mill grinding.
They bave set of burrs and a good
steam engine and can grind out chop
ped truck, meal and such on short no
tIce. Geo. III. Heath, of the firm, was
with Curry 4 Schmidt last winter and
is familiar with the business.
Our merchants all report an unex-
pected increase in trade during the past
two weeks. They say that the people
are all in good spirits, and show more
evidences of contentment and prosper
ity than ever before. There is no rea-
son why every industrious citizen of
Barber county should not be satisfied.
The crops have turned out better than
was expected, and there is good mar
ket at home for every bushel raised.
Barber county will do to tie to.
hdhe NcSleIu stage COdCneS now
connect with trains at this place to the
minute. The one going west leaves
here Immediately after the arrival Of
the train from the east, OF as soon as
the mail can be made up. The one from
the west arrives in time for the train
going east. Passengers are landed in
Coldwater the same night they leave
here; and arrive here in the afternoon
OF the day they leave Coldwater. Mr..
Lake is now making the fastest stage
time in tie history Of the southwest.
He will put lot more Of good stock on
his line, and afford the travelling public
every accommodation possible.
Col. ]. s. Busey has returned from his
two monthS' trim to Canada and the