Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-06-04
Plenty Of rain SO far.


Tube paints 10 cents at the postoG:ce
and all artist material equally as cheap.
Mr.. w. L. p. Burney, of this city,
was married last evening at Harrison
vile, Mo-, to Miss Allie Deakin. The
wedding took place at O'Clock.
Mr.. Wilson, of Indiana, is here on a
visit TO his cousin, Judge 7. l..
O'Bryan. He is looking around for a
location, and is we'll pleased with this
city and county.
We have heard Of one farmer in this
vicinity who expects to make So BUSH
els of wheat to the acre this season.
The crop is shortened by the dry spell
but S5 bushels will do.
Mr.. Evans, wife and family. of Kan
sas City, Kansas, arrived here a few
days ago. Mr.. Evans will start a new
paper here as soon as his material ar
rives, which has already been shipped.
y music class of forty was organized
last night at the Presbyterian church.
Professors Harris and Durham will
give another free concert tonight and
after that series of music lessons will
be given.
Mr.. Chas. Laswell, of Sharon town.
ship left his team unhitched @hile he
went TO dinner, last Saturday. The
team ran off, and ran into a wire fence.
Both horses were badly injured, and
the wagon wrecked.
Last Wednesday we examined some
sweet corn, which had been planted
about seven weeks. The stalks were
just lightning to tasssl, though some
of them were not more than five inches
high, and none were more than four
teen inches high. We saw peas three
inches high, in bloom, and wax beans
four inches high, in bloom. We don't
know whether it is the soil or the ma
ture Of the vegetable that causes such
early efforts at maturity.
Memorial Day was observed with ap-
propriate exercises in this city, and at
the cemetery, last Monday. Members
of Eldred Post, e.. 4. r., marched TO
the NJ. L. church. where the ritual GER
emonies were read by the officers, an
eloquent address was delivered by Com
rade Cameron, an appropriate selec-
ton was read by COmrade \. l.. Free
man, prayer offered by Reverends Gill
lam and McElroy, sweet music rendered
by the choir, with Mrs. w w. Cook at
the organ. From there the Post march
ed in body to the cemetery, followed
by number of citizens, who remember.
ed their departed dear ones by scatter
ing flowers over their graves. While
the day was not observed as q holiday.
yet there was enough of the air of Sun
day about the occasion to cause even
the busiest citizen to pause and ask
what it all meant.
At his residence near Elm Mills,
u. 5. Davis departed this life on
May Nth, 1856, age 10 years, 4 months
and - days. Mr.. ID. was born in West
Virginia, Monongahela county, where
lie was united in marriage to A. ID. III.
Flnneil. Feb. 3, 1868, and resided there a
short time and then moved to Muncie
Delaware county, Indiana. After a
snort time he moved to Hutchinson.
Kansas, and from thence to Elm Mills.
and was in the employ of Johnson &
Denton III building and as head miller
until his health failed to such an ex-
tent that he had to move on his farm.
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mills, where he was confined to his bed
about fourteen months, and his suffer
ing through the whole time were in
tense, but he bore them patiently and
submiSsively. Although he had a great
desire to get well, he was resigned to
his fate, and stated before his death
that he was prepared to 60. His re-
mains were followed to Saratoga ceme-
terry Friday the 2Sth, by relatives and
friends. Mrs. Davis returns her sincere
thanks to the neighbors and friends. also
the &. y. r., for help and their kind
ness and sympathy through all her re-
cent affections. STD.
Last Tuesday afternoon. about 4
O'Clock the clouds began to show signs
OF rain, and half an hour afterward a
slight sprinkle fell. Then the wind
arose, coming from the south, and for
a while it looked as though il would
blow the rain clouds to the north.
Gradually the clouds came nearer and
nearer. and we could see that a heavy
rain was falling west of us. BY five
o'clock the rain had reached us. and for
an hour it poured down in a manner
that made the farmers heart leap for
! JOY. About six o'clock the clouds
cleared up in the west, but a heavy
rain was falling north and east of here.
At seven O'Clock the wind suddenly
whipped around TO the northeast. and
brought back the rain clouds. Night
set in, dark-as Erebus, and a drizzly
rain falling, which gradually grew
harder, and good, steady rain fell all
night and till nearly eight O'Clock
wednesday morning. The ground was
thoroughly saturated, and pools of wa
ter could be seen in plowed fields as
well as in the hard roads. The rain
fell just fast enough to be absorbed by
the ground, and but little of it ran off.
The atmosphere was cooled. vegetation
was refreshed, and man aud beast
alike are glad. Seasonable rains in
Kansas mean good crops and prosper
ity. Drought means bankruptcy to
hall our farmers. Then we will be-
excused for rejoicing over good. soak
ing rain. The corn had not suffered,
bot small grain and vegetables gardens
were IL rrIlt need Of a shower