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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-03-19
Notice by Publication

u Z. Ewert plaintiff, vs.. David X. Conner and
James NJ. Curran, defendants.
David X. Conner, whose residence is nm.
Known to said plaintiff. will take notice that D
7. Ewart, of the county of Barber and state of
Kansas, did on the 4th day of December, 1885,
file his petition in the District court within and
for the county f barber and said state of Kan.
NJ. Curran, defendants, charging the said de-
1endant David X. Conner with having on the
.9thday of January 1885, mortgaged to w. w.
Coon, certain lands in the county of Barber and
state OF kansas, to-wit: The southeast quarter
OF section :Si, township 80, range 10, west, and
said plaintiff, by saidW w. Cook; and that the
sald defendant did also mortgage to the said
pialntlh on the 29th day of January, 1885, the
said land aforesaid, and that also the said plain
iii 10 secure his lien said land paid the Uni
led States the sum of $l62.2 % for and i'm behalf
OF the defendant David II. Conner, and asking
fora decree for the foreclosure and sale of said
property.
Therefore the said defendant David r. Con-
ncr is hereby notified that he is required to ap-
pear and answer SAID petition on or before the
SUth day or April, 1886, or said petition will be
taken as true and Judgment rendered for the
foreclosure of said mortgage, and sale ordered
ship %, south of range TO- west, to satisfy the
claim OF the said plaintiff, amounting to one
thousand hVe hundred and ninety-fiye and
seventy-two one hundredth dollars Isl, SOS 72).
with interest at II per cent. per annum, on
Si@8.32 from the 18th day of May, 1885, and in
tSrest at II per cent. per Gnnum on $707 Is
from the 9th day of October 1896 against said
for. rN' W
Attest: III. VI. ISGRAHAM, Clerk Dist. Court
BY CIV. Fort, deputy.
ELLIS OvE2STREET, plaintiffs att'ys. ~
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-03-19

The INDEX last week mentioned ;
few of IIarper's citizens in compli
mentary way that had the effect o.
stirring up the animals at Anthony
Our article was intended TO pay a de
served compliment to meritOrious men
and not as an insinuation. Hence the
article Of the Anthony kicker is without
foundation. The item was reproduced
in the Harper Graphic.
The following roar" is from the An
thony Daily Republican:
"Of all the puffs that was ever printed
tie article in the Graphic, copied from
she BARRIER COUNTY ISDEX, contains
il. Harper "rustlers,r twenty in num-
her. and these select" | presume
these were ordained to rustic from In
diana, Illinois and Iowa. TO Harper,
Kansas, there to build city and rustic
IL through at the expense of those three
thousand. nine hundred and eighty
drOneS. Yes, We have a mill, driving
park, a so-Calied court house, tcOuTt
house secure from the fact that cave
choppers got their pipe full.) l am un.
der the impression that the drOneS pay
taxes, which go To improve the streets,
build carriage shops. court house and
mill. Those $3.50 pay debts. dollar for
dollar have 10 cause 10 screen their
property from executions and deserve
as much praise i'm building mp the town
as the ordained twenty. They are de-
termined that hereafter they will help
manage the affairs of the city and will
not be afraid to make quarterly reports
as required by law.
ONr or THE 1850"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-03-19
SHERIEF,S SALE

In the District Court Of Barber county, State
OF Kansas: Eliza A. Geppert and s. E,
Stone, partners doing business under the
style aud frm name of Geppert & Stone,
plaintiffs, vs. The Medicine Lodge Buildinp
Association, of Medicine Lodge, Barber
county, State of Kansas, and Robert Kerr,
defendants:
State OF Kansas, Barber county, IS:
by virtue OF an order of sale TO me directed
issued cut of the District Court of Barber
county, state OF Kansas, in the action above
entitled, Will on Monday, the 18th day Of
April, A: ID. 1856, at two O'Clock p. m of said
day, at the front door of the court house in
the city of Medicine Lodge, in said county and
state, oner for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash in hand. al of the right
ute and interest whatsoever of the said The
Medicine Lodge Building Association, of the
city of Medicine Lodge. in said county and
state. IN and to the following lands and tene-
mentS. To wit: Lots numbered TWENTY-FIVE
co, twenty-fOur CA, and twenty-six (28), on
South Nam street. in the city of Medicine
Lodge, County of Barber and State of Kansas
taken As the property of the said The Medicine
Lodge Building Association, and to satisfy
said order Of sale
Given under my hand this 18th day of March.
a. u 1850. CHARLES ID. NELSON,
Sheriff of Barber county, Kans
by A X MCKINNEY. Deputy Sheriff. 42-46
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-03-19

I'rCSs-DemOcrat: II is oftCa asked
and wondered at why Meade Centre has
gained such permanent Roadway over
all other towns in this large section of
country. II the qucstioners but knew
the kind Of citizens we have they
vCu 4 not wonder at our grand forward
strides. To most of them nothing is
impossible. They branch out boldly
in all directions, and make it win. The
The last good move we have heard of
Is the reorganization of the Meade
Deposit Bank, TO take effect April LIST,
after which il will be a State bank, with
a paid up capital of S25, 600, making it
as solid and substantial as any bank in
Western Kansas. IL was opened for
business here last fall. and has proved
Il great convenience to our merchants.
The present ollicers-M. j. O'Meara,
president; q. f. Cox, vice president;
NJ. III. Ewart, cashier-will be retained.
j. A. Blair, president, and o. G. Ewart,
cashier, of the First National bank of
Medicine Lodge, both men OF wealth,
and several other men Of means, who
can forecast the future of our city,
have subscribed largely to the stock.
The bank Is finely furnished, and is one
Of the institutions OF Meade Centre
that the Press-DemOcrat always points
TO with a feeling of pride.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-03-19
LAND RULINGS.

The secretary of the interior has rem
dered decision in the eX.parte case of
James Britain, reversing the decision
of the commissioner Of the general land
Office of November -, 1885, which held
that as under section 2.26l revised
statutes, person was entitled TO but
one prescription right, he could not
after perfecting one pre-emption right
be permitted to commute n homestead
entry into a cash entry under section
2,3Ol revised statutes, as this would be
equivalent TO a second Endorsement OF
the same right in respect to the inter
ests involved. This decision is regarded
by land Office officials as the most i'm
portant public land decision made by
the interior department i'll many years.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-03-19
ArbOr Day Proclamation.
STATE OF KANSAS, EXECUTIVE, DEPT
TOPEKA, March -, 1886.

STATE OF KANSAS, EXECUTIVE, DEPT.
TOPEKA, March -, 1856.
TO Tie People Of Kansas:
A quarter of century ago Kansas
was described as a treeless prairie. To-
day the state is dotted with forests.
The planting and growth of trees has
not only diversified the beautiful land
scape, bat has modified the climate, in
creased the rainfall, and improved the
agricultural productiveness of Kansas.
tits important that tree planting shall
continue from year to year. Shenstone
truly says that "the works OF IA person
that builds begin Immediately to decay,
while those Of him who plants begin
directly to improve"
THEREFORE,, I, John a. Martin. gov
ernOr of Kansas, DO hereby set apart
Thursday, April /. 1885, as Arbor Day.
and respectfully ask that it be observed
as general holiday. County, city and
township officers are requested to urge
a general and practical observance Of
the day.
In testimony whereof, lave here
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-03-19
A Great Ranch.

A Fremont correspondent of the
Omaha Herald says: The biggest deal
ever made in Dodge county is about to
be closed, preparatory to the opening OF
the largest feeding farm for stock in
Nebraska. The purchasers are the gen.
tlemen forming the Standard Cattle
company, of Wyoming. They have
bought 5000 acres of land near Timber
vile, seven miles west of Fremont. The
tract extends from Timberville lake.
on the east, westward to Mr.. John d.
Dodge's farm. At $40 an acre, the
price of purchase would be 500. 900.
The principal owners within the tract
are the Groffs, represented by J. w.
Love. f. III. Barnard sells go acres.
John ID. Dodge 450 acres, Thomas and
Zom lGO acres, j. G.. MullOy 100 acres,
Richards & Keene 100 acres. Davenport
Bros, 4G0 acres. The Standard COM
pany proposes to begin improving tie
tract at once for the purpose to which it
will lie put. y barn 460xS0O. covering
eight and one-lalf acres-the largest of
the kind in the world-wilI be built at
once. willcontain oyer SOC. 900 feet
of lumber, and will accommodate 5000
head of cattle. 1t will require 800, GOO
to 100000 bushels of grain and 5000 to
10000 tons of hay to feed the stock.
The company owns a great ranch. and
viii bring its cattle here for feeding.
summer and winter. The establish
ment, when finished, will discount in
size the big ranch at Gilmore, Douglas
county.
The Standard Cattle company is COM
posed principally of Boston men. Bah
bit Bros, representing the company,
are now here and closing the deal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-03-19

Some years ago when "our mutual
friend Joe Bailey had first opened n
hay market for Denver at the Bulls
Head corral, he had corner on the
forage IN these parts. Gentlemen about
the city would send to him for load of
hay, and take IL on his recommend.
His word as TO quality was rs good as
wheat, and he was very careful that he
recommended none but the prime
article. One day farmer Perrin from
over the hills at Clear Greek drove into
the yards with load of alfalfa. IL was
then strange forage plant in these
parts. Daily looked 1t over and in
quired who in HI left this load of
weeds standing here?' When told it
was not weeds, but hay, he denied IL.
and IN convince the bystanders lie was
right he submitted to his horse Block.
Old Block shook his head and walked
away from it without tasting. "Now,"
said Bailey. Perrin, you pull that load
of weeds right ont OF this corral. /
wouldn't'have 1t known that they were
sold on my premises for any considera-
tion. We do square business here
we do" When Perrin tried to con-
vince him that tins was che famed
Lucerne grass-the coming hay Of
Colorado-said Bailey: Away with
your weeds and your nonsense. You
can fool me, but You can't fool old Joe
Block. lie has ate everything from
rosin weed to pine bOughs in this conn
try, and one shake of his head just then
convinced me that that stun is no
good. Dump 1t in the river, Perrin,
and call again. "-Deyen Field and
Farm.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-03-19

Speaking of Daniel Webster, the BOs-
ton Budget says: "Mr. Webster endeav-
Orcd To- Introduce English and Scotch
husbandry TO some extent on his farm
ut Marshfeld, beginning by keeping a
large number of cattle and sheep. His
farm ut Franklin was cultivated in the
old New Hampshire style, and he was
very fond of making comparisons be-
tween the two. lie had some of the
products Of his farm sent 20 Washing
ton, and his blazing black eyes would
CLEAN with Joy, while a smile of salts
faction would light up his swarthy face
as he would ask guest ut the dinner
table TO partake of boiled mutton of his
own raising, with potatoes and turnips
OF his own growth. What such dinner
cost him Was never explained, but he
must have been like Mr.. Alvin Adams
WHO accumulated a fortune i'm the ex-
press business, and who said 10 some
friends who visited him nj a magnili-
cent. estate he owned near Boston:
Gentlemen, shall give you glass OF
Alderney milk or champagne; the cost
to me Is just about the same for each
ingredient named"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-03-19
NEW ADDITION
To the City Of Nedieins Lodge.

just opened up and for sale by ms
Largest desirable lots for the ies If
money in the city. Centrally Iocated
Special inducements offered to mar
ties desiring to build within a limited
time. :.
Buy your lots by the front foot and
know what you get.t We can sell good
high and dry lots 1t Sl.5O to s. per
front foot, within Two blocks of The
postotfice. j.. F. PEARSON 81 Co.
Real Estate and Live Stock Brokers.
East side North Main ST., Medicine
Lodge, Kans. Al
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-03-19

unto subscribed my name and caused
to be affixed the great seal of the state.
Done at Topeka, this 18th day of March
n. d., 1856, and of the state the 26th
year
IL. s. JNo. 4. MARTIN.
by the governor:
L. Ii. ALLEN,
Sec'y. of State.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-03-19
For Sale.

500 acres for $4,000; part on time.
800 acres good land, good improve
ments, plenty of timber, and 200 acres
tillable land, for 81 900. One-half long
time.
400 acres south of Lake City: excel
lent stock ranch; good water and
timber. Time on part. For particu-
lars apply to ii. A. NOAH,
80 Lake City, KS.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-03-19
MULES roR SAVE

Sherlock s. Mills have SO head of two
and three-year old mules for sale at
their stOck-yard on Second avenue. east
OF Walnut street: all bred frcFn good
Missouri mares. Mules are now on sale
ana can De seen. y
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-03-19

Garden City is to have another daily
paper. \ charter has been taken out
by the Herald Publishing company and
e.. j. Jones is at the head Of the com
many
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-03-19

The appointment of W. G. Jones as
marshal Of Kansas has been confirmed
By the senate.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-03-19

Ex-prcsiIcnt Chester a. Arthur Is
seriously III at his home in New York,
aud ii even said that he may not get
well.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-03-19
SHERIPF,s SAP

Whereas, on the 9lst day of July. 1884. in n
certain acton then pending in the district
the Chamberlain Plow Company was plaintiff
ana - w. lnsleY was defendant plafntiff oh
tanned Judgment against defendant for three
hundred and nifty $3.50 dollars debt together
with interest ON said debt ut the rate of 3 per
cent per annum from date of Judgment until
- i ~ ahu also Tor the costs OF suit, taxed at
So.ss, ana whereas, there was on the LIST day
OF feoruary, 1856, an execution issued to the
snerIn OF BARRIER county, Kansas ont Of the
clerk ; once OF the district court of Wyandotte
Souu.!, hhnsas, commanding him out of the
goods ana chattels of the said c. W. Iusley he
cause To be made the debt and costs aforesaid.
oseJres Wien the costs OF increase at that day
taNed al FIG, and the eccrIinR costs hereOn
and Tor want OF goods and chattels the same
De made OF the lands and tenements of the
slul u W. insley. and whereas, I, Charles D.
Nelson, sheriff of Barber county nv WM Tfnd
sey under~sherth. being unable TO find any goods
or chattels OF z. w. Insley. did ON the 10Th day
OF EeDruary, 1856, levy said writ upon the fol-
lowing described lands and tenemenfs of said
9reotor, situated in Barber county, and state of
The south one-half C.) of the northeast o,ar-
ter t), and the north onet alf Cd of the south
east quarter (t) of section twenty-nine C2g).
IownsnlP tnirty-ole oil, south of range ten lOl,
west, and did call an inquest of w. k. Evans
-. r. Pope ana c. c. Fair, three disinterested
nouseholders residents within said county, and
sald nouss noldeTs did forthwith return to me
under their hands that they estimated the real
value OF said property at nine hundred dollars
tS'UV, aud upon receiving said return l did
lorInwltn deposit copy Thereof with the clerk
OF the said district court from whence said ex-
eclition issued.
Now therefore. I, Charles d. Nelson. sheriff
of Barber county. Kansas, by William Lindsey
under sheriff, will on
MONDAY, MARCH %. 1885,
at 3 o'clock p. m. of seid day, at the court
house door, In the city of Medicine Lodge I'm
the county and state aforesaid, offer ut public
sale. and sell TO the highest bidder flor not less
than two-thirds OF the appraised valued for
cash in hand, all the right, title and interest OF
the said defendant in and to the above de-
ecribed real estate, subject to one hundred and
fifty dollars yet due the United States govern
ment on said land.
Sherin's Office in Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
February "a, 1855.
C. D. NELSON, Sheriff.
BY VIM. LINDSEY, Under sheriff. 90
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BARBER COUNTY INDEX
{, P. CAaUTHtRs EDITOR 4 PROPR.

THIS PAPER is 1 p, f2gP &C. S SS :, SsS
Advertising Rurpau iOSprnre 81 ,yrrr ndvrrtisin
contracts iaGy 10 made Tor a. IN NEW YORK;
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-03-19

STABLE FOR RENr-The Palmer House stable
room for 10 horses. with good yerd and water.
Erqsi<S az the Palmer Eoas.. G@
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-05-07
Beef or Sale In Costa Rica.

The way beef is offered for saleis pecu-
liar. 1t is cut from the bones in long
strips and hangs up in the stalls in that
form-no roasts or steaks as with us. 1t
is easily sailed or dried in that form, but
it seems to destroy one-half Of its value,
considering that the beef is not corn fed
and is prepared in this unskillful way, it
is much better than one would suppose.
There is now small importation of
blooded stock-Durham and Jerseys
taking place from the United States. A
large cattle dealer tells me they do well
and that as yet they have experienced no
difficulty from the ticks that infest such
importations in South America. But it
is too soon to tell, for Stephens in his
travels through Nicaragua in 1910 de-
scribes these pests as intolerable in the
deep woods of the country.-Cor. Kan
sas City Journal
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-05-07
students Use of Tea and Coffee.

The practice of taking tea or coffee by
students, in order to work at night, is
downright madness, especially when pre-
pairing for an examination. More than
half Of the cases Of breakdown, loss of
memory, fainting, etc., which occur dur
ing severe examinations, and far more
frequent than is commonly known, are
due to this. l frequently hear of prom
Using students who have thus failed, and,
on inquiry. have learned in almost every
instance that the victim has previously
drugged himself with tea or coffee.
Sleep is the rest of the brain; to rob the
hard-worked brain of its necessity rest
is cerebral suicide.-Popular Science
Monthly.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-05-07

In fairy stories the frog is perpetually
recurring. Its shape is popularity held
in aversion, 50 nothing could he more
suitable for the utmost degradation of
enchanted princesses and princes. Ivan
the tsar's son has to marry a frog who
eventusis IS blissfully in very Helen Of
personal charms. In Grimm, the ex-
quisite princess has to wed a frog which
turns into an adorable prince. When
the lovely maiden is to be trans
formed into an odious object, toads
fall from her mouth when she
speaks. Yet in folklore, frogs are uni
formly beneficent. One brings the
queen her Rosebriar daughter, another,
fat old frog, makes Cummings for.
tune for him.-Gentleman's Magazine.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-05-07
building Railroads in Japan.

1t is said that new impetus is to be
given to railway building in Japan, and
that in a few years the principal ports
and all the centers of trade and influence
will be connected by rail. The railroads
thus far built are well managed, and
sufficient experience has been gained to
enable the Japanese to almost dispense
with the aid of foreigners in the con-
struction and operation of the roads.
For considerable time all material was
imported from England, but now all the
engines are built in Japan.-Chica
Journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-05-07
Chinese Directions for Carp Raising.

A Chinese work Of the fourth century
gives the following strange directions for
carp raising: Let the pond be an acre
in extent depth not stated, they are
usually less than eight feet; construct in
it nine stone islets, each having eight in
lets or bays, yard below the surface Of
the water, select twenty spawning carp
and four males, all three feet long; de-
posit them noiselessly during the month
of March. Two moaths later place in
the fishpond a TURTLE, two months later
a couple, and after a like period three
turtles, by which time there will be 800
carp. The turtles are to prevent their
being transformed into dragons and fly
ing away. The Object of the islets and
bays is to afford greater space for the
fish in their sinuous voyages, for the
more fish travels the fatter and bigger
he becomes. The pond should present
the features of river or lake.-Atlanta
Constitution.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-05-07
Salt water BETTER Than Fre.h.

An analysis of the contents Of the
principal grenades, tubes and other pat
snt devices for the extinction Of incipi-
emit CONGREGATIONS has recently been
made by Professor Kedzie, chemist of
the agricultural college at Larsing,
Mich. He finds that the only active in
gredient in all that he analysed is CON-
mon salt, and his investigations go to
prove what is generally known, namely,
that salt water is better than fresh water
for putting out fires.-Boston Budget
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-05-07
The Worlds Births and Deaths.

The number of babies born annually
in the world is about $4,000, 900: daily,
117,s0s; per minute, 80. The number of
deaths annually is about $1,000, 900;
daily, 106,si9; per minute, "a. On an
average 1906 boys are born alive to 100
girls, yet at the end of the first year boys
and girls are almost equal in number
The Argonaut.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-05-07
The Dimiuutive Cattle of Florida.

Probably in no state in the Union viii
more diminutive cattle be found than In.
Florida, and they are not only small, but
exceptionally light, because Of the mea-
ger browsing they get-stheir grazing adj
.vantages are myth in the territory Wis
tied by the writer.-Cor. Cincinnati En-.
quirer.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-05-07
Cultivating Oyster Beds in China,

The Chinese cultivate oyster beds most
successfully. They fasten old oyster
shells to bamboo splints, which they then
stick in mud flats swept by strong tidal
currents, The shells are supposed to at
tract the oyster spat. which adheres to
them and shortly develop into tiny oys-
tiers. Then the bamboos are transplanted
to other flats and the crop grows rap
idly.-Chicago Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-05-07
A Mistake Which Men Make.

Mans greatest and most natural mis-
take is tc pause by the wayside and at
tempt to remove each obstacle that con.
fronts him. That is a waste of time.
Had Napoleon waited TO dig down the
Alps he would never have reached Italy.
Mime. George Sand.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-05-07
Automatic Regulation Of Temperature.

Anapparatus has been devised whereby
the temperature of a room may be auto
matically regulated. 1t consists Of q
thermometer containing a fine wire
which rises and falls with the mercury,
the wire touching another wire at a GER
tain degree thereby establishing connec-
ton with an electric battery, the result
being the opening of valve in the win
dow sash.-The Current.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-05-07

A suffering man ought to be always
cool-headed and wise. He is compelled
TO think twice before he can speak once.