Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-05-28
LOCAL NEWS.

EOOHL WEWO.
The bus war still RACES.
Prairie flowers are plentiful.
The Taber residence is about finished.
Remember "The Land Of Nod" to-
night.
Will Gray, a Winfield boy, was over
last Sunday.
The family of Rev. Mr.. McElroy ar
rived last Friday.
H. 4. Noble and family were over at
Harper this week.
Lindsey x Jacobs are now partners
In the ice business.
Mr.. Dickey has moved into his new
residence in the north end.
VIM. IT. Shultz, of Goshen, Indiana,
is here with a view Of locating.
o. G.. Ewart went to No-Man's-Land
this week on a prospecting tour.
sun City Post, q. y. r., will be pres
ent to help decorate at this place.
Two more houses in the north end OF
town are about ready for occupancy.
W. ". Bradbury passed through here
Wednesday on his way to Indiana, on
visit.
DIR Gates, the presiding elder, will
preach ut the Methodist church on the
9th of June.
w. II. HARRISON, formerly in the
cattle business here, was out from Bel
ton, Mo-, this week.
Wheat commands 20 cents at Elm
Mills. IL is being hauled there from
kiugman and Pratt counties.
Mrs. T.. p. Caruthcrs and tho child
rem started to northeastern Kansas on
Tuesday. 20 see her mother, who Is dan
gerously sick.
Next Monday the fixtures in the wag-
ON and blacksmith shop of Albert Han
sen, on north Main street will be sold at
mortgage sale.
J. Martin, who farms ten miles south
Of here, was in this week and says that
AAAn NANI ~ lWNMAllA Will anu II 10y AlU
means suffering for rain.
John Denton, who was thrown from
h buggy and partially paralyzed two
months ago, is slowly recovering,
though he is not able to walk yet.
Lee Briley met with an accident
Monday night by horse falling with
Him. lie was considerably stunned
and bruised, but was able TO navigate
the next day.
a. II. Love, connected with the Gnan-
cial board OF Cornell University, was
here this week ON business. That
school has an endowment Of four mil
lions of dollars.
In the examination Of jurors, in the
White case, this week, one man swore
that he did not know the difference be-
tween water and whisky and yet he was
rejected as n juror.
AT Sun City. this week. we met Mr..
II. jayne, formerly of Fredericktown,
Mo-, our old home. lie is in the nur-
sery business, has good claim, and
apparently is prospecting.
In publishing the list of democratic
central committeeman last week, the
name of ]. A. Duke, of Roundup, was
accidentally omitted. lie is n good
democrat and am industrious worker.
A number Of wagons pass through
here every day returning from the west
They are usually driven by men who
did not find the rose-colored reports
about the great advantages in the west
altogether true.
Lee Davis, convicted of horse steal
ing last week, was sentenced to four
years Imprisonment I'm the penitentiary
by Judge Ellis last Saturday. Under
Sheriff Lindsey started with him TO the
penitentiary Sunday.
DIR. Gillette returned from Kentucky
Tuesday, where he went with J. w.
Hayden. The latter's condition has
greatly improved. he will not likely
return here for several months, or
until he is entirely well.
Cary Ewart has purchased the John
Pearson rlace, miles northeast of town
and has taken possession. lie has n
good place and will at once greatly i'm
prove II and become permanent citi-
zen. The price paid for 100 acres was
about 5000.
Denton x Jones were successful in
two important cases last week. They
secured the conviction Of Lee Davis
and The acquittal of DIR. Aver. This
week they were successful in securing
the FIRST conviction under the prohibit
DRY law.
Our freight agent informs us thst the
freight receipts at This point are larger
than those Of Attica. Hazelton and XII
owa all combined, and the Office here
returns more money to the general Of
fee than either Harper OF Wellington.
This Is pretty good for our town, which
has made no great pretensions.
AT the Rink tonight the pupils of
the public school will present the oper-
eta The Land OF Nod;n there will be
recitations, songs, a poem and other
interesting exercises. Admission IS.
20 and 10 cents. Tickets and reserved
seats on sale NJ the postofice. The
proceeds OF me entertainment win be
devoted o. purchasing books and ap.