Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-09

Mrs. \. V. Shepler started. to-day, TO
Yates Centre, TO visit her brother.
". Y. Bradbury and wife, from EFT
ma, were ut the Grand last fright.
The finest line of cigars in town at
tie post-ollice. 6
County orders were selling this week
for s. cents, an advance Cf cents since
last April.
Jas. G.. Taliaferro is now the accom-
mOdating Geographic messenger at this
place.
J. p. Hall, register of deeds, has been
confined at home since las: Saturday
with sickness.
Mr.. John Briscoe started yesterday
on a visit TO his family in Morgan coun-
ty, Missouri.
Maj. John Wilson. who has been
here for several weeks. returned to Chi
cage this week.
f. S. Taylor from Wellsville, Ohio,
interested here in the cattle business,
was in town this week.
DIR. Lockwood has moved into the
Dan Morris house, on Second avenue,
west of Main street.
/ III. NJ Mason this week sold his farm
near Lake City. TO Mr.. Harness. for
$500. The farm contained $40 acres.
Mrs. Jones, sister of Mrs. McCand-
less, who has been visiting here several
weeks, started for her home at Wichita
yesterday.
W. ID. VanSlyke and wife started,
this, morning, on visit to Iowa. Mrs.
VanSlyke will remain there several
weeks.
Mr.. i. +. Witherspoon, Of this couh-
~. will have some Kentucky thorough
bred horses brought out to his ranch
this fall.
Mr.. Cox, who purchased the y. G..
Sheldon ranch. northwest of here ten
miles, was out here THIS week, on a Wis
it to his property.
The excavation for the basement of
the courthouse and Jail is progressing
rapidly and will be ready when the
stone gets here.
Dennis Flynn, of New Kiowa, VIM.
Garrison, Of Sharon, aud T. \. McNeal.
of this city. are all mentioned as repub-
lican candidates for representative from
this county.
We heard several ladies commenting,
last Saturday, on the appearance of the
crowd at the celebration. They all
agreed that it was more intelligent. bet
ter looking and better dressed than they
expected to find it,
MISS Thurlow, Miss Lu Morris anu
Miss Belle Bybee, all of Harper, were
over here spending the Fourth. The
first two were guests of Mrs. g. Morris.
and the latter stopped with her friend,
Miss Noble.
The building occupied 10y J. NJ.
SHETLAND, rs a residence at Hazelton.
burned on Saturday night, July 81.
| The FIRE resulted from lamp upsetting
on :hc floor. The loss is about S275,
fully insured.
We have seen several wagon loads Of
qucer-looking furniture come up from
the depot this week. Perhaps our
hardware men are laying in step-lad.
ders for the fall trade, TO be used in
gathering corn.
\ stranger is always surprised at
being told that it is twelve miles TO tie
gypsum hills, which look so near; lac is
surprised at the price asked for town
lots, but more surprised when he learns
that we have no baseball club.
One young man, from the south side.
who never touches Il crop, got lost
when he left the train, returning from
Klowa, Monday night and wandered
around the south part of town until
daylight.
1t is estimated that the expense of
attending the normal institute i'm this
city, commencing August 2d and cOntin-
uing four weeks, will not exceed Sl5.
including board and examination fees.
| This VIII make it possible for everyone
to attend.
Elder Mulkey says he could easily
double the number of children i'm the
Christian sunday-school if he could only
get teachers for them. What a strong
hint this is to parents. No one wants
Sunday schools abandoned. yet how few
there are that work for them,
The county commits sioners were in
session three days this week, and de-
voted most of their time TO allowing
bills and passing on road petitions.
They adjourned to meet again next
Monday, July 10Th, and at that time
the matter of forming new townships
will come up.
The examination OF Ike Steele. who
shot Theodore Beers, ut the Cook ranch.
several weeks ago, was concluded yes
terday, and Steele was released on Civ
ing bond in the sum of 81 800, with Tip.
McCracken as security. The case will
come up at the October term of The dis
trict court.
Haskins' livery barn, several buggies
and lot of feed was burned at Hazel
ton last Monday night. The fire is sup
posed to have been caused by leaving a
lantern burning in the barn. The ex-
cursionists on their return from Klowa,
and when east of Attica, saw what must
have been this fire.
Mr.. r. NJ. Sparks returned, last Fri
day, from trip to Missouri. On his
return he was accompanied by his
daughter, Miss Ethel, and by Mrs.
Gray. who is sister of Mrs. Sparks.
Mrs. Gray will remain several weeks,
and hopes that the dry climate here may
prove beneficial TO her health.