Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-09-10
Bargains at Geppert & stones. l:


If you want q good square meal for
BIC, call at the Cling hotel. 10
Mulkey sells the Packard, Pelloubet
and Western Cottage organs. II
Go to Geppert & Stones for wire;
$40 per cwt., and warranted. -
Call at L. c. Burkhart's photograph
tent, on north Nam street, for Grst-class
work. ID
Judge O'Bryan sold 70 horses in this
place within ten days for lobe Odem,
of the Panhandle.
Mr.. Fred. Dickerson. of Chilli, H.,
was here this week visiting the family
Of his uncle, Judge Stevens.
l.. +. Pearson x Co. made, this week,
sales and trades of real estate amount
ing to $500. This embraces six trans
actions.
Bronson & Houchin represent the
leading Insursnce companies. Don't
fail to see them If you want your prop
erty insured. ID
Henry burst this week sold TO J. F.
HARRISON house and eight lots on
south Walnut street for Sl,l5O. Pear
son X Co. made the trade.
John Fralich this week brought us
some good specimens Of corn from his
farm west of here. Three ears was no
unusual thing 10 find on one stalk.
The ice that now cools the parched
tongues of Medicine Lodge is shipped
from Lawrence. This city supplies
Mingona, Lake City, sun City and
/ COldwater.
VIM. Kelley has completed his new
house, south Of his old place, one mile,
and is now occupying il. 1t VIII he re-
membered that he sold his old place to
Col. SnOddy, of Missouri, whose family
is now out here.
w. ID. Meyers, Of Pleasant Hill, Mo-,
a partner of Judge G.. W. Stevens. of
this place, in the land and cattle bust
ness, was out here this week, on visit.
He would be a good man to induce to
take up his residence here.
The school house i'm the district
across the river. directly south of town,
has been moved from the former loca-
ton on the bank of the river, to a point
southwest, on the Kiowa road. Mr.
Hahn will teach there the ensuing
term.
Boardman f. Smith returned Tues.
day from n sevcn-weeks trip back east
He visited Main, Massachusetts and
New York, principally, and with Harry
Ii. Stone, had most delightful time
He is greatly recuperated and will
spend Il year now in solid business.
Ed. Morris and his mother returned
from No-Man 'sLand, this week. Ed
reports that the town Of Alpine, the
Barber county headquarters, is build
ing up fast. \ newspaper is published
there. Uncle John Beebe, formerly Of
this place, is president of the town
company.
Mr.. II. L. Wheelocls is quite domes
tic IN his habits. Last week his family
started on visit TO Iowa. and left hin
summer widOwer. At the end o.
four days Of solitude he was asked how
he felt, ana replied That lac felt like {
sick calf that had been rounded up in
the wrong herd
Last week Judge T. s. Proctor, o.
sun City township. received the glaC
news of the birth of son,-his first
the event occurring at Lexington, Ky
Being OF Kentucky parentage, a thor
oughbred, and born in tie heart OF tn,
bluegrass region. it is but REASONABLE
TO expect good record of the young
ster.
Last Sunday, Marshal O'Shee, o
New Kiowa, brought to J. G. Walstead
of this place, the horse and saddle
stolen from the latter in the Panhandle
. few weeks since. The outfit haC
been sold out on Mule Greek and tn,
marshal heard Of the transaction an,
went ont and brought it in and got tn
reward.
There is talk of n newspaper at Min
Rona. The town company offers a DO
nus Of $500, and two young men from
Ludell, Rawlins county, named Davis
say they VIII take that plum. One o
the brothers, when asked, this week
about their political faith, remarked
that they did not have much politics
and until they better knew the politica
complexion Of the county, they coult
not decide what political party the,
should hang to. This county needs
few more papers, as it has but ten a
present.
Since the two townships in Harpe
county refused To vote aid to the For
E Scott road, il appears that all PROPOSE
tions are now off, and that the election
? in Kiowa township will not occur OF
the 2lst inst, as was proposed. New
Kiowa is disappointed at the result O
the elections in Harper county, and /
has reason to be; for, had the bond
been voted, the road would undoubted
, ly have been built, and that meant tina
New Kiowa would double its popula
ton. 1t is possible that other PROPOSE
, tons will be submitted next spring t
both Harper and Barber counties.
Public school did not commence las
Monday, owing to the fact that certai
; repairs on the school house had not bee
$ made. 1t is to be hoped that when
2 does commence, that every rainy @
D windy or snowy day will not be the oC
casion for an adjournment of schoO
d The building should be provided wit
z new stoves; the teachers should be ful
q nished with nerve to withstand ordina
v ry wind storms, and the pupils shoul
. be supplied with all the instruction tina
q their parents and the Taxpayers pa
y for. In short, let the nine month