Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-02-19
KANSAS NEWS

Caldwell and kingman are to build
water works.
The Inland Tribune says "the census
just completed gives Great Bend a pop
ulation of 1890"
Frank ID. Weller, formerly connected
with the KiOwa Herald, has purchased
half interest i'm the Newton Demo-
crat.
The firm of Darrow d Watson, pub
fishers of the Comanche County Citi-
zen. have dissolved, X. NJ. Watson re-
firing.
The grand total of the stock that
froze to death in Graham county in
the two storms last month, was 5,153;
viz: 40 head of cattle and 4,7O4 sheep.
Garden City has organized board of
trade, with officers as follows: c. G.
Larned, president; E. G. Gibson, vice
president; c. +. Merriam, secretary;
NJ. f. Clute, treasurer.
The proprietor of the Kansas Sod
House, published at CImarron, offers
to sell half interest i'm his paper to a
practical printer for 800. No one but
a practical printer need apply.
Papers have been filed Mt Topeka in
cooperating new bank in Dodge City.
The name of the corporation is the
Ford County bank, and has been or
ganized through the efforts of r. NJ.
Wright and others.
House bill 1888, by Mr.. McNeal, to
create the twenty-fourth judicial dis
trict, composed of Barber, Comanche.
Clarke and Meade counties. This was
amended by adding the unorganized
counties of Kiowa and seward. The
bill was approved.
The residence of Napoleon Poland,
some distance east of Kingman, was
destroyed by fire last Friday morning.
II was frame building 14x24 feet.
story and half high and was valued at
$3.50. 1t was insured for S25O.-King-
man Courier.
The last two winters have virtually
settled the range cattle craze, at least
for Kansas and the Indian territory.
Thousands of range herds will be de-
stroyed and their owners bankrupted
this winter. We dread to see the final
returns. Wichita Eagle.
Dick Mcdonald, i'm a drunken frenzy.
attempted to shoot Bell Rudolph. at Alb
ilene. and by some peculiar twirl of the
revolver unlOaded the lead into his own
body. Wehave always understood that
Abilene whisky would kill around
cOrner.-Junction City Union.
The sensational story of a Kansas
rooster buried under a snowdrift two
days and nights, being dug out alive
and vocal, prompts the Louisville COur-
ier-Journal to pooh at the idea as not
worth recording alongside of the recent
history of the democratic bird emerging
and growing after being showed under
for twenty odd years.-Ex.
n certain physician of Wichita was
called ia To examine a man who was
bad with the dropsy. The doctor ex-
amined him and turning to little s.
year old son of the drOpsical patient, he
said: Il will tap Your pa" At this the
lad began to cry and when asked the
reason, he replied, IF you tap the old
man he is goner. Nothing that has
been tapped in this house ever lasted
longer than day"
There are two parties in Caldwell;
one for law, and one "to HI with the
law" Two J. Ps.; one for Justice
one for the costs" When one class
of men want Justice" they go to one
OF the J. Ps.; the one that don't want
justice swears it away and takes
change of venue. When certain class
of men don't want justice they 20 the
other j. p. The parties wanting JUS
tice swear it away aud take change of
venue. Is there any city that has bet
ter accommodations than this ?-Wel-
lington Monitor.
The coal famine ended Monday when
fifteen ortwenty cars of Canon CITY coal
arrived at this place. The mayor or
dered ten cars Saturday from Usage
City and this coal came in also. and as
there was plenty of Canon City coal
when 1t got here, there was some per-
pleXity encountered in devising means
to dispose of it. The blizzard of Tues
day made the matter of distribution
easy, however. and the coal was turned
over tO the dealers. who will distribute
u those who are suffering from the
pains of cold and demand the black dia-
monds.-Laned Eagle Optic.
We have a letter from an eastern
friend asking us to send him the names
OF the county seats in this part of the
state that have no newspapers. Why
you dear unsoPhisticated relic of the
middle ages, how do you suppose there
could be county seat without a news
paper? If it didn't have from three to
ten newspapers the county officers
would not have respect enough for the
place TO keep their Offices in it and
would move out on the prairie or over
to the other town. No indeed, honey,
we don't have that kind of county seats
in these parts In fact we are not built
that way.-Harper Graphic.
The jury In the case of the state VS..
JOS. Lynn. indicted for selling liquor
contrary TO law, returned verdict of
guilty on nine counts of the ten named
in tie Information. Monday. In this