Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-06-18

to look after his tree claim.
Great preparations are being made
for the celebration Of the Third, in this
city.
Mulkey's book store now occupies the
Soom two doors north of the First
National bank. l
The county commissioners will be in
session again next Monday as board
of equalization.
Mulkey & Hull, new firm and new
goods. Call and examine our stock be-
fore purchasing.
The choral society, the offspring of
the musical convention of last week,
meets every Tuesday evening.
Mrs. =. \. Simmons and Mrs. y. c.
Ewart went TO Caldwell this week on
visit, and will be absent several days.
Judge Ellis cleared up the Comanche
county docket in just five days, dispos-
ing Of IS eases, and returned home
Monday.
l.. Il. Wheeler, of Carrollton, H.,
was here this week visiting his brother
in-law, Maj. G. III. Eldred. Mr..
Wheeler is prosperous merchant.
Did you examine the Deering Light
Mower, cutting 8, 6 and feet with ease
for two horsesp They are the king of
the meadow. At Noble & Nixon's.
The Young Peoples league will be
entertained next Friday evening, June
18th, at the home of Judge Durham,
instead of Thursday evening as pre-
viously announced.
\ The children Of the Christian church
Sunday school and the members Of the
church choir will give n concert Sunday
night, June Goth. A number OF recita-
tions and other exercises will be given
These days are hot and your wife has
a hard time doing the cooking. Save
her health, her good looks and her
temper by buying gasoline stove
from Morris Bros. now, while they are
cheap. ?
Attorney Wheelock Howe started
west this week to look after n number
of contest cases in the Garden City
land district and at the same time he
will look out for his investments in
land out west.
At the Stith sale this week the live
stock all sold for good prices, and most
of it remains in the county, showing
that the farmers have confidence in the
crop outlook, or they would not be buy
ing stock at this time.
The board Of u. 5. examining sur
geons for this district met here We'd
nesday, with Drs. Maggard, Cox and
Gillette present. Seyen cases were ex-
amined. The next meeting will be at
Harper on the 9Th of July.
Tomorrow, Saturday, will occur the
sale of the Grand hotel furniture by
Receiver Ely. The supposition is that
as soon as the sale occurs that tho
Grand will go into the hands of a per
mauent lessee, whose name is not pub
lie yet.
Considerable interest is being worked
up over the normal institute to he held
in August. The people Of this city
have generally signifed willingness
to furnish board as cheap as it can be
obtained elsewhere. The institute will
likely come here, as it should.
Prairie Dog: Medicine Lodge, Deer
head and Sun City will all celebrate the
gJ oLa Citv M ,lo,,kt oo,IJ d;so-,,.,A
anything in the way of a celebration in
the west end Of the county, yet we are
not so ungrateful as some might think,
and withdraw in favor of Medicine
Lodge.
Pianos and organs tuned and all kinds
of sewing machines repaired by an ex-
perienced man from the east; also
pianos, organs and Domestic machines
for sale on monthly payments. Old
machines taken in exchange. Leave
orders with y. ;. McClearey & Co.. at
the postofIice.
The house Of Mr.. Aft III. Adams,
editor of the Harper Graphic. was
burned on Monday. HIS daughter,
Miss Mary, aged Is, was. alone in the
house when the fire occurred, and it is
supposed that she was using coal oil
about the stove. She was so severely
burned that she died Monday night.
Judge G. W. Stevens and Jerry Simp-
son have purchased the entire livery
stable outfit of Ingraham, Stith & Co..
and took possession to-day. They are
both good men and will make success
Of the business, we believe. The Off
cial duties Of ii. NJ. IDgraham kept
him from attending to the business;
another partner, ID. Stith, lately died
and the management was altogether on
II. =. Simpson.
Col Snoddy, Of Sedalia, Mo-, whose
presence here last week was mentioned.
purchased, through Taliaferro L. Nor
gan, the Vim. Kelley place, 8 miles south
OF here. paying for the $40 acres east of
the Hiowa road, $500. This leaves
Mr.. Kelley with n half-section further
south. 1t is reported that Col. SnOddy
will open law offices at Wichita, Antho-
ny and Medicine Lodge. -.
Camp, the blower, announces that
the fourth of his grand excursions fIOm
the east will leave Buffalo on July 5th,
for Medicine Lodge. So far as heard
from, not even one person came to this
county on any one of the other three
excursions under his management. His
sole and only object in advertising these
excursions is TO get business for his pa
per, the Emigrant's Guide"
The reliable Southwestern Bus Co.,
under the management Of VIM. Gamer,
general superintendent, makes every
train, rain or shine. and promptly at
tends TO every call for passengers or