Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-01


been surveyed here, but tits known that
capital is timid and rarely makes in
vestments until there is actual de-
mand.
Since last July, the city has still fur
Their improved. as will be seen from a
partial list of buildings published be-
low. Had the road arrived here two
months earlier than it has, ten times
the amount of building would have oc-
Cured, for the price of building material
would have been greatly reduced. With
! in the next six months the number of
substantial buildings in this city will
be more than doubled. Already we have
substantial town, with some of the
best brick structures in Southern Kan
sas, but these, even, will be overshad-
owed soon.
Among the buildings since July l,
1855, are the following:
The Cook, Gum. Sherlock & Mills
building, 1O0xl00 feet, two stories, of
tie latest and most approved style of
architecture. Cost. $4,000.
The Star livery, feed and sale stable
and corrals.
Johnson's amphitheatre and circus
building.
Chicago Lumber Company, large Office
and sheds.
Carey Lumber Company, Office and
sheds
Finney & Woodwards, shop.
5. Lebrecht's two-story brick store
and residence, on First avenue east.
w. Ii. Loves addition to his livery
stable.
Jas. L. Settles, carriage and wagon
factory.
Mayor Stone, the finest residence in
the city.
o. c. Ewart and Jas. \. Blair, each
fine cottage.
W. III. Kink id, commodious two
story residence.
Chas. f. MOrga, double two-story
residence.
Mrs. Mcclure. four-room cottage.
Il. a. Welch, brick residence.
Judge Howe, Eli Simmons, Chas.
d. Nelson, Mr.. Fullagher, all tasty
residences in the southwest part of
town.
r. L. Wheelock, a nice residence in
Gobeille q Mobiles addition.
Mckinney Brothers, four room addi-
ton to residence.
G. L. Freeman. three-roOm cottage.
Henry burst, six cottages and one
large residence.
L. y. McCleary, large ice-house.
Two new residences and a grocery
store in the depot addition.
J. w. Hale, blacksmith shop in the
depot addition.
Henry Morgan, Alien Smith, Louisa
Mcpherson, w. Ii. Weidner, four com
Portable cottages on South Main.
ID. W. Wing and Capt. Rogers, addi-
tons to houses on North Walnut.
George Fishback and 10. Hooker, cot
tages in the same vicinity.
James Deal. Mr.. Tullis, Larash &
Fristo, cottages on Kansas avenue east.
Besides those built, there is in con
temptation, With every prospect of
their completion, the following:
d. NJ. Carmichael, three-story brick.
I 50xlC0, Kansas avenue and Main street.
Extension of First National bank
building.
J. c. Thrailkil, addition of one story
to Byerley, Dark 81 Runyan building
Main street and Kansas avenue. and a
two-story brick, 50X50, in rear of same.
John Higgins and Byerley, Dark &
Bunyan, 50xlO0 two-story brick. South
Main.
Gepnegt * Stone. and W. T. Rouse.
two-story brick 75xlGO, South Main.
RIgg & Johnston, and Geo. Sander
son, two-story brick, 5OxlO0, South
Main.
Staudiforl, YoUmans & Eldred, adj
diiion of so feet to present building
raising the whole one story, and build
ing an addition 25xl0O on their north.
Brick building south of and adjoin.
ing CookSherlock building.
5. l.. Shreaves, brick 2-story, 25xS0,
I North Main street.
ii. Z. Noble, residence on Kansas
avenue east.
w. w. Cook, 3 cottages on Washing,
ton avenue, west.
r. I. Lee, residence, Washington av.
enue, east.
l.. W. Story. business house on Kan.
sas avenue west.
And this, no doubt, is but beginning