Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-08-27

George southworth was at Kingman
Wednesday.
Turnip seed, in large quantities, al
Morris Bros. II
Call on Ingraham s. Fort before get.
ting your loans. -
Cattle and hog wire, at Geppert &
Stones, for $40. 10
o. G., Ewart was at Coldwater and
Ashland, this week.
Jas. Boutwell, went over to Wichita,
Wednesday, OH business.
o. p. Poole went to Kansas City, on
Wednesday, to buy goods.
Mulkey has just ordered seventy-vol-
umes for his circulating library. IL
1t will be noticed that there are no
challenges from our brag sprinter this
week.
y brother of Gus. and Will. S Schmidt
is out here from Illinois and will like
Iy locate here.
l.. c. Crabb brought us a fine water
melon this week from his Elwood
township farm.
There is a runner, without founda-
ton, we hope, that Conductor Miner
has been laid off.
Reub. Lake was at Leavenworth last
week and came home reconciled to the
negro on the state ticket.
Judge O'Bryan this week sold % head
or horses for lobe Odem, of the Pan
handle, at fair average prices.
Parties who contemplate the purch-
ase Of cattle for corn feeding, will find
plenty of money for that purpose at the
First National Bank. Call and get their
rates. II
Mr.. Wells, a capitalist, of Meigs
county, Ohio, and friend of j. N Ii
tus, of this city, was here this week,
looking for farm for his son, who will
likely come here to live.
Prof. Delzell, who attended the Nor
NAL here, has been employed to take
charge of the New Kiowa public school.
lie was an educator of some reputation
in Green county, Missouri, a few
years ago.
J. =. Taylor, of Mechanicsburg, Ohio,
brother of Mrs. Chas. Tullis, of this
county, was cut here this week A fine
gun and case were taken from his trunk
somewhere between Kansas City and
this place and an investigation is now
going on.
The mower season is about winding
mp, though Noble & Nixon have a few
more of those celebrated Deering ma
chimes which may be had if applied for
now. They have sold nearly two car
loads and when the last are gone, there
will be no more here this year. II
y foot race of 100 yards between
Bert. Turner, of this city, and 10.
Kerns, of Lake City, last Saturday af-
ternoOn, at this place, was won by
Kerns, without much of an effort,
And by the way he is getting up quite
a reputation as a runner, having done
some good work lately at Lake City.
Attention is directed to the card of
w. y. Bradbury, the real estate and
loan agent of 4Etna, Barber county. He
is one of the most energetic men in the
county; is thoroughly alive to the i'm
portance Of the county, and will gladly
! furnish MI desired information concern
| ing IEtna or vicinity. Any business
entrusted TO lis care will receive his
/ prompt attention.
Jas. l.. Lombard. vice president of
the Lombard Investment Company, OF
Kansas City; VIM. McGeorge, n prom
inent attorney ana capitalist, of Phila-
delphia, and 5. ). King, principal ex-
aminer for the Lombard Company.
were here yesterday and to-day, looking
at Barber county. They were shown
around and entertained by Messrs.
Bair and Ewart, and expressed them
selves as being well-pleased with Medi.
cine Lodge and the county.
The street grader ordered by the city,
two weeks since, arrived Wednesday
and was thoroughly tested yesterday.
1t plows and grades a street or road
I faster than the work can be done by a
dozen men and teams. OF course it
works best in soft ground and no great
amount of work will be attempted here
until the ground softens up consider
ably. 1t Will cost the city about S225.
The city expects TO get the cost price
back by hiring the scraper TO the road
| districts.
The republicans have called their
nominating convention for Saturday,
September 18th. The primaries will
be held on Friday, Sept. 18th. The
basis of representation provides for
- delegates in the convention, divided
among the precincts as follows: Medi-
cine Lodge, Is; New KiOwa, Z; Elm
Mills, 1; Mumford, =; Mingona, L; Lee
more, l; Lake City, 3; Sun City, 3;
Roundup, 1; Cumminsford, 1; Lodi, .;
Sexton, l; Deerhead, /; Aetna, .; Haz-
elton, 4; Sharon, 3.
VIM. Lindsey and w. W. Standiford
have sent to a well-knOwn breeder for
n pair of blood-hOunuls, and hereafter
prisoners who attempt to escape will
not have such picnic in Barber county.
When the gang of three escaped last
week, Mr.. Lindsey went to Sun City
after a dog that was said to be blood
hound, and he got it; but he now gives
it as his opinion that the animal was
an ordinary pot-hound, with no idea
about tracking men, or in fact doing
anything but masticating an unusual
amount Of beef.
Etna Clarion 1--WE visited tie Lodge
on last Monday, and went in search of
| the new court house we had nXnected