Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-08-27
DR.. and Mrs. Kessler went to Wei

Ingraham & Fort, the loan agents. IL
The time for bringing in prize mel
ons and cereals to Taliaferro Il Morgan
has been extended two weeks.
5. 5. Carey started, Wednesday, for
Denver, Colorado, TO see his parents.
He will be absent about six weeks.
LOst-A bunch of keys, ON a round
ring; three pOstOfIice keys and two trunk
keys. Return to ID. w. Wing, at Gold
smiths. Ii
Miss Hannah McCanless, of Dunn's
Mountain, North Carolina, accompa-
MED her uncle, Judge d. \. McCanless,
on his trip home.
The various school district clerks
will oblige us by sending in notices OF
the employment of teachers and state
when their schools will commence and
how long the terms will last.
Mayor Ingraham is having honors
thrust upon him rapidly. The latest is
the Mayor Ingraham Cigar" on sale
at Day Il Records drug store. They
are worth going blocks to buy.
City Marshal O'Shee, of New Kiowa,
spent yesterday in this city, shaking
hands with his old friends. He has had
enough business lately. in his official
line, to warrant him in taking a day off
for rest.
1t is rumored that Ramsey & Sheldon
will occupy the two store-rooms in the
Thompson block, which are to be 25xlOO
feet each, the two rooms being made
into one. The same space on the floor
above, 5Oxl00 feet, is to be a public
hall.
a brother of Elder A. ii. Mulkey,
who has been here on visit to the
latter, from Oregon, preached Sunday
at the Christian church. He was &C
companied here by his two sisters, Mrs.
| Akin, of Colorado, and Mrs. Rush, of
Severance, Kansas.
The shade and ornamental trees set
out in Cooks addition last year, are
growing nicely, and even the smallest
can now be seen from town. This ex-
pendlture on the part of Mr.. Cook will
prove, eventually, the best investment
he could have made.
Theo. B. Mcdonald, assistant county
superintendent. leclured the Teachers
Institute last Friday evening, on the
subject of district school work, and
other matters outside of the regular
order. He had good audience, and
the lecture was well received.
Mrs. r. L. Wheelock has been in Door
health all summer, and will start in
few days, with her two daughters,
Misses Nellie and Belle, for an ex-
tended visit to Iowa and Minnesota.
We trust that she may speedily recover
her accustomed health and strength.
George Taylor, a man who was in the
livery business at COldwater, and who
| obtained money from various parties
| out there, giving mOrtgaged property as
security. was arrested at Wellington.
this week, and taken through here to
Coldwater, where he will be prosecuted.
Sheriff Nelson took him on from here,
and Attorney Jones went along to de-
fend him. Taylor borrowed money
from j. n. Titus, of this city, but Mr..
Titus comes out whole by a scratch.
Taylor, when arrested, was making ar
engagements to so to Washington terri
tory.
Hon. j. III. Lawhead, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, was here
Wednesday and yesterday on his return
from trip through the western coun-
ties. He attended the closing exer-
cises of the normal and made short
address to the teachers. Mr.. Lawhead
expressed qualification at the interest
that is being taken in education in all
OF the new counties in the state and re-
marked that it was a sure indication OF
the peoples faith in the country. He
told of being in one of the new coun-
ties, Clark, where two years ago there
were no settlements, and now there is
a great educational awakening, sue
cessful institute has just clos ed and
school districts are being formed as
fast as demanded. Mr.. Lawhead is
an old friend of J. n. Titus, of this
city. They had not met until Wednes-
day, since 1865.
In the call for the democratic pri-
maries, first published last week.
should have been incorporated sug-
gestion that the voters of each precinct
name their central committeeman, as
that was the decision of the central
committee. We hope that the sugges-
ton will be acted on at each precinct
on the 18th of September, and we fur
Their hope that active members of the
committee will be selected 1t is i'm
portant that there be, at each voting
precinct, firm and tried democrat to
look after the interests of his party
during the canvass and Oh election
day; some man who will work for the
entire ticket rather than one particu-
lar candidate; some one who will see
that the polls are presided over by good
men; who will see that the straight
tickets are not tempered with or des-
troyed. In short, every voting pre-
cinct should have an active, energetic
and reliable committeeman. 1t is
much easier to select these men at the
precinct meetings than it is for the del
egates TO do so during the session of
the convention.
On Tuesday. the 18th. the second an
nual meeting of the Union Sunday
School convention, took place at DIR.
Wisner's grove, northeast of Sharon.
Six schools formed in line, outside of
the grove and marched to the grounds,
headed by the band, in the following
order: Sunny Vale 5. s., 80 scholars,
John Pirrow, superintendent District