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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

The trial of Willie Sells, for the muir
der of his father, mother, brother and
sister, near Erie, Kansas, last spring, is
now in progress. The accused is mere
boy of sixteen, and though he has been
in Jail for months and every effort made
to extract confession from him, he has
continued to deny his guilt. The cir
cumstances of the murder may be briefly
told: About o'clock in the morning
Willie Sells appeared at neighbours
house and stated that some one was at
his house after his father. The neigh
Dor returned with him and found the
four PERSONS murdered, with blood all
over the beds and floor, a knife and
Ratchet having been used as the MUIR
derous weapons. The boy was arrested
and strong talk Of lynching him was in
dulged in. The case is a mystery and
public sentiment is equally divided for
and against him.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

Last week. WAS bad one for the ca
tie market in Kansas City and every
where else, but on Monday the market
opened quiet but strong on good cattle
OF all grades. Shipping steers were
nominally active and stronger, but few
in the yards. Western grass cattle in
good condition, fairly active, steady to
stronger. Offerings chiefly in bad or
der, dull and weak. Cows and mixed
butcher stock and good grade, active
and strong. One fine lot of half breed
COWS and calves sold at Sl5.25 per head.
Poor cows in full supply, hard to sell.
Good butcher steers active, stronger.
Stockers and feeders in small demand
tops steady, others dull and weak.
There was better feeling in cattle to-
day than for some days past. All good
stock was readily moved at stronger
to steady prices and the demand was
not fully supplied. Some activity was
noticeable from determination on the
part OF sellers to get rid of much low
stuff that has been in the yards. This
was largely sold off at low figures.
Wednesdays market in Kansas was
somewhat better, tho6gh receipts were
but 1853. Following are representative
Solac.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

The Lehr und Weir Verein, of which
so many Chicago Anarchists were men,
bers is a society organized in 1875, and
on April 18th of that year was incorpo-
rated under the laws of Illinois. The
incorporators were about thirty German
and Bohemian socialists. whose object
was TO train, drill in military and get
ready for a great conflict between capt.
tai and labor, which the agitators of
that class have for many years declared
was TO come. During the last six years
they have increased greatly in numbers
and at the time Of the Haymarket riot
there were six groups in the city Of
Chicago. They are socialists of the
ultra type. Every socialist who favors
dynamite is among them. Most of them
have served in the old county, and have
government and law. The men who
first formed the society were not dyna-
miters, but men who believed that the
only way for working people to secure
their rights was to fight for them.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES refusal TO
confirm Mr.. Mathews, the colOred dem
ocrat whom President Cleveland nomi-
mated for recorder in the District of
Columbia, shows that whatever rights
were conferred upon the negro by the
amended constitution, the right to be a
democrat was not one of them, in the
opinion of republican senators. No
doubt was entertained of Mr.. Math-
ews' honesty or capacity. The color Of
his skin and his politics defeated him. +"
And in Kansas, too, the "colored man
and brother" was emphatically laid on
the shelf. McCabe was an efficient
officer; his colored opponent, Brown,
was competent; but neither was good
enough to be nominated to a position
on the state republican ticket.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

Usage City Free Press: If the cattle
market keeps on going down. the cattle
men of this locality will wish they had
needed the advice of the Free Press last
fall. At that time we said that three
cents was the outside limit that farmers
could afford to pay for feeding steers.
They did not get down to that notch.
Feeders took the chances and paid from
1925 to 1915 for their cattle and bor-
rowed money at 10 per cent. TO buy them
with. Now, native shipping steers, the
best OF them, are selling in the best
markets for about S4.00-the highest
point for thirteen and fourteen hundred
pound native shippers being S4.4 The
tendency is downward and the outlook
is awful. The dry weather is burning
the pasture up, and if rain does not
come in few days, the cattle viii GO
into market pell-mell, and ifgo0d native
shipping steers sell in KANSAS City for
less than $3.50 inside of thirty days, no
one need be surprised. Men who can
hold their cattle on grass without great
shrinkage Will be best off. But, there
is no telling what will happen, as every
thing depends very largely on whether
it rains or not.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

1t is bad to be a convict anywhere:
but worse in Texas than anywhere else.
The Rusk Tex Standard tells it this
way: The costume worn by the Texas
convict is a disgrace to civilization.
COnyicts are all dressed III coarse
plaid cloth, with their names printed
in large letters on their backs. Every
few days we see them on the railroad
cars, chained around their necks with
heavy irons, going out to some farm or
wood camp, and very often we see them
coming into the walls from these out
side camps, pale and sick but invari-
ably they are adorned with heavy
chains locked securely around their
necks. In many instances they are re-
| quired to sleep with chains around their
| legs for weeks, and even months. The
conyicts inside the walls are treated
kindly enough, and stand a good chance
to return TO their families rs good men
as when convicted, if not better.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

The Kansas City Times thinks that
the third party in Kansas is not to be
whistled down by tie wind. Events since
the convention of three hundred prohi-
bition!Sts at Emporia have proved that
the members thereof were not drawn
from the rag tag and bob tail'' of the
republican party, as was charged by
Mr. Eskridge. II is rapidly transpir-
ing that the members of that cOnven-
ton were backed by strong constitu-
encies, among whom are numbered
some of the strongest minds of the re-
publican party. These men are earn
est. too, in champicning a straight-out
third party movement. Remembering
that the republicans have religiously
violated every pledge which they have
heretofore made regarding the enforce
ment of prohibition, the friends of the
law decline to trust them again. They
rightly claim that the republican party
of Kansas has promised in well phras-
cd sentences to protect the temperance
interest of the state, and then hypo-
critically threw sop to the devil by
wlnklng at 1agramt violations of the
law by the whiskey people. They in
dignantly point to the indisputable fact
that saloons are open in some cities of
the state and that in those places
where the gin mills have been closed,
drug stores have multiplied to such an
extent as to give Kansas the privilege
of calling herself the drug store
state They note also with painful
emphasis that all that is required to
run many of the stores Is an Once
or two Of quinine, few patent med
icines and barrels of whiskey.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23
THE DROUTH.

The drOuth in Texas mnst be terrible
for dispatch from Dallas, dated the
Goth says: Notwithstanding the reports
OF the land agents TO the contrary. there
is no doubt but that northwest and west
Texas. the whole country in fact from
the Brazos 10 the Rio Grande, is passing
through 4 serious drouth. For hundreds
of miles there is no green grass and very
little dry, and often no water. The peo-
pie are moving their cattle before they
all die. The stockmen Of the northwest
have petitiOned the president asking
permission to make arrangements with
the Indians Of the Territory to pasture
their cattle. This is the only alterna-
tive for them and il their PRAYER is not
granted the loss of cattle from starva-
ton must be enormous. In some places
on the plains even the people are suf-
fering for the necessaries of life. Judge
Veal, of Stephens county, who is in the
city, reports that the people in his sec
ton of country have forsaken their
homes and gone to the railroads for
work. Many Of them are in destitute
circumstances.
A special from the South Canadian,
in the Indian Territory, says it is thir-
teen months since good rain fall in
this part Of the Territory. Corn and
cotton are n complete failure. Wells
are empty and water is scarcer than
eyer known before. The grass is too
parched to make range for the winter
and cattle are dying with murrain. The
country generally is in q worse condi-
ton than ever known before. Eight
thousand cattle have died in the Choc-
taw country during the past three
months
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

Sharon News: At the democratic
congressional convention held at Lar
ned last week, Hon. Tom. George, of
Wellington, received the nomination
for congress i'll opposition to Judge Pc
tiers. While the Judge is our candi-
date, and will undoubtedly be reflect
ed by handsome majority, still bar
ring his politics, we can conclentiously
say that Tom. George is one of the fin
est gentlemen we have met since com
ing to Kansas, and should he be fortu-
nate as TO be elected, he will treat the
people of this district fairly and honor
ably, no matter whether they may
have the same political faith as him.
self or not.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23
narrar corntr nFcers
Medicine Lodge Officers
POSTAL

POSTAL.
Pos.office at Medicine Lodge open from IA NJ
to PM. Sundays one hour on arrival of mail.
Money order Office. II. A. MCCLEARY. z. NJ.
A. s. MCCLEARY, Assistant.
The Mails:
From Attica and all Eastern points, arrives
daily at $40 NJ; leaves daily at 1l:1 M.
From Ashland, Cold<vatcr, Nescutunga, Sol
der Creek, Red Creek, sun City, Lake City,
Mingona, Kingman, Bross, New Kiowa, arrives
daily.
e. di, arrives Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
d. ysat5PN. Departs Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays at AN.
From luka, Elm Mills and Saratoga arrives on
Tuesdays and Fridays ut 5 p n and departs on
Wednesdays and SATURDAYS at SAN.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

Wichita must be bad place. for the
Eagle says that it is to-day "infest-
ed with more crooks, fakirs and
quacks, than any other city III the state.
Not a day that one does not hear of
thefts having been committed the night
before, and on every corner one meets
some sort OF fraud, beggar, fakir or
quack medicine man. In city like
this, attracting the attention of stran-
gers, as IL does, this sort of thing is to
n certain extent unavoidable, but the
thing is becoming very annoying, and
calls for some remedy. Horses and
buggles are stolen from the street, and
harness taken in broad day light.
Houses, stores and hotels have been en-
tered and robbed. Numerous arrests
have been made of parties generally
known to be crooked. but except those
who have been foolish enough TO plead
guilty, none have been sent to the peni-
Tertiary. Whose fault is it,"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

Six men, supposed to have been
connected with the fatal train wreck, on
the Missouri Pacific, near Wyandotte
last April, are now under arrest. Ii is
to be hoped that they will be convicted
The six men are well known. One of
them. Hamilton is chairman of the local
executive board of the Knights of La
Dor, at Kansas City, Kansas, and the
others are members of the order Two
of the men have made confessions I'M
phcating the others and besides there
is enough outside evidence to convict.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

a dispatch from Garden City.
dated the 2lst says: Heavy rains have
fallen during last night and this morn
ing, commencing about midnight and
it has rained nearly six hours. The
country in places is flooded and a few
bridges have been washed away, but
the crops have not been reported dam
amageG to any great extent. The rain
has been general over this part of the
state and it is sufficient to insure good
crops. Corn looks well and wheat and
oats are more than average crops.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

The county commissioners should re-
district the county into commissioner
districts before the November election.
As it now stands, Mr.. Cook represents
three-fourths of the population and
wealth of the county, while Mr.. Doug
lass and MIR. McGrath represent the
other one-fourth. This matter was dis
cussed last year, but nothing done for
want OF time and the people are de-
handing the redistricting of the county.
There is no politics in the proposition,
but there is common sense. The matter
should be attended TO before November,
for If it is delayed after that time the
work win be more difficult, for new
commissioner viii be elected at that
tine and It is known that BE cannot be
-legislated out vf Office.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

Cleveland Leader: / saw Attorney
General Garland on the street to-day.
a tall, bent, starchy-looking man. in an
unbuttOned double-breasted frock
coat, he walked along in a listless man.
ner, with his head hanging down and
his dusty SLOUGH hat pulled over his
eyes. lie looked far from happy and
far from proud, His step had lost the
elasticity of his senatorial days, and he
Iegins to look old and weary.
The wages of sin is death
Garland is getting his wages.
His manhood Is dying out under the
weight of his Pan-Electric fight, and
his political future is counted by the
number of days Cleveland retains him
in his present position.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

The oleomargarine bill is practi-
cally dead. Its friends permitted an
amendment fixing the tax on the arti-
Gle at two cents per pound, instead of
five cents, and that will kill the bill.
The cattlemen of the west were solid
against this bill 1.-THE first as they
were informed that it would, if law,
reduce the value of every beef animal
from one to two dollars.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

For the benefit of those "kickers'i
who now claim that they had no oppor-
tunity of taking part in the mass con-
vention on the 10th inst we have a
word: The advertised call put the hour
for meeting at O'Clock p. m. 1t was
l:s0 when the central committee met,
and not until 2 o'clock was the mass
convention called to order. There was
no excuse for anyone being late, If he
cared to be there at all. This can be
substantiated by any one OF the COM
mitteemen and any one of the several
prominent democrats present.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

Prohibition In Iowa is having hard
road to travel. Some time ago the cir
cult court q the United States in that
state decided that breweries In exist
ence at the time the prohibition law
was passed could not be stopped with.
out compensation to their owners: and
now we hear OF another ruling by the
same court, that drinking saloons are
likewise entitled to protection. They
are property which cannot be rendered
useless without compensation.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

The Wichita Eagle came out this
week enlarged and greatly improved,
1t now being an eight-page paper, cut
and pasted, with increased telegraphic
news. The Eagle is the paper our PEG.
pie rely on for the latest news, il arriv-
ing here the day it is issued. without
II we would feel as If we were thous-
and miles from civilization.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

Recent estimates indicate that the
average income Of preachers is about
5000, and Of lawyers about $3.50, while
even newspaper men make only 500.
This is at the rate of from $40 to $3.50
per week for professional men, while
many "workingmenr receive wages
ranging from Sl2 to so week. and
some even higher than that. and they
are not expected to support halfas much
style as the preachers, the editors OF
the lawyers eilhor.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23
CHURCHES.

4N4 Sunday at IL 100 a. m and 80 p. m. Sum
day school every Sunday at 800 p. m. Prayer
meeting every Wednesday evening at 200
strangers invited. w. II. GILLIAN, Pastor
DRESBYTERIAN.-Se every Sunday at
II IL III. and 1880 p. m. Sunday School at
10 a. m. REV. MCELRoY, Pastor.
NHRlSTIAN.-P Preaching every Sunday AT
I'll O'Clock A. NJ. Sunday school at 10 o'clock
Il. IN. every Sunday. A. III. MULKEY Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH Services on third
sunday of every month at Sherlock's hall, at
1890 a. m. Sunday school immediately after
ward. JOHN b. MCKUNE, Pastor.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

There continued to he a question in
the minds Of many If the repeal Of the
pro-emption land law would affect the
Usage Trust and Diminished Reserve
lands in Kansas. In order to definitely
settle the question, we wrote to the sec
rotary Of the interior at Washington
and have received an answer, dated the
18th inst, stating that the lands in
question will not be affected. This is
important news for many persons who
have meyer exercised their pre-emp,!on
light
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23
sHERrrrs SAFE

In the District Court Of Barber county, State
ofkanaas.
NJ. L. Blankenship, plaintiff,
versus
Charles Dixon, defendant
STATE OF KANSAS,
BARBER COUNTY. IS
RY VIRTUE OF an order OF sale, TO me direct
~ ed. Is ued out OF the District Court OF Hnr@
Der county. state Of Kansas, In the action
above entitled, will, on
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10TH, 1885,
at O'clock p. M. of said day. nj the front door
OF the court house, in the city OF Medicine
Lodge, in said county and state, offer Tor sale,
at public auction, TO the highest bidder, for
cash In hand, all the right, title and interest
wnatsoever of the said Charles Dixon In and to
the following lands and tenements, to-wit; The
west half "a OF the northwest quarter tl,) of
section twenty-thr-e Cs3l, and the east half (k)
OF tne northeast quarter tkl of section twenty
Two ~, township thirty 600 south, of range
niteen llbl west, taken as the property of
charles Dixon, To satisfy said order of sale.
Given under my hand this, 9th day of July,
A. ID. 1885. '
80 c. ID. NELSON
$40 Sheriff of Barber County Kansas
by A. X. MCKINNEY, Deputy
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

Unless all signs fail, Hon. Thomas
Moonlight, of Leavenworth, will be the
democratic candidate for governor. AL
ready a number of counties have in
structed for him and large number of
delegates favorable to him have been
elected to attend the state convention.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

Sheriff Nelson and his Efficient corps
are daily reIuting the campaign lie of
last fall that they would make no ar
rests. They are not hindered by fear
or favor from serving all warrants
placed in their hands; they are con-
stantly on the watch for evil doors and
have never vet failed TO get man
when they once started after him.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

The president of the Prohibition ALI
ance OF Missouri is a democrat.-Globe
Democrat.
He may think he is, but he isn't of the
rock-bettomed sort. Genuine democ-
racy doesn't work through prohibition.
New York Sun.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

Tho friends OF Chas. \. Martin, of
Deerhead, are anxious for him 10 be-
come n candidate for county commits
sioner in the Sun city district. He Is
one of the oldest settlers in the county,
u democrat OF unquestioned integrity
and would be an acceptable commits
siOner.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

Wemay think il is dry here. but what
must II be in Iowa, where the ground
Is so cracked open that horse and III
tier were precipitated INTO one Of the
assures. This occurred last Saturday,
near Bedford, according to dispatch
tO the Globe Democrat.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

Sumner county papers without regard
TO politics, are well pleased over the
nomination of Hon. Thos. George, as
the democratic nominee for congress in
this district. IL appears that his per.
sonal friends are confined to no partic-
ular class or party, but that his ac-
Quaintanccs are all his friends. lie
will likely carry the full vote of his
party and take a few thousand from
the opposition.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

The Border Line railroad has offered
TO build TO Anthony, and thence to At
tica, and thence west, under certain
conditions; but the county commission.
ers of Harper county will not assemble
TO hear their proposition.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

Congressman Hanback, was defeated
for denomination, in the sixth district,
last Saturday. Mr.. Turner, present
secretary of the railroad commissioners,
Is the nominee. So far there has been
no meetings to express indignation at
Mr.. IIanbaCk's defeat.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

John Glow was to have fought Hugh
Sexton, near Kansas City, two weeks
since, but tho officers interfcred and
arrested Glow. His case was up last
Monday, he being charged with train
ing for prize-hght. Bat Masterson
was CLOVIS attorney and adviser and
succeeded in getting him off without n
fine. Glow was here last fall and pre-
tended to spar with one Ed. Smith.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

Governor Martin has announced his
intention Of retiring from Office when
his next term expires. I'M event will
he be candidate for senator or con
gress, as has been reported.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

Three OF the directors Of the Proyi-
dent Savings bank, st. Louis, are being
prosecuted criminally Tor receiving de
posits when they knew the bank was in
Il failing condition. This should call
for capital punishment.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

The cashier of the Proyident Savings
bank, st. Louis, skipped out the otLer
day, leaving the bank 10 mourn 10 the
tune Of $4,000. lie was Il society duck,
light cayalryman, knight Templar,
etc. lie rs i'm Canaln.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

Barber county is being put TO heavy
expense now in the attempt to suppress
crime. The people will soon become
tired Of waiting for the laws delays
and take the matter in their own hands.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

Caldwell Times: The action of tie
Larned convention in nominating the
Hon. Thos. George, of Wellington meets
with the endorsement of every staunch
democrat of the seventh district. Mr..
George is an old citizen of Kansas; he
is lawyer of high standing in his pro-
fession, and democrat in the original
and most approved sense. He Will can
vas the district thoroughly, and there is
no doubt but what he will be the next
congressman from this district. His
own county will support him to man,
and Sedgwick, Harvey, Harper and
Barber Will give him nice majorities.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23

Ned Buntline, the novel writer, who
did much in his time TO dcmoralize the
American youth with his improbable
stories, died last week. His real name
was T.. Z. &. JudsOn.