Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-09-10
Uncle Ed. Youmans will be home

get the bad roads leading into town.
W. y. Campbell and Louis Bissantz,
of Sun City, looked in on us Wednesday. |
DIR. Lockwood has let the contract |
for residence on north Walnut street. |
The parties who shipped cattle to |
Kansas City this week struck far
market.
II. \. Cameron says he is not can
didate for county attorney on the re-
publican ticket.
Frech has new and interesting adj
vertisement this week. lie has increas-
ed his stock materially.
Remember the County Sunday School
Convention meets in this city next
Wednesday. and holds two days.
DR.. VIM. Penny and wife, of Stan
ford, KY, arrived here yesterday on a
visit to their brother-in-law, Mr.. r. S.
Lyle.
DIR. Davis and DR.. Moore have dis
solved partnership, and each has sep
arate Office in the rear of South worth's
drug store.
VIM. Young is moving the house oc-
cupied by John Higgins as furniture
store, to the rear of the lot on which 1t
now stands.
Judge Ellis was riding a pitching
broncho yesterday, just to get himself
prepared for the rough jolts of the cam
paign, he said.
T. F. Maryland has added $3.50 to
the amount he will put in his new
house and barn, running the amount
up to over 81 500.
Mrs. Rouse started to Cheney, Mon
day Mr.. Rouse will meet her there
next week when they will proceed on
their eastern trip.
J. b. Vaughn and VIM. Springer ex-
peet TO make a prospecting tour through
the counties west of here, and the Neu
trial Strip, within the next few weeks.
Walter L. Treadwell was over, this
week, from his Harper county farm.
He wants to buy 80 yearlings. W. w.
StandIford will likely secure them for
him.
Pleasant Valley school house, ten
miles northwest of here, which was
washed away by the flood of 1885, is to
be rebuilt, the lumber having been haul
ed out there this week.
There will be no preaching at the
Christian church next Sunday, morning
or night, Elder Mulkey having obtain
ed leave of absence in order to attend
the Deerhead Sunday school conven-
ton.
The infant daughter OF Philip Butch
er and wife, aged two months, died ON
the 9TH inst, at their home, ten miles
north of here, and was buried yester-
day at the Ferguson cemetery, on Elm
creek.
J. B. Ely this week received the sad
intelligence of the sudden death of his
Oldest brother, Thomas Ely, at Phila-
delphia, of heart disease. He was a
man Of perfect physical development,
and his death was a great surprise.
The John Curry farm of $50 acres,
one of the best tracts in Barber county,
located near Sharon, will be disposed OF
at sheriff's sale, on the 4th of October.
The terms will be, One-half cash, and
the balance in three years, with 10 per
cent interest.
Six deaf ana dumb children were
started from here last Tuesday to the
school at Oiathe. They were the
daughters Of VI. II. Clements and j. NJ
Adams, of Sun City; the son of Mr..
Baldwin, of Lake City and two sons
and daughter of Mr.. Sinner, Of
! Nescatunga.
Last week we noted that spreading
adder had been killed in the north end
of town. Two or three snakeOlogistS
were present at the killing, and pro-
nOunced it most venomous reptile.
After the article was printed we heard
another snakeologist say that species
is perfectly harmless. Who knows?
Wednesday Mr.. o. Rogers started to
Wichita a bunch of 80 dry COWS, which
he had contracted to party there for
2.25. lie wanted to ship them, but
S4l.50 per car was demanded by the
railroad compaay-Sl. 80 more per car
than is charged to Kansas City-and he
concluded there would be money saved
by driving them.
The contract for building the new
block for Byerly, Dark s. Runyan and
John Higgins, on Main street, was let
Wednesday to Contractor G. l.. Free
man, his figures being $1,000. The
building Is to be 50xl00 feet, two stories
high, of brick. The first floor front is
to be of iron, plate glass and cathedral
glass; the trimmings are to be of stone
and the cornice of iron.
The Barber County Sunday School
convention will meet in this city on
Wednesday of next week, September
18th, and will continue through two
days. The programme has heretofore
been published in these columns. As
the programme is quite lengthy, it is
desirable that the convention meet as
promptly as possible. There Will be no
trouble in finding accommodations for
, all who may attend.
At the old settlers picnic in Ferga-
sons grove, next Thursday, 10th inst.
the preliminary steps should be taken
toward forming permanent associa-
ton for Barber county. A presiden!
and secretary should be appointed and
J an effort made to get record of every
old settler in the county-whenh he came
here, where from, etc. Fifty years from
now, such record would be of great
interest to the descendants of the pic.
neers of Barber county, and to the in.
: dividuals, themselves, if they are SC
fnrfnnafa &c To he liuinrr of That tina