Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-04-23
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a full Attendance is requested nc our
regular meeting OF Saturday evening of
next week, April 9th, 1856, as con-
siderable business Of importance to old
soldiers is 10 be transacted. by order
Of J. II. MCCOY, G.. Z. NJ.
j. W. UrFEEMAN, Admtant.
Let the court house be built.
Go to Morris Bros. for gasoline. n
Build cisterus; they are badly needed.
Magnificent Easter cards at Mulkey's.
a good rain would be thankfully re-
ceived
Special services at the Christian chap
ell next Sunday.
The nmble flea and the butter-loving
ny have come to stay.
Go to Morris Bros. for cook stoves
aud building hardware. AZ
W. II. Love has added an immense
windmill to his livery barn.
Mrs. 5. W. Curd is visiting relatives
and friends at Florence, Kans.
Blind Boone tonight at the opera
house. Secure your tickets early.
The firm of Savage & Wakefield. Of
Sharon, have dissolved co-partnership.
w. f. Collins, the attorney, of Wei
lington, was here this week OF bust
ness.
Henry burst announces that he will
he around on his collecting tour nest
Monday.
II. NJ. Mason Of Lake City, has pur-
chased blooded trotting stallion from
Kentucky.
Samuel L. Pattcn, Of Elm Mills, tired
of the monotony Of five girls, and now
fathers II brand new boy.
The more land that is plowcd in this
section Of the country the more apt we
are to have seasOuable rains.
The NJ. T.. Church is being enclosed
with fence and the ground surround
ing il is 20 be planted with shrubbery
The timbcrs for the bridge over the
railroad cut between Cherry and Oak
streets are here, and the work will be
completed soon.
Mr. T.. +. Kincheloe, well and favor
ably known in this county, will, in n
few days, leave for Morton county.
where lac VIII locate.
Mrs. Free Sexton and niece came on
from Missouri this week, and went
down To their new home in the south
western part Of the county.
W. \. Richie, of the firm of W. \.
Rtchie X Co., architects, of Winfield.
Kansas, is here this week. lie would
like to furnish plans and specifications
for the courthouse and Jail here.
J. l.. Chenoweth this week traded to
james Watkins 100 acres of land in
Iowa for the latter's claim four miles
north of this city. Mr.. Watkins is the
father of VIM. Watkins and lived here
year since.
Last year, this city turned out nearly
en- masse TO the Fourth of July cele-
bration at Lake City. 1t is reasonable
TO suppose that the good people up
there will join Medicine Lodge this
year i'm 4 celebration.
Mr.. Gilbert &. Bum and Mss Laura
Is. Lynch were married in this city, at
the residence of Mr.. l.. G.. Bell, on the
2ith of February, by Rev. Gillian. For
reasons of their own they have not made
the affair public till now.
Lee x Viele, the painters and deco
rators, are getting there with both feet
this week, their forces being busy ON
four houses. Those Of Jas. Van Cleve
and Scott ). Allen, on Kansas avenue
east, and J. G.. Morgan and 5. Eckert
ON North Main street.
ID. J. and r.. a. Burlington will leave
in few days for their homestead
claims in Grant county, ten miles from
Ulysses and sixteen miles from Lakin.
They are good citizens and we would
regret their departure did we not feel
positive that they will return.
One Of the best letters, descriptive of
this county, that we have read lately
was 10y James Inman, who has located
five miles southwest of here to the
Beaver Falls PENN Tribune. Mr..
Inman is good writer and is an en-
thusiastic admirer Of Barber county
lie is here with his family and will, nc
doubt, be valuable citizen. lie reads
the INDEX.
Harper is excited and indignant al
the conduct of a preacher and lecturer
named Harris. II appears that he an.
nounced a lecture for ladies only
and when Lis audience had assembled
he harangued them with most dis
gushing talk, on subjects they 1oult
not think of talking about among them
selves even. II is to be hoped that he
will not come further west.
VIM. Dobbs, the gentleman who pur
chased the Beebe farm, adjoining thii
town on the northeast, has taken pos
session and with his boys has already
put out large number of fruit trees
and several acres of small fruits. liz
has also sowed the Numerous pond.
with white water lilies, and will stool
them with fish this season. This is on,
of the best places in the county and /.
wen worth the purchase price, $4,000.