Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-09-03
We need a good rain.
Mill meeting tonight, at the opera


stones, for $40. I3
Mrs. W. G. Musgrove started yester-
day To Missouri on visit.
Three car loads of Bessemer steel
wire. at $40. Geppert & Stone. 10
Mill meeting tonight. at the opera
house. Everybody invited.
John Dollar is in the horse business
with J. n. Titus.
Go to Geppert & Stones for wire;
S4.4O per cwt., and warranted. Is
Work the city prironers on the streets
until their fines are paid.
Mr.. MunsOn and a couple of boys dug
up and captured a fine tarantula yes
terday.
1t has been suggested that there be
a meeting tonight to consider the mill
proposition.
Byerly, Dark & Runyan have en-
gagged another tailor to assist in their
increasing trade.
Lem. Moore sold one of his quarter
sections of land in the southwest part
OF the county, this week.
A spreading viper, about twelve or
fourteen inches long, was killed in the
north end of town few days ago.
The ladies of the NJ. Z. church gave
an ice cream festival last hight in the
room recently occupied by the Eagle
Chief.
Riley Lake started to-day for a trip
through Arizona, combining bust
ness with pleasure. He will be absent
several weeks.
+. Sample wants to buy another type
writer, solely for the benefit of borrow
ers; or he will sell, cheap, the one he
has as it does him little good.
Rigg & Johnston yesterday furnished
a coffin for the infant child of Joseph
Hefey, who lives south of here, II
miles, in the Julian neighborhood.
Prize melons and other fruits and
cereals continue to pour into Taliaferro
81 Morgan's. There are yet two weeks
for the contestants.
Arthur Sparks is now solicitor for
the live stock commission firm of White
& Holmes of Kansas City. He was
here this week in the interests of that
house.
Quarterly meeting will commence at
the NJ. Z. church next Saturday and
continue over Sunday. Rev. n. S.
Buckner will conduct the services, as
sisted by Rev. Gillian.
Mrs. Wheelock and her daughters,
Misses Nellie and Belle, started yester-
day for BoOnsbOro, Iowa, on an ex-
tended visit. Their departure was
generally regretted.
W. W. Cook, J. W. McNeal and o
c. Ewart, the waterworks committee,
started away yesterday to visit Arkan-
sas City, Caldwell and perhaps An
thony and other points.
T. +. Marquand has let the contract
to G.. w. Hoffman for a four-room
house and barn 25x5O, on the Mcclure
place, one mile west of town. The
cost Of the two is to be 81 $50.
Charlie Packard was in from Conan
che county, yesterday, and reports hav-
ing just finished stacking 400 tons of
millet on the Phillips ranch and his
own. He says cattle never looked bet
for than fhay 40 nnvu
Through l.. F. Pearson & Co, Henry
burst this week purchased the Fish
back farm, near Amber, from ]. F.
paying 5000 for the same. Mr..
Settles also purchased 800 worth of
lots from Mr.. burst.
Bunk Ward has sure-e enough gone TO
California with his wife. w. l.. Bar
ker and wife, of Kiowa, have also de-
parted for the same country. We hope
and believe that both families will re-
turn here before twelve moons have
come and gone.
There is considerable talk this week
about DIR. Cloud, of New Kiowa, being
a democratic candidate for representa-
tive. lie was a member of the Mis-
souri, legislature, and made a credit
able record. He could be elected in
Barber county without much of an
effort.
Mention is made in the proceedings
Of the council of a proposition sub
mitted to the city by mill firm. Yes
terday Mr.. Corser, of the firm, left
letter proposition with Taliaferro &
Morgan: lie offers to move his mill here
If the city will give bonus of So 900.
1t would appear that this is a reason
able proposition and it is not likely
that the city will ever have the oppor-
tunity of getting a cheaper mill.
When set up, and in running order.
the mill property will be worth at least
$4,000. The taxes on this valuation i'm
i've years will more than pay the bonus
and besides the mill will draw thou
sands Of dollars of trade here that now
goes to other places.
There is no end to the complaints
about the Lake City road, vest of this
place. Freighters say that there are
places within two miles of this city
that are almost impossible; that with
in six miles of town there are dozens
of places where an empty vehicle can
barely get over. One man said that he
had been doing all of his purchasing
here TOR years but he declared that un-
less the road was fixed up he would go
to Pratt Center, Kingman or anywhere
for his supplies. 1t is a disgrace on
the county that such state of affairs
should exist. Here our people are
crazy on railroads, water works, street
graders and other minor matters, and
there is not one good road leading into
this town. We are begging all the
country to come here and
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