Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-05-28
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Reserved seats for 1.-The Land Nod
at The postoffice.
New peas have made their appear
anee III the market.
Land-seekers are numerots. Every
night finds from two to a dozen camped
near town.
Whippoorwills are numerous of even
ings, but they have not done any sing
ing as yet.
The mercury has been monkeying
around in the ninety's this week.
Wednesday it was SO.
Spend S5 cents at the school enter
tainment tonight as freely as you
patronized Johnson's circus.
The work of grading First Avenue,
west, is Under full Roadway. and the
bridge over the ravene is being put in.
J. 5. McClearey, revenue collector of
Montgomery county, Missouri, is here
visiting his brother, I. A. McClearey.
The school entertainment this even
ing, Friday, is to raise funds for sup
plying the school with maps, charts,
etc,
c. L. Hammack is the father of a
girl baby, his first, the event occurring
on the 18th inst. DR.. Burney was in
attendance.
Ex-Mayor Joseph Munger, of Harper,
was here Wednesday night to assist in
the work of instituting a Royal Arch
Chapter of Masons.
Subject of the morning sermon at the
NJ. E. church next Sabbath, 1.-The Mis-
taken Farmer" Evening lecture, "a
Grandfather's WISH"
J. S. Jackson, manager of the South
western Bus company, since it was es-
tablished here will be transferred to
Wellington, on the 1st prox., and
VIM. Gamer will take charge.
Joe. Bennett, the horse man, of Elgin.
Texas, who has driven thousands of
horses to this country, came in We'd
nesday on visit. lie says that horses
are worth as much in Texas as they
are here.
Day q Records have put in the most
elegant soda fountain in the city, and
can now turn out refreshing glass of
nectar that would make the gods smack
their lips. Remember their place next
to the old postoffice stand.
The protracted meeting at the Chris
tan church has closed. Elder j. r..
Lucas returned home Friday morning.
Or. a. &. Lucas, an uncle of the former
gentleman, was in the city and preached
Sunday. He left on Monday morning.
Capt. Geo. l.. Watts, after straying
around through western Kansas and
bobbtng over among his wife's people
in Illinois, is here again, much i'm
proved In health and appearance. If
he can sell his Comanche county land
he will buy property in this city.
There was pound social' at the
Presbyterian church Tuesday night,
gotten up for the purpose of giving the
new pastor and his family an oppor-
tunity to become acquainted with the
people. Quite pleasant time was en-
joyed by the large number who at
tended.
There will be petition presented to
the county commissioners at their next
meeting signed by L. C. Crabb. Charles
Watts, A. Beckweth, r. j. Bishop and
fifty others asking for the formation
OF municipal township composed of
township 3S, 81 and 35 of range ii west.
to be known as Sand Greek township.
Jacob NJ. Cooper and his son-in-law.
John {. Davis, have sold their places
on Cedar creek, west of town miles. to
Leon Edwards and Capt. Mckay, of
this city. Mr.. Davis has purchased
Mrs. McClure's place in the west part
of town and Mr.. Cooper has bought a
lot adjoining, and both families Will
move to town.
Medicine Lodge is getting well sup
piled with secret orders, and an indus
trious and popular citizen can manage
to be up town every night to attend
lodge, if he is so disposed. There is
the Grand Army Post, the Odd Fellows,
the Encampment, the Masonic. Blue
Lodge, the Chapter, the Knights of
Pythias and the Workmen. Wives,
watch out that your husbands do not
become professional joiners.
Under Sheriff Lindsey returned from
Leayenw orth, Wednesday, where he
went with Lee Davis, sentenced to four
years in the penitentiary. DAVIS will
be given work in the carriage painting
department. John Lea, the horse
thief sent up in January has soft Job
as messenger in the coal mines. The
female horsethief captured here several
weeks since and taken to Pawnee
county, arrived at the penitentiary the
same day that Mr.. Lindsey was there.
Two new papers are being talked of
III this city. Mr.. Evans, of Kansas
City, Kansas, who has been publishing
a paper in the interest of the Knights
of Labor, has leased building in this
city, and has returned home to ship his
office out here. 1t is also rumored that
brand new greenback paper will soon
be started. We have learned no par
ticulars in regard to the latter move
ment. There is room for all. Let them
come; and the devil take the hindrnost.
AT the next meeting of the city coun-
Gil, next Wednesday evening it will be
necessary for the city council to pass
an ordinance vacating Walnut street
for distance of 100 feet south of Kan
sas Avenue, for the court house and
deed to the city instead equal space on
the east and west side of the court
house grounds. The county cwns five
lots on Kansas Avenue east, three east
| of Walnut street and two west of JVal.