Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30

tleman, in private family. Inquire at
SOuthworth's drug store. .
+. N. Salyer, the Sun City druggist,
and Sid. Graham, of that city, spent
Tuesday night in this city.
Mrs. Geppert and Mrs. j. r. Fleming
will start in few days to Eureka
Springs, Ark, to be absent month.
Miss Roberts and John Riedlinger
compromised their land contest case be-
fore it came to trial at Larned thisIweels.
Hon. J. W. Hamilton, of Wellington
republican nominee for state treasurer.
was here yesterday. on his return from
his Kmgman county ranch.
/ Ladies in attendance at the Normal
should not fail to get a package of those
elegant crazy-edge visiting cards to be
! found at the INDEX office.
\ public ball at the opera house last
night was only fairly attended. 1t
broke up at midnight, but the people
could not get home until o'clock this
| morning.
Messrs. Jas. IIuiTaker, c. Il. Wake
/ field and VIM. Garrison were here yes
/ terday on business connected with the
new and elegant school house To be
built in Sharon.
! Will McQuiddy, Of Sharon, this week
took position in the First National
| bank, of this city, and in few weeks
a -. II g.,
he permanently in the Comanche county
| bank.
capt. Wilson whose sickness was
/ mentioned last week, died at his home
OF South Elm on the 23d and was buried
/ at Lake City on the 2ith. lie was
good citizen and had raised respected
family.
Another general and very hard rain
| visited this county last night and this
morning. Last night it rained steady
for three hours and at O'Clock this
morning the heaviest shower of the sea-
son set in and lasted until 10 o'clock.
Trustee Lacey says that the Sbridee
over the river, west of town three miles,
! Will be completed at once; then the
bridge at Elm Mills; then the one at
the Melrose crossing and then the one
over the river south of here.
The delegates to the democratic con-
ventiOn at Leavenworth, next week
| from Barber county will be c. d. Nell
son, DR.. Gillette and f. z. Caruthers
from this city and ]. NJ. Simmons from
New Kiowa.
Brand Il Long have added a type-wri-
ter to their office furniture and now,
documents emanatlng from their shop
can be read by school children; whereas.
before, it required Philadelphia law
yer to figure out some of their chirog-
raphy.
Mr.. \. Beckwith was in town several
days this week, assisting his neighbors
in their land business. He is a useful
and accommodating citizen and the only
fault we can find with him is that he is
not of the democratic faith, and that is
not Il SIM.
The cattle market at Kansas City on
Wednesdaywas fairly active and steady.
/ Shipping steers weighing AGO sold for
/ s $50. Native cows OF 1910 pounds
brought $2.75 to $3.50. Texas steers.
1900 pounds sold for $3.50. Feeders
ranged from S3.l5 TO $3.50.
The Minnesota river, ut Kingman.
/ last Saturday morning. was higher than
/ it had ever before been known. \ con-
( siderable part of tire town was flooded.
the Main street bridge was washed out
and other serious damage done. When
. ii rains ia this country it pours.
Mr.. Il. NJ. Sparks returned last week
from trip to Missouri. He says Laf-
ayette county is suffering for rain, and
that in Pettis county the corn is nearly
/ ruined. He saw better corn in Kansas
than anywhere else. and the best he
saw was between Attica and Medicine
Lodge-the further west the better the
crop.
Mayor Ingraham requests that there
bc public meeting of citizens in the
city COUNCIL chamber. next Friday
night, August 9th, to consider the pro
priety Of holding a county fair at Med
icine Lodge, this fall. As this subject
has been talked Of for a long time.
without anything being done. it is
hoped that those Interested will be
present and show their earnestness by
work.
Eldorado parties were done up the
other day by an alleged foot racer for
$500. lie went there and intimated
that he was KIttleman, the racer, and
wanted the fact kept secret until he
could rope in some one to run against
him. He found three suckers to back
him against Winfield party, who af-
terward turned out to Ice his partner.
The two Travelled over the country
working up such jobs.
The young man Brown who was killed
out west, two weeks ago, while resisting
the officers, mentioned in this paper
last week, was well known here, and
was considered perfectly harmless. He
was mild specimen of would be
dude. The supposition is that he re-
newed bis acquaintance with Vandiver
whom he met out west and that the two
concluded to become desperadoes. Van
diver is yet at large, but he is not smart
enough to avoid detection.
ii. n. Burner, who lives near Mingo.
ma, brought us few stalks of corn on
Monday, which we placed on the side
walk that the public might see what
were the prospects for crop. The
stalks were not the best to be found
but were very good. Dozens of farmers
passed by, took look at the corn, and
remarked that they could easily beat
that. We hone they can LIE all ON