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

is here.
Boardman F. Smith has gone east for
recreation.
o. c. Ewart has gone to Ohio on
business trip.
+. b. Reynolds was down from Sun
City Tuesday.
The delicious watermelon now sells
from &c up.
Taylor Nichols and family were down
from the ranch this week.
Sheriff Nelson offers a reward Of SO
for The capture and returnOf Depew.
Attorneys Jones and sample were at
Laned this week in a land contest case.
Sharon voted last Saturday to build
a new school house, i0xCO, two stories
high.
Deputy Sheriff Afford was here yes
teIday from Irazeltou in the Hierony-
mus case.
Capt. y. l.. Freeman was among the
G.. a. II. people, water bound at Cool
idge last Monday.
The town was full Of country people
yesterday, who came in to make final
proof on their claims.
Mrs. Murphy, Of Harper was visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Lew Lebrecht, of
this city this week.
&. G. Harris was in from Clark county
this week. lie is now editor of the En-
glewood Chief.
Mrs. Wheelock, who has been quite
sick for several weeks, with whooping
cough, is much improved.
Il. f. Kies left yesterday for n trip
mp on the Santa Fe road. lie is look
ing for business location.
Riley Lake says he has TO sell the
stock advertised in another column and
that there will be bargains for some one.
An addition is being put on the west
side Of the Avenue house to accommo-
date the increased trade.
Fred. Lichlyter, who lives east of here,
eight miles, Toasted the INDEX with
three large watermeluns yesterday.
A good we'll has been dug OH the court
house lots and an abundance OF water
obtained. ~ windmill draws it up.
Jay Martin found it necessary this
week to take trip to Colorado to find
relief for asthma. lie has gone to Du-
range.
Chairman Rigg, of the county repub-
lican central committee, is absent and
no one appears to know when the coun-
ty nominating convention will be held.
Roll. II. Clark came in from Kendall
on Tuesday in answer to a dispatch
telling him Of thes serious sickness of
his wife. Her condition is improving.
If you want bargains in cattle, horses,
mules, ponies. wagons. bnggies, buck
boards or hacks, don't forget the Riley
Lake sale on Saturday, Aug. eth at
Lake City.
j. Howard and wife accompanied
by the latter's father, Seth Dawson.
started this week for Moniteau county,
Missouri. TO reside; but, We predict,
that MIR. Howard will return here in
side Of Il year.
Saturday, August eth, on Spring
creek, two miles north OF Amber post
Office, the Clipper Sunday school will
give picnic, and all of the schools in
the county are cordially invited. Sha-
dy grounds, plenty of seats and an en-
tertaining programme are promised.
The delinquent list appears in this
issue of the INDEX, and every land
owner should carefully examine it and
see if his land Is in the list. 1t will be
observed that the names of the owners
are not given by the county treasurer,
and this makes IT the more important
that the list be carefully examined 10y
numbers.
Richard IL. Wade, formerly a citizen
of this city, came in Saturday last,
with The body of his boy, Frank NJ,
who died at Leoti city. Wichita county.
on the 22d inst, aged year, II months
and days. The funeral sermon was
preached at the Christian church, sat
urday evening 10y Elder Mulkey, when
the body was inferred in the city GEM
etery. THIS was the only child of this
couple, they having lost a child in this
city last summer.
In addition to the reward Of one
hundred dollars, offered by the family.
the citizens of this city have Subscribed
four hundred dollars for the discovery
of the body of j. b. McQuinn. who dis
appeared on the 10Th of March. from
the vicinity Of Deerhead, this county
Tlis subscription was raised inside Of
an hour, one citizen, good for fifty
thousand dollars, subscribing two hun
dred dollars. And il is understood that
this is but the beginning of n deter
mined effort that is TO be made TO find
McQuinn's body. The people of the
entire county are interested.
Last Friday night Mr. o. S. Boggs
and son returned home from the coun-
Wy NhtAt NhOg iAdu bSth az WIN. lucy
were out III all the rain. When they
got nearly home they were surprised to
find no water in the gulch. Tley went
down in the valley and followed Up the
gulch a short distance, when they heard
= roaring noise. y fash of lightning
showed them wave of water four or
five feet high sweeping down on them.
They rushed to higher ground, and had
to climb Mr.. Taber's barbed wire fence.
Before Mr.. Boggs could get out he found
the water was knee.deep. The rain was
not an unusually hard one, but the
ground was so hard that the water ran
off readily, thus causing the water cour-
SEES to ill up quickly.
| The old calahOose ar iail in this CITY