Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-06-18

For the cheapest and best barb wire,
just received in a full car load lot, call
on Morris Bros, liz the opera house
block. 2
If home contractors secure the job Of
building the court house, at least fif-
teen thousand dollars will be distrib-
uted among the mechanics.
Buy the Deering Light Mower, the
most durable and ligh:est draft mower
in the world, at Noble & Nixon's, LIST
door south First National Bank. Sat
DIR. BurneY reports son horn to 4.
Flohr and wife, near this city, on the
sth, and daughter on the 18th inst, to
Chas. Arterburn and wife, of Cedar
Creek.
Hon. I. y. McNeal last week received
a new buggy and Mr.. Tiff also received
a carriage through the agency of Jas.
F. Settles, who now has his shop on
north Main street.
The twO-year-Old daughter of f. r.
Thorpe, who resides : miles west of
here, on Cedar Creek, died Tuesday
morning, 18th inst, and was buried at
this place on Wednesday.
Mr.. Thomas Campbell has traded his
farm in Harper county for the r. u.
Wheelock residence in the north end of
the city. Mr.. Wheelock will build if he
can find a lot to suit him.
J. L. Isenberg, editor of the Graphic,
and w. S. Forrey, came over from Har-
per yesterday. 1t is understood that
the latter has his eye on the Grand
hotel with the view of leasing it for
friend.
Last week we published a statement
of the financial condition of the First
National Bank, of this city. The state
ment shows the bank to be In a flour
ishing condition, and its deposit ac-
count shows that it has the confidence
of the people.
Next Wednesday, sd inst, the coun-
ty commissioners will meet and award
the contract for building the county
court house, and the following day,
Thursday, they will sell the So, 600 in
bonds and let the contract for putting
in the Jail work.
Attorney +. Sample now drives 2:3O
roadster, the gift of his appreciative
friend, Mr.. s. I.ebrecht. During the
past six years Mr.. Sample has been Mr..
Lebrecht's counsellor and adviser, both
in matters of law and morals, and this
gift was but slight token of appreci-
alton from a client to his attorney.
The advantages of getting a farm
loan from the First National Bank of
Medicine Lodge are, that there is no
delay, money being furnished on day
of application; the interest is payable
here at home; there is no limit to the
amount they have to loan, and they
have rates as low as any other firm.
The Order of the Eastern Star will
give an ice cream festival at the
Masonic Hall on st. Johns day even
ing, June oath. The proceeds are to go
to the Masonic Home fund to build a
home in Kansas for Masons' widows
and orphans. All MasOns and their
families are invited to attend.
Hazelton seems to he making some
very substantial improvements this sea-
son, there being several residences now
under contract that will cost not less
than $4,000 each. The NJ. E. church
has commenced work on.a new brick
edifice, which they claim will equal any
church building in western Kansas. 1t
is also Hazelton's intention to build a
$4,000 school house.
The republicans of this county last
Saturday elected 4. S. Updyke, Geo. r.
Stone, n. l.. Noble, ID. L. Flynn and f..
Sample as delegates to the judicial con
ventiOn to be held at Coldwater Sept.
18th, and instructed them to vote for
Judge Ellis. On the same day the CEN
trail committee fixed the basis of repre-
sentation in the county nominating
convention at one delegate for every %
votes and fraction over II cast for the
republican candidate for county sur
veyor last year. This precinct will
have Is delegates.
Mr.. w. ID. Laughlin and Miss Nettie
Nelson, of Anthony, drove into town
Wednesday evening late, in search of
some one to tie the conjugal knot.
Grant Fleming, chief clerk at the
Grand, acted as master of ceremonies,
sending out for Judge Hardy to issue
the license and then procuring the SER
vices of Rev. Gillian, and finally getting
up crowd to witness the affair in the
parlOr of the hotel. All passed off
pleasantly and only the walls of room
No. 81 can tell more of the interesting
event than is here recorded.
Children's Day" was appropriately
observed by the children of the NJ. L.
Sunday School, last Sunday morning
and evening, with songs, recitations
and chOruses. The church was taste
fully decorated with evergreens and
notices, while there was suspended
from the walls number of birds in
cages ChdC kept up continuous sing
ing during the exercises. The superin-
tendent, Mr.. Simmons, the assistant,
Mr.. Fishback, Rev. Gillian, Mr.. Bur-
ney and others delivered short and ap-
propriate addresses in the morning or
evening and altogether the occasion was
enjoyed by the large audiences in at
tendance. In the evening the largest
number of persons were present that
we had ever seen in the NJ. E. church.
Texas Panhandle: "Mr. Strickland.
Of Kingman, Kas., has purchased the
Linsley tract $4,000 acresl 10 miles
east Of of town, and proposes coloniz-
ing it. He has gone back to Kansas
and will return here in a couple of
MONTHS"
AS this is the J. J. Strickland lately
reported as having failed for $4,000,