Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-23
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There is some little hay cut between
here and Sharon.
Nick. Sherlock came home from the
west last Monday.
Mr.. Payne, the carpenter, is building
on First avenue, east.
DR.. T. III. Lockwood will build q neat
cottage the present season.
Dr. Davis has a stylish buggy andwill
soon have a fancy team to pull it.
The McQninn disappearance case has
7 been continued until next Wednesday.
Mrs. Harry a. Brown is visiting
friends in the eastern part Of this state.
G. r. Freeman was in Kansas City
this week, looking up material for the
court house.
The corn along the railroad east Of
this city has not suffered as severely as
that in this vicinity.
The wife Of Rev McElroy Of this city
received the sad intelligence this week
Of the death of her mother.
Lee Briley is breaking a pair Of fine
young horses for DR.. Gillette. They
are from Judge Ellis's bunch.
T. $. Proctor was down this week,
feeling the public pulse on the question
Of his candidacy for probate judge.
The circulating library is already re-
ceiying a good patronage. Take a
membership now, and save fifty cents.
\. r. Mckinney has gone out west TO
look after his timber claim and home
stead. His headquarters will be at
Hartland
Judge Stephens returned here with
his family fast Saturday and is living
in the Taber place, in the southeastern
part of town.
c. G. Sparks sold, few DAYS ago, TO
G.. w. Hendrickson, Of Lake City, 81
yearlings at Sli per head, and "a
2-year-olds at S23 per head.
There Is talk of strengthening and
deepening the crooked ditch running
north through town so that the water
will not overflow the lowlands.
The X. of p, (which does not mean
the Knights of Pythias, but the Kids Of
Pleasure) met at Judge Howe's last
night and had a nice party and a dance.
A son Of Rev. Gillian, OF this city, was
severely injured ut fire in hotel in
Colorado a few weeks since. To save
his life he jumped from the second
story. He is getting well.
Capt. Pardee, postmaster at Lodi,
was in this week talking up a change III
the mail arrangements in the hope that
Lodi can get direct communication with
the world at least three times a week.
Finding that there was demand for
general merchandise on the part of their
customers. Hayden Il Lytle, in the opera
house block, have added groceries to
their stock. Every article is absolutely
new and first-class.
The pilipg for the bridge at the
Thompson crossing, oyer the Medicine
river j. al driven. Tie impression
IppiIrs to prevail that the pies are too
close together. there not BEN, room Tor
driItwoOd TO pass through.
The mail between this place and Sun
City will now run daily both ways. leav-
ing here in the morning and returning
in the evening. Our subscribers. who
have been making a righteous kick can
now rest in peace until something else
turns up.
Rev. L. J. Hutchison, Of this county.
will leave for southwest Missouri in a
few days, to assist in the work of get
ting the question Of prohibition sub
mitted. lie has been n temperance
work r for many years, and has quite
record OF this subject.
There isgeneral complaint about the
large quantity OF old papers to be seen
blowing through the streets. The
mayor and city marshal have taken the
matter in hand, and propose to make it
warm for any person known to be
guilty of throwing trash in the streets.
II is not only filthy, but dangerous.
The county commissioners will meet
the first Monday in August and fix the
rate Of tax levy for 1856. As the as
sessed valuation has increased 100 per
cent IN the past year, the levy VIII of
course TIC smaller than it was year
ago. However. it should not be re-
ddcCd so low that county scrip viii con-
tnue to be ID per cent. below par.
Little Homer D;choy, aged about four
years, Is quite talker. y few days
ago he was telling a neighbor some of
his past history. lie said he had seen
lots of snakes and rabbits, and one time
he saw larks SO plentiful that the ground
was covered, and as many in the air as
were on the ground. To make his Ian
guage emphatic he said: IF | had "A
been an angel l couldn't "A flew in all
them larks."
Rev. J. o. IIazelton, travelling pas
scnger agent of the Southern Kansas
railroad, writes that during July and
@hHN'toN MS hNdulual NtlS viii Dt ~
Chautauqua, New York, where $50, 600
people will be gathered during the sum
mer. lie wants all OF the advertising
matter that can be raked up regarding
Barber county, promising TO distribute
it where it will do the most good This
matter should be attended to, if our
people have any desire TO have immi-
grafton come here.
lie .chers should not forget that the
county normal institute VIII assemble
here on the I'd of August and continue
four weeks. AS great pains have been
taken to make this the best normal to
he held IN Southern Kansas this season,
1t is the duty Of every citizen to con-
/ tribute their aid in the good work. The