Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-06-25
LOCAL. NEWS.

vegetable market well supplied.
b A light shower Monday evening.
Farmer Pearson cut his wheat this
week
80 ACRES FOR sALE.--Very desirable
and cheap. Inquire at this Office. Z
Mr.. J. p. Diczey has completed well
and a cyclone pit on his premises.
W. d. VanSlyke will formally open
his grocery store tomorrow, Saturday.
Dan. Morris has bought lots in the
north end Of town, and is building a
residence.
Mrs. Or. Lockwood and the children
returned from their visit to Iowa last
Saturday.
$. Tabor moved into his elegant new
residence, in the north part of town.
this week.
Col. John Garfield. travelling agent
for the 1t. Louis Globe Democrat. was
here this week.
Mulkey s. Hull. now firm and new
goods. Call and examine our stock be
fore purchasing. /
Potato bugs have made their appear
auce, but they arc too late to do any
harm this season.
The infant child Of ". II. Iosard.
north OF here about ten miles, was
buried last Sunday.
Prof. T. u. Mcdonald. Of this city,
will be the orator of the day at Etna.
on the third Of July.
Trustee Locliart. of sun CITY. was
here this week arranging for hauling
bridge timbcr5 to his place.
Mrs. W. y. VauSlykc. who has been
cutie sick for several weeks, is some
better, though yet confined to bed.
For thc cheapest and best barb wire.
justrcceiyed In full car load lot, call
ON Morris Bros, in the opera house
block. =
requested that TIE members Of
the I. q. q. +. meet at their hall on the
morning OF the I'd of July at O'Clock.
prompt.
The boys 'cl j.. that the cjnch broke
tho other evening and gave Nick Shcr-
lock n fall from goat he was attempt
ing tc ride.
\ brother or \. J. Jones. located in
Seward county, writes that up To the
10Th inst. no rain of any importance
had fallen there.
The Cling hotels getting to he popu-
lar with summer widowers. and young
couples who do not care To do cooking
during hot weather.
Nance Nichols has purchased lots d.
rcctly north of the Taber place, in the
G05ellle y Noble addition, and Is build
ing tasty residence.
Buy the Decring Light Mower, the
most durable and lightest draft mower
in the world, at Noble s. Nixon's. LIST
door south First National Bank. sit
Growing corn was blown flat To the
ground last Friday night, and much of
II broken Oft. The farmers had long
faces Saturday. II is all right now.
Commissioner Cook went To Kingman
this morning. he being interested in n
suit in which the old Medicine Valley
Bank Is SUNG the horse man, Schaener,
on an old note.
John Wesley Rhoads died al his home
near Lodi. Wednesday, sd inst, leav-
ing a family IN destitute circumstances.
Rgg y Johnston furnished coffin at
the cOunty's expense.
Barber county has had plenty of rain
Co insure the corn crop. even IT no more
falls for four weeks. There is no talk
about a drouth in this part Of the state.
Garry the news back east.
y. J. ITargls, OF Lake City. this week
sold 90 n Mr.. Woodrum, of Ottowa
county, Kansas, % three and four-year-
old feeding steers for $3.50 per head.
lie has 100 ycarlings for sale.
The citizens Of Minguna and vicinity
will ask for a new township at the Oc-
tobCr meeting of tho board OF county
commissioners, as will be seen from
their official publication in this issue.
Tho amphitheater building has been
torn down 10y the proprietor. Jas. Both
well, and the lumber put 20 some other
use. II is not probable that Jim John
son will spend the coming winter at this
place.
a desperate battle occurred Tues day
between a prairie dog and two BUN
snakes, the property of Alonzo. The
dog was dropped into cage with the
snakes and IL required but few
minutes for them to make the dog tired.
Chris. Walstead came up from TIE
Panhandle country last week, and re-
turned yesterday with his household
goods, which ho had left here. lie has
secured 30 acres of good land, and
expects to make a fortune in 4 few
years.
The rumor is that Mort. Strong Is TO
go la as partner In the Grand hotel.
lie has had experience in tho business
and we have o. hear OF the FIRST man
who claimed that he did not ran a first
class house. With the better facilities
OF the Grand, he and Jas. r. Fleming
would make good double team.
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 Mt home; there is no limit to the
amount they hcvs 20 Loan. and they
have rates as Joy as an other hlm. ]