Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-02-05

c. c. Mills came in from Hamilton
county Monday. lie says January was
u terrible month out there, but the
losses of cattle were not as great as has
been reported. lie thinks that three
per cent. will cover all losses of cattle
that drifted TO the Arkansas river, but
admits that through cattle suffered Sc
yerely, as they were unusually poor and
weak.
Riley Lake was up at Saratoga and
Pratt Centre last Sunday, and he says
that the two towns are really sleeping
on their arms" No stranger can 90
into either place until he has satisfied
the pickets that lie has no intention Of
moiesting the city. Guards patrol the
streets all night and every movement of
a stranger is watched. Serious trouble
is yet anticipated.
1t is understood that a proposition
will he made to the city council soon to
vote $50 for building bridge over the
ravine near the depot grounds on First
avenue, and also to appropriate 500
for grading that avenue from Main
street 10 Tiff street. 4 resolution
covering these propositions was to have
been presented to the council last night.
but there was no quorum present, and
the matter did not come up.
n. W. Young says he has made a
sounding of Medicine river, west of
town, where it is proposed to build the
bridge, and found that under the sand
from seven to eight feet there is strata
of soft sand stone, and he thinks that it
would be necessary to point the piles
with steel in order to get through this
rock. Or it may be necessary to build
stone piers for the bridge.
Wellington Monitor: Rev. Father
McKune, of the Catholic church, has an
extensive field to look after. In addi-
tiOn to the church at Wellington, lie
holds services at Perth, Danville,
Swedonia and Medicine Lodge regularly
and at some fifteen other places in his
district occasionally, besides. While
i'll Wellington, which he considers his
residence, lie makes his home at the
Arlington Hotel.
The original Boston Double Uncle
Toms Cabin, one of the largest COM
panies playing the drama in the United
States, is coming to Medicine Lodge.
and VIII appear at the Opera House.
Monday, February Sth. They will
bring mammoth company of twenty
five performers-eight colored singers.
two trick donkeys and six mammoth
blood hounds. Reserved seats so cents.
For sale at the postoflice.
Every good citizen should be inter
ested in having men come here with
money TO buy farms and improve them.
There is not a man in the county who
does not know of one or more friends
back east who would come here and in
vest if they only knew of the advanta-
ges offered. Then send copies of the
county paper to such friends; send cop
les of the Pointers; write them letters
and urge on them the Importance of
coming this year.
\ heavy snow fell here last Monday.
covering the ground to the depth Of
four inches. On Tuesday lground hog)
day a strong wind commenced blowing
early in the morning, drifting the snow
into huge banks and filling the railroad
cuts. No trains got in or out of here
IN Tuesday and Wednesday, the con-
force were busy clearing the
track between here and Attica. All
trains west of Cherryvale were aban-
loned on Wednesday on account of the
snow.
The ground hog did not see his
shadow last Tuesday, ID inst, even if
he got out of his hole, and it is not at
all likely that he did get out. In this
vicinity, SO far as we noticed, every
place likely to have been selected by a
ground hog for his hole, was covered
with snow-bank from three to five
feet high. We are safe, then, and the
first movement or spring to climb out
of the lap of winter will likely be no.
ticed in few days.
Justice Durham and jury were
busily engaged last Saturday in having
Il case in which a Mr.. Leedom was
charged with renting house, the Skeen
property, on Spring creek, for immoral
purposes. The jury was out all of Sat
urday night and failed to agree. The
complaint was withdrawn Monday on
LeedOm's paying the costs and agreeing
to make the occupants of the house get
out. Several citizens were interested
in the prosecution.
The second issue of the Barber
County Pointers is now being dis
tributed. 1t is a creditaLle publication,
and every citizen should send one or
more copies to friends back east. The
paper will cost you nothing, and a one
cent stamp will carry 1T. If you know
of friend, who would make a good
citizen, who wants to come west, send
him a Pointer. Shannon & Shannon,
4 Bartels, in the Opera House block,
have them in great numbers.
McFadden's Boston Double Uncle
Toms Cabin is a mammoth company
composed of twenty-five performers.
ten plantation singers, two imported
Irish trick lonkeys and six monster
bloodhounds, will make their appear
ance at the Opera House next Monday,