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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-06-11


We copy an article from the Medicine
Lodge index, this week. in regard to
Sun City. We fear the INDEX has got
ten itself into trouble. There is blood
upon the moon, and the dark clouds of
Indignation hang heavy and threaten
ing over head. Unless We miss our
guess the Lake City Prairie Dog will
have an attack OF Mysteries. IL an ex-
change speaks favorable Of Sun CITY II
Is sure to incur the enmity Of that bill
ious sheet.-Sun City Union.
You have called the turn, Bro. Union.
for the Dog-in-the- Manger did howl.
And this is strange, too. The INDEX
has never said aught against Lake City.
the Dog or its proprietor, Mr.. Lake.
We have on various occasions gone out
OF the way to say good words for him;
we have defended him from malicious
attacks, championed his cause when ne
other would, and for our disinterested
work we have asked only his good will
and have received instead only his in
gratitude. Narrow minded is the man
who cannot loois beyond his own door
yard; selfish is lie who lives only for
himself and can see no coed i'm that
which does not yield him returns III the
way of dollars and cents.
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Lake CITY.


Your itemiZer here, unlike the Prairie
Dog is not jealous of the good words be-
slowed on Sun City, through the INDEX.
but will from time to time give this
community the benefit of whatever free
advertising the INDEX will permit.
Then. to begin with, several of the large
land owners around this place, contem-
plate at once commencing the erection
of number of houses on their farms.
which they will rent to persons DESTROYS
OF farming. The tracts will be cut up
into $50 acre farms and fenced and let
to reliable tenants on the shares or for
money consideration. This, it is hoped,
Will be the means OF adding much to
the population of this township and the
county and will, besides, furnish homes
to many who are not now able to buy
homes OF their own. Another scheme
on foot here is to establish pork pack
ing establishment at this place with the
capacity of Strengthening and packing
enough meat to supply this town and
community at least. 1t Is a fact that
now every pound of meat brought here
takes actual cash out of the county,;
the dealer must pay a heavy freight for
getting the meat here and the packer
must pay freight for getting the hogs
to his packing house. These two freight
bills would be saved by packing our
own pork. There would be no trouble,
tits calculated, in disposing of the back
bones, ribs, heads, ETC., to the people of
Barber, COmanche and Pratt counties.
-. .Reub. Lake is now sole owner of
our magnificent opera house block and
bank building, he having purchased the
interest of the Livingstons. This build
ing is 5OHl00 feet, two stories high, of
brick, and is now ready for occupancy.
On the first floor is bank room, fitted
up with a large vault; then there is a
store room 25X75 feet, another store
room 25x5O feet, and an office 20x25
feet. Above there are two large front
offices, public hall 5OxsO feet and a
hall 25x50 feet, the latter to be used by
the Masons and Odd Fellows. III. A.
WAN viii OCCupy Ouo Vi the SLOTo
rooms below. This building completed
Will cost about $4,000 and it is a good
one. The new block of three frame
buildings is nearly completed, and will
be occupied soon, two of the rooms by
furniture store and the other by a
drug store. III. A. Noah has purchas-
Ell H. NJ. Mason's interest in tie mer-
camille business, ard be-. Noah. this
week traded with Ohm Eamport for a
l6O acre tract of land near Sun City.
Riley Lake had bis teams engaged this
week IN hauling corn from the Lodge.
1t cost him 30 cents there, believe.
Ed Buck and his cougar are still with
JohnsOn's circus cut west. DIR. Bart
lett, sOn-in-law of r. L. Carter, is out
from Illinois on visit. While the
crops are not suffering, another good
rain would be acceptable. Much of
the ground sowed in oats has been
ploughed up and put in corn OF millet.
Corn is looking well and the wheat
crop is better than expected a few
weeks ago. Harvest has commenced
q earnest. Boz.
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The sickly sentimentalists have some
thing to talk over now &C Joliet, III.
Last Sunday, IN the Penitentiary at that
place the rite Of confirmation was con-
ferred on III cOnyicts by Archbishop
Feehan, of Chicago. The dispatch
tells that 1.-The ceremonies were con-
Quoted in the presence of a large num-
Der Of outsiders and occurred in the
prison chapel which had been neatly
decorated with flowers for the occasion.
Each convict was provided with a
bunch Of white flowers to pin upon his
breast" Just such foolishness as that
is what keeps thousands of good men
out of the churches. They reason that
II murderers and feIons generally are
to be taken into full fellowship when
their hands are yet stained with the
blood of their victims: If confessed
thieves and perjurers are assured for
giyeness by simply going through the
form of confession and repentance.
then the outside world is good enough
for them, and they will continue 10 risk
their eternal happiness without church
assistance. The fools who raved over
Guiteau and petted him with flowers
and sweetmeats were encouraging the
same spirit that prompted the attempt
a. converting the Joliet, ILL.,, convicts.
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SOUND on TIE GOOSE

EldoFado Democrat: The name of r.
j. Hudson, of Fredonia, has been
favorably mentioned as a candidate for
governor on the democratic ticket, but
the Democrat puts itself on record
right here as being opposed to the
nomination OF Mr.. Hudson. Not that
he is not thoroughly qualified, and
would make a strong race, not that we
have anything against the gentleman
personally, but we will oppose him on
the ground that nc was instrumental in
defeating Nathan Powell, formerly
editor of the Fredonia Democrat, for
the appointment of postmaster of Ere
donia- Not that Mr.. Powell is any,
thing more to us than any other stirring.
toiling democratic editor in Kansas,
but we will oppose any man for state,
county or any Other Office who is not
willing 10 assist the struggling demo-
cratic press of this stale. The man
who is not willing TO assist the editors
Of his party in state where they sell
dom get crumb even of county pat
roDage, in a state where the democratic
party Is in q hopeless minority, is not
the man we want as q leader. The
press of any pagty is its backbone, and
he who strikes ~ .he press s-rfhcs ~
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Sand Crock Items.

Fine rains and crops looking we'll.
Farmers are busy sowing milIet and
everybody feeling happy over the pros
pect of a good crop. .. Mr.. Werner and
family arrived at Sexton last Saturday
from northwest Miss uri, and are well
pleased and have come to stay. John
Crabb, who has been suffering from
getting straw in his throat six weeks
ago, is getting better, it having worked
through to the outside. &. Deputy Sur
veyor Aber has been surveying here the
past week and has done good work and
everybody is well pleased. He is a
first-class surveyor. WIN. Crabb, of
Eminence, KY, sold three yearling
heifers (Jerseys) on the 18th of June
for $500, and saddle horse for $3.50.
WHEY
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ne VII Celebrate.

Medicine Lodge will celebrate indie
pendence day on Saturday, July 3d, the
Fourth coming on Sunday. The entire
population OF the city has said so; the
county towns are willing to come here.
and five hundred dollars in cash, al
ready raised, for incidental expenses, is
a guarantee Of our good faith. There
VIII be an excursion from New Kiowa,
| Hazelton, Attica, Harper and Sharon,
it is now believed, and the indications
point to the largest gathering here in
the history Of the county.
At a citizens meeting, held Monday
evening, Judge McCandless presided,
and the following standing committees
were appointed:
ExECUTIVE.-John Fleming, Mort
Strong, r. N. Woodward and u. Van
Slyke.
FINANCE.-O. P. Poole, W. W.
StandifOrd, n. Sherlock, John Fleming
and II. w. Bartels.
PROGRAMME. NJ. Axline, A. L..
Noble, 1. F. Shannon, Mrs. John Rog-
eTs and Miss Alice Taylor.
These committees were authorized TO
appoint subcommittee, as they may
see proper, and substitute or add names
as their wisdom may direct.
a resolution was adorted extending
a cordial invitation to all Of the neigh
boring towns and communities to cele-
brate at Medicine Lodge.
f. p. Caruthers was directed to con-
fer with the railroad authorities and
get excursion trains and reduced rates.
The several committees met Tuesday
afternoon and organized by electing d.
Van Slyke, president, a. r. Mckinney.
secretary and r. NJ. Woodward, treas
urer, when the following subcommittee
officers were appointed 10 act under the
general direction of the executive COM
mittee:
lNyITATION-A. l.. Freeman, Jas. n.
Blair, L. Youmans, Boardman F..
Smith and Wayne Mckinney.
RECEPTIoN-T. L. O'Bryan, W. w.
Cook, II. NJ. Ingraham, Capt. John
Mckay and T. \. McNeal.
VOCAL MUSIC-MrS. w. w. Cook,
Mrs. Carmichael, Mrs. Geo. r. Stone,
Mrs. Kessler and Miss Della Moore.
INSTRUMENTAL MUsIC-H. w. Bar
tells, TEos. Doran, L. NJ. Axline, n.
Sherlock and J. r. Fleming.
GROUNDS AND DECORATIONS Henry
burst, D.. N. Carmichael, Mrs. Il. l..
O'Bryan, Miss Stacie Doran and Miss
Rose Sntter.
FIREwORKS-W. d. Van Slyke, II.
ID. Records and George Southworth.
MARsHALs-W. w. !Standiford, Geo.
Horney, d. Van Slyke.
MASTER OF JCEREMoNIEs-Jud ID.
! y. McCandless.
During the afternoon of the Bird a
platform dance will be in progress in.
the grove and that night at the opera
house grand ball Will be given. The
young people should not fail to come to
Medicine Lodge to celebrate.
All committees are requested to meet
at the city hall, Monday evening, next,
June II, at o'clock, sharp.
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Harper Sentinel, June 3: Just what
is TO be done in Harper OH the Fourth
OF July, remains n mystery. No one
seems to take much interest. Every
body had enough fun last Fourth to do
them several years, we presume. 1t
strikes us that some society should take
up the matter, and get up a celebra-
ton; the Uniform Rank of the Knights
of Pythias for instance. A railroad ex-
cursion to some shady nook on Medi-
cine river, and there hold a grand pic
mic. would be a good caper; most every
body would 60" That is the way to
talk, and by reading this issue of the
INDEX YOU will learn that Medicine
Lodge will extend to you a most cordial
welcome on the Third of July. The
best entertainment i'm the history of
the county will be given here on that
day. Come over.
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The lower house Of congress has
passed bill repeating the pre-emption,
timber-eulture and desert-land laws.
IL the bill passes the senate it will be-
come law, as the president favors the
measure. There is n diversion of opin-
ion as 10 whether BARRIER and other
counties in the Usage Indian land strip
will be effected by this repeal. The
fitlian lands do not belong to- the gov
ernmeat and are only disposed of for
the benefit Of a trust fund, the govern
ment getting IS cents per acre for its
trouble and the fISad the balance of the
purchase money, 50 cents per acre. If
it is decided that the lands in question
come under the provisions of the re-
pcaling bill, homesteads only can be
taken in this and adjoining counties
Now is a good time to file.
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Democratic convaniinn

MEDICINE LODGE, June 10. 1856.
\ mass convention Of the Democracy
of Barber County is hereby called to
meet in Medicine Lodge on
SATURDAY July 10TH. 1886,
at o'clock, z. NJ, for the purpose of
electing five 81 delegates and five (5l
alternates 10 represent Barber county
IN the Seventh Congressional district
nominating convention which meets at
Larned, Kan, July 18th, and for the
purpose of electing two ~ delegates
and two " alternates to attend the
State nominating convention which
meets at LeavenwOrth, Kans., August
!. 1885, and for the transaction OF such
other business as may properly come
before the convention. y full attend
ance of the Democracy is hoped for.
and the County Central Committee is
requested to be present at that time for
the purpose OF fixing the date for the
county nominating convention.
T.. l.. CARCTHERs, Chairman.
W. L. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
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GeEiG Corr


Fro TEN Judge Cameron remained On
the bench until Monday OF this weeK,
when the May term was closed. While
the docket is nearer cleared than it has
been for some time, there are some old
cases on the docket that should be dis
posed of.
Following are the proceedings not here
tofore reported:
Cookson VS. CLANCY; trial By the
court and judgment for plaintiff for
$3.50.
McCandless VS. Geo. o. n. Buckner;
judgment as prayed for in the petition.
Ewart VS. Phillips; sale Of real estate
confirmed.
Ewart VS. Conner; judgment for
plaintiff for Sl57s and property ordered
sold.
Florence Horton vs. Geo. Horton; de-
cree of divorce granted plaintiff and she
given custody of children.
NJ. I. and G. Morris VS. Sharon Town
Co., d. NJ. Fisher, Lee s. Viele; trial
by jury and verdict for plaintiffs for
S4O9.49 and foreclosure of lien; judg-
ment for Lee & Viele on their cross pc
tition for $250.40 and foreclosure of lein
ordered. New trial refused.
S. Lebrecht VS. Henry Morehead;
judgment as prayed for.
Schuster, Hughston s. Co. vs. Doug
lass & Lampert; judgment for plain
tiff for SlO64 and per cent. from date.
Patterson Bell CO. vs. Same; contin-
ued for service.
Bradley, Wheeler & Co. VS. Same;
Judgment for plaintiff for S330.S5.
State VS. Lee, Doran Il Roberts; tenn
p9rary injunction granted OH applica-
ton of county attorney.
VIM. White VS. Milo Cole; defendant
released on payment of $500 into court,
and defendant discharged.
Orwan VS. John CLANCY; alias order of
sale made.
g. Bring in your orders for stationery
now. We have new type and new
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-06-11

District court will meet mt Kingman
on the 18th inst. 1t is expected that
the cases transferred there on change
of venue from Barber county, will not
be reached before the first Of July.
The most important of these cases are
the one against David Black, charged
with killing the soldier ut New Kiowa,
last August; the case against Griffin
and others charged with robbing Sny-
der and the civil damage suit of Griffin
against Smith and others. Altogether,
IL is expected that tIIeSs will be fifty
persons from this county attend court
at KinQman.
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Land ONCE at Larned, Kas., june 4, go

Notice is hereby given that the following
named settlers have filed notice of their inten-
ton to make final proof In support OF their
Claims, and that said proof will be made before
the Register or Receiver at Larned, Kansas,
en- July ~. 1856, viz: Susan ]. Duty, o d No.
lUo5l, for the southeast quarter Of section 8,
township 50, range a.
She names the following witnesses to prove
her continuous residence upon and cultivation
of, said land, viz:
Annie Poyncr, Elizabeth Dick, II Knowles
q IL Sexton and l. Crabb. all of Sexton, Kaus.
Also Annie Poyne o d 1885, for the south
half of the northwest quarter, north half of tho
southwest quarter OF section 32, township &c.
range Il.
She names the following "a her witnesses to-
prove her continuous residence upon and cul-
uvation of said land, viz:
l. Crabb, II X Knowles, Elizabeth Dick, SUI
san Duty and George H Sexton, ali Of Sex
ton, Kansas.
Also Elizabeth Dick, o ID s 1887. for the south
half southwest quarter west half southeast
quarter section 81, township 81, range IL.
She names the following as her witnesses to
prove her continuous residence upon and cul-
tivation of said land, viz:
Susan Duty, Annie Poyner. l. c Crabb. II r
Knowles and George II Sexton, all OF Sexton,
Kansas.
g. W. r. BROwNLEE, Register,
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DlRUntca.

1t is earnestly requested that the ceE-
trail committees of the various counties
IN this district call their conventions to
elect delegates to the Congressional
convention to be held at Larned July
18th, 1856, not later than Saturday July
10th, 1855, and that duplicate creden-
tials be prepared and one set sent TO
the chairman of the committee at Lar
ned. Il. y. TRINBLE, Chairman.
j. w. FULLER, Secretary.
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Sejgowick county voted $4,000 in
londs last Tuesday in aid of proposed
railroads into THAT county, and the
majority was so large that there was
NO MISLEADING the sentiment of the
people. When the three additional
roads arc built, Wichita will be the
railroad center of Kansas and the best
town IN the state.
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There appears to be general belief
that the present organization of
knights of Labor will be disbanded
before another year and that some
other organization will take its place.
There are so many local dissensiors in
side the present order that unity APP
pears impossible, and without this there
is no hope of good. The Powderly and
Irons factions are fighting each other;
the conservatives and hot-heads are
antagonistic and the house is truly
divided against itself, and according to
Scripture must fall. There is an OPP
portunity for a very useful or a very
dangerous organization to spring from
the ruins.
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Hon. Thos. George, Of Sumner coun-
~, and Mr.. Chas. r. Cook, of Stevens
county, are both mentioned in connec-
ton with the democratic nomination
for congress in this, the Seventh dis
trlct. The former was the democratic
candidate for lieutenant governor in
ISstey he is prominent lawyer at Wei
liDgsomand withal an honor to his par
ty. Mr.. Cook was, until lately, a mer-
chant at Mcpherson; was appointed
postmaster there last year, but resign
al the position and moved 10 Stevens
county. He is a good talkeT and very
popular with his acquaintances. Eth
sr one Of these gentlemen are able TO
make n thorough canvass Of the thirty
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sale TO me directed by the District Court of
Barber county, Kansas, in the above entitled
action l, the undersigned, sheriff of said county
will on the
18th DAY OF JULY, 1886,
At the hourof 2 o'clock =. NJ. of said day, at the
front door of the court house in the city of Med
icine Lodge. Barber county. Kansas, offer for
cash i'm hand, all of the right, title and interest
of the said defendant, Frank +. Homer in and
to the following land and tenements situate
In the county of Barber and state of Kansas,
to-wit:
Lots No ., T. 6. g. 10 and I2 in block 20, and lots
No. Q 1, 6, g. 10 ana II in block 49, and lots No. 8.
TO- 12 Is and IL in block Is and lots No. IS 20 and
% In block TO- ell in Sd addition to the town of
Lake City Kansas.
Also lots No 246,s. 10, IL, Il, I6. Is. co. % q,
26 %, 30and b. and lots No. /, Q, ii, H. Is II
10 and II, on Lincoln avenue west and lots No.
i. =, 3, 4, D, on hingtOIIsavcnue west, and a
tract commencing at the northwest corner OF
lot No. / on Washington avenue west, thence
running west IS feet, thence southerly $50 feet
to Il point 81 feet west of the southwest corner
of said lot No. !, thence east 81 feet, thence
north 100 feet along the west line of said lot
No. j, to the place of beginning; and a strip
commencing ut the southwest corner of lot No.
on Lincoln avenue, thence running west Is
feet thence nOrtherly $50 feet to point Il feet
thence east II feet, thence south l5O feet along
the west line of said lot No. i, to the place Of
beginning.
Also strip commencing at the northwest cor
running west 10 feet. thence southerly 150 feet,
to n point % feet west of the southwest corner
of eid lot No. thence east % feet, thence north
150 feet along the west line of said lot No. q to
the place of beginning. And a strip commence
ing at the northeast corner of lot No. 81 on Lin
coin avenue west, thence running cast feet.
thence southerly $50 feet to poirFt feet east
of the southeast corner of said lot No. g. thence
west feet, thence north 80 feet along the east
line of said lot No 81 TO the place of beginning.
All the above lots and strips and pieces of land
mentioned or described, being in Lakes addi-
ton to the city of Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
Also, lots No. 50 and IS ON Kansas avenue
east, in the o-igfrt.l townsite of the city of
Medicine Lodge, Kansas,
Taken a. the property of the said Frank F.
Horner, under an order of attachment obtained
in the District Court of Barber county. Kansas,
wherein the plaintiffs have obtained Judgment
for the sale OF tho above described real estate.
to satisfy plsintfffs' demand for the sum of two
thou sand and fifty-one and fourteen ose hun
dredth dollars ~ ~. with interest ut the
rate Of per cent. per annum from dale OF
jOJglnent land the further sum OF Fifty doh
Lars $50 rs costs of suit herein, and the costs
of this sale.
Given under my hand this 10th day of May,
A. ID. 1885.
CHARLES II. NELSON,
Sheriff of Barber County, Kansas.
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CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.

IA4sNkD- hASsAS- June Gid, 1855.
At meeting OF the Congressional
Democratic Central committee Of the
Seventh congressional district, held in
this city. this day, more than a quorum
was present, besides a number Of prom
inCnt democrats from the district by
invitation. II was resolved that the
convention TO nominate a candidate
Tor coagress in this district, be held at
Larned on Tuesday, July 18th, 1885, at
ten o'clock a. N.
The following basis of representa-
ton was agreed upon: That each or
ganiLed and unor0anized county in the
district be allowed one delegate and
one alternate, and one delegate and
one alternate for each two hundred
votes and each fraction thereof cast for
Hon. II. N. Bickel, candidate for con-
gress 10 1884, which gives the following
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The grand jury at Springfield, No,
has returned two indictments against
Mrs. Malloy, changing her with being
party to the bigamous marriage of
Graham and Cora Lee and as an Access
sorry after the fact of the murder Of
Sarah Graham. Cora Lee, under i'm
dictment, has asked for a continuance
of her case OF the ground that she is
VnCeiute.
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The attention OF the democrats Of this
county Is called 10 the fact that OF sat
urday, july 10th, there will be a E1ass
convention in this city of the democ-
racy to elect delegates to the congress
SiOndl and state nominating convcn-
tious. Every democrat interested in the
success pi his party should see to it that
the meeting is we'll attended.
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President Cleveland and his bride
remained vt Deer Park, Maryland, TN
Oil last Monday afternoon when they
folded their tent and slipped away as
quietly as they went there. The sup
position is that the president figured
that 1t would take him a month to get
enough of the honeymoon. but that he
recOnsidered and concluded il would
last forty years, even.
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The republicans of this county will
meet in mass convention in this city
tomorrow. June l2th, to select five del
cgatcs to the Judicial convention which
meets at Coldwater on the TIL inst.
On the 9th inst, two weeks from to-
morrow, they will meet here and select
two delegates To the state nominating
convention which meets at Topeka OH
Iulv 7Ih.