Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-08-20

! smith, the W lnleld stone man, was
here yesterday.
Another child of Judge and Mrs. II.
c. Thompson is very sick.
Attorney 4. J. Jones was before the
Wichita land Office lest Saturday in a
contest case.
Lakes stage line now carries the mail
daily between Medicine Lodge and Cold
water Ivy way of all intermediate points.
Mrs. Chappell, the lady who attempt
ed suicide at Aetna, several weeks
since, has entirely recovered from her
wounds.
Married, at the Grand hotel, Medicine
Lodge, Aug. II, 1885, by Rev. J. c. Nc
Elroy, j. Z. Black to Miss \. NJ. Law
renee; both of New Kiowa.
Cashier McNeal, of the NJ. L. s. T.
bank, is rusticating in Comanche and
Clark counties. Some say he is looking
for location for branch bank.
Mrs. L. 5. Proctor and her sister,
Miss Emma Cornelison, started from
here Wednesday for Richmond, KY,
the latter's home, and where Mrs. Proc
tor viii visit several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dlcken, who were so Sc
verely burned, OH the nth of July,
were able to return to their place north
of here on Wednesday. Neither of
them is entirely well, but they were
able to travel.
Scott, the infant child of Judge and
Mrs. III. c. Thompson, died last Satur-
day afternoon and was buried Sunday
afternoon at Highland cemetery. This
was the only son of this popular couple,
and they have the sympathy of many
friends.
The mower season is about winding
mp, though Noble " Nixon have few
more of those celebrated Deering ma
chimes which may be had if applied for
now. They have sold nearly two car
loads and when the last are gone, there
will be no more here this year. II
a Sunday dinner ut the Cling hotel
is in pleasant contrast with the dinner
a newspaper man usually has to put up
with. Mrs. Litchlield appears to have
the culinary department Of this hotel
reduced TO a perfect system, alike salts
factory to the regular guests and occa-
sional visitors.
Herbert Sparks returned this week
from No Man's-Land. lie SAYS there
has been plenty of rain there and
that the settlers are breaking out sod
at a wonderful rate. lie will move
there in a short time and locate in the
Barber county colony, their proposed
town being named Alpine.
1t is becoming more evident every
day that this city needs n calaboose.
| The marshal states that he has no place
to put persons charged with INSIDE
meanors, and the city is not able to
hire guards. The committee appointed
by the council to investigate this mat
ter should do something at once.
Hon. Frank L. Gillette. of Klngman,
will hereafter drive pair of fancy
| Barber county horses from Judge &.
/ W. Ellis bunch. They are Hamble-
tonians, bright bays and perfect match
e.. Lee Briley broke them and pre-
diets that they Will make good steppers.
He took them to Kingman Wednesday.
Barber county will get 81 ,4S1.O 6 from
the state school fund distribution. just
made. It's school population being
| 2,SO6, this will be 81 cents for every
child of school age in the county. Last
year the appOrtionment was but II
cents. The whole amount of school
fund apportioned this year is Sg35, 1872. a.
The total number of school children in
the state is 4il,0A.
a specimen of good building stone,
eXcavated from the claim OF ]. +. Set
ties, one mile and half northwest of
Amber post-ofiice, may be seen at this
office. IL came from bed containing
| thousands of percheS of coed stone,
and Mr.. Settles thinks there may be no
/ limit to his quarry. 1t has the appear
ance Of being lime and sand furma-
! ton, easily worked when first excavated,
but getting as hard as flint. We would
! be glad to know that 1t could be util-
lied successfully, and believe that it
can. DR.. Zenor, who lives near by, has
q good house OF the same stone, and S.
y. Ferguson has secured nearly enough
of it to build him house.
Hanyone thinks that there is no build
ing going on in Medicine Lodge, they
need but to be told that there is under
contract, now, one million five hundred
thousand brick that Will be put in the
! walls before frost comes. This VIII be
a big pile of brick. III addition a large,
amount of stone is being used, all of the
| foundations and easements being built
of stone, it being really cheaper here
than brick. Winfield stone, such as is
used for inside walls and for filing in.
can be laid down in town here for less
than 50 per perch. The buildings now
under contract aggregate a frontage of
2S3 feet with an average depth of 80 feet
and two stories high. All areto be of
1 brick.
! w. W. stamford informs us that he
has no trouble in buying all the cattle
he wants for stocking the firms ranch
in the southwest part of the county.
He is buying yearlings and two-year-
old steers, principally, and these range
in prices from SlS TO SIS for the former.
and SIS to S2i for the latter. He says
that six weeks ago the farmers were
considerably discouraged, and were
anxious to sell their land; but now they
have had plenty of rain and want to
keep their land and dispose of enough
of their steer cattle to realize ready
money for current expenses. He
| thinks there Will be feed enonsh to