Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-09-19

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4 satisfactory tariff rerorm meeting
was held last night az he College Ill.
school house. S miles southeast.
Attend the railroad meeting to-mOr-
r0w night. II takes lots OF talk and
some money to build a railroad.
Mrs. \. l.. Freeman and Miss Alice
started Sunday morning to Lipscomb.
Texas, where the Captain is located.
Mrs. Rouse Will go up to Cheney this
week on visit TO her parents, who are
soon TO take up their home in Arkansas.
Chester l. Long was in Buffalo, y.
Y, last Wednesday, looking on at the
Democratic state convention, it is pre-
sumed.
Mayor Esmond thinks that it will be
but few days until water will be run
ming through the ditch. Everybody
hopes so.
This week we have credited subscri-
bers with eggs, cabbage and chickens
and that accounts for our well-fed APP
pearance.
A big sale offarming implements We
hicles and live stock is going on in this
city to-day under the management of
Judge O'Bryan.
The school enrolment for the first
day at KiOwa, this year, was 146. At
Medicine Lodge the enrolment is 235.
That tells the story.
Henry L. Oldfather, of the Coldwater
Review, was here Sunday and Monday
morning on a mysterious visit that we
have not yet been able to fathom.
Judge Ben. Carr has backed out more
than one prOtection-tariff talker within
the past week. The Judge can meet
the best of 'em on the tariff question.
Tell your friends that Judge Martin
will speak in Medicine Lodge at !
O'Clock on Saturday, Sept. 10Th. He is
the Democratic candidate for governor.
1t is announced that Messrs. Hum
phrey and Felt, Republican nominees
for governor and lieutenant-governor
will be here October 9th, in the after
noon.
Mrs. ~. ii. Mulkey and the children
are here visiting her father, Mr.. Chen
oweth. Mr.. Mulkey has located in
northwest Missouri, at Rockport, we
believe.
w. NJ. Bronson and wife will leave
Sunday for Eldorado to visit a week.
Mr.. Bronson's father is in very poor
health, and his recovery is considered
doubtful.
Mr.. Il. w. Barnes, and wife, of Lex
ington, Mo-, and Mrs. Mollie y. WOr.
land, father. mother and sister of Mrs.
w. II. Worland. of this township, are
out here on visit.
A happy household In this city is
that of George j. Southworth, a boy,
their first, having been born to this
family Sunday night, 10th inst. DR..
Gould kept the game.
T. 5. Proctor, who moved from this
county 20 Fort Wayne, Ind, and whose
min wa burned out some time since,
rit. tr' be- viii move to Kentucky
li engage 500 business.
The Morris stock of hardware was
sold 'a- saturday and bid I'm by Par''n
N Orn1orT. the mortgages. Parties
Do tl.s city are talking o. buying the
stock and re-openng the store.
The Harper Graphic SIS 90 De revived
by Walker " Collins. W. 7. Walker
was over here last week and purchased
Tue old Chief printing Quilt from Mr..
Evans and packed 1t and shipped it
over.
J. J. CoiTman and Isaac Miller, broth
Grand brother-in-law of b. +. Coffman,
of Elm Mills, accompanied by Mrs.
Miller, are out from Virginia on visit.
So far as they have seen it, they are
well pleased with Barber county.
w. l.. Murdoch dropped a $50 bill out
of his pocket the other day and it was
picked up by John Hall, who lives west
of here, who at once hunted up the
owner and gave it to him. Mr.. Muir
dock says the honest men are not all
dead yet.
a. J. Jones and VIM. Kiger spoke at
Pleasant Valley school house Saturday
and assisted in organizing big Tariff
Reform club. The club will hold alter
nate meetings at Elm Mills and Pleas
ant Valley.
G. 4. Freeman and A. w. Johnston,
committee appointed by the county
commissioners, are examining the
books of the county treasurer. 1t is
understood that they will go back over
several years business.
Medicine Lodge is short on preachers.
The Presbyterian pulpit is vacant; the
Baptist minister Is east on a visit
and the Christian minister has re-
signed. Mr.. SandersOn is left, and he
can furnish whole lot of gospel.
In iguring out whose claims to con
0AAti VII NAtNNibli bhl hp biiC ohOuAu iooS
sight of the Democratic township tick
ct. From head to tail it is made up OF
good men, every one of the nominees
being identified with this community
Jim Hammack, a foot-racer and bill
liardist, who used to loaf around Lake
City, was convicted of demonstrating
~ GxVoatca IasF tuaalr opI eapfapnaI tf
six years in the penItentiary. lie wa:
going by the name of Murphy when ar
rested.
Harper county is to have its politica
fight again this year independent Of
county lines. the issue being HARPER
versus Anthony. The north side has
made arrangements to hold a eopven
ton in October to nominate a count,