Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-09-12

Springs.
w. III. McCague has traded Wichita
property for the Sherry claim. south of
town on the river, a heavily timbered
piece of land.
Miss Stella Sparks and Mile Noble
started, yesterday, on a visit to Mis-
souri,. They will visit Kansas City,
Lexington and Nevada.
Weekly dues for the building associa-
ton must be paid at the association Of
flee Thursday afternoon or evening.
and not Friday morning.
G.. b. Roby and family will leave this
week for a trip through eastern Kan
sas and probaly part of Arkansas and
they may locate i'm the latter state.
10 is reported that there are but five
members left of the Mingona Republi-
can club, the others have gone off with
the Democrats or Union Labor people.
Attorney Long is making an extend
ed visit east, taking in Chicago. Boston,
New York, Philadelphia and Washing
ton. That is the kind of trip 10 take.
The engine at this place lost its ash
pan, Monday, and did not go out until
afternoon. We offered to loan it our
ash-pan, but the boys said it would not
fit.
Serviceof song at the VI. L. church
next Sunday night consisting of an
thems by the choir, bass solos, hymns
and scripture reading and explanatory
remarks by the pastor.
l.. +. Hubbard and wife returned,
yesterday, from Washington Territory.
where Mrs. III. had been since early in
the spring; l.. f., went out in July.
They report having had a delightful
trip.
Vim. y. Gaunt was married to Mss
Maggie ttilogLy in ,u,s ci,yiast Thurs
day evening 9th instant. by Judge
Hardy. The bride is a sister OF Mrs.
John McGra,h, of this city. The couple
started to Ohio on Saturday.
G.. Il. Currie bought us i'm a lot Of
budded peaches from his place adjoin-
ing town, last week, that were the best
we have noticed this season. Asample
one Of the lot measured lOI inches in
circumference.
Tell your friends and neighbors that
Judge John Martin, the old Kansan
Democract of thirty years standing,
will be in Medicine Lodge, Saturday
afternoon Sept. 29th, and speak to the
people. He is the best talker in Kan
sas.
&. II. Eldred gives notice that at the
next session of The board of county
commissioners that he will ask the
board tovacate all the lots, streets aud
alleys in Stith s. Eldred's addition to
the city of Medicine Lodge and to can
eel the plats of said addition filed in
March, 1885.
Henderson Martin, who has one of
the best peach orchards in the county.
Eve miles east of Lake City, brought in
n sample of Seeding peaches Saturday
that measured inches in circumfer-
ence. He had sold 50 bushels ut S1.OO
per bushel up to that time and had 200
bushels left.
w. ID. Meyers, of Pleasant Hill, No,
was here last week looking after his
real estate interests. lie was on his
way to Anadarko, Indian Territory,
where lac goes as agent of the KiOwa,
Comanche and Wichita Indians. a posi-
ton he was recently appointed to 10y
President Cleveland.
The two horses stolen by Payne and
Hudson when they broke Jail here,
were recovered last week in the Terri
tory by Mr.. Browder who learned of
their location through Marshal Horney.
Payne and Hudson stopped oyer night
at one of the camps on the Grcever
range AID when they left they stole four
horses from an adjoining range.
1t is estimated that Barber county
will sell 5000 worth of peaches. out
side of It's borders this season. Every
day, hundreds of bushels are being
shipped from the heavily loaded orch
ards west of this city or hauled away
by citizens Of adjoining counties. This
week, large consignment went up to
Mcpherson county and the industry
has hardly commenced.
A Sunday school convention was held
in John McGregor's grove, on Hack
berry creek, Sept. 10th. 1855. The
schools In attendance were Eldred,
Liberty, Eagle, and New Hope. The
day was a pleasant one and the cool
shade was very enjoyable. The enter
tainment including the refreshments
was inexhaustable. The next conven-
ton will be held IN the grove at the
mead c. Mule cree&.
-ne friends aHo wer-wisner OF I-Ac't
Billy AOTrls aud w.le surprised .hrl
&c their hosle las. Wednesday evan.ue
by appearing. 70 The number of abou.
twenty-five, viii well-eilet 3 skets auC
taking possession ol lie aoGse. Tn.s
was the way the friends decided on
bidding Uncle Billy and Mrs. Norris
GOd-speed on their trip 20 taeir o.d home
on the eastern shore of Maryland where
they started las. saturday. 70 oe absent
! during the fall ana early winter.