Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-08-15

lily 1llS week, spending MS vacation.
billiard Butchins started out yester-
day with corn knife TO do his first real
hard work.
Contractor Kidd has commenced the
work of building the bridges over the
water ditch.
DIR. Karr has rented the Little house
and will bring his family down from
Sun City soon.
DIR. w. II. Moore was 50 years old
last Thursday and his wife surprised
him with a birthday supper.
Smyth u Schmidt have taken charge
OF their meat shop ard invite their
friends to drop in aud see them.
n marriage license was granted yes
terday to +. L. Putnam and Miss
Bashie Marshall, both of Sun City.
Mr.. Taber brought in load of Bar
Der county apples and peaches, from
his Medicine river farm, yesterday.
viii Evans, formerly of this city is
now editing the Higgins (Texas) Cour-
Ter, and he is getting up fair paper.
Hon. Geo. j. Barker, of Lawrence.
general attorney for the Western Farm
Mortgage company came in yesterday.
Mrs. Florence HOag is recovering
from very severe spell of sickness
with which she was attacked on the
5th inst.
Elder Embry will preach here regu-
larry the LIST, Sd and 4th Sundays and
at Sharon on the End Sunday. Preach
ing here next SUNDAY.
The papers yesterday reported that
MI. Harrison had spent quiet day.
Now that Mr.. Blaine is home Mr., Har-
rison's days will all be quiet ones.
Read the advertisement of a $500 bull
for $50. Kalorama Boy is the best bred
animal in the county. The Holsteins
combine the beef and milk breeds.
w. w. Standiford will move back to
the city about the LIST of September. and
will occupy his residence on the corner
of Walnut street and Washington ave-
nue..
The case against w. Z. Lacey, of
Lake City township, charged with mis-
treating a child by his first wife, is set
for tomorrow, before Justice Mccain
less, in this city. His mother-in-law
made the complaint.
The ladies of the Christian church
will hold lawn social at the residence
of Mrs. IL. G. Thompson, Monday even
ing, August 10th. Ice cream and cake
will be served; all are cordially invited.
Mrs. Waldron Chase, Sec'y.
The educated teacher" was the
subject discussed in a lengthy lecture
last week, before the institute, and
those who heard it.decided that an ed
ucated teacher might prove To be very
tiresome talker and not half try.
Kiowa Journal: BILLY Wilson, the
would be slayer of J. NJ. Northup. was
taken to Medicine Lodge, Monday, by
Sheriff Stevens. lie has gone, followed
10y the regret Of none of our citizens,
and IL is to be hoped that he will never
again return" You certainly will not
be troubled with him again.
Judge Ellis opened an adjourned
term of the district court Yesterday.
but aside from passing on few motions
and taking several under adyisement,
no particular business was transacted.
The Ramsey q Sheldon cases were not
brought up for trial, the judge not feel
ing well enough to give them attention.
There was sociable or reunion of
normal students at Mr.. z. a. Simmons
house last night ana nearly. all the
young people in town were present.
The Silver band was ont aud with the
yocallsts and musicians Of the city made
the hours pass most pleasantly. Many
conquests have occurred in this city
during the past tours weeks and when
again the young mans fancy turns to
thoughts - ,Oye, we may expect to hear
of more than one communication of
cOurtship just begun.
Judge Ellis, at chambers, i'm this city,
Monday. heard the application of Fred
Peters, of Comanche county, for release
from custody of the sheriff of that coun-
ty. Peters, who was butcher. of
Coldwater, bought a cow of one Simms.
of Nescatunga, killed it and neglected
10 pay for it according to contract. He
vac arrested and on preliminary exam
nation was bound over, his bond being
fixed at $500, which ne failed to give.
Application was made to Judge Ellis
tor his release on hGbeds corpus, but the
judge declined to release him. G. ..
Blake appeared for the state and T. G..
Chambers for the defesdant. Sheriff
McIntire returned to COldwater yester-
day, with his prisoner. Peters is a
brotheF-in-law of McUooi, tue man tax
en- back to Pennsylvania last week for
horse stealing.
Hon. w. IL. Carter, of Comanche,
county, democratic candidate for state
senator IN this district, was here last
Friday evening and though he did not
come to make 9 speech, mis- friends in,
sisted on it and he addressed large
audience nj the court house. The
Logan club Postponed their peeting at
the request Of the democrats aud tii-
courtesy was Only appreciated. Mr,
Garter made plain, common-sense
talk, free from braggadOeio and abuse,
but he managed to elucidate the princi-
pies Of The democratic party as enunci-
atea in is pgtlcnel and state platforms.
lie Was not as gadical as some o. his
friends would have liked, but he pleas
ed majority OF his hearers aud estab
lished himself as n plausible far and