Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-08-15
Frank J. Saunders, of Sun City. is a
republican candidate for representative.

Sec'y.
1t Is reported that Alex Hopkins
failed to capture the Kiowa delegation
last Saturday though he and two on his
ticket were elected.
A letter received this week announ-
ces that the health of Miss Stevens and
Miss Shannon, who are in Denyer, Is
much improved and they are delighted
with the place.
Judge Hall, of the Kiowa Herald, was
a loOker-on at the U. l.. convention last
Saturday. lie was named as a com
mitteeman but he declined to act, stat
ing that he was not delegate.
Barber county is not the only one
that has a large delinquent tax list.
Ours is small as compared with some
Of our neighboring counties. We rath-
er guess that there are lots of people
hard up.
Cary Ewart raises melons by the car
load, but none to sell. Every year he
dumps half a wagon load i'm the INDEX
Oihce and then the whole force puts
itself on the level of the beast and pro-
ceeds to get sick.
The Young Peoples Society of Chris
tian Endeavor met Monday evening
at the home of Judge McCanless and
they were delightfully."- entertained by
musical programme carried out by Mr..
and Mrs Waldron Chase.
1t would cost Barber county $500 FOL
space at the Cincinnati exposition and
this added to the cost of collecting and
forwarding display is more than our
people can stand in dull season, and
so there will be no display.
1t sounded funny last Saturday in the
U. l.. convention when delegate NOM
mated Eugene Ware, of CrisGeld, as a
candidate for county superintendent.
Crisiield is in Harper county. However.
MIR. Ware lives in Barber county.
Maj. g. II. Eldred and family will
move to town from their ranch in the
southwest part of the county, about
the first of October. They are having
extensive improvements made on their
place on Washington avenue, west.
The Elm Creek Roller Mills is getting
all the wheat it can handle for 90 and
80 cents. Young Coffman, who was in
town the other day, says the wheat they
are handling Is of a superior grade and
they are having good luck with their
flour.
1T is understood that George Sections
name will be presented to the county
convention Saturday, a number Of his
friends in the southwest part of the
county having decided that he would
be a goad man for representative. lie
has several delegations solid.
The ladies of the Baptist Aid society
will, about Thanksgiving, give an Art
Loan exhibition, lasting, probably,
three days. They will make an effort
To secure every object of interest that
can be obtained in the county, such as
rare pictures, old publications, works
of art and in fact clniOs and objects of
rirtU generally.
The Geppert & Stone stock of hard
ware and implements i'm this city was
sold last week under chattel mortgage
by j. III. Frost, of Kansas City, the
mortgagee and bought in by o. G..
Ewart, as his agent. The stock is valued
ut about 10000. The mortgage was for
$500. IL will probably be sold again,
In bulk, in short time.
Sam. Cole, 4 miles east, was re-prim-
lug shotgun shells last Friday morning
when he accidentally got hold of one
that was loaded. 1t exploded in his left
hand and tore of the end of the index
finger and severely laeerated the palm
of the hand. Lou Garland brought
him To town and Drs. Burney and
Moore dressed the hand, and now he is
getting along all right.
The hdbeGs corpus case in which Bill
Young's child is the central figure has
been amicably settled by the child be-
ing put in the hands of A. ID. Braunan,
at whose house both parents are stop
ping and where each may see the little
one as often as they may wish. Bill
says that he never did refuse his wife
access 20 her child. He brought it TO
town that both parents might be near it.
One week more of tins institute after
tins week. 1t has been the most sue
cessful, i'm point of numbers and results
obtained in the history of Barber coun-
ty. more than 40 students being en-
rolled; ia fact we have not noticed
where any institute ~ the state has had
so many in attendance. ThOse In at
tendance are generally well pleased
with their stay in this city and it is safe
to say that next year the attendance
will be much larger.
County Surveyor Aber is well along
with his work of plating. describing and
indexing every public road in Barber
county. Under the system he has
adopted, 1t will be possible now to learn
the exact locality OF any road in the
county, how and when II was laid out,
by whom and what changes have been
made In It. The roads will all he nupi-
bered and every paper pertaining to At
will be properly enyeloped and filed.
There are about 40 public roads In
Barber county.
The delegates to the republican con-
vention to be held here Saturday, 18th
inst, elected by Medicine Lodge town
ship, last Saturday are. i. l.. Noble.
5. l.. Overstreet, Vernon Lyle, IL. u.
Thompson, Ezra Nixon, l.. NJ. Axline,
z. A. Simmons, B. Il. Woodland. Geo.
lIOrneY, NJ. w. Hunter, j. n. Titus,
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