Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-04-10

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locate the switch for the sugarworks.
Subject for discourse at the Christian
church, Sunday night next, will be 1.-THE
Love of. God to Man." All are invited.
The Medicine Lodge Sugar Works Of
fee is on Washington avenue, west Of
Standiford. YOumans & Eldred's store.
j. e. Thrailkill was over from Well
lington, yesterday, having improve
ments made on his Medicine Lodge
property.
at Lake City, April Goth, C. D. Mel
son will sell all of his farm implements,
and lot of millet seed, and various
other articles.
Easter exercises at the Christian
church, Easter morning, by the Sunday
school. Followed by short sermon
to the children.
Gentlemen who expect to sleep, with
out bad dreams, in Oklahoma, should
make peace with their printer by pay
ing for their subscriptions.
John McKeever returned from Balti-
more last week. The report that his
relation was dead was not true, though
the old gentleman is in very poor health.
The G.. E. and B. society will give a
May reception on the evening of May
LIST, 1889, in Thompson's opera house.
charged.
1t should be understood that the sup
porters of the Citizens Sugarworks-
Waterworks ticket are not responsible
for the Outlandish manner in which
Mayor Pearson wears his beard.
Miss Octa Gibson is now with Miss
Della Moore, prepared to do all kinds
of plain and family sewing and dress
making. Prices reasonable. Ladies
are requested to give her a trial. 46
Fen. L. Cooper came down from Des
Moines, Iowa, last week, to look after
his cattle. He is connected with a
waterworks and railroad company with
his brother-in law, H. d. Thompson.
Messrs. Freeman and Johnston, who
are examining the county treasurer's
books during Capt. Rogers four years
term, will not be ready to report to the
commissioners at the present meeting.
The school taught by Miss Ada Law
renee, four miles northeast of town,
closed last Friday. On Monday she
will open school four miles southeast
of town. She is very popular teacher.
When completed, the lake in the
southw west part of town is to be lighted
by electricity on high pole in the CEN
ter. The sugarworks will also be light
ed by electricity, the company having
purchased q dynamo.
Judge Lacy is in receipt of a letter
from his son, John A. Lacy, who is at
Tampa, Florida, rapidly improving in
health. He expects to return to his
western run before summer, first taking
in New York, Washington and other
eastern points.
The distance from the southeast cor
ner of Barber county to the northwest
corner Of Oklahoma, is but 60 miles,
and from Medicine Lodge to Kingfsher
the distance is but 100 miles. Barber
county will probably get good share
OF the overflow.
A. D. BrAnnRn, who has been suffer
ing with muscular rheumatism since
the 10th of last November, does not ap-
pear to improve very rapidly. He man
ages to get around little and that is
all. Having to remain idle is a great
punishment to him.
The young people OF the Christian
church have organized a. religious and
literary society. Two interesting meet
ings have been held. The next meet
ing will be at the church, Friday night
of next week. The membership and in
terest are growing. All inyited.
Comrade John w. Upperman an
nounces that the following Barber
county citizens will start with him to
Oklahoma next Tuesday, 18th inst: j.
NJ. Sherry, j. II. Owens, l. d. Young,
w. w. Page, Marion Thompson, A. D.
Brannsn, VIM. and James Springer,
Scott Cummings, J. w. Howard, Chas.
Beyans, David Lowry, ]. N. Titus, j.
w. McNeal and 3, L. Overstreet.
CO. Chandler. president of the Citi-
zens National Bank, of this city, was
for number of years q resident of
Montgomery county, Kansas, and is
well acquainted with Judge Chandler,
the recent appointee to the position of
first assistant secretary of the interior
department. Though they bear the
same name, the two gentlemen are not
related to each other. Our Mr.. Chan
dler, staunch democrat, says that
Judge Chandler is one of the most hon
est, conscientious, upright and indus
trious men he ever met, and he predicts
that the Judge will prove to be the most
fortunate SELECTION made among all the
Kansas appointments. He says that
the appointee Will prove to be good
friend to all honest land claimants in
Kansas, and his rulings will be such as
every fair-minded man viii endorse.
Southern Kansas, then, has reason to
be glad Of Judge Chambers appoint
mspt,