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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-29
First Published May 8, 1879.
sHERIFFs SALE.
No.u21.

pT virtue of an order of sale issued out of
~ the District Court within and for the coun-
ty of Barber, and state of Kansas TO me d.
rected, in favor of L. c.. Moiloy, cashier of the
Citizens National Bank, and against w o.
Thompson and Louisa Thompson. I will on
ATURDAY. JUNE sth, 1889.
at clock in the afternoon of said day, at the
front door of the courthouse, in the city of
Medicine Lodge. Barber county. state of KAN
sas, sell at public auction, TO the highest bid
Ger, for cash in band, without appraisement,
to satisfy said order of sale, all the right title
interest, claim and estate of said defendants,
W o. Thompson ind Louisa Thompson. in and
TO the following described real estate, situated
in Barber county. Kansas. to-wit:
Tie south half of the southeast quarter of
section twenty-eight, eeS,l in township thirty.
3d., south, of range fourteen (i4,l west: and
north half of the northeast quarter, and tie
southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of
section fhirty-three, OBJ ana the southwest
quarter of the southwest quarter Of section
twenty-seven, t24,l and the west half of the
northwest quarter. and the southwest quarter
of the southwest quarter of section Thirty -four
t349 in township Thirty 800 south, of range
fourteen, IA west; and lot two, e. and the
south bali of the northeast quarter of section
four, a. in township thirty-one. .Si) south, of
range fourteen, GA. west of the 9Th p. n.
Sherims Office, Medicine Lodge Kansas,
May Ith, 1859.
GEORGE w. STEW EMS.
5e2 Sheriff OF Barber county, Kansas.
OYcfStreet / Denton, Atty for Plt'ff.
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CAUGHT A MANATEE.
The Queer Creature Recently Exhibited
Georgia Town.

The Queer Creature Recently Exhibited in
Georgia Town.
According to Thomasville (Ga.) CORE
spondent there is now on exhibition at the
old Allen House, on Jackson street, man.
atee or sea COW. Captain W. II. Suuires,
who exhibits this queer animal, said to a
reporter: This cow is ten feet long and
weighs 1000 pounds. Its tail is twenty
inches across. We caught it in the inlet
TO the st. Lucie river, which drains the
everglades of Florida. We used in the
capture seine three hundred feet long,
made of inch rope. This is a very small cow
They grow from fifteen to twenty-four feet
long, and weigh from ten thousand to fifty
thousand pounds. They are very powerful,
and often break the strong rope of a seine
like spool cotton thread We attempted to
nee one fifteen feet long just before we
caught this one and it tore our seine to
pieces. Their bones are like ivory, and
worth one dollar pound. The meat in the
markets OF Havana Is considered a delicacy,
and sells at fifteen to twenty-five cents per
pound. There is but one live manatee COW
on exhibition in this country besides this
one. 1t is at Jacksonville, Fla There was
one, known as Old Columbus, at the Zoolog-
ical Gardens in Cincinnati, but they killed
and mounted it. There was one also at
Philadelphia, but 1t died and was mounted
Old Columbus and the Philadelphia COW
weighed 1000 pounds. They make fear
full struggle when first caught, but soon
surrender like sheep, and become very
docile. Though creatures OF great power,
they are easily controlled They have grind.
ers and eat grass like cow. The eyes are
about the size of a buckshot. The head ia
pers to point. There are two flippers in
front, no legs behind
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Remarkable Hog statistics.

Some rather startling computations have
been made on the subject of heg-breeding.
1t has been found that, if permitted, hogs
viii live from Is TO 20 years Of age, that they
commence breeding when they are from Q
TO IL months old. and that from one pair
only IN ten years, allowing only six to a
litter, male and female, upward of 6, 4s4, s3s
pigs would be obtained, that is TO say that,
II, instead of three acres and cow, a coun-
tryman started with some acres and a pair
of pigs, he might in the course of ten years
count their progeny by millions. This is
not reckoning on any out-of-the-way basis,
for II has been shown that one sow actually
produced 355 pigs in twenty filters, while
at an exhibition of the Agricultural Society
a boar Was shown which, although only 20
months cid, was already the father of !, te6
hogs. Here then ig wealth for the million.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-29
No. leo, First Publication May Is, 1889.
PUBLICATION NOTICE.

In the district court within and for the county
OF Barber in the state of Kansas.
IL. p. Hoadley, Plaintiff
Milton Ham and Evaline Ham. his
WIte. AdoIphus A. Adair, Emma s.
hellnan ana Mr.. -, her husband,
whose first name is to petitioner I'm,
known, Sophia Reiman, Lew E. Oar
row, and Mrs. j. s. Spring, Defcnd-
ants.
Lew e. barrow and Mrs. ] & snrinp win
ak. aa notice that the said II. p Hoadley. plain
IN! IN, uiu, on the 5lst day of December 1885 file
Jus peutlon In said district court. within and
TOT tue county OF Barber I'm the state of Kan
sas, against the said Milton Ham and Others
deIenaantS, and that the said Lew r DaIroyy
anu ai. Mro ,. spring must answer said petition
iIleu a. aforesaid, on or before the 18th day of
June, 1889. or said petition will be taken as fre
ana Judgment rendered in said action against
said defendants: Milton Ham and Eyallne Ham.
ms vile, for the sum of SIX hundred fsa1s1s
dollars with Interest thereon at the rate of
Twelve per cent. per annum from the 1sf
day OF July. 1876, less $21 already paid as inter
esti and Tor the further sum of So. for
ehenange ana for costs of suit: and a further
Judgment against all he said defenda nts 10 This
sun and each of them for the forgscIosuro Of =,
cram tlI mortgage upon the following described
u section hfte.si, -, township fhirtv-threc
%. Ia f3pEe thirteen. -, west of the eth p NJ
tYlns AID situated in the county of Barber i'm
nc stare OF Kansas, and adjud2ing that said
paItiil has the first lien said premises TO the
amount for which Judgment will be taken
as aforesaid, and ordering said premises IN
ne 500 without apDraisement, and the pro-
ceeSs applied 10 the payment of fine s,nat,,t
dlie plaintiff and costs of suit and n revs.r.
barring and foreclosing said defendants ana
eacn OF them, of and from all right title ess-
! ...e' interest properly ana equity of redemp-
tLs.) BEA EI,SF nv Z, GpEropV VI.
Attest: ATTORNEYS for PIaintiy
FRANK HoLaEs, Clerk. " III
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greatly to the punishment, out the wasnIng
process was done to prevent insects from
depositing their eggs in the sore places on
our flesh"
One day Written and other slaves were
sent to the wharf, bearing produce on their
backs to be loaded on a Philadelphia
steamer running between that point and
the West Indies. Written succeeded in
escaping the close watch of the guards
which always accompanied the slaves, and
he told his story to the captain, who aided
him in his escape, and ne was carried back
to the United States. He went direct to
Millerstowu, Perry County, where he had
left his mother, but she had long since
married a second time and left there. No
one seemed to remember her, and Written
gave her up for dead. He then began
searching for George Williams, one of his
friends of many years ago, and found him
at the Rush House, this place, and from
him Written learned where his mother
was.
Mrs. Stoner, whose grief for her sup
posed dead son had caused her to become
broken down, is now one of the happiest
women to be found, and she is now more
like woman of twenty than sixty-five
Written shows his friends the scars on his
back made by the cow-hide lash to sub
stantiate his story Of his cruel treatment.
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GHOSTS AND WITcHcRAFT.
A Region In New England Where Super
stition Thrives.


This wild, wooded and rocky-ribbed re-
gion, less than days journey from Gen
eraI Putnam's historic wolf den, in North
eastern Connecticut, is full of superstition,
writes New York Times correspondent
from Gloucester, r. l. 1t lis one of the
queerest of localities. In the center of
Gloucester lies Ponagansett Lake, and all
about the shores of this lake are the dwell
ings OF hale and hearty people, who make
this country, far from the busy haunts of
men, a veritable wonderland of legend and
reminiscence. The old men delight in tell
ing ghost stories, and the young people like
TO listen. Gloucester lies in the crooked old
Indian trail which ran between Connecticut
and the Providence Plantations.
For generations back the Gloucester
farmers have believed in wizardry. They
will do much of their work only during the
full of the moon. Otherwise they would
expect to die or to have very bad luck.
Planting must not be done until the signs
Of the zodiac are propitious, and gardens
must never be plowed on Fridays. Even a
tooth must not be pulled unless the stars
are right; If it is, it will come hard and
cause great suffering
Pork, if killed during the small of the
moon, will shrink to nothing in cooking, while
that butchered at the full of the moon will
continue white and firm. To insure luck in
the management of domestic animals the
sign Of the zodiac must be in the leg. The
wishbones of all fowls are preserved on
sticks. Some families keep hundreds on
hand all the time. When the zodiacal sign
is In the head, then the Glouchester people
believe one can do the most at catching
pickerel and can hook the biggest fish.
Hence the almanac hung by the kitchen
HFnnllnn m a (nlonanCfar Is
the settlers could not live without Its
study, If one would reap good harvests,
''catch" good claiming tides and avoid mis-
fortune, is imperative,
These people also believe that if you take
upa black snake and bite it your teeth will
never decay; that if the nails are pared on
Friday toothache will be prevented, and
that Child born in the heat of the day can
see into the future, and will be exempt from
influences of witchcraft. A ship that has
such . one on board they say will never
sink.
Perhaps the most curious belief still
| haunting these hearthstones of interior
Rhode Island is that relating to the char
acter Of the little fish in Ponagansett reser-
| voir. This pond is the source of the Paw
tuxet river, which flows easterly into Mar
ragansett bay, and years before the build
/ ing VI the Gam across the outlet OF the lake,
herring from the salt sea used to swim up
the stream TO the shoal waters of the lake
to spawn. The old settlers who have lived
about the lake all their lives aver that the
sinners which now glisten in its crystal
waters are naught else but the degenerated
descendants Of the herring race, and show
/ the same characteristics. One Of i:the Bowen
boys" at the lake frequently says that my
father used 10 say there was no sinners be-
fore any dams was built 70 fence out the
/ herrin' 81
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long time no trace could be founu OF the
missing nobleman, says the Chinese Ga
zette, but he was at length discovered
standing with barrow outside one Of the
gates of Pekin, selling species Of large
pumpkin. He proved to be a man of the
most rustic appearance and utterly unedu-
Gated. Ignorant of his high birth, he was
gaining precarious livelihood as a coster-
monger.
He was with difficulty made to realize
the sudden freak by which fortune had
raised him to be one of the great mobiles of
the land. Hurried off to the office of the
Banner, he was washed, shaved and combed
and his rags exchanged for costly garments
suited to his new station in life For some
days he was polished up generally and
taught the etiquette and Manchu phrases
necessary for his presentation TO the
Emperor. His succession was allowed, and
he went to his palace and took possession.
Report speaks of him as an honest and
kindhearted man, who has done his best to
educate himself and fulfill the duties of
his position. The Marquis is now about
ffty-four years of age and still retains his
rustic appearance. The birth of sons has
secured the succession, so that the family is
now in as strong position as ever. 1t is
his duty to offer sacrifice each autumn at
the Ming tombs. His palace is near one of
the gates of the imperial city. He is
popularity known as the Pumpkin Marquis.
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No. 1894. First Publication May -, 1889.
PUBLICATION NOTICE.

NO. E64. FIRST Publication May -, 1889.
PUBLICATION NOTICE.
In the district court within and Tor the county
of Barber. in the state Of Kansas.
Jarvis-Conklin Mortgage Trust Com
pany, Plaintiff.
versus
Barrett p. Bussert, c.. V. Sample w
;, Denton, Jacob Achenbach and
Elizabeth Achenbacb his wife, John
Hardtner and Eugene L. Brand,
Defendants.
John Hardtner and G. V Sample will take
notice that the said Jarvis onkln Mortgage
Trust Company, plaintiff, did on the 3lst day
of December. 1888 file it's petition in said dis
trict court, within and for tho county of Bar
Der, III the state of Kansas. against the said
Barrett =. Bussert and others, defendants, and
that the said John Harltner and {. V. Sample
must answer said petition, filed as aforesaid,
on or before the 18th day of June, 1889, said
petition will be taken true, and Il judgment
rendered in said action against said defeuda MT,
Barrett p. Bussert, for the sum of four hun
dred (S4G0) dollars, with interest thereon at the
rate OF IL per per cent.per annum from the Isl
day OF July, 1856 ; and for the further sum OF
5 =. for exchange, and for costs of suit; and
a further Judgment against all the said defend
ants TO this suit. and each Of them, for the
foreclosure of certain mortgage upon the fol-
lowing described real estate, to-wit The south
half ~ of the southwest quarter ~ of section
thirty-five t35); and the southeast quarter "a
OF the southeast quarter ~ OF section thirty
TOUR t34 J. township thirty-fOur GA; and lot two
t2), section two GU, township thirty-five C35),
range thirteen OBJ, west of the 9th p NJ living
ana situated In the county OF Barber. in the
state of Kansas, and adjudging that said plain
tiff has the first lien on said premises to the
amount for which Judgment will be taken, as
aforesaid, and ordering said premises to be sold
without appraisement, and the proceeds ap-
piled TO the payment of the amount due plain
till. and costs of suit. and forever barring and
foreclosing said defendants, and each of them,
of and from all right, title, estate interest,
property, and equity OF redemption in or to said
premises, or any part thereof.
BEARDSLEY. * GREGORY
ATTORNEYS for Plaintiff.
Attest FRANK HOLMES, Clerk
By S. l.. ALLEN, Deputy. 81
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SOLDERING THAT PAID.
How a Prussian GrenadIer Was Made Ind
pendent By Uncle Sam.

How Prussian GrenadIer Was Made Inde-
pendent by Uncle Sam.
l had peculiar experience the last year
OF the war, writes Hugo Richter in the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat. had served in the
army, and my service had been Eat the
'front.'" and when got out of uniform and
into pretty comfortable situation as dry
goods salesman in st. Louis was not par
ticularly anxious to smell any more powder,
at least for a little while. One day gentle
man came into the store where l wa en-
ployed and asked for me by name. He was
a stranger, but soon explained that he
wanted substitute to go into the army,
specifying that he especially wanted a man
who had seen service. He offered to pay
s., 200-S400 in cash, the balance to be de-
posted in bank TO be drawn at the expira-
ton Of term of service. l was inclined at
first to accept, but friend of mine argued
me out of it, saying: ''You have no idea
how long this war Will last, and you viii be
ordered right to the front, as you are al
ready well-drilled soldier. The money of
fered will not compensate you for the loss
of limb, to say nothing of a worse fate"
We were talking in saloon and the bar
keeper, who heard our conversation, asked
me to recommend him to the substitute
hunter. He said that he had not served in
the army in this country, but had seen
service in the Prussian army. i gave his
name to the man, and he went into the
army. Less than year after the fellow
walked into the store and asked for me-
"Hellol where did you come FRONT" said l.
'From Springfield" he replied. II thought
you were in the army" said. $50 was"
he said, ''but didn't get any further than
Sprin gfeld." Sure enough, he went into
the army at Alton, ILL.,, was taken to Spring
field, and, while being drilled there, the war
closed. He got his 81 200 cash, soldiers
bounty, wages at 50 a month, title to 100
acres of land, and never smelled danger or
experienced the least hardship.
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A VANISHED RACE.
Queer Sculpture and Painting on tn
Rocks in West Virginia.

SuOOE CCuiPSur0 anu on the
Rocks in West Virginia.
The erection of the new Government dam
In the river near Charleston, W. Va, has
hidden from sight the famous 'picture
rock" one Of the familiar landmarks OF the
kanawha valley, and one which has occa-
stoned much wonder and fruitless specula-
ton. The rock was located near the mouth
OF Paint creek, and, while the river was in
It's natural condition, was visible at low
water every summer. Some years ago
part OF the stone was removed for building
purposes, an act of vandalism which should
have been prevented at all hazards, and
now the remainder is submerged at all sea-
sons of the year. When whole, the surface
OF the pictured rock'' was about twenty
by thirty feet in extent, and was covered
with representations of animals, fish and
fowls, carved deep in the smooth surface.
On one side were the figures Of a man and
a bear, the latter being about life size.
Near by was a buffalo track, and short
distance away was the representation of a
large fish and a number of footprints, evil
IDENTITY representing the imprint of a child's
feet. The work was evidently done by pre-
historic people, as the traditions of the val
ley are that the representations were on
the stones when the first white men visited
the region, and that they then bore unmis-
taxable signs of great age, being water
worn and smooth.
The vicinity of Paint creek is rich in
aboriginal and prehistoric relics, and a
volume might be written of the discoveries
which have been made there. Almost
every excavation brings to light something
of interest to the antiquarian, and there is
every evidence that in past ages the valley
was thlckly peopled by an unknown race,
probably contemporary with the mound
builders of the Ohio valley.
At MoorefelG, from the time of the first
settlement, the cliff known as the Gap
Rocks, in the Petersburg Gap, has born the
gigantic representation of common fox
| The picture is upon the sheer and in
accessible face of the rock, some thirty
feet from the top and nearly one hundred
from the bottom, and being colored dlngy
stone. Recently Glen McGill, of OHIO, who
was visiting Cell Beans, went out to view
the fox, accompanied by Mr.. Beans After
an inspection from the bottom Of the cliff
the two men assembled to the top, and max
ing a rope fast to a tree, McGill lowered
himself down to the fox. He describes it
as being about twelve feet long, and
painted or plastered upon the cliff with a
substance res embling earthenware glaze,
which is as hard as the rock itself. The
surface Of the fox is quite rough, as though
the stuff was roughly smeared on by hand
before it hardened. There was a high
wind blowing at the time McGiIl made his
venture, and he ran considerable fisk. He
took along mallet and chisel, intending to
cut his name ON the fox, but was prevented
by the force of the wind, which swung him
about at an alarming rate.
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No. 1857. First Pnbl!si.ea May 10, 1882
PUBLICATION NOTICE.


In the district court within and for the county
of Barber, in the state of Kansas
Mechanics Savings Bank. Plaintiff,
versus
James L. Sharp. ]. r. Van Dem,
Mary H. Williams and Sir. -
her husband, whose name is TO pc
titoner unknown, ThurIow W.
Petit. Leslie Malone and Julia A
Malone, his wife, and Stephen sea-
ley, Defendants.
Mary FL. Williams and Mr.. - her bne-
hand, Ihurlow W: Petit. Leslie Malone and
Julia A. Malone. his wife, an,i stephen E..aIcv
viii take notice that the Mechanics Savings
Bank, plaintiff. did, ON the 5lst day of Decem-
Der, ioSS, lie its petition IN said district court
Witiln and Tor the county Of Barrier. in the
state of Kansas. against the said James r..
Sharp and others, defendants and thai In. said
Mary H. Williams AMI VI. -, her husband,
fhurlow ". fetfit, L.aiie sfaloneia,,d JIIiis 4
Malone, his wife, and Stephen Sa.l!ey rIIIst
answer said petition. flied as aforesaid a., or
before the 2olh DAY of Jfise. tsss, or said =. ~.
Ton will be takea as true AID Judgment ron,
qeiea ~ sasd aa'iH-, against said slefendsnt
3aiiar- :. snarp. for the sum of six hundred
s10Ji dollars, with interest thereon at the rate
OF twelve per cent: per aGnIm from the Ist day
OF July 1850 less SsS5 already paid al interest:
ana Tor the further st,SE II ...- forexchaEge
aud Tor costs Ot sui: and a further Judgment
AGAINST all the said defendants TO this suit and
each of lnenI f9ffile foreclosure of a sfsrfaf:,
estate. to-Hit: The north half. Il Of the south
vest quarter. II and the southeast quarter. Il /.
u tiS southwest quarter -, Hli fss nfst west
quarter, L. Of The southeast quarter. Z. Of see
ton twelve. u, township thif1yoRe. =. IN range
ten H. west 9Th Il. -. lying and situated in
the g tnty Of Barber IN the state Of Kansas
and adjgdeing that said vIsinlig hes the arst
lien on said premises to the amount for which
Judgment will be taken as aforesaid ard or
cering said premises 10 be aed Without slJ-
prstisement, and the proceeds :1lsuiissd to tle.
payment ot the amount duo pieintsd af.d clsts
of suit, and forever bar'irfp sls farpe.lossss2
sad defendants s.,sd schof te.s1. IT and Erc,.ss
gn right, title. essate-. interest rro5segfy and
equity of redemption IN or 70 said premises or
any part thereof
BEARDSLFy 4 G. RFffOEY.
las Attorneys for Plaintiff
Attest: FRANK HOLMES, Clerk ST.
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1912. First Publication May Is, 1889.
PUBLICATION NOTICE.

Thomas Mooney and Mary j. Mooney, his wife,
and Clint. Nj. Busey
YOU will take notice that you have been
L sued in the district court in and for Bar
Der county, Kansas, by CORTLAND z. Chapman
and that unless you answer to the petition fled
in said suit, on or before the 18th day OF June
1889, said petition will be taken as true. and
Judgment rendered against you accordingly.
foreclosing mortgage executed and deliver
ed by Thomas Mooney and Mary ]. Mooney,
his wife, to Jaryis-Conklin Mortgage Trust
Company, dated january list, 1897. en- the fol-
towing described real estate, in Barber county,
Kansas, tO-wit:
The north half ~ of the northeast quarter
-. and the southwest quarter of the north
east quarter. aud the northwest quarter of the
southeast quarter, all in section thirteen 49,
township thifty-One (3l) range thirteen t13 west
of the 9th 2. NJ; and for the sale of said real
estate, without appraisement, to pay the debt
secured by said mortgage.
BEARDSLEY s. GREGORY,
Seal. Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Approved: FRANK Holmes Clerk
by S. l.. ALLEN, Deputy. SILL