Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-01-02
Robert Elsmere."

Mills Saturday on short visit to
friends.
Miss PurseIl and Miss Burgess at.
tended the state Teachers association
at Topeka, last week.
Ambrose Lawrence reached home last
Monday night, after an absence of three
months in the Territory.
The county commissioners will meet
on Monday, January TIN. All bills
should be filed before then.
Ladies' Aid Society, of NJ. E. church
meets Friday Afternoon with Mrs.
Sanderson. Mrs. Houchin Sec'y.
Mr. and Mrs. w. NJ. Cash, of Cold
water. left for home Friday, after
short visit to relatives and friends in
this city.
Rev. Fleming, of Topeka, secretary
of the Board of Home Missions of the
Presbyterian church, was here last
Thursday.
The Christmas tree at the Worland
school house was great success.
There were presents for everybody, and
all those who attended had pleasant
time.
The first salt we'll in Kansas was
bored in Mcpherson county four years
ago. Parties were hunting water and
when they found it, it was too salty for
ordinary use.
r. NJ. Sparks started to the Kansas
City market Saturday night with four
loads of fat cattle. He expects to re-
main there awhile, giving his attention
to the commission firm of w. II. En-
bry & Co., in which he is partner.
Misses May and Nellie Quinn. of
Wellington, were here visiting their
friend, Miss Jessie Simmons. A pleas
ant gathering, in their honor, was given
at the home of p. A. Simmons Thurs
day evening. The young ladies returned
home Sunday.
The Presbyterian congregation at this
place has formally employed Rev. j. b.
North for the ensuing year. He has
been here on trial for a month and has
given such general satisfaction that his
employment was the unanimous wish
of the congregation.
At the raffies last Friday evening, the
magnificent silver tea set, worth S125,
was won by Harry A. Brown. The $500
phaeton was captured by E. z. Caruth-
ers and Scott l.. Allen, they having pur-
chased Eli Benedict's chance, his throw
being A at high dice.
Scott hubert came near having an
other serious fire at his house Monday
morning. The gasoline stove got out
of order and an explosion occurred that
filed the kitchen with flames and for a
time seriously threatened his home.
Damage to the amount of about $50
was done.
Sun City is making an effort to get
the Wichita Mining Co. to put in a
plant to utilize the vast beds of gypsum
which surround that town. One hun
dred tons of gypsum have been pledged
to the plant, to be delivered free of
charge. A committee was appointed
to go to Wichita to confer with the
mining company.
billiard Hutchins was up visiting his
brother, jim, on Mulberry, north of
Sun City, last Sunday, and when start
ing home his horse slipped and fell on
him, breaking both bones in his right
leg above the ankle. He was brought
nome when DR.. J. d. Kari reduced the
fracture and billiard will be out in due
time, though he has very bad leg on
him.
Senator Stanford last week sold to
Miller & Sibley, of Franklin. Pa, the
weanling colt by Electioneer out of the
mare Beautiful Belle, for $12,5 500. This
is said to be the highest price ever paid
for weanling colt III America. This
colt is full brother to the two that have
beaten 2.2O at three years old, and, as
we understand 1t, the colt is a full
brother to Campbell's Electioneer, own
ed by w. E. Campbell, of Barber coun-
ty.
nO OOOh ShoO 10 INV Oh0hAhS up NhO
religious world. from center to circum-
ference, is Robert Elsmere," by Mrs.
Humphrey Ward. You cannot pick up
a paper but that has something to say
of this wonderful book. The preachers,
everywhere, have dissected it; the
church papers have ventilated 1t, and all
society is reading it and discussing it,.
1t is in two volumes and may be had at
the postofice bookstore for 40 cents.
Don't fail to read it if you would be up
with the times.
The following item is from the Kan
sas City Star: michael O'Shea has
sued the Kansas City Times for $4,000
damages for libel. O'Shea was arrest
ed for carrying concealed weapons and
was discharged by Recorder Davenport.
O'Shea says the Times, in writing up
the case, called him the leader of gang
of train robbers" Which causes our
people TO wonder If it is the Kiowa
O'Shea. ii it is, he will have no trou'
BILE in producing abpndant evidence
that he is not a train robbef,
Mr.. Mars thought he would have a
little fun at the Christmas tree at the
Worland school house, and he hung a
cotton" pie on the tree for Mr.. WOr-
land. who was too busy to eat it that
night ana took it home with him. The
next day, Mr.. Woriand and family were
invited to dine with Mr.. and Mrs. Moss
Hamilton, and herring that Mr.. Mars
had put the pie on the tree, and was to
be at Hamilton's, Nj. |y0rland took
the pie with him and bribed Mrs. Ham
ilton to give Mr. Mars slice of it fol
dinner. A pair of scissors were necess-
airy to cut the pie and when Mr.. Mars
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