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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-14
THE INGALLS, LETTER,

AS a general thing, the readers of the
INDEX do not care cent what John j.
Ingalls,, the senior Kansas senator, says
or does. They all know that he is a
calculating politician, anxious to retain
his present position, and not particular
as to what means he employs to graft
fly his ambition, But the last "bad
break" Of the senator establishes him
as a monumental liar among his other
accomplishments, and so the facts are
related here.
Some time ago he wrote an article for
the Forum, in which he pretended to
tell of the wonderful success of the pro-
hibition law in Kansas, using the same
mis-statements used by every dema-
gogue on the Kansas stump for eight
years. No one in Kansas believed that
the senator was sincere in his writings.
but they did not imagine that he was
getting money for his mis-statements.
1t appears, however, that he was.
Last week he wrote the following let
ter to Capt. Coney, of Topeka:
ATCHIsoN, KANs., Aug -.
DEAR CoHEY: Your favor concerning INV
recent article in the Forum received. l am
sorry you do not like il. / cannot say that
think very much of it myself, but it is the very
best l could do under the circumstances. have
| just received a satisfactory check for the same
| from the editor of the Forum. who wants me
/ to write an article on the Race Problem for
/ the September number. A correspondent to
day says In his y. s.: II have read your article
in the Forum, and ike lie OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
clearness,' etc. while another correspondent
thinks 1t admirable, and fully agrees with me
! in everything, but would like to know on which
side of the fence am. So, you see, opinions
vary. Yours truly.
JOHN JAMES INGALLS,.
This letter was shown to number OF
Topeka people, including the editors OF
the Democrat. They, from memory
wrote out copy, and published it.
Capt. Coney became very angry, as he
| had a right to do. and. to shield ingalls,
SEM the original letter back to him, and
then den;eo that the publication was a
copy. ingalls,, havino- Che original II
his possession, boldly telegraphe.T. tha'
the publication was a forgery. 1t then
became question of yeracity between
the two newspaper men and the great,
fiery-tongued senator. They said they
had seen the letter, and they had. Col.
Hudson, the republican editor of the
Topeka CAPITAL, had also seen it, and
he published the fact in the Capital.
Now, In addition to being a mere
scrlbbler fora satisfactory check, . Mr.
ingalls, is established as liar.
Once before he wrote letter that he
tried to deny-the Chicago conventions
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klOWa News.

The Herald tells us that Rev. T. j.
Hutchinson is back there again. VIII
lard Mason's residence was struck by
lightning. M. 4. Draper, of the York
Draper Co., died in Colorado. j. w.
Dobson and family are now residing in
kiowa. The city tax levy is per
cent. on all taxable property. {. . Prof.
II. e.. Woodrow, lately of Parsons. is
the new principal of the schools.
Prof. J. n. Wilcox took the train last
Saturday for Liberal, Kansas, where he
will take charge of the chemical Iabora-
tory at that place, and will be absent
about four months. Ed. Magee is
nothing II not generous and kind to his
help. When Mr.. Whittenburg was
killed by lightning at his door, he came
to this city for physician to go imme-
diately to see HIM at his expense. lie
also paid all burial expenses, which was
fifty dollars over and above the amount
owing Mr.. Whittenburg.
The Journal says: Mrs. Phillip Cos
tillo broke her arm last week. r. A.
Cameron and about a dozen republican
candidates were down there D.. A stalk
of corn II feet high was stared at last
week y Free Methodist camp meet
ing will be held in McCracken's grove
on Mule creek, thirteen miles northwest
of Kiowa, and three miles southeast OF
Canema, commencing August 22d, and
will continue over two Sundays. MIR
j. R. Vandusen, Lying ten miles west
of town, has the honor of marketing
probably, the first load of this year s
corn in the state. Monday, August 6
he brought to town a wagon load OF
husked corn, which was sold to G. F.
Hasklns for twenty cents per bushel.
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FOR YOU.

Every workingman in Barber county
is interested in lot of questions pro-
pounded by the Harrisburg Post, as
follows: did you ever hear that your
SIS suit Of clothes are made by women
who are only paid nlnety-fve cents for
their labor? Did you never read nor
hear that the sugar in your coffee can
be manufactured at cost of two and
One-half cents a pound, while you are
compelled to pay from nine to eleven
cents per pound for all you buy? Don't
you know that everything you buy is en-
HANGED in price by the favor of the gov
eminent which mas been extended to
your employers, and don't you know
that the only thing you can sell Is your
labor, which the government does not
and never did protect?
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DDS he knows nothing Of Tricks and
Islander will compose no part of the can
vas he will make from now till Noyem-
Der. There are principles TO advocate
| and defend, and our candidate will
shirk nothing in this line. He will en-
| ter this canvass determined to win. and
| If the democrats all over the district do
| their duty, there is no doubt about the
result. A fair, square effort will win
in this district. The people of south
west Kansas want man in the senate
VINO Will stand by them, and such man
is "A. III. VanLaniDgham.
LAnthony Enterprise.l
The ovation rendered A. NJ. VanLan-
ingham by the citizens of Ashland and
Clark county most forcibly presents it
self when compared with that rendered
the nominee of faction of the republi
can party, Chester L. Long. of Medicine
Lodge. The actions of the convention
which nominated Mr.. VanLaningham
and the one by which Mr.. Long received
his nomination were SO dissimilar as to
provoke comment /; favorable and COM
plimentary TO the one, with nothing but
loathing and disgust for the other. Mr..
Long is outmatched to start with and if
our candidate, A. NJ. VanLaningham.
OF Clark county, does not improve with
acquaintance and age, then we will ad
NIT that we know nothing of the politi-
cal situation in this, the 38th senatorial
district. Mr.. VanLaningham is a GEN
tleman fairly well known all over the
district and possibly one of his best rec
concentrations is that he is thorough
good business man, always honorable
In his transactions and successful in
his undertakings, he has acquired the
dlstlnctlon OF being good financier.
and such a man we need to protect orr
interests. He is pledged to no section
county or counties against anv Others i'm
his district and will work alike for the
advancement of all. He comes before
the people with an unsullied record and
asks at their hands fair and impartial
investigation of the merits of the candl-
dates in the field, well knowing that
their verdict will be for him.
Meade County Press-Democrat.1
Hon. A. M. VanLaningham, of Clark
county, who was nominated i'm the
Coldwater convention by the democrats
last Saturday, as the senatorial stand
ard bearer for this district, is one of the
best and most favorably known men in
the southwest, having carried Harper, a
republican county, by 300 majority in
his race for register of deeds. Mr..
VanLaningham is popular wherever he
has resided. He has always taken an
active interest in the welfare of his
city, and has always been public spirit
ed, always seeking to improve and pro-
mote the interests of the people about
MN: lie will receive large majorities
IN Harper and Clark counties and will
receive large number of republican
votes in this county. Mr.. VanLaning-
ham was the unanimous choice of the
delegates from the several counties
forming the district, and his election is
almost a certainty.
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AERolsM ON A BICYCLE.
a Young Mans Presence of Mind SavoI
Many Children's Lives

a Young Mans Presence of Mind Saven
Many Children's Lives.
Thursday about noon Frank Sheldon, q
clerk in the Rookery Building, was riding
his bicycle along Calumet avenue near Raw
street, with his dog following close behind,
says the Chicago Tribune. Not far up the
avenue crowds Of laughing, playing chill.
dren were on their way home from school.
People on the street noticed the strange
actions OF the dog. There were long strings
OF white froth oozing from his mouth, from
which the tongue, red and swollen. ex.
tended His eyes rolled in agony as be ran
here and there and biting at imaginary OBJ.
1ects. Sheldon saw all of this, toe, and i'm.
mediately perceived that the dog was sui.
sH-in0 from rabies.
The school children, not so obscc.- al,
failed to realize the danger they were in.
Sheldon jumped to the ground, clutched
between the shoulders the swapping, gnash-
Ing beast, and was on the wheel again be-
fore the people who had watched him had
time to suspect his design. The treadles
OF the wheel revolved faster as Sheldon
fairly few on the avenue, the dog gripped
10 his hand and carried at arms length
from him. Hostlers in an adjacent stable
ran within and closed the doors. The dog,
uOWiAAlS anu tSOuy, WAS making
every effort to bite the hand that held him.
But Sheldon kept the wheel flying, and it
was not long in turning the corner onto Ray
street. where, as he supposed the danger to
the school children would be removed
But he only ran from one crowd into an
other. Ray street is only two blocks long,
and is extensively frequented at this hour
by scholars from the neighboring school
Mrs. N. Gray Bartlett lives at No. a Ray
street, and had been watching Sheldon from
the window. She screamed to him to put
the dog IN the front hall of her house. The
children ran crying in all directions The
dog had nearly wriggled from the hand that
had held him so long. But Sheldon still kept
his grip and soon had him in the little hall
OF Mrs. Bartlett's house. He did not dare
TO let go even then for fear he would be Bit
ten before the hand could be Withdrawn from
the door. Mrs. Bartlett came to the rescue,
however, with a cloth saturated with chloro-
form, which she held over the dogs mouth
until he died
The danger was past and Sheldon was the
hero OF the day. By his presence of mind.
pluck and vise-like grip he had saved, with
out doubt, several children from horrible
sunerlngs. He did not seem to think he had
done any thing that should cause score of
mothers to thank him so layishly II was
only after repeated requests that he gave
bis name, 1a
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FOR STATE SENATOR.
Harper sentintI.l


There never was a more unanimous
nomination rendered any American cit
izen than was rendered A. NJ. VanLan-
lngham at Coldwater, last SATURDAY..
by the democratic senatorial conyen-
ton. The integrity and popularity of
the man points to his triumphant cleo
ton next November.
The various interests of the 30th dis
trict can be safely trusted in his hands.
as his honor and principle towers away
above any schemes tricksters may at.
tempt against the best interests of any
part OF the district. AS the Sentinel
was the first newspaper in the district
10 introduce Mr.. VanLaningham to the
notice OF the people and his party for
the nomination for state senator. we
reel proud of our candidate and the
WORK OF the convention in nominating
nlm without a dissenting voice. The
nrst mention of his name spread
through the district like wiId-fire and
the hnger OF destiny pointed to him as
the successful man as plainly as it did
20 Grover Greveland for the presidency
IN 1884. and as most assuredly will he
be elected.
lClark County Ciipper.l
The nomination of \. 81. YanLaning-
ham at the Goldwater convention was
I :. : test the party could have done. He
= ono of Tho Longest men in the dis
trict and he will make y. aos.s ealli-
palgn. His name is synonym for hon
esty and he viii arouse an enthusiasm
wherever he goes. Though aGuiet bus
mess man he is no novice in politics.
He is firm in his convictions and is moi
afraid to meet any opponent and con-
test every inch of the ground that is is
go over to vlctery. But 1t must be an
open battle for supremacy. That lead
ership that would require unholy meth
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FARM FOR SALE.

One of the choicest farms in Barber county,
8 miles southwest from Medicine Lode, on a
plain, good road. 1t consists of $50 acres, well
watcred by creek running through it; much
of it valley land: abundance of timber; good
natural shelter and shade for stock; water at
a depth of II to 10 feet: suitable draws for fish
ponds; go acres pillow land of best quality
balance finest grass land; all gently sloping to
the Medicine river; quartersections of I'M
settled pasture land adjoining that Gun be Sc
cured on reasonable terms. OF this farm, 20
acres are in cultivation TO corn, millet and
sorghum; 500 bearing fruit trees on the place,
principally peaches of the finest kind; zoo 9TH
.ers will bear next year; besides, trees in nurs-
cry; patch of blackberries and other small
fruits; rhubarb, asparagus, &c; large beds
of sheep manure, the accumulation of ) years
from large herd. a cistern and well; mile
of wire fence; ordinary buildings.
PRICE-For the whole lot, SIS per acre; viii
divide il at about the same price
TERMS-S2. 800 cash down: balance ON one
years time at per cent interest
Call on or address. .W, INDEX OGicc. Meii-
cine Lodge, Kansas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-14
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

A delegate convention of the democratic vo-
tiers of Barber county is hereby called to meet
at the courthouse in Medicine Lodge at 2
O'Clock p. III. of
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1889.
for the purpose of nominating candidates TO
be voted for at the November election, as fol-
lows:
One Sheriff.
One Treasurer
One Register of Deeds.
One County Clerk.
One Surveyor.
One Coroner.
At the same time and place, the delegates
from the First and the Third Commissioner dis
tricts will nominate candidates for those Off
ces.
The basis Of representation agreed on by the
central committee provides that there shall be
one delegate at large from each voting precinct
I'm the county, and one delegate for every ten
votes and fraction Of six or more cast at the
November election, 1888, for John Martin Tor
governor of Kansas. This gives the following
representation:
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First Published August IA, 1889.
SHERIFF'S SALE.

STATE OF KANSAS, COUNTY OF BARBER. So
Jarvis, Conklin & Co.. Plaintiffs.
versus
Thomas Edes. Eliza Polly and Jarvis.
Conklin & Morgan, Defendants
by virtue of al order of sale issued ouf of fbs
y District Court of the Tweuty-Fourth Indi
clal district, sitting in and for said Rarbar
county, IN the above entitled action and tn mo
directed, L will on N ~ A"0
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18th.
A ID. 1889, Mt O'clock in the afternoon of said
day, AT the 'front.' door of the courthouse i'm said
county, o1er for sale at public auction and anIf
Winout appra1semcnt to the highest and nest
Ddder, Tor cash in hand, to satisfy said 0rrlero
SAFE all the right title and interest whatsoeyer-
OF the above named defendants, and each of
them, and or all persons claiming under them
In and to the following described tract niece.
anu parcel of land lying and situate in said
county of Barber, to-wit; " $3.50
Inc east haif Of the southeast quarter of sea-
Ion twenty-five, ~. and the southwest quarter
ana lae west half of the southeast Quarter of
eectton twenfy-three, 3D. and the north half
anu inc southeast quarter of section twenty
SIX, 20; aud the east half and the east half or
me west half of section twenty-seven, %; and
the east half of the northeast quarter of sec
ton thirty-four, 81; and the north half of the
northeast quarter of section thirty-hye g. All
In township thirty. 30, range eleven, H. in bar
Der county, Kansas, containing 1,440 acres
Given under my hand at my Office In the city
of August, 1889.
l2-16 GEO. W. STEVENS. Sheriff.
Beardslev d Gregory. Attys for Pitt.
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First Published August IA, 1889.
ATTACHMENT nnTIcR
A. j. Bostwick. Plaintiff,
versus
Joseph z. Truitt. Defendant

"A. j. bostwtck, Plaintiff,
Joseph E. Truitt. Defendant
Before r. NJ. Woodward, a Justice of The Peace
within and for Medicine Lodge Township.
Barber County, Kansas
Joseph E. Truitt will take notice that he has
oeen sued before me, by A. j. Bostwick. plain-
M, Tor work and labor performed and goods
FURNISHED, and money paid for said defendant
AT SAID DEFENDANTS special instance and re-
quest; and an order of attachment against the
property of said defendant was issued by me
July q, 1889 and the following goods and chat
tells OF said defendant, situated in Barber coun-
", Kansas have been attached for said debt
interest aud costs:
Inlrty t5O) acres of corn on the east half of
tne soutnWest quarter of section twenty-nine,
Sone gu thirty, range fourteen; one and one
H H1 VA acres OF millet, on the same land /;
~, oIty-nNe t4ol acres OF corn, more or less on
tuS northwest quarter of section twenty TOWN.
snip thirty, range fourteen eight fSl 1cres of
ntl.e ret more or less, on the southeast quarter
oI thS nortneast quarter of section thirty
LOWnsnlp thirty, range fourteen one Deerine
blnoer. seven foot cut two two-horse corn
piows about fifteen Q5) acres of corn on the
northwest quarter of section tventy-nine
township thirty, range fourteen.
said cause will be heard before me ar my,
once. In the city of Medicine Lodge Rsrhar
county, Kansas, on Monday, September q 1850
at one o clock In the afternoon of that day
Done at my Office, in the CITY of Medicine
Lodge, Kansas, this 9th day of August 1850
X. NJ. WOODWARD,
Jusuce OF the Peace of Medicine Lodge Town
snip, Barber county. Kansas. I2-Il
a. ). JONES, Attorney for Plaintiff.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-14

MONDAYS cattle receipts at Kansas
City were 7,043. The market was active
but lower: best cattle steady. Medium
were to 10 cents lower. Texans were
inclined downward. Representative
sales showed shippers S8.l5 to S4.20.
the last figures for ! ,56S 10. steers: 972
Texans brought $3.50; 1000 lbs, So O5;
"a COWS weighing ISL commanded Sl.75;
AS calves sold for 81 each and Sc for Sc;
COWS and heifers ranging from $50 to
1909 averaged but 50. Hogs were irreg-
ular aud mixed lots cents lower.
Lights were steady and heavles strong;
average prices were 81 20.
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epistle, in which he expressed himself
as opposed to Harrison.
And yet, Notwithstanding his insin-
cerity. Kansas republicans love Ingalls,
just because he can say mean things
about the democrats. Because he is a
fire eater they want him in the senate.
Because he can successfully straddle
the prohibition issue, they would make
him president. Because he is a polished
liar they love to do him honor.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-14

A report of experiments in the manu-
facture of sugar by diffusion at Magno
liza station, Lawrence, La, on the GOV.
Yarmouth farm has been prepared by
Guilford l.. Spencer, one of the assistant
chemists of the department of agricul
ture, and has been placed in the hands
of the secretary of agriculture for pub
LEGATION. The report says that in the
work done at the Magnolia plantation
and which comprised the manufacture
of I ,S55, $50 mounds Of sugar, the com.
parison between mill work and diffu-
sion process was in favor of the latter
by yield of 54l pounds of sugar to a
ton of cane. the diffusion average being
222 pounds and that of the mill 1875
pounds.
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John l.. Sullivan is under arrest in
Mississippi, awaiting trial for prize
fighting. The punishment may be both
a fine and imprisonment and Sullivan
expects both. AS Kilrain did not fight,
July sth, it is not likely that he will be
arrested.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-14

Prince Russell Harrison. son of the
president, is having big time in Eur
ope, hob-nobbing with royalty. The
cable tells that since his arrival there
he has purchased suits of clothes, IA
pairs of trousers, top coats and boots
enough to at up centipede. The Prince
is evidently not home protectionist
when his own comfort is concerned.
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No. lila. First Published August IA, 1889.
SHERIFFS SAIR


Rf virtue OF an order of sale, issued out of the
u district court of Barber county, Kansas to
me directed, in favor of George W. Hendricks
son and W. c. Mills, and against ohm Andrews,
agnes ID. Andrews. j. o. Davidson William H.
Hastings and Eliza L.. Hastings, Johnathan n.
Jones and Ellen Jones. o. C. Ewart, w. W.
stamford, Z. Yonmans and Charles H RI
dred, partners, as Standiford, Youmans 81
dred, will. on
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IA.
1882 at the hour of O'Clock in the afternoon
OF that day, at the front door of the court
house, in the city of Medicine Lodge Barber
county, Kansas, sell at public auction for cash
TO the highest bidder, to satisfy said order of
sale, the following described real estate stu.
aTed IN barber county. state OF Kansas, and
all the right, title. interest and estate of the
SAID John Andrews, Agnes NJ Andrews L. o.
Davidson, William II. Hastings, Eliza e. Has
@ngs, Jonathan B. Jones, Ellen Jones' o. C.
Ewart, W. w. Standiford, E. Youmans and
Charles II. Eldred, therein, to-wit:
One hundred 100 acres of the east side of
the southeast quarter of eeotion eighteen. uSl.
township thirty-one. OH, range thirteen, d3),
Barber county. Kansas.
49,, GEO. w. STEVENS,
l2l6 Sheriff of Barber county. Kansas.
I. G. CUTLIP. Atty for Pitt.
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PRECINCT.

Total 96; necessary to choice, 40.
II was further ordered that tho primaries for
the selection of the delegates be held at the
usual voting places at 3 o'clock p. m, on
SATURDAY, AUGUST 81, 1889,
and at that time the voters should take such
action az they may deem proper towards NOM
mating township tickets TO be voted for at the
November election.
BY order Of the Central Committee:
T. O. MOLLoY, Chairman.
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Axtell, the three-year-old, trotted a
mile at Cleveland. last week, in 2:144
There Is something for Campbell's
Electioneer to trot to; but it is believed
that the Barber county horse will even
beat that record this season.
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The postmaster general has issued
an order modifying postal regulations
so that hereafter letters not stamped
will be forwarded to those addressed,
from whom postage will be collected.
Heretofore notice of postage due has
been sent out and the mail withheld.
The previous arrangement has been an
infamous one, and has caused more
cussing than almost any other thing.
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Oliver Ewell, of Kiowa, is considered
the most available candidate for county
treasurer on the democratic ticket. His
friends are insisting on him allowing
his name used