Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-06-26
Mr.. Carroll's addition to his residence
is nearly finished.

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Coldwater, last Thursday, paying taxes
for number of his clients.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Bap-
fist church will meet with Mrs. w. A.
Cain tomorrow at o'clock.
y daughter was born to Mrs. VIC.
Dark, in this city. Monday evening, the
oath instant, DIR. Moore being in attend
ance.
Col. Eldred has been confined to his
room for a week, with bilious attack.
though he has not been in bed much of
the time.
Any stakeholder in the building as
ISOLATION may now draw out and get
the amount of installments he has paid
in without interest.
Mr.. Munson goes fishing occasionally
after supper, and always comes home
with fish. lie has our thanks for a fine
sample of his catch.
Since our last, several good rains have
fallen over Barber county and the good
crop prospects are becoming better es-
tablished every day. 4S-tf
VIM. Mexican, an attorney of Kiowa,
well known over Barber county, was
married at North Rush, n. Y, June
9th, to Miss Emma Norris.
M. l.. Wilcox is down from Pratt,
this week. His farms in Valley town
! ship have raised lots of wheat this sea-
son, and he also expects a big corn crop.
superintendent Turner, of the Santa
Fe, was here Monday, to confer with
the gypsum company, and others, in re-
lation to the new location of the works.
Percival & Shumate are out with
their thresher with lots of work before
them. They say they have ordered an
other machine and will run two outfits
Cook " Palmer are making a collec-
ton of grain, grasses, fruits and yeget-
ables, at their Office, and will be glad to
receive, label and exhibit anything left
with them, They want samples of ev-
erything of value that grows in Barber
| county, and farmers are requested to
bring in their best specimens.
The Standard says that Wellington's
Fourth of July celebration will be the
biggest thing ever held in this section.
Gen. Jas. b. Weaver will deliver the
Grafton, and other speakers of note
will address the assembled throngs.
Sports of every kind will be provided
and there will not be a dull minute all
day.
1t is settled that the gypsum works
are to be moved to the east side of the
river, and located near the railroad
stock yards. Mr.. Best says that the
| works will be started as soon as posi-
bic, and that before frost the company
will be daily shipping out car loads of
the celebrated Robinson cement, and
other products of gypsum.
1t is a great mistake that a Touring
| mill is not being erected here to take
care Of the big wheat crop that is now
/ harvested. The city offers to donate
site and furnish the water power for a
mill for FIVE years. There is plenty of
gram here to keep mill going and so
we cannot understand why some capt.
taiist or company does not take advan-
tage of the opening.
| Many farmers lii this county have
listed their wheat ground to corn after
/ harvesting the wheat. Prof. Blake ad-
vised this and many farmers over South
ern Kansas are following the advice
When it is remembered that the wheat
! crop of this county Will average twenty
five bushels to the acre, the thought of
second crop, on the same land, will be
( pleasant for the Woodworking farmers
of Barber cGgHty.
DR.. +. p. Miller, or New York City,
| principal owner of the Medicine Valley
stock farm. arrived here last week to
remain two or three weeks. He is better
| pleased than ever with the crop outlook
in Southern Kansas, and predicts that
large immigration will flow in here
this season. He has never lost conf
/ dence in his investments here and holds
/ his Barber county possessions as the
! most valuable of any that he has and he
/ is an extensive real estate owner In this
! and other states.
Kiowa Herald Frank Randall ar
rived from Oklahoma Sunday He has
sold out down there and come to stay.
Kiowa will catch them all before frost
causes the leaves TO fall. Mr.. j. G.
I Tenant will have his drilling appara-
tus here and be ready again for business
at the sa!t well in 2 very short time, so
we are informed by reliable parties.
Glad to hear this and hope IL is tue
-. The fair association meeting, held
at the Hardwick house, last Saturday,
was not generally attended. Another
meeting will be called soon, when it is
hoped that more willinteFeet themselves
and ard with their timely suggestions
in order that our annual fair may be
even better than that of lass year.
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