Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-06-19
LOCAL NEWS.

Call on Cook u Palmer for farm and
city loans. %
IIigh-grade Gasoline, at Standiford,
YOumans u Eldred's. 90
Cook a. Palmer give lowest rates on
farm and city loans. %
Ten car loads of sugarworks machin-
cry will be here this week.
Ladies and gents summer underwear,
any style and price, at 5. Y. u 4. 81
j. o, Mathews, II. II. agent at Sharon,
was oyer Saturday night to attend lodge.
Attorney Denton went to Kansas
City, Monday, for weeks sightseeing.
Summer dress goods, white goods
and all wash fabrics, endless variety, at
sly. NE. 81
A party of fishermen went up into
Pratt county this week to fish for bass
in the lakes.
The latest, tenderest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
1st National bank.
Ii. l.. Shannon has traded for the DR..
Kessler place; two houses and five lots,
on Lincoln Avenue.
The railroad company is strengthen
lng the entertainments at the bridge
across the lake inlet
FLANNEL shirts are all the go. We have
neat line of latest patterns. Come and
see them. $. Y. Il +. so
The recent rains have given the grass
and weeds such start that some sOr-
ghum fields are i'll bad shape.
W. Il. Williams, west of here two
miles, has y good farm for sale. IL has
an abundance or fruit, peaches, small
fruit, etc.
r.. Lake will head nearly all of his
400 acres of wheat. He thinks the saw
ing in Irvine will about pay for the cut
ting and stacking of the crop.
The Wichita Steam laundry, a. S.
McClearey local agent, does the best
and cheapest work. Goods sent out
Tuesday returned Saturday. Try it. Al
If you are a member of the a. o. U.
w. you must pay an assessment of one
dollar every month INSTRUMENTATION.
This assessment is due on the 18th of
the month.
Our new clothing, for spring and sum-
mer, better selected than ever before,
in light diagonals, worsteds, cheviots,
and other popular patterns, just receiv-
ed and well worth examining. Standi-
ford, Youmans ~ Eldred. so
Emporia is blowing about horse
eighteen hands high. Barber county
has a number of horses that tall-one
espec. ally, the property of j. NJ. York,
of Turkey Creek township, that weighs
1000 pount!s, and is we'll proportIoned
P.D. Cunningham started to Lisbon
Oklahoma, Sunday, to look after his
property interests. He is building a
two-story business house in Lisbon, the
best in the city, the papers say. j. n.
Titus and Capt. Rogers also went down
Monday to look after their claims and
lots.
While not making any great fuss
about it, Davis 81 Davis have opened up
the best and most complete, newest and
best-selected general stock of Spring
and Summer goods in this city, and they
are going to sell them this month. Take
notice, and govern yourselves according
~. Davis Il Davis. so
DIR. Gould was called to Sharon, Mon
day, to attend Hope, the four year-old
daughter of James Neal, near that
place, the little one having fallen from
n reaper, and fractured her right thigh
frightfully, Sunday afternoon. The sur
geon left her as comfortable as possible
under the circumstances.
The assistant secretary of the interior
has modified the decision Of the com
missioner of the general land office
which suspended the presumption entry
of Alice J. TayiCr for a quarter of land
southeast OF this city three miles. a
re-hearing of the case has Geen ordered
This is the land that Franklin Arm
strong tried to get before his death.
The gypsum works will be relocated
on this side of the Medicine river, If the
ground can be secured. Five acres will
be wanted and IL must be convenient
Ia the depot, or at least accessible to a
railroad switch. The people of this
city cannot afford to lose these works
and we do not believe they will long
delay in finding h suitable location fol-
them. While the dam and water ditch
south of the river might be made use
ful, the gypsum company think that al
present they will rely on steam power
In time they may conclude to utilize
the ditch that has been constructed. If
we owned the depot addition, or the
Reed quarter-section, or the Ellis land
we would gladly donate the five acres
required, to get the gypsum works loca,
ted, for we would figure it that we could
sell residence lots adjacent for more
than enough to recompense us for any
loss on account of the donation. I'm
fortunately for this city and county
we do not own or control the sites men
TONED.