Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-04-17
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New vegetables are beginning to APP
pear in market
Miss Stella Sparks came home from
Kansas City last week.
There will be more sod broken this
year than ever in any previous year.
Thos. Best, of the gypsum company,
will be here from England this week.
Medicine Lodge will ship carload
of brick and ten carloads of lumber to
Oklahoma.
d. ID. Leahy has resigned as railway
postal clerk. He will probably locate
in Oklahoma.
Who sells tobacco and cigarettes to
the boys? The law prohibits it, yet
many smoke and chew.
A marriage license was granted to
Henry F. Osborn and Miss Oracle E
Mitchell, of Aetna, on the 18th.
The trustees of Lake City, McAdoo,
Elm Mills, Deerhead and Cedar town.
ships have already made their assess
ment returns for this year.
LOsT-Between the gypsum hills, on
the Cedar Greek road, and Medicine
Lodge, on Sunday, April 18th, lady's
black jacket. Return to this Office and
Oblige the loser.
The railway switch to the sugarworks
is being graded, the ground having been
broken Monday afternoon. The work
of building the dam for the reservoir
will commence soon.
A. l.. Noble is the deputy county at
torney, and during the absence of Mr..
Cameron, will attend to all matters
that would properly come under the at
tention of that gentleman.
A double hog, hair-lipped puppy
and coyote, all under one tent, and
to be seen for one price of admission,
were shown here last Saturday. The
owners live southwest of Mingona.
In two weeks A. S. McClearey, at the
postOfice, Will have large, choice and
select stock of wallpaper, in all grades,
including the latest things in borders
and center pieces. Nothing old-fashion
about it. Save your orders until you
see his stock. AZ
Coldwater Star: 1.-The case of W. S.
Denton VS.. the U. z. church, to recover
fees for services in prosecution of the
railroad, came up before Squire s. W.
Miles, Thursday, and after two hours
wrangling, the jury allowed the plaintiff
judgment for $l5.'
The female faith cure" doctor, who
has been operating west of Mingona, is.
getting patients, and we have heard of
one being brought to her from Conan
che county. Some people will only
learn in the school of experience, and
tuition comes very hugh in that school.
Miss Ada Lawrence opened school,
Monday morning, four miles southeast
of town. a gentleman who passed by
at about ten o'clock informed us that
he saw the teacher and fourteen child
dren sitting out in the yard, waiting for
an officer to come and unlock the door.
The members of the knights of Pyth-
las order, of this city, entertained their
wives, sweethearts, and few friends,
at their hall last Friday evening. Dan
cling, cards, music and lunch. were some
of the attractions. These entertain
ments are to occur regularly, we under
stand.
The Santa Fe railroad will run it's
first regular south-bound train next
Monday, leaving Arkansas City at 2 D.
M, arriving at Guthrie at 4:30, too late
to transact any business in the land Of
flee. The Rock Island expects to land
its passengers at Lisbon by rail and
stage, by 8 O'Clock in the afternoon.
Aninstance of what Oklahoma is do
ing for Barber county: Jacob Frazier,
who lived three miles southeast of Elm
Mills, had been confined to his bed for
four years, imagining that he was about |
dead. AS soon as the Oklahoma proc |
lamatiOn was issued, he arose and de- |
clared his intention of going there; and |
he did go, he and his family, this week. |
Fortunate Barber county farmers who
bought their harvesters from Noble s. |
Nixon, of this city, will have no occa-
sion to grumble much about the price |
of binding Irvine. This firm purchased |
its Irvine early in the spring, and will !
sell it at barely fraction above cost, |
about the same figures that obtained |
last year.
Easter exercises will be held at the |
Christian church next Sunday. A nice |
programme has been arranged for the |
occasion. The morning will be devoted |
to song service and recitations by the |
school, followed by short address to |
the children, by the pastor. At night |
Elder Nations subject will be 1.-The
Second Coming of Christ" The church |
will be nicely decorated. All are in
vlted to attend.
Mingona and vicinity had a sorghum |
sugar meeting last Saturday, with J. D.
Pursell as chairman and Leon Beals as |
secretary. After discussing the advis-
ability Of establishing plant at or near
Mingona, committee consisting of H. |
n. Burner, L. j. Jones, j. M. Reagin,
w. H. Hayes and George Shamberger
was appointed to investigate the Adam
son roasting process and report. The
people up there are anxious for plant,
and If possible will get one established
this year.
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