Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-01-09

When you write back home, tell Jour
friends about the splendid weather we
have been having here this winter, So
far, there has not been three days when
men could not be seen on the streets
with their coats of, and every day the
ladies are out riding and calling with
light raps on az if it were but October.
Only one fall of snow has occurred and
it was very mild one. The oldest in
habitant does not pretend to have ex-
perienced more pleasant winter IN
this county.
Little Kate Denton has pet cat
which has history. About a month
ago it was caught in steel trap in l..
Munson's yard, and in endeavoripg to
get away fell into the water ditch, with
the trap hanging to its left fore foot.
| The ditch was full Of water and it was
supposed the cat was drowned. One
evening last week ''Old Tom" came
home looking very badly and his left
fore foot gone. 1t would be hard to
say which was the happier-Kate or
Tom. He has been royalty entertained
since his return home and is getting fat
and sleek again.
The teachers of Barber county have
an opportunity to get very pretty col
ored Autograph entitled Noah Web
ster, the Schoolmaster of the Republic"
which will be sent free to them if they
froVr nd
in their respective school rooms. 1t is
about 22x36 inches, and is picture of
Webster ON fac simile of two pages
of an unabridged dictiOnery, with a
page of his original manuscript and
surrounded by two fac SMILES of the
original Webster dictIonery and the old
blue-back spelling book. Address, G.
Il G. Merriam, Springfield, Mass, for
the chrome.
Now that the creamery is assured. it
will be necessary for the farmers and
others who expect to furnish milk, to
improve the breed of their COWS. There
is no use of talking of making money
out of Texas or half breeds as mixers.
There are several good herds of Hol-
stems and Jerseys in this county and
when the creamery is in operation there
will be much more attention paid to
this branch of cattle raising. Miller &
Benedict, whose stock farm is two miles
west of this city, are just now prepared
| to furnish Holstein bulls and heifers
and we advise our people to drive out
and look over their herd
A story comes down from Kansas
City about Dan Morris, formerly of this
city, that is worth repeating: 1t ap-
pears that he was running Joint"
in Kansas City, Kansas, when an off,
Ger went into his place to arrest him for
violating the prohibitory law. Dan ex-
pressed willingness to go with the of
ticer, but suggested that they take a
final nip" first He stepped behind the
counter as if to get at the bottles, but
suddenly began to disappear down a
| trap door and in an instant he had gone,
making his escape through the cellar
| 10 the outside. AS he was going down
in the hole, the officer made a grab at
DAMS head and got a handful OF hair
which he hept hs q trophy. Dan went
over INTO MissoG,rt and sent man over
to close out his business.
Last Friday afternoon Mrs. Musgl0TSe
drove into town and took Mrs. Youmans
out to Mrs. Sparks where they spent
the afternoon. When they reached Elm
Creek on their way home, the horse
they were driving began to act strange
ly and would not cross the bridge until
Mr.. Henry Sparks came along and led
him over. He then came into town all
right, but seemed somewhat blind.
From town he went home, travelling as
we'll as usual; but as soon as he got
home he seemed to go entirely blind
and crazy. Mrs. MusgFoye got out of
the buggy to tie him to post, WheH he
wheeled and ran against post knock
ing himself down. He jumped up and
started for the stable and ran into Mr..
Lawrence's buggy, which was in the
way, almost completely wrecking it.
He was so tangled in the wreck that he
was captured, embarrassed and led to
the stable, where he butted his head
against the wall so badly that he was
led out on the prairie and staked out.
In an hour he fell and seemed to be
very stiff in every loint and muscle, and
died at noon Saturday, in spite of every
effort to save hiw. Wormy corn or
poisonous seeds in oats caused his
death.