Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-01-30

Campbell for commission for selling
a big tract of land for the latter.
1t apears to be settled that we will
have no ice here this year unless we
have it manufactured at Wichita or
Hutchinson and shipped here, and then
1t would be too rich for the purses of
ordinary moItals.
Kingman Democrat: "Messrs. Shell
ley & Layton shipped big lot of tur-
keys, chickens and eggs toSan Francis
co yesterday. Ii they succeed in making
satisfactory profit they will make 9TH
er shipments in the near future"
w. III. Sparks and family have moved
here from Elk county and, we under
stand, he will have charge of the extern
sive farm and ranch of Richards & Rog-
ers, south of here on the Medicine river.
He formerly lived In this county, on
Elm creek.
No one appears to know what has be-
come of J. r. Stevens, formerly a citi-
zen of Valley township. He left there
several months ago, promising to write
to his friends; but no one has heard
from him. He did not leave any large
debts, we understand.
CAPTAIN and Mrs. A. l.. Freeman
came up from Texas last Friday to visit
friends here tor few days. They have
decided to make their home at Lips
comb, Texas, their Thorp's Springs
plans having been disarranged by the
marriage of their daughter.
Next Saturday will be grounding
day. If he comes out and sees his shad-
ow, he will go in his hole, pull his hole
in after him and will not show up again
for six weeks. But if he cannot see his
shadow, the winter will be declared off
and we may go to sowing oats and
ploughing for corn.
Dobbs Bros. have opened in this city
a wholesale and retail feed store, in the
room next to Woodlands livery barn.
They will keep on hand large variety
of farm and garden seeds, being careful
to get only such varieties as are suited
to this county. They Will get early va
rieties of northern raised seed corn in
due time for planting, and they will be
glad to confer with farmers and others
on the subject. They will also handle
vegetables and fruit in season.
A young man named Graham. of
Clark county, who had been in Jail here
for three weeks, under a commitment
for some kind of an alleged crooked
transaction with two barrels of whisky,
was released on bond last Sunday
through the efforts of Sample 81 Long.
This was knotty case out in Clark,
and, it is alleged, it entered into the
politics of that county to such an extent
that the Republican candidates for
sheriff and representative were defeated
at the last election.
z. b. Cole last week shipped from
here car load of Barber county mules
to the state of Mississippi, to be used
there on the cotton plantations. These
mules were bred here out of Texas
mares and Kentucky jacks and they are
animals that will command good prices
in the south, being WHY, active and
tough. This industry, if followed more
extensively in Barber county, would be
next in Importance to cattle raising, for
1t has been demonstrated that mules
raised on our rich, natural grasses are
tougher and more servicable than those
raised on blue grass and ted six months
Of the year.
w. l.. Barker, former resident of
this place, but who moved to Los An
geles, California, two years ago, is now
located at Tacoma, Washington Terri
tory, as assistant manager of the Realty
Loan and Investment Co. He also
writes that he is contracting and build.
ing, and since the 18th of November
when he went there, he has built FIVE
houses and he has ten more contracts
ahead. He says his company plated
so acres Of ground and since the first OF
the year they have sold 500 lots. He
mentions that the three painters, Lee
Riley Mcclure and Tom Lewis, former
| ly of this place, are at Tacoma.
AT the prohibition meeting at the
court house, last Friday evening, ad
journed from Monday, permanent or
ganization was perfected by the election
of II. III. Hardy president, r. II. Hahn
secretary and c. G. Taliaferro treasur
! eT. A committee of two was appointed
with pnwer to name the executive com
mittee. This executive committee, as
we understand it, is to "a secret affall
and everything it does is to be done IL
secret. 1t will be expected to secure
evidence for the grand jury and county
attorney andin general sneak around
and do in secret what no law abiding
citizen should hesitate to do openly, if
he is satisfied that the law is being VIC
lated.
Kiowa Journal: Monday, a party of
bone haulers" brought to town, in adj
dition to their bones, 100 prairie chick
ems, which they sold for "a per dozen.
The chickens brought them considera-
bly, more than the bones. The part,
who recently brought suit against the
Kansas City Times for $4,000 for de-
tamation of character, is not Michael
O'Shee, the former marshal of this
place, but Michael O'Shea. Our Mike
says he rather wishes he was the man.
as he understands the party has a
strong case. -. Word was received here
this week that Amos Chapman and his
Cheyenne scouts are again engaged in
rounding up the hunters in the terri.
tory. 1t is also reported that lot of
troops from the eastern part of the ter
ritory are working the Cherokee strip.
aud that all trespassers captured are to
he taken to Wichita.
Speaking of babies reminds US of the