Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-03-20
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Nick Sherlock started to Great Bend,
yesterday, in buggy.
Two big sales in this city next Satur-
day. A chance for bargains.
Ben Carr will start for Oklahoma to-
day, to be absent about ten days.
ANY one wanting cattle ranged can
learn of reliable herder by applying at
this Office.
Cyprus chapter conferred the N. III.
degree on three candidates last Thurs
day evening.
A steady and heavy rain fell here Sat
urday night, continuing for nine hours.
1t was needed.
Frank McAlister was here several
days last week. from LakIn, looking
after his property interests.
JAS. Dobbs left for Wichita, yester-
day TO lay in supply of early corn,
potatoes and other seeds.
H. L. Craven. who was connected
with Stamford, Youmans 81 Co. seven
years ago. now of Wichita, was here
last week on insurance business.
The best brand of flour ever offered
in this city is the Crescent" and it IS
world heater. If this was not SO
Davis 81 Davis would not say so. 20
The L. LIS. will have Geographical
Basket social Tuesday evening, March
26th, at Sherlock's hall. Something
new and entertaining. A cordial invi
tatiOn to all.
Mrs. Neff, mother of Mrs. t. A. Nc
Clearey, arrived her Sunday, to remain
some time on visit. She was accom-
panied by J. Neff McClearey. who came
down from Kansas City on visit to his
parents.
w. A. Palmer and wife, of Dubuque,
Iowa, and Mrs. Anderson, of Califor
mia, are here visiting j. Q. Wheat, the
brother of the two ladies. Mr.. Palmer
and wife spent the winter in California
and are on their way home.
AT this writing, the fruit trees in this
county show indications of an extraOr
binary yield. Both budded and Seeding
peach trees are full of buds that will be
in full bloom within a week. If this is
a good fruit year, Barber county will
export 10000 bushels of peaches. Last
year we sold and shipped out 5000 BUSH
and our trees were all young.
Judge Edwards performed his first
marriage ceremony Monday afternoon,
18th inst, at his office in this city, the
contracting parties being Mr.. Amos a.
Ash and Miss Belle Wiley. both resid-
ing south of this city. The judge per-
formed moderately well, but omitted
one important part of the ceremony
he neglected to kiss the bride. He says
he will attend to that later.
Elder Nation returned from a weeks
preaching, in time, Sunday evening, to
fill his regular Sunday night service in
the city. The place of his labor last
week was Forest City, beyond Mingona
two miles. His audiences were large
and attentive, and one addition was
made to the church. He will return.
and preach at the same place on Satur-
day night and Sunday morning, and
Sunday afternoon will administer bap-
tsm.
Complaint was made last week, by
Marion Thompson, against young
man named Brown, step-son of Mr..
Odds, charging him with setting fire to
the prairie, and burning the stables and
lot of feed and other property of the
complainant, on his place, east of town.
The evidence showed that the boy was
out there, and that he was smoking a
pipe. The theory of the prosecution
was, that he knocked the fire out of his
pipe, and accidentally set fire to the
grass. But this point was not clearly
established, and the boy was acquitted
by the jury. L. A. McNeal was his at
tOrney, while the county attorney pros
ecuted. 1t was close call for the boy.
and should be a warning to others who
are careless about fire.