Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-14
LOCAL NEWS.

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Fresh vegetables every morning at
ii. O'Brlan's. 80
The Arcadian Ideal ginger ale always
on ice, at IL. O'Bran's. 50
Good shelled corn is worth 20 cents
in Medicine Lodge. Oats the same.
Dodson g. Hills choice catsup, mixed
pickles, chow-chow, etc, ETC., at Ii.
O'Brian's. so
Miss Myrtle Huffaker was over from
Sharon, Sunday, visiting Miss Laura
Vaughn.
Mr.. VIM. Carroll has built avery neat
arbor, and expects to eat grapes from it
this summer.
The latest, tenderest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
1st National bank.
A cattle buyer for a Kansas City
house is in Barber county this week af-
ter fat steers and cows.
LosT:-An Irish setter bird dog. A
liberal reward will be paid to the party
returning the same to w. NJ. Bronson.
f. H. Shelley and wife were up from
Kiowa several days this week, stopping
with Mr. Field and family. MIR. Shell
ley had a case in court.
Attorney James Lawrence and G. L.
Flandro, of Wellington, were here yes
terday and Monday attending to bust
ness in the district court.
The assessors of the following town
ships have returned their books TO the
county clerk: Aetna, Moore, HaZelton,
Valley, Elm Mills, Lake City and Deer
head.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. b. Peck entertained
a party of friends Friday evening at
an elegant parlor dance. Appropriate
refreshments were served. Mr.. and
Mrs. Steck, of Hazelton, attended.
A mill expert is here this week lOcat-
ing the wheel at the water-power. Mr..
Weber has let the contract for the
foundation and work will commence
soon. The city has to put in the water
wheel and pen-stOck.
There is to be circus at Anthony to-
NOR row. In order to walk there in
time tor the free exhibition outside the
tents and the street parade, one should
leave here this afternoons; and we are
almost inclined to start out for there.
I'D. McGinniss, the machinest and
mill wright, arrived from Winfield,
Monday, to commence the work of ov-
erhauIing the sugarworks and making
the Improvements. From now on, there
will be quite force OF men employed
at the sugarwOrks.
To parties desiring the use of city
water Waldrou Chase, Supt. will for
the next five days, be found at water
works Office next door to l.. f. Hub
bard's jewelry store, from 8 to 8 a. m.
and to p. M, where he will gladly
make rates, charges, etc.
The dog tax is now due and Marshal
Simpson has the tags ready for distrl-
button. He will wait a reasonable
length &c time for owners of dogs to get
their tags SRen he Will start out on a
general tour o. execution. Every dog
without tag wiz be shot until he, she
or it is dead, dead, Gead.
g. w. Henry, a Chicago capitalist,
being largely interested i'll fifty or more
lumber yards, and an experienced live
stock man, and an extensive land own
er, was here last week looking at a large
tract Of land he contemplated buying
and stocking. He was shown around
10y Cook Il Palmer and Col. Eldred.
There will be a meeting of the Barber
County Agricultural association, at the
Saturday, May 18th, to arrange the
date and premium list for the next fail
at that place. This is the only associa
tion in the county and 1T Will afford oul
people the only opportunity they will
have this season of making any public
exhibits of their tine stock or agri
cultural products.
We are pleased to announce that We
have made remarkably low clubbing
rates with the st. LOUIS Magazine, thu
recognized leading low-priced Ameri
can magazine. The magazine is beauti
fully printed and illustrated. and is ;
historical and humorous monthly O.
fifty pages. Terms, only Sl.50 year
specimen copy six cents, sent to anyone
Address st. LOUIS Magazine, 90l Olive
street, st. Louis, Mo. We will send The
Magazine and our paper one year fol
only 81. Address this office.
A drive out GA Antelope, as far a:
Sand creek, this week, showed a splen,
did state of farming TO this scribe anC
he could not help but compare the ap
pearance of that section to-day with it:
appearance eight years ago. The Wal
stad place was the only one enclosed
beyond Mr.. Coles and now there is ont
coptinous string of fine farms, broad
fields of waving wheat, rye anC
oats and acre after acres of corn, ant
every evidence of another bOuntifu
crop.
The mayor aud council of KiOwa ar
not altogether harmonious. and tn
council will not confirm his appoint
ments, while he appears to veto thei
ordinances on slight provocatIon. II
named Jas. +. Bryson for marshal, bu
the appointment was not agreed to. Ii
regard 20 the proposition of n. Weber
of this city, to erect a mill at Kiowa,
committee appointed recommended tn
foil, wing counter proposition The cit
10 don, te one acre of land for mill
site 70 he :, elected by committee, an
also. upon the :, Nmpletion of the mill
and it being in perteI running order
with a 5O-barrei capacity er oaV' IN