Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-04-30
Gasoline, at Burnett's.

II. O'Brian's. 4stf
S. l.. Oyerstreet returned from Wich-
tia Saturday.
Reub and Riley Lake were here, Mon
day, on business.
Cook Il Palmer give lowest rates on
farm and city loans. %
Only 1000 acres of cane will be raised
for the Attica mill this season.
Turn of the Tide" next Tuesday
night, sure. Prices 10, % and 80 cents.
! For Sale-A new Homemade Carpet,
good pattern, cheap. Mrs. j. II. Yenni.
/ Ladies AID Society, of the Methodist
church, meets on Friday afternoon with
Mrs. lIouchin.
! w. L. and Mrs. Rouse, and the chill
dren, are visiting her parents at Hazen,
Prairie county, Arkansas.
w. G.. Musgrove has just built a one
room addition to his house, and also a
neat stable and buggy shed.
y. S. McClearey advertises that he
will sell his stock of marble and tomb
stones at cost, if taken this week.
j. r. Young has just put up the
neatest grape arbor in the city, and it
VIII be loaded with fruit this summer.
Robt Gibson returned, Saturday from
Trip to Arkansas City. lie thinks
that is the liveliest city in this part of
Kansas.
Claude V. Sample, formerly of this
place, will go to New York to take po-
Sition in the new banking house of
Blair IL Co.
Miss Minnie McClearey came in last
Sunday with her brother, Albert, who
met her in Kansas City. She has been
In poor health for several weeks.
~ gentleman at Kiowa a few days
ago reports that there were eight
saloons running wide open that he
found and then his money gave out.
Miss Laura Vaughn is assisting in
the postoffice so as to learn the bust
ness and be able to take Mr.. Browns
place when he goes east on trip i'm a
few weeks.
ThOs. Best started to Chicago, this
week, on business connected with the
Cement and Plaster works. 1t is I'M
derstoOd that he will get big order for
the output of the works at this place.
The school house grounds have been
laid Off IN plats and beds and under the
supervision of Mr.. Chase and Mr..
Chenoweth, it is being beautified with
trees and shrubbery. The grounds have
been fenced.
w. ii. Harmon came in Saturday and
| remained until Monday. In addition
to running his extensive store here, he
is on the road most OF the time for Burn
ham. Hanna Il Co., and last week he
purchased another big stock in north
ern Kansas.
AT meeting of Medicine Valley AL
lance, No. 1880, appropriate resolutions
were adopted on the great bereavement
that befel l.. b. Root, on the death of
his three children, at the burning of his
house. The resolutions were received
here too late for publication last week.
The work of changing the course of
the water ditch at the big lake in the
Currie field, is progressing rapidly, and
this week the water will be again
turned on. The new ditch circles the
lake entirely and cutting across the
field, empires into the small lake near
the large one.
Turn of the Tide" postponed from
last Tuesday, on account of the sick
ness of one of the members of the COM
pany, will positively be given next
Tuesday evening, at the opera house.
The entertainment is for the financial
benefit of the Baptist church. Tickets
at the postOffice bookstore.
The work of excayating for and
placing the water pipes is progressing
rapidly, about thirty men beng en-
ployed. The main has been laid square
east of the court house. Ground has
been broken through Cherry, Walnut
and Spring streets and Kansas avenue.
east. Mr. Aber is experimenting the
work, assisted by 1. w. Stout and
others.
Judge f. Taylor, of Sun City was
here, Monday, settling up some bust
ness preparatory to starting for Choc-
taw City, Is miles east of Oklahoma
City. He will move his store building
there. Mertes Bros. will go at the same
time with their stock of hardware This
will take several good citizens from
Sun City; but the probability is that
they will be back here in less than three
years.
a w. Johnston ana wife who left
here about month ago, for the state
of Washington, to make their home,
were not satisfied with that country.
City, Mo-, he being connected with
furniture house. 1t Will probably not
be long until they will be living here,
and they will meet with pleasant
welcome whenever they may conclude
to come.
1t was raining last Wednesday morn
ing, when we went to press. 1t had
rained every day fora week preceding
1t drizZled all Wednesday night, and
rained all day Thursday. \ drizzle all
ot Thursday night, aad nearly all of
Friday. saturday was very cold, and
fires we're comfortable. Sunday opened
clear and pleasant, and the mud dried
up considerably. Monday was also an
other growing day.
District court will meet here next
Tuesday, May 9Th, There are no i'm
portant criminal cases on the docket,
and probably the most important civil