Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-08-06
LOCAL NEWS.

II. a. Burnett was quite sick again
this week.
Book has the latest and best stock of
boots and shoes. 8
Cook Il Palmer give lowest rates on
farm and CITY loans. Is
Born, August LIST, to the wife of Wen
gel IIelget, a daughter.
Mr.. IIutchlns and wife returned from
fancy county. Mo, Monday.
There was enough rain last Saturday
night to lay the dust for Sunday.
Mrs Scott hubert is home from Eus
reka Springs, much improved in health.
DR.. karr reports son born to Mr..
and Mrs l.. Bodenhamer, on the 4th
inst.
The latest, tenderest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
1st National bank. 4
Capt. Pierce says that a good rain
fell at his place near Sun City, Sunday
morning. 1t was welcomed.
In the trot or pacing race, Saturday,
1t the Ellis track, it will he a half mile
anu repeat-not a single dash.
Rem, 'mber the racing at the Ellis
track San 'lrday afternoon, and if you
have good horse, bring him in.
The w. c. -. L. will meet at the
Christian church August 18th, at four
o'clock, .. IN. Mrs. ,Fillie Crews, Sec'y.
w. :. Finney has re, tied and will at
once occupy, with his har. ''eSS Shop' Vhe
brick building recently vac, 'leu py tIle
n. Y. millinery stOre-live doc IS hoIth
of the pOstoflice.
Mrs. H. +. Noble and the chilu ven
spent three or four days in Harper, las I
week, with Mrs. McKeever. Mr.. No
bic went over Sunday, after them, and
returned Monday.
We understand that a good ram fell
Saturday night, i'll the vicinity of Isa-
bel, in,this county. We believe there
has been more ram in every part of the
county than at Medicine Lodge.
j. NJ. Jayne and his brother returned
Monday, from trip by wagon through
Oklahoma, or part of it. They saw
nearly all the eX-Barber county citizens,
and report them as 'midlin'" well sat
Islied.
Miss Jessie Burgess was down from
Valley township, several days last
week, visiting Mrs. McCague. She
will not teach the coming winter con-
sidering that after five winters work
she is entitled to rest.
The G. y. II. encampment will meet
at Boston, next week. Several per-
sons from here will likely go east at
that time to get the benefit of the cut
rates. Judge Edwards, G. @ Chandler,
WaldrOn Chase and wife and ID. +.
Allison are on the list.
The next school term Will he nine
months. The difference III the cost of
an eight months term and nine
months term will only be small sum
for incidental expenses. The teachers
salaries had been fixed for the term,
without regard to its length.
y very interesting communication,
signed AN Outsider" in reply to
recent article in the Cresset, by :Henry
burst, will he published IN this paper
If the author will let us know his name;
but we will not publish an article UNI
accompanied by the name of the author.
The Christian church has granted a
vacation to their pastor, Ed. Nichol-
son, to extend to the first Sunday IN
September. He Will probably spend a
part of the time at Eureka Springs. Ar.
kansas, where Mrs. Nicholson went
some weeks ago, on account of her fail
ing health.
Cane hauling Will commence next
week, and the roads centering i'll this
city are in a miserable condition, and
rIgl. in town they are worse than any
where else. 1t is shame and dis
grace that city must put up with such
streets and roads, especially those lead
ing north and west.
Benz n. Turk, of IIolton, Kansas,
this week traded property he owned in
Winfield for the L. y. Men cal proper
ty, the old Cresset building, on north
Main street. He also traded Missouri
property for the Marquand place, four
miles northwest. The trades were
made through Henry Morgan. Mr..
Turk will move his restaurant and bak-
cry here from IIolton and his son, Ru-
fus, of Rolla, Mo-, will come out here to
the farm.
The concert, last night, under tie
management of Prof. Won Nardroff
for the benefit of the Presbyterian
church, was all that was promised 10y
the originators. The professor, Mis-:
Hahn, Mrs. O'Brian, Mr.. MolIoy. Mrs
Peck, Mr. and Mrs. Chase, Miss Smul
lin. Mrs. McCrackin and Miss Kerche
val, ard the members of the mixed cho
rus and of the double male quartette
acquitted themselves nicely, and en-
cores were frequent. The receipts wer'
satisfactory.
Messrs. Hust and White, of the statt
sanitary board, were down here las
week TO inquire into the condition o
the Hendrickson cattle They decide,
that the cattle were not liable TO com
municate Texas or splenetic fever, an,
they gave Mr.. Hendrickson a clear bill
of health for his stock, and ordered To
sheriff 10 release them. Before TIL
commissioners arrived, 200 head of tn
cattle had been sold and delivered, an
the sheriff knew nothing of the sale o
delivery. The cattle were probabl
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