Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-02-12
LOCAL NEWS.

Pure, fresh teas are often hard to find.
Burnett has them. 81
Harry Stone won the Beers cow at the
rattle Saturday night.
w. w. Standiford came up from
Englewood, Saturday.
The contract calls for the completion
of the waterworks by May LIST.
Burnett will sell you Boots and Shoes
cheaper than any house in town. 80
Judge Stevens went to Kansas City
and Cass county, Mo-, Saturday.
See Hubbard the jeweler for sewing
machine needles, oils, repairs, etc. 80
The McNeal Mortgage Company
makes specially of short time loans. 3
Cash paid for hides and furs at the
meat market opposite First National
bank. %
The second attack of la grippe has
reached several victims here; but it Is
not serious.
Mrs. Chaplin entertained the Z. +.
party Saturday evening. About sixteen
couples were present.
The quarterly meeting at Lake City
will be held Monday evening, Feb. II.
Rev. L. 5. Hodgson will preach.
j. b. Gano is the regularly appointed
deputy marshal and he has been citing
during the sickness of T. l.. O'Bry an.
Just received at Burnett's, sour krOut,
picked pig-feet, spiced tripe, whit efish,
mackerel, lake trout and Holland her
ring. All warranted. 81
Potatoes-choice seed and the best
eating-Early Rose, Early Ohio, Rose
Seedlings, Mammoth Pearl and Clark's
Early No all at S. Y. IL Els. 80
The Byerley g. Dark stock of general
merchandise has been contracted for by
Standiford, Youmans q Eldred. The
formal sale will occur in about ten days.
Henry Evans, son of ii. &. Evans, of
the old Chief newspaper, brother of
Mrs. Jas. Underwood, of this city, died
last week, at LeavenwOrth, of consump-
ton.
Think of SIPS fine shoe for ladies:
Double faced, button hole double stitch
ed solid leather sole counters. Wehave
them and they can't be duplicated for
price or quality. S. Y. 81 E. 3S
After twelve years of delay a pension
has been granted to the widow of the
late Jacob Swank. Mr.. Swank was
captain in the army of the rebellion and
made application for pension ten
years before his death. The amount al
lowed IS not known yet.
Johnnie, the infant son of James and
Mai,el Triton, aged months, died last
Saturday morning, six miles southeast
of this place, and was buried here Sun
dav afternoon. Funeral services were
conducted at the Christian church by
Rev. Cain, pastor of the Baptist church.
There are farmers in Barber county
who will hold on to their CORE. L. Is.
Stoekstill, s miles east, near Sharon,
raised and cribbed ten thousand bushels
and he Will keep the greater part of 1T
until there is a demand for 1t. Many
farmers in Barber county will hold over
lots of from one thousand to five thous-
and bushels.
The gypsum works will commence
running regular next week, 1t is now
believed. The quarry has been success
fully opened and superior article OF
stone Mas been obtained. The machln-
ery is ali in position and the boiler In
which the ground gypsum is treated is
nearly completed. II VIII boil about
three tons at one time. The company
will turn ont about two car loads per
day, with the present capacity of the
works. The large bake ovens on the
outside will he completed as soon as the
!. weather will permit.
Attention is directed to the advertise
in this issue. They have number of
breeding horses, young and Old, for sale,
including Clydesdale, Norman Perche-
rons and English Draft stations also
: a number of young jacks, sired by the
{ best jack ever brought to this county.
!, They also have foT sale high grade and
3 pure-bred Holstein huhs, cows and heif-
ers and Poland China and Chester
( White hogs. This is the best equipped
and best managed stock farm in South
ern Kansas, everything being carried on
under perfect system. Mr.. Smith, the
manager, will be glad to welcome visl-
tors and promptly answer all cores
Dondence.
Kiowa Herald: SAT an adjourned
meeting of the directors of the First
State Bank, of this city, held at their
rooms last Thursday, the following of
: icers were elected: n. w. Rumsey,
president; }. p. Brough, vice president
and cashier: A. w. Rumsey, ID. r. Stree
$eg, James Stranathan. A. j. Bently. F
H., shelley, G. A. Decatur and Kos
~ IS. Alreetors'for the ensuing year
Yi"rl 7 Saturday Messrs. Bailey and
= La \8sd II head Of cattle to VIM
Du'ni"n ~ cents per pound. The
'aliahN Iol $50 pounds per head
'uncn average y tbree-year-old
anu were most. Wrought TO this city
1s'nuis " Lands $gs that weighed
Iast saturday, 62 h. ~ q triAe over
1850 pounds, average They sold the
sos POUNDS per head. Wm. Gar
bunch to our border rustler, Infringing
land, for 81 cents per pound, which
the nice little sum of $622.7O, Nj OF
amount of money will buy large
corn"
Last summer, a number of citizens OF
this place wereinduced to become stock
holders in the American Building and
Loan association, of Minneapolis, MINI.