Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-06-11
HazeItOn Happenings,

G. D. Noble spent part of the past
week viewing the wonders of Wichita.
80. r. b. Ferguson Is carrying his right
eye in sling, caused by having a small
stone dug out of It,. We are not dis
posed, as rule, to suggest candidates
for places on the republican county
ticket, but will say that if H. A Stow
ell was nominated for superintendent,
on the republican ticket, it would take
mighty good democrat to defeat him.
He is above the average republican Of
fice-Seeker, and is an old soldier, and
soldiers need not apply under the pres
ent administration. They can only be
useful as voters. The other fellows
must hold the Offices and see to drawing
the salaries. Sam and Miss Eta
Stowell started to Illinois, Thursday,
to be absent till December. This is the
first time Miss Eta has attempted to
leave home since she was thrown from
a buggy, nearly three years ago. That
seems like long time to be kept in the
house. She has to use crutches now.
....W.O. Whitehead went up to Wich-
ita, this week, to view the city of the
southwest -. w. II. McAdoo is inter-
viewing the people this week. lie start
ed out Monday, to take the census.
Tuesday night j. G. Tyler's boy, aged
about Il years, and w, A. Peckana, a
nephew of Tyler, aged about 90 years,
stole two of Tyler's horses, and pulled
for Oklahoma. Jasper Quick started
after them, Wednesday, and got back
Thursday evening, bringing the horses
and the younger boy. He left Peckana
near the Oklahoma line. Quick had no
authority to force him to return.
| z. NJ. Overstreet's barn, and stole a
good set of harness, all except the COL
lars. So far no clue to the thief has been
found. :. j. j. McVey and wife started
east, Sunday, on three weeks visit.
They have been here seven years, and
are justly entitled to a visit. !. M. O..
| WILDER has concluded to show his dem
Ocratic faith by his works, and will, in
the future, have the INDEX sent to his
address. One by one they fall into the
procession that gets the reliable county
news. >, Friday, as we were walking
| through Mundorff & Co.'s wheat field,
we pulled bunch of % heads, that by
| actual measurement averaged Al inches
in length, and every head had three
| grains in mesh. F.. Wheat harvest will
be in full blast by the time this item is
in print, and by the Goth the thresher
will be doing its work. f. II. Chidester's
little girl, aged three years, got hold of
dose of rough-on-rats, Thursday even
ing, which came very near proving ia
tai. "A. w. Poe will be the first to
head wheat in this vicinity. He COM
menced on the 9th... The joint-stock
company met. Saturday evening, at the
Office of w. 6. Afford, and completed
their organization by electing a board
of directors, consisting of w. II. Cham
berlain. president; Z. NJ. Stephenson,
secretary: Ed. III. Smith, treasurer.
The board was instructed to immedl-
ately purchase the kind of thresher
they might think best, for.the money
The directors were given full control
of the company property. 4he compa-
ny is composed of so men, all good, re-
] liable citizens. There were several
agents present, ready to sell them the
best machine in the world, for the least
| money. w, G.. A.