Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-04-16

water last week.
Elder Nicholson has moved into the
Christian parsonage.
r. NJ. Sparks shipped car of cattle
to Kansas City, Saturday night.
Found, last Saturday, on road west
of depot, a buggy curtain. Call at this
Office.
1t was reported Saturday that Miss
Belle Priest had relapse, and was
very low.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Steck, of Hazel
ton, were here last week, in attendance
at the h. Z. ball.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Nj. E.
church, Will meet ON Friday afternoon,
with Mrs. Higgins.
Jerry Simpson will make good mar
shall, and should be sustained in the
discharge of his duty.
Norman Gilbert planted two and a
half acres of sorghum cane seed Mon
day, the first of the season.
H. D. Records will remain in the city
treasurer's office. He has always been
a good officer, and Is liked by everybody.
County Attorney Cameron went to
Kiowa, Saturday. No doubt the joints
down there are closed, this time, GER
tain.
Misses Lynch and Davis and Messrs.
Chas. Hardwick and B. r. Grimes, OF
Kiowa, attended the K. p. ball last Fri
day night.
WOOdford Shannon, the new clerk,
is as straight as shingle, and no bet
ter appointment could have been made
for the place.
NJ. w. Hunter sold lot of household
goods at auction, Saturday, preparatory
to his return to Indiana. We dislike
to have him go.
L. II. Railsback, of Deerhead. lost
fine mare here Monday. 1t seems that
she had been driven too hard. The
mare was valued at $50.
S. l.. Overstreet, the new city attor-
ney, is polite and competent. He is one
Of the bitterest partisans III the county,
and this is all we have against him.
j. G.. Stevens, who was hurt at the
gypsum works few weeks ago, is i'm
proving slowly. He has some feeling
in his feet, which is very encouraging.
Candidate McNeal did 'himself honor
by offering the marshalship to Judge
Stevens. The judge is a Blue Hens
Chicken, and did not want republican
to give him an office.
There were six cars of cattle shipped
out of HaZeltOn, last week, to the James
Ii. Campbell Co., at Wichita. One load
fed by F. d. Taylor, of Hazelton. sold
at $40; average weight, 1,734 pounds.
w. S. Denton and a. j. Jones left,
yesterday, to attend court at Wichita,
where they have some cases to look af-
ter. Mrs. Denton will accompany her
husband, and take in the sights OF the
big town.
DR.. Emerson and wife, and Thomas
Eaton, were oyer from Winfield, to at
tend the K. p. ball and visit the family
of A. L. Noble. The doctor is recog-
nized as the most prominent physician
In Southern Kansas.
Mrs. T. L. O'Bryan's school at Lake
City closed last Friday. The closing
exercises were unusually good, and the
patrons Of the school are we'll pleased.
After the closing programme was
rendered splendid basket dinner was
spread, and all enjoyed it very much.
j. l.. Winter has traded for the Shell
don property, on Second Avenue, the
consideration being $4,000. The trade
was made through Henry Morgan. Mr..
Winter is to deliver, in payment, six
| draft stations, four draft mares and a
driving team. He gets the residence
and ten acres of ground.
! Jerry Simpson, the new city marshal,
gives warning to men and boys that the
| first one who attemps to battle in the
sugarwOrks lake, or anywhere in the
corporation, Will be yanked into police
court before he gets dry. No stock of
any kind Will be permitted to run loose
in the city limits. This is no bluff, but
business from the word go.
The Iowa farmer had better not come
to Southern Kansas now. His land is
frozen, and covered with snow. Here
apple and cherry trees ape IN bloom.
peach and apricot trees are fl.l of small
fruit the waving wheat Is high enough
! to hide the festive jack rabbit, and the
farmers are rigging up umbrellas fol
their riding plows. The Iowa faT,Hc,Ae o,
would be discouraged, Ee had better
stay at home.
j. l.. Winter will leave to-day fol-
Bradley, Illinois, and will return by the
middle of MAY, bringing his family
He will also bring one or two carloads
of horses. He has twelve stations anC
several mares, all draft animals, ALREADY
sold to parties in this county. His son
Colorado, to look after his homestead
and tree claim, and will return by tbt
middle of May.
Steve Roach started to Pratt, las
Thursday morning, at O'Clock. III
drove span of large mules, and had OF
his wagon S,003 pounds of sorghum can'
seed. He reached Pratt and unloadeC
by sundown. The distance is 80 miles
Friday morning at 7 o'clock he started
home, stopped on the way and loaded
up with cobs, and reached home befor'
sundayn. He says his team did no
strike tTot going or coming.
II. a. Noah, r. III. Woodward. Gran
vile Morris. f. NJ. Mullen and 1. w
Stout went to Lake City last Saturda.
evening, to attend the masonic lodge a