Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-11-19
Court convened Tuesday.

Henry HinZe came home yesterday.
j. ]. johnson left yesterday for New
York.
| Miss Margaret Cartan came home
yesterday.
Waldron Chase yesterday went to At
tica on business.
Sparks & McGrath Will send out a
car load of cattle tonight.
Book is making speciality of Chill
dren' g school shoes. Is
Mrs. Dresser returned, Wednesday,
from her visit to eastern cities.
Col. Eldred shipped car load of stall
lions to Topeka, last Sunday.
j. d. Mills, who has been here two
or three months, left yesterday for
Illinois.
j. r. Mckay reached home Saturday.
He says he located part of the Chica-
go exposition.
The latest, tenderest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
1st National bank. 4
Harmon & Co. received car load of
potatoes yesterday. T. l.. Lindley also
received car load.
7. J. Hutchins and family, who have
been visiting Missouri for the past three
weeks, got home yesterday.
There will be Bible reading at the
Christian church tonight, the 4th chap
ter OF Ephesians being the subject.
w. e. Afford is having good demand
for his cattle yoke. 1t is good scheme,
and We hope he may make a fortune
with it.
G. I. Campbell shipped his goods to
Andover, Ohio, yesterday, and he prob
ably left for there by this mornings
train.
Miss Cora Byerley was smiling over
the counters of the Medicine Lodge
News Co., Monday, during the absence
of Charley MARI.
Monday morning was the coolest
morning we have had this fall. There
was ice on the small puddles of water
along the roads.
District court met yesterday morning.
The docket was called, and cases set
for trial. Business will begin in earn
est this morning.
Bob Wall got back Monday, from a
visit of week at his old home in War
rensburg, Mo. He says the mud was
so bad that he was glad to get away.
w. T. Rouse is on the programme for
a paper to be read before the County
Clerks convention, which met at Wich-
ita yesterday. His subject is Extend
ing Taxes"
The w. G. Il. U. will hold parloI
meetings during the cold weather every
two weeks. The first one to be held al
the residence of Mrs. Youmans, on
Tuesday, Nov. 25, at O'Clock. Mrs
Houchin, Sec'y.
Spence Kirk, colored man who il
we'll known here as Spence" has ship
ped his goods to Hennessey, Oklahoma
and he, with his family, expected t.
, leave this morning. Spence was vel
liked by all who knew him.
: Somebody broke into the depot build
, ing at Sharon, Monday night, and
robbed the till of $3.50. A store at thu
same place was also robbed of SIS thu
same night. This news came by tele
graph, and we have heard no particu
, lars.
2 Tom Best went to Chicago, Monday
| to superintend small job of plaster.
ing. If the job suits the parties, HI
Will get contract for about $1,000
q yards on one of the largest buildings il
that city. We hope he will get the con
tract, and many more as good.
We republish the table of election re
turns this week because there were sew
o eral errors in them last week, and those
! who save such statistics want to have
them correct. Another reason is tina
our papers ran short last week, and W.
want all our readers to have correct re
turns.
Attica Advocate: District court il
in session to-day and Will hold oyer to
4 morrow, to hear motions. We under
3 stand some matters in regard to ou
sugar mill are to come up, but in wha
4 shape we are not advised, but under
D stand it has, IN part, reference to tn,
S bounty money!
Last Thursday Clay Howard anC
Belle Worland were returning hom
Il from school, riding in a cart, and, Will
descending hill, large greyhoun,
ran into the road in front of the horse
q and frightened him so that he whirlet
u around quickly, letting one wheel rul
|. over the edge of an enbankment. Thi
! turned the cart over, and threw the tw
b occupants down the hill. The hors
n kicked himself loose from the cart, ant
It ran off little distance, and stopped
Il He was easily caught, and no harr
l. was done and nobody hurt.
l. Last Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Bet
son was at Mrs. Allen Smiths, and ha
/. hitched her horse to the fence. Sh
>: heard the train coming and went out
, look after the horse, AS the anims
) did not seem to brighten Mrs. Beeso
% gave herself no uneasin ess. But sue
10 denly the horse became scared, brok
n loose and started. The buggy struc
d the fence, and was overturned, breal
le ing the top. the dashboard and som
c. othor minor places. The horse stoppe
when 1t had gone but few rods. Tt
# buggy seems fated.