Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-21
LOCAL NEWS.

ern trip.
Call on Cook Il Palmer for farm and
CITY loans. %
Fresh vegetables every morning at
III. O'Bran's. 30
w. T. Rouse and family returned,
last week, from Arkansas.
The Arcadian Ideal ginger ale always
on ice, at IL. O'Brlan's. 80
Roll. 3. Clark has gone to st. Louis
and Illinois OH business and pleasure.
Dodson s. Hills choice catsup, mixed
pickles, chow-chow, etc, ETC., at IL.
O'Brian's. 80
The latest, tenderest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
1st National bank.
Judge Stevens spent last week i'll
Elk county, having been called there as
a witness in criminal libel case.
NJ. Strong has gone to Michigan after
his little girl, and Mrs. Strong will re-
turn with him if her health will permit.
LosT:-An Irish setter bird dog. n
liberal reward will be paid 10 the party
returning the same TO w. NJ. Bronson.
The Easter n star ladies gave social
at their hall Monday evening, refresh
ments being served. The order is grow
ing in this city.
There is demand here for good hay
not woody, weedy stuff. a livery
man SAID the other day that he would
give 81 for good hay.
John Nelson last week purchased OF
l.. T.. Pearson the Mann place, miles
east, directly opposite and south of the
Walstad school house.
ID. f. Painter came down from
Wichita, Sunday to nurse upa spralned
leg. He had been working on the stock
yard Improvement there several weeks.
DIR. Burney announces that hereafter
when he does not speak first, when
meeting a gentleman, that 1t is not
a mistake of the head or the heart, but
rather of the eyesight.
Alonzo James, the deaf mute, who
has lived here for many years, lett,
Monday, for Pratt, where he expects to
engage in business. He is well known
and universally liked here.
"a frost on the morning of the 10th
inst, nipped vegetables slightly, but
dId little damage to the crops or fruit.
In\the lowlands il was the worst, and
mn on the ridges it was barely noticed.
Everyone who has yard, garden or
lawn should enjoy the luxury OF water
Chase a. Allen are prepared to tap the
main and put in water connections on
short notice. The expense is not great
and the water rent is moderate.
The Baptists had general cleaning
up at their chapel, Monday. While the
ladies scrubbed the inside Of the house,
the men raked and scraped the lawn,
a choice collection of tin cans, brick
bats, hoops, etc. was the result. The
premises are much improved
4 horse driven to buggy by MI.
Munsey, an Englishman living five
miles southwest, became frightened on
Main street, last Saturday, kicked loose
from the vehicle in front of Singers
shop, tore down an awning post, nearly
ran into several pedestrians. Mr. Mum
sey was thrown to the ground ana quite
severely stunned.
Frank w. Long was examined by q
committee as to his knowledge OF law
and last Saturday was admitted TO
practice, and he is now full fiedged
member of the Barber county bar lie
has all the elements of lawyer, and
his friends predict for him a bright th-
ture. lie will, for the present, be asso'
ciated with his uncle, Hon. Chester l.
Long.
We are pleased to announce that we
have made remarkably low clubbing
rates with the st. LOUIS Magazine, the
recognized leading low-priced Ameri-
can magazine. The magazine is beauti-
fully printed and illustrated. and is 2
historical and humorous monthly OF
fifty pages. Terms, only Sl.50 a year
specimen copy six cents, sent 10 anyone
Address st. LOUIS Magazine, 90l Olive
street, St Louis, Mo. We will send the
Magazine and our paper one year fol
only 50. Address this office.
81. Oyerstreet will leave here to-day
Tor Guthrie, Oklahoma, where he has
formed partnership in the practice OF
law with DIT. Flynn, formerly of Kio
wa, now postmaster at Guthrie. Mr.
Overstreet has not severed his connec
JiOn with the law firm of Oyerstreet 4
Denton, of this city, bat will be here al
intervals to assist Mr.. Denton. Beinf
"A successful practitioner, a wise conn
sellor. honorable and upright in al
business matters, and a companionabll
gentleman, it is safe to predict that III
will make a success OF his new venture
lie leaves many friends here who re
greet his departure.
IL appears that the Medicine Lodgl
sugarworks VIII be the only works il
Kansas TO put out and handle full
crop of sorghum cane and sugar beet
this season. We have seen nothing il
the papers about the western mills
though there Is a report that the RocI
Island railroad company will operat
two of them. The Ness City mill viii
handle part OF a crop; the Conwa.
springs mill will not be operated, an,
Attica VIII only work up a small acre
age, if anything The Medicine Lodg
mill Will handle the cane from $50
acres. which, estimated at only 10 ton
to the acre, will supply the mill for 10
days, with 23O tons per day. IL wi
also use the beets from about $50 acre
OF land. This promises to be a goo
year for or sugar mill, and good yea