Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-01-22
sheriff Dobson has moved his family

to town.
Call on Cook s. Palmer for farm and
CITY loans. %
A. NJ. Houchln has been appointed
notary public.
$50 test coal oil at Is cents per gallon
at :. Y. s. E. 80
Woodlands harness store is now next
door to Davis & Davis.
Harry Stevens sold his black horse to
the Kansas City buyer for $135.
Frank Reed will go to Fort Wayne,
Ind, to see his DIother. this week.
Born, to the wife of II. A. Brown
last night, Jan. q, big, bouncing boy
DR.. Burney.
The Ladies Aid society of the NJ. E.
church meets with Mrs. Kidd, on Fri
day afternoon.
Judge Ellis was able to go to Antho-
ny, Sunday, to hold court, though he
was far from we'll.
Mrs. J. p. Hall fell on the ice Satur-
day evening and sustained a very ugly
bruise over the left eye
Shoes for old men and aged women,
broad bottom, wide hells, soft uppers.
just opened at Burnett's. So
j. w. McNeal is in Washington, rep
resenting Guthrie, Oklahoma, in pro-
posed legislation by congress,
Unquestionably the best line of new
shoes for men and women ever shown
in this town just opened at Burnett's.
little leila sherwood celebrated her
seventh biiEthday, last week, and she
aud crowd of young friends had big
time.
Z. +. Fassler, of Cherokee, Iowa was
here last week, two days, looking into
the prospects for building and operating
a Touring MILL
Judge O'BIyan has been chief cook
and general housekeeper for three days,
Misses Jessie and Lena both being
down with the grippe.
l.. Munson, B. F. Witherspoon and
John Owens returned from the Terri
tory, Monday, with IS deer and several
turkeys. Mr.. Munson killed II deer.
The city council room and Police
Judge woodward s Office and shop have
been moved to the building on North
Main street, adjoining Davis store on
the south.
John ID. Fleming has rented the Capt.
Rogers place, three miles south of town,
and he will cultivate it this season, de-
voting a considerable acreage to sor-
ghum and beets.
Henry Hinze, the superintendent of
the sugarworks, has such faith in the
business here that he has purchased
residence property, the old Fowler place
on Oak street, east of the works.
Two of the children of Mrs. William
Lindsay arrived here from Denver,
Monday, to visit their grandmother,
Mrs. Swank. They are Rhoda, aged 8
years, and Willie, aged about 4. They
made the trip alone.
The school board has purchased and
put in position fifty more single seats
in the new building, fitting up room
for Miss Ada Lawrence and her pupils.
being the grade next to the high school.
The higher rooms were all crowded.
The Downs Chief tells of a farmer
and his wife, living near there, bring
ing to market load of corn and fifteen
dozen eggs. The former brought So. Sc
for twenty-five bushels, while the eggs
were worth So. The former the man
attended, and the woman raised the
chickens.
ii. ID. Thompson, of Des Moines,
Iowa, was here last week, looking after
the interests of F. G. Hubbell & Co.. he
being member of the firm. He was in
Pratt county last week, and induced
the commissioners to fund into six per
cent. bonds lot of S11 900 in scrip, is
sued to purchase poor farm.
The snow and sleet and cold weather
in Barber county during the last three
weeks must have wiped out every YES
tige that remained of the chinch bug.
Certain tits that the growing wheat has
been greatly benefited and the suppo-
sition is that the fruit buds will be kept
back and crop assured. The coming
season will be a great crop year, it now
appears. When there is plenty of win
ter moisture and freezing, good crops
have usually followed in Barter county.
There need be no trouble about Medi-
cine Lodge keeping cool the coming sea
son. for it Will be amply supplied with
pure lake ice. G.. w. Hendrlckson has
700 tons put up in his house on the west
bank Of the lake, beside the railroad
track. Best s. Co., have one house con-
tanning $50 tons filled and they are now
illing another house that will hold $50
tons. p. b. Cole & Son have 200 tons
IN the creamery ice house. so it is safe
to say that there will be stored here
| 800 tons OF clear ice, aver aging inch
es in thickness. There are few towns
in this part of Kansas that are so well
suppiied.
1t appears that the district Judge con-
lest is regularly opened in Barber conn
ty, and at this writing it appears that
Judge G. w. Ellis and Judge Loren Ed
wards will be the only contestants here.
Mr.. Overstreet had been mentioned as
probable candidate, but the rumor
yesterday WIS that he had declined to
allow his name used and that he would
work tor the success of Judge Edwards.
the past few days there was
or caucus of the Edwards
supporters around this town and it is
believed that they have agreed ON pre-
urinary programme looking to the Sc