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

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Sorghum cane and sugar beets are
doing well so far.
Marshal Simpson Is doing some
needed grading on Main street.
There were fewer farmers here Mon
day than any day during the summer.
The lake in the southwest part of
town IS said to be full Of small catfish.
Five children were baptised at the
Presbyterian church, Sunday, by Rev.
North.
The McCanless gypsum building is
gradually falling down. 1t should be
torn down at once.
There was baptism in the pool east
of town, last Sunday. Rev. Cain, of
the Baptist church, OBLIGATED.
Mrs. Wisner and her daughter, Miss
Jackson, of Sharon, were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Cain, two days last week.
Subject at the Christian church next
Sunday morning, Participation in
Christ's Sacrifices" No night service.
1t should have been mentioned last
week that j. b. Gano and Granville
Morris had bought Weldner's transfer
business.
Mrs. Yenni started east, Yesterday,
on visit. John will meet her in Chi
cago about July ist, when they will seek
a new home.
y. Il. Beeson started Sunday, to
Olathe, Kansas, where he will assist in
conducting a county normal. lie will
be there four weeks.
VIM. Norton and family arrived from
LaSalle, Michigan, Sunday, to make
this their home. He spent several
months of last year here.
Summer suits and summer goods
coats, vests, hats, shirts, etc, in great
variety, at Books. Keep cool by get
ting the pick of his stock.
Miss Mate Updegraff left, yesterday,
for Eureka, Kans., with her little neice,
the child of Mrs. Maggie Roberts. They
will remain several weeks.
Work is progressing on the new flour
ing mill. The foundation walls are
above ground, and the pit for the tur-
bine wheel is being blasted out.
Mr.. Best thinks that he will be able to
solve the freight problem in a few days,
and that he VIII then commence ship
ping cement in large quantities.
1T is no easy matter to find house
for rent in this city. Every house hav-
ing more than three rooms is occupied.
Probably not another town in this part
of Kansas can say as much.
Waldron Chase expects soon to get
his letters patent on his patent flue-
stopper, an invention to render acct
dental fires less frequent and to pre-
vent SCOT from falling out on the floor.
Notice the change of date for the
Sunday school meeting at Clipper
school house to arrange for annual pic
mic. The meeting will be held on the
22nd, instead of the 18th, as announced
last week.
VAL Ollltl. al NAlhESlob vi
this city, later of Topeka and Garden
City and traveller for a Kansas City
wholesale liquor house, has been ap-
pointed chief clerk under Secretary OF
State Martin, of Oklahoma. He is a
brother of Geo. ID. Orner.
There is a report out that the Santa
Fe officials have written to Sun City Ia
get the services of three good men tt
select preliminary route or survey
from Sun City to Belvldere, in Kiows
county, it being the intention OF thai
road to continue its line Of road from
Medicine Lodge to Belvidere there tC
intersect Che Mulyane extension. Ihi:
may be but a rumor.
We are pleased TO announce that We
have made remarkably low clubbing
yates with the st. LOUIS Magazine, thu
recognized leading low-priced Ameri
can magazine. The magazine is beauti
fully printed and illustrated. and is {
historical and humorous monthly O.
fifty pages. Terms, only Sl.50 a year
specimen copy six cents, sent to anyone
Address st. LOUIS Magazine, 301 Olive
street, ST. Louis, Mo. We will send The
Magazine and our paper one year fol
only 50. Address this Office.
At the meeting of the building asso
citation directors, last Thursday night
the following officers were elected fo1
1he ensuing year: President, Z. z
CaTuthers; vice-president, John Brown
secretary, II. O'Brian; treasurer, Scot
RUPERT; attorney, w. III. McCague
building committee, X. j. Mckay, III
burst and ID. j. Aber; auditing com
mittee, D. j. Aber, y. l.. Noble and ii
burst. There will be another meeting
of the directors June 10th to hear tn,
report of the committee appointed t
figure on basis of final settlement o
the affairs of the association.
T.. ). Kerchner was up from Kiowa
Saturday. He was one of the earl.
farmers of Bar5er county, and aloni
about 1874 or rs nc fRised.a big crop o
corn ON the place opposite Henderson
Martins, and sold it out at one dolla1
per bushel. Even that far back hs con
tended that Barber would be a great
wheat-growing district, and his predic
tions have been verified. He think:
this is the best all.around county il
Kansas. He is now in the livery bust
ness at KiOwa, and, with his partner
Mr. Kirkpatrick, will at all times b'
glad to see his Medicine Lodge friends