Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-07
Gasoline, at Burnett 5.


Wheat sold at 70 cents at Wellington,
last week; corn brought % cents.
The water ditch was started up again
Saturday and the lake is full again.
For Sale-A new Homemade Carpet,
good pattern, cheap. Mrs. J. II. Yenni.
Building association meeting for cleo
ton of new directors. Don't forget it.
Attorney Long returned, yesterday,
from illinois, where he had been taking
dispositions in the ZeiIer case.
Miss Bessie WhItelaw, of Dodge City,
is expected here this week on protrac.
ted VISIT to the family of Judge Ellis.
She made many friends and admirers
during her visit here last season.
Subject for morning service at the
Christian church next Sunday will be
How oft shall my brother sin against
me and | forgive him." Subject for
evening service, The rainbow around
the throne"
The Barber County Normal Institute
will be held this year, commencing Mon
day, July 2Sth, continuing four weeks.
Supt. Ii. S. Lands will be the conduct
or, assisted by Prof. Cook, o. 7. Beeson
and ii. G.. Woodrow.
LOsT-Between the depot and the
Medicine river bridge, west of town,
Monday, May 9th, at 1890 a. M, a
white and striped Navajo blanket, the
property Of Geo. w. Stevens. Return
to this Office and be rewarded.
Dial. Morris, who went to Chicago to
have his broken foot and ankle treated,
| telegraphed to Scott hubert, this week,
that the limb had been reset and that
he was doing we'll. 1t was believed
when he left here that amputation
would be necessary.
On Sunday night, May 18th, Father
Bitter, of Wellington, will deliver a
lecture at the courthouse, In this city,
on Confession. On Monday, the fol-
lowing day, at 10 o'clock, a. m, regular
services will be held in Gobielle's bull
ding Everybody is invited.
Harry G. Kline, who has been connec-
ted with this office since September,
1888, will leave to-day for his old home,
Nashville, Tenn. He is a deserving
young man, a firstclass workman, and
we wish him the best of luck in any
field in which his fortunes may be cast.
Subscribers leaving the county should
notify us of the fact that we may know
where to forward their paper. 1t is GER
tainly not honest for a subscriber in az
rears for subscription to sneak away
leaving the postmaster to inform us
tnat he has left the country" or gone
to Oklahoma"
At the home of the brides mother.
south of Medicine Lodge, two miles,
Sunday afternoon, May 4th, occurred
the marriage OF Joseph E. Harbaugh,
of Nippewalla township. and Miss Belle
Moore, Judge Edwards officiating
Only the family and few intimate
friends witnessed the ceremony.
A change of time went into effect on
the railroad Sunday. Going east, the
train leaves here at 11:20 a. M. and 2:20
p. M, the first connecting with the
train south from Attica. Coming west
| the express and mail from all eastern
points arrives at l:50p. m, the local &C
( commod2tion arrives at 4:S5. On the
Panhandle route, the east and west
trains pass the first station south of
| KiOwa.
Miller Il Benedict have decided, in
view of the hard times, to reduce the
price of service of their horse, Pride, :"
and will make it. $25 for two mares; one
mare, SIS; prOportionate reduction for
all over two. This is good horse, as
we'll bred as any III the county, and
owners of good mares should call on Eli
Benedict for full description and ped
igree.
There is complaint among the farm
ers-republican farmers, of course
that the judicial convention is called for
a time when they will be very busy in
harvest. They think that it is an effort
on the part of the town politicians TO
stock the cards on them. They would
have been satisfied with the primaries
in May, July or August; but June is a
busy month. Judge Ellis is not pleased
with the date, by good deal.
The SEgarworks company saved
several tons OF sagar Reets last fall for
seed. These have been piaate9 on the
| farm of Chaplin Bros, by Supt. Henry
Hinze. The seed will have matured by
August when it is expected that enough
Will be gathered 70 supply the demand
for seed next year. Fhe area planted
is about ten acres. The seed toy 1892
will be gathered from beets raised this
season and replanted next year.
The republican judicial convention for
this district is called to meet at Harper
on Tuesday, July 1. 30, 10 o'clock. The
committee recommends that tLc town
ship primary conventions to send dele
gates TO the county convention be
held Ju6e 25th and that the county
convention to seRd delegates to the
judicial convention to be held June 2S
Harper will be entitled to 10 delegates
Il. Nj. Finley is the committeeman fol
Harper and S. l.. Oyerstreet, for Bar
Der.
\. S. McCleary started to Carthage
Mo-, his new homo, to-day. His fam
lily Will follow in about three weeks
He has purchased . third interest in q
marble yard and stone contracting bus
mess. The firm keeps several mer
travelling on the road, canYassing fol
tombstone and monument orders. Wa
hope he will do well. for he is industri
Gus, painstaking ana energetic. He has