Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-08-12
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/ For Sale. good spring wagon. See
Judge O'Bryan.
Is lbs. granulated sugar SI.OO at w.
| ii. Harmon q Co.'S.
Our cement works shipped car of
cement to st. Louis yesterday.
Born. in this county, August 3rd, to
the wife of w. r. Williams. a girl.
Democratic nominating convention
at the courthouse next Saturday.
"Old Hutch" Dobbs came home Sun
day, from Kansas City, and thinks he
will stay here few days.
Il. M. Byerley has resigned his posi-
ton as city clerk, and Scott Allen has
been appointed in his stead.
Seve.i dollars and eighty-fve cents tax
OH the hundred dollars, and an occupa-
ton tax is the total OF the sum requIr-
ed of business men in Medicine Lodge.
The past ten days of hot, dry wealth
er has been putting sugar into the sor-
ghum cane i'll satisfactory manner.
w. NJ. Cash, editor of the Cold water
Star, came over last Saturday, and
spent Sunday and Monday visiting rel
atiyes in this city.
A new time table went into effect on
our railroad, last Sunday. Trains now
arrive at 1875 and 4:55 p. m. and IeaYe
at Hos a. IN. and 2:25 p. m.
Rev w. a. Cain reached home last
Saturday, from trip to Iowa. While
there he traded some Iowa property
for property at Ashland, in this state.
Tine" Gronemiar and his sister,
Miss Julia, who have been visiting rel
atives here for the past six months,
left for their Kentucky home yester-
day.
Wanted, a couple of schools. The
INDEX knows Of two competent young
ladies who want schools this fall. If
you want teacher, let us hear from
you.
Mrs. Francis Keller died at HaZelton,
Monday night of last week. She was
Is years of age, and was the mother OF
fifteen children, twelve of whom sur
vive her.
The camp meeting, which has been
| held in the burst grove for the past
two weeks, came to close last Sunday
night. Large audiences were in at
tendance at every service.
There will be an open meeting of
Medicine Valley alliance, on Saturday
night, August 18th. Leon Beals will
address the people. IL. S. Lands will
probably be present. All candidates are
invited to be present. Everybody in
vited.
Through dining cars between Chica-
| go and Denver. Heretofore dining
cars have only been running between
Chicago and Kansas City. These ho-
tells on wheels were built expressly for
the Santa Fe company, and will be OPP
Grated in first class style. They will be
run in connection with solid vestibuled
limited trains. w. .. HORR, Agent
County Clerk Rouse went to Topeka,
| about four weeks ago, to attend the
state board of equalization. Our town
ship assessors had assessed the county
at So ops, 40. Mr.. Rouse showed to the
satisfaction of the board that Barber
county was paying more than her share
of state taxes, and on his recommended
ton the assessment was cut down
Sl19,7 This will be saving to our
county of S525.
Last Friday night the new school
board met at the Office of Bronson &
HOuchin, and elected teachers for the
next year. Prof. Beeson was reelected
as principal. Mrs Annie l.. Hahn was
elected for the grammar room, taught
by Miss Lawrence last year. Miss NJ.
f. Tabor and Miss Lizzie McNeal were
elected, and Miss Mary j. DeLisle and
Mrs. Mamie V. O'Bryan were re-elect-
ed. The term will be nine months.
"On-to-It'' dare not make au affidav-
it to one-half the statements he made
in the last issue of the Cresset. We
did attend the meeting of the county
| dllsduCO diluuCo ", anu VIC UdblJ dO-
sert that no such resolution was intro
duced none passed; the meeting was moi
called for that purpose; that Mr.. Smith
did not say he wanted to send a petit
to Judge Mckay; or that Mr.. Lands
said or did what is attributed to him
Now if "On-it-It" will make an affidav'
it to his statement, we will prove
by the af1idavits of any number of wit
nesses that he has perjured himself
Will he dare take the risk?
Last Thursday evening, Mrs. Ton
Doran and son, Paul, went out to visit
the family of her father, r. M. Sparks
and at about 7:30 O'Clock started home
They crossed the Elm creek bridge
and turned north. and had travelled
but short distance when the horse be
) gan to run. He ran into wire fence
and was stopped suddenly. Mrs. Dor
an was thrown out, and fell into tn
fence. She was slightly cut and bruis
ed, and for while it was thought sh
had sustained serious internal injury
Paul was thrown clear over the fence
p and was not hurt. The horse then raj
P off with the buggy, making cOmplet
2 wreck of it. He was caught on TIL
5 commons east of town, and was fount
to be unhurt, except few scratches.
Judge j. 81. Reagin's children du
9 themselves playhouse In bank, nea
the family residence, and as the dug
out was cool and pleasant, it was fav
: orite place for the little ones. The re
cent rains caused the ground to crac
q over the dugOut, and the children wer
warned to keep out as there was dan
ger. Last Thursday, while Judge Rea