Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-06-24

built.
Scott Aliens boy fell out of tree,
few days ago, and for about twenty
minutes didn't know what hurt him.
No bones broken.
Jim Underwood was here last week,
from Leavenworth, on visit to rela
tiyes and friends. He reports the Evans
family at Leavenworth, and well.
Nearly all the May wheat is in the
shock, and we hear of some farmers
who will thresh this week. The Turk
ey wheat is about ready for the sickle:
The ladies of st. Marks Guild Will
meet Tuesday afternoon, JuEe 3Oth, at
O'Clock p. M, with Miss Agnes Sam
uel. All ladies interested in guild work
are invited.
About five O'Clock Sunday morning
clustering wind sprang up quite sud
denly, threatening to do much damage.
1t soon passed away. Quite little
shower of rain fell.
Messrs. Wash. Shaw, Lutte Ely and
DR.. Gould went to Attica, Tuesday, to
wish Misses Hahn and Specie pleasant
journeys. Miss Carrie Carmichael went
as far as Wellington, where she will
visit few days.
The Sharon republican club held a
powwOw last Saturday night. Hon.
Chester Long and S. L. Allen were
present from this city. Mr.. Long ad-
dressed the club on the question What
the Legislature didn't do, and Why"
We wonder if he told them why there
was no appropriation for the Worlds
Fair.
Ed. Hubbard returned from his three
weeks sojourn at Great Bend, last Fri
day. His father, j. II. Hubbard, and
nephew, Earnest Wyman, accompanied
him here and remained until Tuesday
morning, when they departed for Kio-
wa county. Ed. tells some big wheat
stories about Stafford, Barton and Pratt
counties and the many thousand acres
of waving fields of grain he saw while
| passing through these counties.
The Barber and Pratt Union Sunday
school will hold their annual picnic at
FergusoR's grove on August 1st. A prize
will be given to the Sunday school hay
| ing the largest representation at the
picnic. The new officers ale, W. G.
Douglass, president, Sawyer; j os Glib
son, vice-presldent, Isabel: Geo. Sell
lers, secretary, Isabel; cor. sec'y. M. II.
Carter, Sawyer. Superintendent ex-
pecting TO take part are requested to
notify the secretary.
The county central committee of the
peoples party met last Saturday, and
| adjourned to meet again at II O'Clock
a. m. on July 9Th, at the court house.
The basis of representation in the
county nominating convention was
| fixed at one delegate from each town
ship, and one delegate for each 10 votes
| or major fraction, cast for the peoples
| ticket last year. All persons who prom
| Use to support the nominees. are invited
to take part in the election of delegates
Kiowa Journal: Last Saturday while
f. L. Patton was cutting wheat, his
team, composed of three horses, became
| frightened and ran away. In endeavor-
ing to stop them, one of his lines be-
came broken, when Mr.. Patton thought
| it was about time yacate his seat as
driver, which he did at once. After cir
cling around an acre OF so of grain
! few times the team was stopped. Mr..
| Patton says the sWathS were not cut
very straight, but every bundle was
nicely tied with the exception of one,
and not thing about the machine was
broken.'
The entertainment at the opera house
last Friday evening was greeted by
good-siZed and attentive audience, and
one that didn't fail to bestow applause
whenever the players made hit"
The persOnation was good, and well up
to the standard for amateurs; the ease
with which the players conducted them
selves was quite noticeable over the
average amateur, and the conspicuous
absence of prompting was feature
which helped to characterize it as a sue
cess. The singing of MIR. Clark deserY-
es special mention and was of the high
ly pleasing order; the orchestra played
well, and taking it all in all, it was a
very creditable performance.
Klowa Journal: "a remarkable es-
cape from death happened last Satur-
day. While Frank Sheddy was cutting
wheat, his little seven year old daugh-
ter went out to the 1eld and wanted
to ride one of the horses. Mr.. Sheddy
put her on horse, and after cutting
several rounds the team became fright
ened and ran away. The little girl was
thrown to the ground between the hors-
es, and rolled over into small depres-
sion, when the large drive wheel passed
squarely over her head. All who saw
the accident expected to see the little
girls head smashed into a shapeless
mass, but they were greatly surprised
when they found only few cuts and
a number of bruises. The little girl
will be as lively as ever in few days,
but it was a narrow escape from hor-
rible DEATH"
Wichita Beacon; "Louey Heirony-
nous was drowned Sunday night in the
North Canadian river near Fort Reno,
and his body has not yet been recovered.
Monday evening it was found floating
on the water caught between the piles
of the bridge, but while the man who
discovered it was going to Ell Reno for
help to take it out, 1T became dlsentang-
led and fioated away with the swift cur
rent of that stream. Louey was an old
landmark and was well known by all
the pioneers of southern Kansas. When
the Santa Fe was built into Newton he