Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-04-27

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Mrs. A. c. East has been quite sicl
for a couple of weeks, but is improving
Burnett keeps the largest, finest ant
best stock of shoes to be found in this
city. 39tf
Mrs. +. NJ. Byerley is slowly improv.
ing, and is able to sit up IN chair lit.
tie every day.
Next Sunday at 10 o'clock there will
be meeting at the Doles school house
to organize Sunday school.
j. p. Hall attended the democratic
convention at Salina, and got home
last Thursday.
Don't buy Header or Binder until
you see the new steel Header and Bind
or at COan & Hahn's. 40
K. ID. Simpson is at Gueda Springs
for the benefit of his health. He has
not been near well since he was hurt
two months ago.
The mileage on the Southern Kansas
railroad is being corrected. 1t is only
80 miles to Kansas city, instead Of 337,
as 1t formerly was supposed.
For Sale-TwO span of big work
mules, and eight head of big work hors-
es. Horses will be sold in spans or
single. Inquire at this office. 4S-tf
The probate judge issued license,
Monday for the marriage of J. w.
Reed, OF Hazelton, and Miss r. NJ.
jackson, of Cedar township.
Mrs. ThOs. Doran and son, who have
been visiting friends and relatives at
Kansas City for some weeks, are now
visiting relatives at Beatrice, Nebraska
d. w. Young, the photographer, will
leave for Kingfsher, on the 25th of
May. If you want good photographs,
you had better get them before he
goes. 49tf
Bishop Thomas, the Episcopal Bish-
Op of Kansas, will visit Medicine Lodge
on Friday, May 9Th, and will hold serv-
ices and administer confirmation at
the Knights of Pythlas hall, at 8 O'Clock
in the evening.
A great deal OF corn has been plant
ed, and some of it has been in the
ground two or three weeks, but very
little has made its appearance above
ground. The cool weather is bad for
early corn.
A peoples party club was organized
In Valley township last Thursday night.
Thirty-two names were signed at the
first meeting, twenty-five of which were
voters. Every voter ought to belong
We will publish the proceedings of the
meeting next week.
The 9th annual convention of the
Kansas State Sunday School Associa-
ton will be held at Topeka on the 10th
OF May. Railroads will give rates of
one fare for round trip. Every Sunday
school worker in the state is invited,
and all who attend will receive person
al benefit.
The superintendent of the Christian
Sunday school at Midway, Kentucky
sent three months supply OF litera-
ture to the Mission school, that meets
at the court house Sunday afternoons.
The superintendent and teachers OF
this school are convinced that God
blesses their work.
Mrs. Mary Havelin died at the resi-
dence Of her son, twelve miles south
west Of this city, last Wednesday morn
ing, at O'Clock. She was 81 years of
age, and for two years had been a Wild
oW. She leaves one son and host of
friends to mourn her loss. Everybody
loved "Grand Ma" HaVelin. She was
buried Thursday, near the Maxson
farm, on Little Mule creek.
j, NJ. Summons, formerly editor of the
Kiowa Herald, was in town Monday
and Tuesday looking up a business
opening. He left Kiowa In 1886 and
published paper for q while at Lips
comb, Texas. He sold out his paper
there, and during the past year has been
working as printer at Hutchinson,
Kansas. He still owns big farm near
LipScomb, and has big interest in
town lots down there. He was on his
way to visit his wife and two children,
who are at Blackstone, in Sumner coun-
ty. We would be glad to have the fam
lily again make Barber county their
home.
On last Friday evening at the Pres
byterian church, a Columbian enter
tainment was given under the manage
ment Of Prof. Beeson and the pupils Of
his room. The exercises consisted of
Rotations and essays concerning Col
umbus, his character, his work and the
age in which he lived, and reflected
credit on those participating. The at
tendance was large, nearly every pupil
Of the school being present. The pro-
ceeds were $l4.l5 which will be sent
to the state committee TO aid the Kan
sas educational exploit at the Column
bian Exposition next year.
Hazelton Express "A fellow by the
name Of Hazard, claiming to repre-
sent the Leibig World Dispensary, of
Kansas City, has been travelling over
this part Of the county this week seek
ing whom he may victimize. lie goes
to some person who has chronic dis
ease. takes the particulars of the all
ment, and for certain sum of money
or note, he agrees to send remedies to
cure the malady. Hazard got Scott
Mansfield, who lives three miles east,
TO sign a note for $50, and Hazard was
70 send medicines TO cure Mansfield of
st. Vitus dance. Hazard came to town
and Immediately tried to sell the note,
but failed. Hazard and his accomplice
stopped at the farm of o. F. Mason one
day this week and had three head of
horses fed, and left one with Mason un.
til they returned the next day. and then
they said they would pay for the feed
but the same day they came while Ma