Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-11


city last Thursday, Friday and Satur
day.
Deerhead alliance will hold an oper
meeting Saturday night, beginning a
1880 O'Clock.
The Willing Workers will meet with
Mrs. ID. S. Gregg, this afternoon. Mrs
o. T. Beeson, sec'y.
The Harper Graphic refers to Ed
Sample, as lone of the unterrifed dem
ocrats of that section"
W. B. Meyers, of Winfield, has been
here for the last few days, closing uT
some real estate business.
Mrs. G. w. Ellis left, Monday, for
Pittsburg, Kansas, as delegate to the
state meeting OF the o. E. s.
Woods Binder and harvester, the
light running, sure knotter and all.
round good machine. See Chase s
Allen. stiff
Farmers Headquarters first door
north of the P. o. Highest market price
paid for country produce. E. NJ. Wood
ward. AFT
The probate judge issued license,
Saturday, for the marriage of Webb
Parker and Miss Annie Conine, both of
Kiowa.
A peoples party club will be organ
in fhio nifvr MI 81
the courthouse. Everybody invited to
be present.
Uncle Tom Edes, the big grain raiser
of Barber county, is taking a rest in
this city. He has seventeen hundred
acres of growing grain.
Supt. Hahn went toSharon and Hazel
ton yesterday, on school business. He
will return tomorrow Thursday and
be in his Office in the afternoon.
Harmony alliance will hold an open
meeting next Saturday night, at 7:3O
Messrs Lands and Garrison will be
present. Everybody invited to attend.
The magic lantern show had the larg-
est audience, last Thursday night, that
ever assembled in the opera house.
Every inch of standing room was occu-
pied.
The driver of the ice wagon says the
weather of the past few days suits him,
as he can get all the Ice he wants on the
lake, and don't have to open the ice
house.
The sugar mill has all the cane con-
tracted for that it wants this year.
There are about two thousand acres
planted and to be planted for this sea-
sons work.
Judge Lacy was burning some trash
and grass on his farm, last Thursday,
when the fire got into an old dugout
stable, which was destroyed, together
with few posts. The loss was only a
few dollars.
''Uncle'' Bob Simpson got home Mon
lay, from Gueda Springs, where he has
been for a few weeks for his health. He
s considerably improved, and says the
weather was 80 rainy and bad that he
lid not get the full benefit of the water.
Carter Best left here last Saturday,
for his home in England. He says he
has made the trip to Medicine Lodge
three times in the past ten months, and
his wife is talking about getting a d.
vOrce if he doesn't stay at home a little
more of his time.
The Sunday schools of this county
have elected Rev. j. NJ. Archer, pastor
u the Methodist church, as a delegate
10 the State Sunday school convention,
which met at Topeka yesterday. Mr..
Archer could not attend, and Mr.. and
Mrs. A. M. Houchin went in his stead.
They left Monday.
Farmers, If you want binding Irvine
Of the best quality, at the very lowest
price, call on F. F. Mullen immediate
y, and leave your orders. He will make
his order about the middle of the
month. He will not order any more
han is ordered from him, and will not
keep stock to sell. 51-2
There was very pleasant dance at
Sharon last Friday night. Medicine
Lodge was represented by Misses Jen-
1ie and Nellie Currie, Angie Lowry,
md Messrs. Wallace Lowry and Jack
Weber. Also Earl Young, Boone Kin
laid and Clarence Sparks. They all
'ay they had most agreeable time.
Geo. r. Tremaine gave half a dozen
magic lantern exhibitions at the opera
house last week and this week. He has
been all over the world, and has "Ko-
laced" everything worth seeing. His
pictures are splendid, and when thrown
IN a screen 12x16 feet give a fair esti-
nate of the original. A glimpse into
st. Peters church, at Rome, was worth
more than the cost Of season ticket.
The sugar mills making extensive I'm
and expects to handle the
sugar crop of 1892 more expeditiously
md more economically than ever before.
4 new shredder will be put in; that
source of torment, the yaryan, will be
thrown out totally, and evaporators of
iouble the capacity of the yaryan will
De put in its place. A number OF new
pumps will also be put in, and a large
of useless piping has already
been taken out. A new filter press
will also be used. A new roof will
'oon be put on the boiler house. Hen
y Hinze will have the management of
he mill; Thos. Best will be the general
manager, and George Horney the cash
or. Prof. L. F. Sanborn will be the
chemist for the mill. We do not know
vho will be the government chemist.
All improvements will be completed
ong before the cane is ready 10
)e handled.
j. +. Miller, of the firm OF Miller &
Dixon, of Argonia, was here last week,
mi, r.,hn So T.