Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-27

| "A. AIeXdnd6r, OF Topeka, was IN
the city yesterday.
Geo. w. Darling, of Wichita, regis
tered at the Grand Monday.
Mrs. j. w. Potes returned, Sunday,
from several days visit at Kiowa.>
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Kemps Balsam stops the coughing at
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NOTICE FARMERS. All farmers hav-
! ing wheat to sell, will find the buyers at
the depot.
Guy Sparks and Jack Days came
up from Enid, Friday, near which place
( they haye claims.
! Judge Ellis and Geo. Martin went
to Alva, Monday, where they represent
some contest cases III legal capacity.
Louis Nilsson moved into the Yant
property on east Kansas avenue the
/ first OF the week. He says he is going
to start an overall factory.
ALI members Of Delphia Lodge are
requested TO meet at their hall on Fri
day evening. Matters of Importance.
By order OF the Chancellor Commander.
j. Tyler was up from Aetna, Sat
urday. His brother, viii, who form
erly liyed in this county,is visiting him.
viii now resides near the north line Of
the state.
W. ii. Sparks has secured the
Christian church parsonage for resi-
dcnce and moved in yesterday. The
move was made to be nearer his work
this winter.
Am Allen came in Friday from
Hennessey, where he has been doing a
rushing bakery business. He will
leave for Enid this week, to put in a
timers shop.
The sugar mill started up Monday,
but very little cane has been brought
in as yet. a better run is anticipated
in short time, however. MIR. Best
arrived last week and is busy in the
mill.
Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist
church Will meet regularly every two
weeks. Next Thursday at o'clock at
the chapel next meeting. Good attend
ance desired. MRS. j. S. RUNYAN,
Secretary.
w. f. Hatfield, of the Dazelton
Express, has started paper called the
"Alya Pioneer" which will be publish
ed for time at Hazelton. Oscar la
berlein will conduct the local depart
ment from Alva.
The editor OF the Cameron Journal
raced tor claim, and in securing it
missed an issue of the paper. 4 qnar
ter section OF good land beats a great
| many more than one issue of "a Kansas
country newspaper.
Hicks predicted that about the 25th
polar wave would sweep down from
the north and make people think about
their heaters and coal. How near the
weather pyognosticator came to strik-
ing it we can all testify.
j. W.Lappin started back to his
CLAIM in Oklahoma, Saturday. with a
load of household goods. About doz-
en- from the Mingona neighborhood are
located Il miles east of Waynoka, some
of them on school sections.
Miss Pin Lake, of Lake City, spent
Wednesday and Thursday as the guest
OF Harper friends. She was on her re
turned from Oklahoma, where she
made race for claim and got one
near Pond Creek.-Harper Advocate.
Leon Beals has two town lots in
Enid, and is practising law at that
place. He writes that nearly every
claim is contested, in that part of the
country, and that he is at present en-
gagged in presenting the claims of some
! litISants.
DR. Moore has torn down the house
formerly occupied by Jack Fishburn,
and Is having it moved to Alva to hold
down y lot in that metropolis. The
doctor will not follow it, however, as
he says Barber county is SVDA enough
| for him.
The recent heavy rains, together
with the exodus to the Strip,
will probably limit the delegation Sat
urday; but we should like as many of
the delegates as possibly can come to
do so. There is plenty of time yet to
sow that wheat and one day will make
no difference.
We understand that the Crcsset in
tended putting branch paper at Alva;
but the failure of the assistant post.
master to return in time prevented the
deal from being made. as Mr.. Axline
could not leave the office. There are
plenty of papers there now, and the
project has been given up.
John McGregor was up from his
/ sylvan retreat the first of the week,
looking after the wheat crop he has
planted in the College Hill neighbor-
hood. He says it has come up in good
shape and was ready for the late show
ers. John is another good citizen who
says Barber is good enough for him.
We have heard of but one man
mentioned as successor to Commits.
sioner Reagin, and that is Uncle Billy
! Brown. of Sharon township. He would
make first class man to watch the In
terests of the county, as men who at
tend to their own affairs well can be
depended upon to attend to public af-
fairs.
Noble & Case have their store at
Alya completed, and Mr.. Noble went
down, Sunday, to assist in getting
things in shape. The stock at Hazel.
/ ton will be moved down. which III adj
dition to car lead from this place and
new stock ordered will make one OF
the best houses of the kind in the new