Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-12-13

| w. u. AFFORD, or HaZeltOn, is at.
tending court as witness.
H. B. Steck came up from Hazel
ton last night. on court business.
Rev. r. w. Rhames conducted
Episcopal services at the court house
last Sunday.
&C. j. Mayer, of Newton, has been
in the city during the past week attend
ing to business matters.
j. f. Busey, of Champaign, Illi-
nois, arrived Thursday to attend to
some matters in the district court.
F. +. Severance and H. Chidlster,
two of HaZelton's business men, were
in the city Sunday and Monday.
II. j. Flannelley, of Kansas City,
has been in the city during the past
week, representing the Jarvis Conklln
! Mortgage Co.
The case of Pierson VS.. Wiley was
brought up yesterday afternoon, the
evidence introduced and the case dis
missed at cost Of plaintiff.
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title of the case now pending in the dis
trict court. Owing to the length of the
others it is the third case reached since
last Thursday.
The post Office inspectors swooped
down upon the country postoff1ces last
week. AT Sun City the postmaster was
found to be about $3.50 short in his &C
counts, but the matter was arranged
for the present.
Mrs. Lacy had the painful misfor-
tune to fall down stairway last even
ing, sustaining internal injuries, that,
while not considered serious, are quite
severe. DR.. Kociell was Immediately
called and is attending her.
e. F. Widner leaves today for
Crescent City, Oklahoma, where he ex-
poets to start new paper in the near
future. The town is about 10 miles
northwest of Guthrie. We wish Mr..
! Widner success In his new enterprise.
"A rumor is going he rounds that
one OF Moore townships we'll known
bachelors will shortly take unto him
self rib. AS its origin is somewhat
nebulous, we will withhold the names
of the parties until the event occurs
KiOwa Review.
How about it. Charley?
Died, at his home in Elm Mills
township last Saturday. j. Z. Winkler.
aged 81 years. He had been ill with
pneumonia about ten days; and his de-
mise leaves widow and SIX children.
The funeral took place at the Coates
cemetery on Wednesday and was large
ly attended by friends of the family.
Walter Brannan's injuries are not
near so serious as first supposed. In
stead of his arm being broken it was
nothing more than somewhat twisted,
and otherwise his wounds are healing
rapidly. The doctor at Alva who at
tended him and spread the report of the
serious nature of his injuries should
pull down his shingle and come to Kan
sas and edit republican newspaper
Kiowa Review.
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u Palmer occupied the attention of the
justice court Monday afternoon. The
plaintiff sued for $40, which he claimed
was due him as the agent of Cook &
Palmer in real estate transaction, as
he was to secure half the commission
from sales resulting from his efforts.
The jury hung for an hour, four for
the plaintiff and two for the defend
ants. but finally gave verdict for the
latter.
The attention of the district court
has been engrossed ND to yesterday
morning with the case of John w Clark
VS.. Calvin j. Skeen ct al, which was
taken up on Thursday of last week and
went 10 the jury at II o'clock Tuesday.
1t was one of the most interesting cases
of the term, and was remarkable in
that neither the plaintiff nor his depo-
sition we're here and all attempts to To-
cate him proved a failure. The case
was conducted, nevertheless, and the
prosecution was duly represented by
attorney for the Jarvis CoDklin Mort
gage Company, defunct. Tt is proba-
BILE that John w. Clark is connected in
some manner with the English end of
that concern. The jury was. out until
seven O'Clock last evening and brought
in verdict for the defendant. The
case has been in court three times and
the disposal made is both satisfactory
and relieving