Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-12-20
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Try our Mocha Blend coffee, 3 lbs.
for Sl.O0. Woodward.
Jacob Achenbach was in the city
yesterday, from HarGtner.
John and Duncan Circle, of Hazel
ton township, were IN the city Monday.
Mrs. II. Fuller started for Blan-
chester, OHIO, Friday, for a visit to rel
atives.
Miss Rena Mackey, of Kiowa, visit
rd with Miss Myrtle Cook Sunday and
Monday.
Allen Herr was up from Kiowa Fri
day, attending to some business
matters.
"A. j. Bently, of the Commercial
Bank, Kiowa, came up from that city
last evening.
i can winter number of cattle OF
sell the feed at reasonable prices
G. j. Skeen, Roundup.
Oscar ThrOckmerton was up from
Lodi Thursday, attending the Pythian
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See the Sword Drill by sixteen
young ladies Pythian Sisters enter.
tainments Thursday, Friday and Sat-
urday at Thompson opera house. Re-
served seats, 35c.
Why pay $4,000 for wrought steele
Ranges of agents travelling through
the country, when Noble & Case will
sell you one for $500 with seventeen
gallon hot water tank all complete.
There will be Christmas tree at
the Deerhead school house OH Christ
mas day at o'clock p. m. Everybody
cordially invited to attend and have a
jolly time. BY order of committee.
Frank Gordon returned Friday
from New Mexico, where he had been
to effect trade whereby his property
near Lake City is exchanged for 1000
acres of land in the aforesaid territory.
"A. B. Reynolds, of Cedar township,
was the city Thursday for the purpose
of paying his taxes. He has considera-
bic land, which he says did not produce
enough this year to pay the tax, since
prices have declined.
Ensign Encampment No. 81 l. O.
o. f. named the following officers at
their election meeting to serve during
the ensuing term: S, Z. Coan, chief
patriarch; ]. B. Gano, senior warden;
r. j. Mckay, junior warden; w. T.
Rouse, scribe; ii. Z. Noble, treasurer;
.. G. Boyd, high priest; II. E. Noble,
representative to encampment grand
lodge; S. l.. Allen, alternate.
According to the Wichita Beacon
Tom McNeal, when he was In Wichita,
prophesied new party which would
take the place of the old ones. What
time Tom must have had with the
newspapers when he visited the Peer
less Princess. We suggest that he
adopt Mark Twain's policy with the
next Wichita interviewer that accosts
him.
e. Porter, who owns considerable
land near Klowa, is stopping at the
Grand for the winter. Mr.. Porter came
to Barber county from Vermont last
year and invested considerable of his
money in real estate for wheat growing.
Although last season was not conducive
to large yield he is by 10 means dis
couraged, knowing that such seasons
are not common for this country.
what over the loss of seven quarts of
fresh oysters last Friday. He had them
in a box in front of the restaurant.
where for some time the passer by had
been tainted by their appearance with
visions of stews galore; and at Hateful
moment when Jake's back was turned
some one appropriated the whole lot.
We suppose that long ere this an odor-
ferrous aroma from some stew pan has
permeated the olfactories of the marau-
der and that his scared conscience has
been smothered with fried oysters, all
at Jake's expense.
james Minick received the sad
news last week of the death of his
nephew, Harry Gustin, at Enid, o. T.,
on Thursday at p. IN, of typhoid
fever, after an illness of two weeks.
The deceased came out here in August
from Ohio on visit to relatives in this
community, and when the Strip opened
he went down with parties from this
place. He was nineteen years of age
and his sudden death is regretted by all
who knew him. The remains were in
tered at Enid. He has a father resid
ing at Manchester, Ohio, and two
brothers at West CarrOlton.
"A young man named Kendall, liv-
ing near Danville, became tiIed of this
vain world last Saturday and sought
rest in death by the suicide route. He
was returning from Argonia in com
paDy with his affianced bride, produced
bottle of poison, swallowed a part of
its contents and offered the balance to
the lady. The lady had more sense than
the young adventurer and succeeded in
getting him back to Argonia, where the
| poison was extracted from his stomach
J with pump. At last accounts the
!, young fellow had not shuffled off but
was considered to be In a dangerous
condition mentally Anthony Bulletin.