Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-07-19

! lOWd, size Will 20 10 llll0OlS.
Mr.. Il. V. Cant started last week
with Joe Cant and Lee Kenier for
Red Fork in the territory with their
cattle.
Now is the time to buy what you
want cheap, as Mrs. Belle Brown is
Offering her fine stock at almost sacri-
flee figures.
Ladies, If you want a dress made to
fit you, or a coat cleaned and refined, or
a good job of sewing done, call on Liz
zie Fishburn.
Geo. w. Sellers was in town, Mon
day, smiling as gaily as in ''ye olden
times, only more so. He is still con-
graduating himself.
Jack Davis is now looking after his
threshiDg machine. and has consldera-
bic work contracted. He has both
horse and steam power.
DIR. Yant, dentist, has left a compe-
tent man in his Office and guarantees
all work he does. Gold filings 81; 9th
er filings 81. Best teeth SO per set.
| We have been hunting. We found
what we hunted for, and If you will
drop into Chase & Coan's we will show
you something in Gasoline STOVES that
Will make you smile.
Died, Monday afternoon, one of the
infant twin children of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
A. Lees, north least of town, and was
buried in the cemetery at this place,
yesterday afternoon.
Hull and Glenn, of the Kiowa Jour
nal, have put out another eight page
boom edition. 1t is we'll gotten up, and
reflects credit on the enterprise, both of
the town and its editors.
Why pay $500 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.
Mr.. Goode representing the Union
Signal house of Chicago, has been
stopping in town several days, visiting
his friend, Mr.. Osler. They depart to-
day on prospecting trip in the terri
tory.
Geo. 5. Bennett has taken charge of
the scales of the Kansas Grain Co..
hitherto under charge of Mr. Hahn,
and Will pay the best market prices for
grain. lie will also have charge of the
scales at Pixley. ct.
MIR. Hessler, from MingOna, brought
| III some exec lent samples of wheat
| yesterday. His Mediterranean was
good, but the Velvet Chaff was simply
fine. 1t was sound, plump, large ker-
mel, and good color.
Rev. J. III. Pedrick, of the Lake City
charge of the M. E. church, Will open
camp-meeting on Thursday, the 10th of
July, at Elm Mills, to continue about
ten days, under the charge of q. w.
Dennis, of Delaware, Ohio, a special
| evangelist.
Mr.. w. II. Hayes and wife departed,
| Monday, for Cass county, Missouri
Mrs. Hayes has been an invalid since
| April, and will remain several months,
i'll hopes that she will be benefited.
|
i after the farm.
Is he proud? Well, yes, ever since
Friday night. 1t Is not a voter, but 1T
is heavy weight, fat and pretty, and
papa will now probably become a ran
tankerous woman's rights man on the
principle that she is smart enough to
vote. Papa-well, that's Harry Stew
ems, just ask him about it.
The rain, Saturday night, was one of
| the best we have had this season. Be-
tween Medicine Lodge and Sharon, and
south of the city it was especially heavy,
though five miles west there was scarce
ly any. 1t came too late, however, to
save corn. The only hope now is to
raise enough for fodder.
The minister's and deacon's institute
will meet with Elm Grove church, four
miles west of Sun City, in Barber coun-
ty, on the Medicine river, commencing
on Friday, the 2Sth of July, at 10 o clock
a. M, and will continue over Sunday;
at which time the ordination of j. d.
Love will take place. All cordially in
vited &. w. Owens, pastor.
Medicine Lodge organized another
base ball club to beat the champions
The players assembled, Monday, with
quite an interested audience. The
game was interesting throughout, and
! closely contested. 1t was finally broken
| up by rain at the end of the sixth in
ming, and the score stood six TO six.
Boys, you'll have to try that over.
Hazelton Express: Last Friday was
a day of surprises for w. G. Afford and
family. Mrs. Affords father, j. w.
Helmlck, formerly of Illinois, but now
of Morris county, Kansas, paid them
visit for the first time in fourteen years,
and stayed until Tuesday. And on the
same night, a little stalwart democrat
arrived at the Afford domiclle. and
claimed kinship and protection, and
is enjoying both, and w. C.. is trying to
locate the responsibility.
Mulvane Record: We heard of
plan, the other day, for keeping the
chinch bugs from going from the wheat
fields into the adjoining corn fields. 1t
is being successfully practiced by
farmer who lives near Mayfield, in
Sumner county, His plan Is as follows:
lie plowed two burrows with lister
one of them close along the side of the
corn field next the wheat, the other
few rows farther in the corn, parallel to
the first. He then took a kerosene oil
barrel, filed II partly with stones, put
attachments so he could hitch team
to it. This barrel is dragged back and
forth i'll these burrows until the ground
is thoroughly pulverized-ground to
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