Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-20

"a. T. Smith, OF Centralia, No, was
here yesterday
No preaching at The Baptist church
next Sunday. PASTOR
Judge Ellis has moved fl5 Jaw Of
fee in with Il j.. Ltulev.
N. :. pa .e~u. Of IIa,causon,
registered at the Grand Yesterday
Coughing leads 10 consumption.
Kemps Balsam stops The coughing as
once. -
NOTICE FABMERs.-Alf farmers hay
ing wheat to sell, win find the buyers at
the depot
Miss Helen Cameron made the run
from Eldred and secured nice quarter
section near the salt Fork.
"A. NJ. Houchln, T. l.. Lindley and
III. \. Noah are doing a land office bus
mess at Alva filing out blanks.
!. G. Walstad came up from Alva
last night after supplies. lie says he
is rushed every day with work.
Col. Snoddy returned to this county
last week from Pennsylvania. stopping
at KiOwa 10 enter the Alya crowd.
There was not a corporal's guard
of men left in town Saturday. All
went 70 see or participate III the race
-Chas. Painter returned, Friday.
from Petersburg. Indiana, reporting
his visit to be one continual round
of pleasure.
Guy Sparks and Jack Davis got
two very fine claims near Enid They
will be very valuable property III the
near future.
Miss Pearl Long, who had been yis-
iting her sister, Mrs. Kaufman, for
several days, returned last week to her
home in Wellington.
DIR. f. ID. Rogers WAS in the city
yesterday on the road to Pratt. where
he will practice dentistry. lie has
been at Kiowa this summer.
The county clerk is becoming weary
of waiting for the reports of school
districts 2, 81, II and 80. Unless they
come up with them soon they are liza
bic to be too late for their levy.
AS was predicted before the race it
is a common sight to see several ex-
boomer wagons passing through to the
north. Their desire to go back appears
to be about as great as their anxiety
was to get to the Strip.
Water sold for cents a glass at
Alva Saturday afternoon. The tribu-
latiOns and vlcisSltudes incident to the
stampede had the effect of cooling the
ardor of mauy,WhC Will now be content
10 remain ~ home ana be peaceful citi-
Gems.
--Babt FRAN and VIM. O'Couuor
came up lr5m HIowa last night 20 take
Observation-Disclosures papers. Tne.r faith
ogs' papers .aj Us ,aben OUT years
ago when they Hsla small boys and
the Iaad Office officials would not ace
cept them on tLc grounds Hsat it wa;
done While they We're miuorse
Ey rs,ung has been caa. since
u.e.rp eu.us Many ae em
..oN. however. a4ti. is .Haus.t taa %
week on tVo VIII bring the major pag-
ton. 4 rgae,jo. l.u.G 90 set Ia
very SOON. and ,le 5lia mjuugoa VIII
rot be noticed $50 far as numbers ARE
concerned. In jhese lard times ue
town already luu ana 0. urr
ready improved WEI. not give wa, hl
the side of an uudeye!oped country.
The few men who rem aimed in town
Saturday became cut of something to
do and concluded to have an election to
fill the places of the officials who went
down TO see the race. Col. John Motte..
the heir apparent to the postoflice here.
was put up for city and county treas
urer and marshal, and elected by an
| overwhelming majority over all oppO
sitlon. After being elected he went to
| take possession OF the treasurer's Office
but found it locked. Failing in this ne
| assumed the duties OF marshal and be
gan pryng up the sidewalks until
| Sheriff DobsOn interposed. Monday he
signed his bond and got Geo. Martin to
put seal on it to make it legal, pro-
ceeding very essential to preserve Ollie
ial dignity. He will now proceed to
take charge of the court house, and
says he proposes to order lOO, 900 feet of
lumber for sidewalks if he is to be
marshal. Ten thousand dollars will be
appropriated by the colonel for this
purpose. 1t is understood that when
he gets control o. the treasurer's Office
he will discharge jim Eby aud do all
the work himself