Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-07-12
LOCAL NEWS.

NOuRuluB l6duo 10 consumption.
Kemps Balsam stops the coughing at
once. q
Our College Hill correspondent is
keeping his nelghDorhood up with the
times.
Mr.. L. +. Widner has sold his inter
est in the Tologa Citizen, and is now
at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Potes took ride down
to Kiowa Saturday to visit their daugh-
ter and her husband.
The willing workers will meet with
Mrs. n. w. Smith, Monday afternoon,
July 10th. Mrs. Noble, secretary.
We have heard that our city marshal
was trying to impound some spooks,
with what success we are not Informed.
Mr.. Lemuel Moore and family re-
turned, Sunday, from Caldwell, where
they had a delightful visit, and general
good time.
Elsewhere, we print the Fourth OF
July poem, by the Pilgrim Bard. AS
we read it, we feel like expressing our
pride in Barber County's poet.
Money saved is money earned. If
you want to earn money this way, just
patronize Mrs. Belle Browns cost sale,
and you will succeed in doing SO.
And now, somebody at Kiowa was
mean enough to give out the report
again, that Clark Hudson was married
Really, Clark, this is rather rough.
How do you stand it?
j. w. Lappin, A. McCray and Jacob
Lawrence departed Monday for the
Cheyenne country where they are going
to make arrangements to put up hay
and winter their cattle.
DIR. Kociell is up and out attending
to those in whom short hacking cough
and flying pains in the chest indicate a
lung disease Of grave character. The
doctor says he can help all such cases
If they don't wait until it is too late.
There is report of considerable in
jury done by the wind down on Mule
creek Saturday afternoon, by the light
ming, killing some mules and horses
for jim and Bud Hall and tearing to
pieces stacks of wheat by the hard
wind.
Reports from the country, tell us that
farmers began blowing Immediately, in
spite of dry weather. Owing to search
ty of rain, the soil had not packed, and
could, therefore, be plowed as deeply
as the year before. Only Kansas soil
could be handled in this manner.
Our Harper county neighbors are FL
ing protests against proposition to re-
lease Lund, a criminal, who has cost
the county thousands of dollars in
suits. A petition for his pardon is be-
ing circulated by number of maudlin
sympathizers, such as are found in ev-
cry community.
BY the Tologa Citizen, we learn that
VIM. MOberly spread the Eagles wings
st that point. We have no objection to
this, but he should not go back on
Kansas. Onefeature of the days en-
tertainment, was pony race, by the
Indians, OF whom there were four hun
dred on the ground.
Mr.. Jas. d. Ely last week had a ter
rible siege of cramps IN the stomach.
The cause he could hardly tell, except
that he is subject to such spells occas-
ionally and cold drinks and hot wealth
or probably helped it. DR.. Gould
stayed with him two nights and he is
now able to be about, though feeling
very weak from his attack.
The Santa Fe railroad has put on a
new gang, at Sharon, it being found
that ten mile sections were too long To
be properly looked after. They have
also brought on large supply of new
rails, which have been scattered along
the track from Attica to Medicine
Lodge. This improvement was much
needed, and will be appreciated by those
who have to ride over the road.
Our Sharon correspondent is with us
once more, with an interesting com.
munication. Every neIghborhood
should have its local correspondent
The editor cannot be everywhere, and
would be glad to receive communica-
tions. Few people realize the difficulty
of gathering items here and there. II
you would step in and give We editor
the neighborhood happenings when.
ever in town. it would be great assist.
ance, and much appreciated.
Kiowa Review: Editor Hudson ar.
rived last night from Utah, where he
has been some two months, in the EN-.
plOy of the Salt Lake Herald. Within
the last ten days, slece the abrupt de-
cline Of silver, the mountain country
has received a severe blow, almost par.
aiyZing industry. Nearly every mine
has been closed down, throwing many
thousand laborers out OF employment
Up to the time of the slump in silver
times were good, and a demand tol
labor was steady. The people are anx-
iously waiting the action of the special
session of congress, from which they
hope for relief. If it is not given. the
west will be practically disabled. Ev.
erythlng depends, and in the meantime
people are living in hopes. Should
there be no relief gwen, it is impossible
to estimate the effect it will have or
that country in the way of deteriora'
tion.
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