Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-11-01


october IS.
John Holderlnan has shipped several
thousand bushels of corn from Esk;
I'd re to Texas.
Large crowds attended Judge Fitz-
-erald's meetings ia Usage county-to
hear the Quenemo Glee Club.
A "pair of licenses" Na5 the desire
Df an ls.year-old Norman yoath who
wanted to wed Mirandy Jane aged IA.
British troops in Cape town country
are said to be advan-ing on the Ma
tabales. and an engagement is looked
for.
The Reporter wants to know why
Overbrook can't have q literary society
this winter, and finish digging the
town well.
The Sons of Veterans of Keene,
Wabaunsee county, will dedicate a
81 900 hall Nov. 3, that they erected
themselves.
The grain crops failed in Logan
county, but the farmers were long
sighted enough to provide good sup
ply of rough feed.
3 Ponca City will have a depot and
sidetracks in short time, and the in
dications are that postmaster will
be appointed very soon.
Simeon Griffith of Bradford has con-
tracted for "a 900 bushels of corn from
WabauDsee county farmers, to be
shipped to Vols & GerguSon.
Charley Curtis has not forgotten the
courtesies of his position. The school
at Melvern received a big map of the
United states from him last week.
A colony of farmers in Nebraska are
going to move down to Rawlins coun.
ty as soon as they can raise enough in
that state to pay their travelling ex-
penses.
A prairie schooner passed through
Morris county the other day
from the south. This inscription was
on the wagon: "Sooner-sooner be at
home."
The government grass station in
Finney county has been abandoned by
the present administration, and the
entire effects of the farm will be sold
by the sheriff October 80.
The man who raises wheat COM
petes with the world. The man who
puts his main dependence upon corn
and hogs finds his competitors con-
fined to five or six states.
The term of the district court held
last week in Cove was the lightest in
the history of the county. Outside OF
two or three foreclosures and a dozen
sheriff's sales confirmed, there was
nothing done.
John had the marshal kill Pete last
week, as he was in bad shape and
could not be cured,-Hoxie Sentinel.
Pete who? We ought to have some
thing more definite about this method
of execution.
The Australian ballot did not work
very well at Kiowa last week. Three
vacancies in the city council were tc
be filed, and although there were
nineteen candidates ouly two were de-
clared elected.
Burr Oak Herald: Thirty car loads
of hogs, corn and produce have been
shipped from this place in the past
| four weeks. The car load receipts for
the same period are twenty-eight.
mostly merchandise.
Fire Saturday destroyed two bust
ness houses on the west side of Alamo
plaza. San Antonio, Tex. Mrs. f.
Vance owned the buildings. The loss
on buildings and stock is $4,000. In
sured for one-half.
1t is said if the United States does
not take speedy action that the
agents of British capital, who are now
in Nicaraugua will have made greet
inroads upon American interests, and
secured control Of all stock possible
for British holders. d
Six men were badly burned w acid
aud steam at the works of rhe Ash
land (Wis.1 Sulphate Fiber company as
2:30 Thursday morning. Carelessness
in removing the cover of one Of the
big digestors caused the mass Of cook
ing fiber to be turned onto the men.
The Odd Fellows Of, Kansas may be
justly proud of the donation of the
land, ETC., given that organization by
Mr.. De Bouissere, wealthy French
man. The farm is known as Silkville,
in Franklin county, and contains 3, 1856
acres of the best of land. The farm
is now stocked with 600 head Of cat
tie, 900 head of hogs and 100 head of
horses, all of fine breed and in first
class condition. De Bouissere. the
| donor, was an exiled French nobleman
and he left this gift to the order after
having experimented in several phil
anthropic schemes on the premises.
The trustees report says: THE house
originally contained sixty rooms. To
remedy certain defects we have built
an addition to the building, which
improves its appearance and adds to
its convenience; have also taken out
partitions in some of the rooms, there
by increasing the size and making
them more convenient for the various
uses necessary in such an Institution;
also we have built stairwaSs ct each
end of the building, that are oE easy
grade and thoroughly lighted. The
building as now arranged will COM
fortably accommodate necessary help
and probably seventy-five children"
This beautiful home will be used as a
| home for orphan Odd Fellows chill
dren. The Grand Lodge at its last
session made an assessment of lO5
per capita for the furnishing of said
home. When finished it will be one
of the finest Industrial Orphan Homes
in the country, with mem bership of
$4,000 in the state of Kansas to back it.
Haskell county is making a mighty
good start towards good times next
year. A number of farmers have in.
creased their acreage put to wheat
and much of it is up and looking e1-
ceptionally fine.
Frank Westfall, a student at the
Emporia Normal school, from How
ard, was seriously, and perhaps fatal
ly injured. in football game on the
grounds east of the Normal building
last Thursday evening. Athletic ac-
complishments are pretty costly, but
our boys must have them to be prop
srly equipped for life's duties and re-
sponsibilities.
Kansas is divided into nine health
| districts. There are also nine men,
bers of the state board of health.
Each member has general supervision