Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-12-13

Revival Lleeting at the Baptist
church each evening this week.
r. M. and Mrs. Woodward went to
Alva yesterday, on a visit to Hugh.
r. A. Cameron came up from Alva,
Monday evening, suffering from an at
tack of pneumonia.
"A new stock of boots and shoes
have just been opened up at Wood
wards. Call and see there.
Cam Smith moved his family to
this city Monday, preparatory to set
thing down upon the registers Office
for the next two years.
DIR. l. w. Stout, one OF the stalwart
democrats OF Medicine Lodge, and his
two sons, arrived in the city yesterday
and will remain here the next
few days.-Alva Pioneer.
Easy rests the head that wears hats
bought from Mrs. Higgins. In order
to reduce my stock 1 will sell trimmed
and untrimmed hats at cost until after
holidays. Mrs. NJ. j. Higgins.
4. p. Campbell, of Sankey & Camp
bell, Wichita, arrived in the city Mon
day to look after some cases in court.
He left yesterday to visit brother near
Attica until his cases are called.
| Our local talent who have hereto
fore pleased our theater going people
by their interpretations of different
we'll known dramas have signified their
willingness to assist, which insures the
success of the coming entertainments
to be given by the Pythian Sisters on
Dec. 2lst, 22nd and 23rd.
An agent of Lord Scully, Of Eng
land, was here last week looking after
the Barber county estates of that dig
nitary. Lord Scully is the man who
procured large section of land in IlIl-
| nois and would not permit school to be
on the estate. The most ignorant peo-
pie were made tenants and any attempts
| at education were not allowed or coun-
tenanced at all. The Illinois legislature
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PEELED the arrogant foreigner to dispose
of his extended possessions. It is to
be regretted that he has fastened his
fangs on Barber county; for a titled
aristOcrat who believes in suppression
of education among the people and has
| the effrOntery to exercise his domineer-
| ing qualities in our own country, has
no place among us. There are times
in free government when line should
be drawn, and drawn Enthusiastically
plain.
| The supreme court rendered a de-
cision in the case of State VS.. Pierce
and Stranathan last Saturday. The
findings of the lower court were modi-
fed and affirmed as to Pierce and re-
versed as to Stranathan. Thus is the
political thunder of some blatant dem
agogues who happen to belong to the
republican party, scattered into smith
Greens, and the decision was handed
down by Chief Justice Horton, their
Lex Dec. Some of them spit cotton
and raved when Judge Mckay instruct
ed the jury 10 the district court in the
Pierce case and here is Justice Horton
sustaining the jury that returned ve--
dict under judge Mckay IS instructions.
0 boomerang, thy wound is sometimes
bitter. The decision releases Mr..
Stranathan but holds Mr.. Pierce guilty
on the charge of unlawfully paying the
81, 728 to Lake. Judge Horton proba-
bly, did not assimilate the sympathy
dose that was prescribed for him.
B. F. Moore and E. 7. Noble, of
McAdOo, were in town Saturday to In
Quire about their taxes. They found
the amount SO large that they fear they
| cannot pay it. Mr.. Moore says that
| while the valuation of his personal
property is very much lower this year
than last, that the taxes amount to more
than last year. There has been NO
bonds voted, no bridges built, nopublic
improvements to call for an increase in
taxes, so we must attribute it to mainly
if not entirely, to the district court tx
penses during the reform" admins.
tratlon.
The above item bobbea up serenely in
the CresSet last week, and nobody
would ever know any better were they
not informed otherwise. So far as Mr.
Noble is concerned he should register
no kick, for his property is assessed
in the name of F. j. Close, Governor
dwellings private secretary who owns
the farm Mr.. Noble lives on. Mr.. Close
pays the tax. But Mr.. Moore seems t
be the principal one referred to. From
an examination of the records we fine
that last year he gave his property val
uation as 1926, while this year it wa,
given as $500. So the books show thai
the valuation was not lower this year
as the Cresset states, but higher. And
further we find that the taxes In Mr.
Moores district last year were 39} mill;
and this year 39i mills. or a quarter OF
mill lower this year than last. To bt
sure, this difference is not great; but il
shows that the Cresset's lnsinuation
intimating that the tax is higher, is
false. Every thing in the item is dis
proven by the records. Mr.. Moore,
valuation was higher this year thar
last, the tax in his district is lower
and Mr.. Close pays Mr.. Mobiles taxes
So much tor the truth usually found il
the Cresset's attack on populist ad
ministratious.