Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-20
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Tho ground is very dry and recently sown
wheat does not terminate. Indications are
more favorable for rain in the near future.
Last week there was a large exodus of the
popuhtion of this valley. In most of cases
only the heads of families NAV gone and the
wife and children will remain here for some
time yet.
OF the great number who gone to the
Strip most of them are good citizens and their
loss 10 this community will be deeply felt and
regretted, but few of them can be spared
quite conveniently and their places we hope
will be filed with better men.
AT the Baptist tabernacle last Sunday there
good Sunday school conducted by Super
intendent Heth. Some of the men who
usually attend were absent in the Strip but
there were about the usual number of women
and children present. 1t is eXpe cted that Ed
er Tatum will preach next Sunday if he is well
enough
"A very few who went into the Strip on
Saturday have returned and generally report
that they were successful in securing claim
Of the few who had returned up to Sunday
evening or heard from and had acquired val
liable claims, / am glad to mention Widow
Brown, Columbus Tatum, Mr.. BOtteman. 1t
will be remembered that Widow Brown is the
| relict of Alexander Brown, who was killed by
a horse few years ago. He was brother of
William Brown, who is well and favorably
known III this valley. Since the death of her
husband Mrs. Brown has been living on part
of Williams farm. She is a good, industrious
woman and has a family of children TO provide
for and everyone will rejoice in her good for
tune in securing valuable quarter section of
land She has two boys now old enough to
help her cultivate her land.
The race into the Strip at Kiowa at IL NJ.
on Saturday was witnessed by many who are
better able to describe it than l am. will
therefore just mention one mishap which |
happened to notice. Just after the firing of
the pistols, when all the homeseekers were
commencing a forward movement, one man
who intended TO make the race on horseback,
| by some means became endorsed and it was
somewhat amusing TO see his frantic efforts TO
regain possession of his horse. which kept
along with the other horsemen as far as L
could see. have no doubt that man regarded
his mishap as a great misfortune and found
some difficulty in reeonciling his mind with
the situation rs he saw his horse running from
him did not know the man but | hope he
succeeded in getting as good a claim as the
others. | saw one man with team and plow
When the advance movement was made he
started his team and commenced blowing as
he went. 1t was walking piow and he held
the pIOw himself and drove the team as if
blowing is natural to him, When he had
p.owcd to he summit Of the ridge he turned
and was blowing back towards the line. / felt
enough interest in him TO, want to speak TO
him. AS | drove near him L heard someone
address him as Streeter. / remembered that
there was comrade of that name in my regi-
ment, so l asked him if his name was Streeter
On being answered in the affirmative / asked
him if he had served in the army and he in
formed me that he belonged to Co. L, of the
I One Hundredth Ohio, and l learned that he
had just taken claim of eighty acres and had
un,,isputed possession. ! told him that l was
Il private in Co II, of the same regiment. We
did not have much time to talk but nothing
gave me SO much joy that day meeting with
this comrade whom l had never seen since
left the regiment in '63 and was happy that
he had secured the eighty acres of land he
wanted. In the regiment he was we'll es-
teemed by his comrades. He is the second
comrade of my regiment have seen since ]
live in Kansas. The other is Joseph Wiley,
who lives a few miles southwest from Medi-
cine Lodge.
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