Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-10-11


visitor here last week.
Moses Wright, of Moore, was in the
CITY Friday with two loads of wheat.
II. A. Burnett, Mrs. Burnett and
Master Ralph went to Wichita Sunday.
Coughing leads to consumption.
Kemps Balsam stops the coughing at
once. 81
Representative Garrison is billed
for speeches in Harper county next
week.
The Willing Workers Will meet with
Mrs. John Brown Wednesday after
noon, October 18th.
MIR. Kumm, of Pratt, brother to
Charley Kumm, is working at Sellers
jewelry store, and will have charge dur
ing the absence of the proprietor.
AL Peterson, who has been working
the diffusion battery at the sugar mill,
left, Sunday, for few days visit a. At
tlca, after which he will go to Eousana.
-Cathothic services will be held on
Thursday the 26th day of October. AZ
ter this the services will be held as US
ual, on Wednesday after tie third sun
day in each month. The change was
made on account of the priests dioces-
an meeting which Father Withopf. the
pastor of this parish will attend.
C. C. Hahn. OF The Wellington
Mail, is developing quite an intimate
association with the Muse. One of bis
REGENTS poems was printed in the Ago
IN, high grade eastern magazine, also
in the Kansas City Star of October End
The title of the effusion is ~ Song OF
Lite" and 1t is arranged in complete
verse.
j. A. Cooper, a deputy L. :. mar
shall, of Hennessey, was in the city
Saturday. He was here for the pur-
pose of subpOenaing Judge Edwards as
a witness in a perjury case, one of the
old Oklahoma sOOnerS. The title of the
case IS United States VS.. Webb. Judge
Edwards will leave Friday for King
fisher.
j. b. HARRISON and VIM. Anes, of
Bolton, Mo-, arrived Friday and re-
NAMED until Monday. Mr.. HARRISON
is former resident Of this county.
having owned large cattle ranch sew
eral years ago. He has some cattle
now in care of j. IL. Gentry, and his
visit is for the purpose of providing for
them the cOminO wintar
| The populist central committee met
pursuant to call Saturday and was quite
well attended. Meetings were ar
ranged for in different parts of the
county. Mr.. Bailey's resignation from
the ticket was accepted and l.. NJ. Pres
nall placed upon it to supply the va
cancy so caused. October Dist was set
for the next date of meeting.
"A mass convention of the pOpuists
of Barber county is called TO meet in
Medicine Lodge next Saturday. Octo-
Der 18th, for the purpose of placing in
nomination county attorney to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
{ il. w. DeGeer. All in sympathy with
! the popuhst party are invited to at
tend. 5. 5. Funk, chairman.
%. Il. L. EwelI and n. Z. Burrus
represented the KiOwa delegation at
the democratic convention. They made
a fight for democracy but were not
numerous enough. Both are excellent
men and felt keenly the insults they
received as representatives of the K0-
wa democrats by the nominations of
the chairman and his right bower.
Judge Ellis caTne up from Alva,
Thursday, on account of business with
| the countycommissioners lie has form
ed law partnership with r. II. Shell
ley, formerly ofKiowa, and took down a
wagon load, or less, of lex dOcumentum
with which to add legal tone their large
apartments in the eight story stone
block which faces the public square.
Fred Landers, a prominent citizen
of Anthony, committed suicide Monday
of last week by shooting himself
| through the heart. His brother. George
r. Landers, is one of the best known
men in the county of which he is resi-
dent, and is president of the Harper
County Bank, at Anthony. Despon-
dency is given as the cause of the deed.
-Twenty-One tickets were sold from
this point to Chicago on Friday and
Saturday of last week, the excursion
rate being Sl6.50 for the round trip.
Among those who went were w. 5.
and Mrs. Fnney, j. p. Hall and wife,
L. l.. Lindley and wife, Mrs. Dobson
and Mack, Mrs. w. Il. Rouse, Mrs. Jas.
Ely, Roy Hall, Jas. Dobbs, Lutte Ely,
and Wash Shaw.
j. u. Fleming has been very sick
during the past week, with brain af-
lection, Of some character. During
most of the time he has been irration-
al, but is improving some, and it is
thought will recover from his mental
alteration. He Will be examined for
insanity today, and later reports say
he is dangerous ut times. If found in.
sane he will be sent to the asylum i'm
mediately.
DR.. Kociell is still manfully
wrestling with his bicycle. He laid il
away tor a week or so on account of a
sprained wrist, and had just begun in
good shape again when the bicycle
stepped on his ankle. He says lie pro
poses to stay with it now If he breaks
every bone in his body; but we fear that
unless some considerable friend takes
the wheel from him there will be an in
quest necessary before election.
AT Enid after a song of GOO voices
had been sung, a parson stepped for
ward and said: Boys. you nerhap:
| have a home of leo acres in Tho