Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-08-09
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! owa, were in the city Monday on town
! ship business.
lin. Ingraham, our old time Hank,
was over from Parsons the first OF the
week, on business.
Wallace Lowery is inhaling noun
| tain ozone in the Rockies and making
/ the most of his summer vacation.
Guy Sparks says they have the best
wheat in the country, 270 acres Of
which tested 81 pounds to the bushel.
The Willing Workers OF the Chris
tian church will meet with Mrs. Tom
Doran. Wednesday afternoon, August
10th.
Ladies, If you want dress made to
fit you, or coat cleaned and refined, or
a good job of sewing done, call on Liz
Fishburn.
The S. S. picnic at Ferguson's grove
last Saturday was we'll attended, and
the program as announced was car
ried out in full.
CLAY McGTath and J. II. Gentry
each shipped a car load of cattle to
Kansas City Monday morning, in charge
of Sam MOsshart.
Preaching at the Baptist chapel at
IL o'clock a. m. next Sunday. Sabbath
school at 10 O'Clock a. N. Strangers
welcome to all services.
-BuTsey Lee, who has held cases on
this paper for some weeks, departed
for Wichita Friday. His place was
filed by Z. b. Watrus, of Kiowa.
7. NJ. Kidd has been soj0urning
for few days in Oklahoma, during
which time John Wallace has acted in
the capacity of landlord at the Usage.
The delinquent tax list, published
this week, contains more descriptions
of city property than any pre-
vious year, and less of township.
--Carev Ewart returned from Ohio,
| Sunday, where he has been since last
fall. lie left the children well and
contented, and will remain here him
self 10 attend to business.
S. Palmer and wife, Mrs. Teagle,
Chas. Palmer and Clarence Thompson
departed via the overland route for
Hennessey, Oklahoma, last week
They will wait at that point for the
opening of the Strip.
Most of the school districts have
employed teachers tor the coming
school year. Several have failed so far
| to send in their annual reports to the
| Superintendent, and the limit of time
given them to do so expires tomorrow.
john McGregOr, the Glbralter of
blackberry, was in Saturday. Be says
everybody i'll that country but himself
is going to the Strip when it opens
John is of disposition to stay, in such
an event, and be monarch of all he sur
veys
-Cassius Ileskett, who has been
working in the county treasurer's Of
flee for several weeks. has completed
his labors in that line for the present
and went home to KIowa Monday. lie
is to resume sometime IN Sep
TENDER, when there is more pressure of
work in the office.
Our Supt. of schools informs us
that the printed course of study for use
in the schools Of this county during the
ensuing year, will soon be completed
and ready for distribution. This is a
new departure for Barber county, and
will no doubt meet the approval of
teachers in general.
| 5. Il. Bonnell, the bachelor peda-
| gogue Of Sharon, was married last
Wednesday to Miss Bette Laswell at
the residence OF the latter's parents,
south of Sharon; Judge Porter ofiicIat-
ing. Sharon's young men must feel
rather cheap after this, unless too con-
gratulatory to feel at all. May success
| attend the newly wed.
Our base ball nine, having every
thing in readiness to go to HaZelton
last Friday, received word from there
at late hour stating that it was i'm
possible to get their bows together on
that date. Thus was another victory
for the Medicine Lodge boys averted.
A game with the Attica boys has been
arranged for Saturday on their home
grounds.
AT the regular monthly session of
the city council Monday evening the
principal business was leYying tax for
the ensuing year. The result of the
councils action IN this matter is as fol-
lows: General fund 10 mills; water
works 10 mills ard interest on bonds Is
mills. Total city tax, So mills. No
other business of particular Importance
was transacted, the routine work of al
lowing regular bills occupying atten.
ton as matters of form.
The county commissioners met
| Monday morning to make tax levies
for the coming year. The first days
work was principally confined to look
ing over the recommendations of town
ship trustees and making alterations
etc. Tuesday the levy work was taken
up and will probably continue over to-
day, possibly longer. Owing to the
state board of equalization not having
met the state levy is not yet known,
although it VIII be about mills. In
the county the general levy is mills;
interest on bonds mills; sinking fund
t mill; poor fund mill. TO these will
be added the state, township and school
district levles. In Medicine Lodge
township the general tax is mill; road
tax mills and interest on bonds II
mills. In school district No. the tax
levy is 10 mills for teachers fund, 8
mills for building, 6 mills for interest
on bonds and mill sinking fund. The
city tax of 80 mills Will be added for
residents of the town which hr,DoS