Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-02-28
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-Boardman F. Smith, of COldwater,
was in the city this week.
Just received a. Wood wards a new
line of ladies' shoes and slippers.
j. ID. Matthews and wife were down
from the Lake City vale Saturday.
II. C. Nichols and Govan Mills re-
presented upper Medicine III our city
Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. Oh Boyd entertained
number of friends very pleasantly
last evening.
Marriage license was issued Mon
day to Wesley Triton and Mrs. Zolah
Chllcote, both of this township.
Mrs. j. b. Eby returned from 10
peka, Saturday. Jim is doing nicely
and will return in about two weeks.
One of Alva's papers, the Star.
passed in its checks last week. Three
plpers still remain TO print its obitu-
airy.
Mrs. Aug. Schmidt is expected
home today, accompanied by Raymond.
Both are considerably better from their
treatment at Wichita.
Am. Allen has been turning out
>me very fine bread from his new bak-
cry in the rear of the higgins block. He
is kept quite busy filling orders.
Married. by Rev. J. w. Hopwood,
February 23rd, Williamson l.. DAVIS
and Emma r. Starkey, all of Sharon
township. Our usual Fluctuations are
extended.
L. NJ. Axline, G. 1. Long and j. w.
u bson went to Hutchinson yesterday
to attend the meeting of the Seventh
district republican committee. Enough
medicine will be made TO start good
sized dispensary.
Charley Kidd has taken charge of
the Usage Hotel, and will conduct it
himself in the future. Owing to the
hard times he will reduce the price of
meals to- 20 cents for Barber county
farmers. See him for rates. If
DIR. Gould and Lutte Eby have sue
ceeded in demonstrating that sails are
just the thing for bicycles IN this coun-
try of simOons and gales. They have
rugged up small sails for their wheels
and in testing their feasibility a few
days ago found that the plan worked to
perfection. If the practice becomes
general 1t will behOoVe wheelmen to &C.
quaint themselves with nautical no.
menclature and to apply the feminine
pronOun to their bicycles. Messrs. Eby
and Gould will construct six foot sails
for their use in the near future and
when the wind is favorable will take a
trip to Kiowa on their dry land SHIPS.
Lutte Eby's hair has of late been
prematurely changing into silver hue,
and If conditions are not changed his
once beautiful locks will have turned
to gray. He and Or. Gould occupy a
suite Of rooms in the Cook block, and
up to the last few days nothing has &C.
CURED to mar the peacefulness of their
nocturnal solitude. But one night not
long ago Lutte was awakened suddenly
by a violent shaking of the bed. He
spranG up II surprise to see what could
be the matter aud was astonished be-
yond measure to see not a living thing
i'm the room except the sweetly sum-
boring form of DIR. Gould at his side.
This incident puzzled but did not both
er him much and he had nearly forgot
ten 1t the next day. But it was not to
| be so passed over. The following night
! brought repetition OF the unexplain-
able performance and Lutte began to
feel shaky. Since that each night s
performance has been more mysterious
until by this time the uncanny footballs
! Of spooks and groans from unearthly
sources are plainly heard during the
still watches of the night. But what
seems strange is the absolute refusal OF
DR.. Gould to take stock In the matter
He drops into the embrace of Somnul
immediately upon retiring and snoozes
away all night, leaving Lutte to endure
| the horrors OF communication with
spirits alone. This is why Lute's hail
is at last succumbing to the long con.
tinued strain of rising to vertical po
sition every night. We await develop
ments with interest.