Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-08-29
sharon.

$500 49,
The health of the people of this val
ley Is generally good.
Since the return of j. D. Fair from
Wichita he is able to be at his store
part of the time and his health is stead
lily improving.
On Sunday Mrs. Fay Tilbury wife of
Elder Tilbury received a telegram from
the home of her parents in Illinois In
forming her that her father is not ex-
pected to live. She at once prepared
to 60 and see her father and on
Monday took the train for her parental
home!
A. s. HUFF went to Medicine Lodge
on Saturday and paid his taxes. He
took few melons along and took in
some three dollars tor the melons.
Last week Mr.. Huff took one load of
peaches to Anthony and sent his hired
man to Harper with another load. He
realized one doller per bushel for both
loads. at Sharon j. d. Fair and son
are paying fifty cents bushel to ship
and many are selling their peaches here
at Sharon rather than to haul them off
to great distance and peddle them
out at better but more uncetain price.
Elder Tllbury took load of peaches
to Alva last week. did not learn how
much he received but he expected to
get about 81 per bushel for them. 1t
is reported that peaches have sold on
the streets in Alva at one dollar a
bushel few days ago.
Mrs. Dunkln and her little boys have
picked and sold grapes from their vine
yard this season amounting to over
forty dollars. Mrs. Dunkin is one of
the most industrious women in this
valley.
The principal business of most farm
ers III this valley this week will lie
picking and marketing fruit especially
peaches but after this week there will
not be many left to handle, this week
and perhaps part of next week will
pretty much finish the peaches this
year.
Our fruit is great help to us this
year. Most farmers in this valley will
get enough out of their fruit to pay
their taxes and will have some money
over to pay on other Indebtedness.
1t is supposed that some strippers
left horse to die on the road where
tho rood
east of James b. Meals farm. The
carcass of this animal now lies about
two rods from the travelled road where
all must drive who go this way from
Sharon TO Hazelton. There is not much
circulation in this canyon, the air being
confined by the surrounding hills, and
when any one is obliged to drive
through this canyon the smell from the
decomposing animal Is intolerabe.
This canyon is In Cedar township near
the line of Sharon township. The au-
thorities should take immediate meas
ures to render this road passable.
On Sunday evening Elder Cain
preached to an appreclative audience
in the Baptist chapel. His text First
Epistle of Peter second chapter ninth
verse was very appropriate for the oc-
casion and was well calculated but
ye are a chosen generation royal
priesthood an holy nation a peculiar
people that ye should shew forth the
praises of Him who hath called you
out of darkness into his marvellous
light" The speaker showed that God
has a people on this earth and that the
purpose of this people as viewed in
this'text is to praise God who has chos-
EN- them for this purpose. After SER
vices there was a general expression
among the people that this was good
discourse.
EIDFIJTY