Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-10-17

Winfield and surrounding country
was visited by frost last Monday
night
The Turner-Strauss preliminary ex-
animation took place in Arkansas City
last Tuesday.
Cimmarron doctor is named
Butcher, but his practice is large in
spite of it.
John n. Reynolds. the noted Atchi-
sonian, is dying in the Osawatomie in
sane asylum.
Miss Nellie e. Whitehead is a pro-
nounced brunette who teaches elocu-
ton in Ottawa university.
The Catholic Church of the Holy
Name was dedicated at Rosedale,
Wyandotte county, Sunday.
Jesse James lives at Great Bend
This Jesse is not at all ferocious and
is mortally afraid of gun.
1t was the Wichita Eagle which told
of a woman who made an anti-mor.
tenn statement before her death"
Fruit trees are in full bloom all over
the town and rose bushes in full
bloom in many yards.-Chanute Trib-
une.
4The Marysville Trotting association
held its meeting last week Some of
the best horses in the state were en-
tered.
A man who purchased 5000 team
| - 1,
they were bought for Chauncey NJ.
Depew.
A tailor at Leavenworth has a rec
ord of having made more than II, 900
pair of trousers and several pairs of
pants during the past twenty-five
years.
The Wichita News says that the
state fair this year yielded profit of
$1,000 to the stockholders. 1t is said
that on Thursday there were 16, 1O7
paid admissions.
They must live fast out in Smith
| county. The Lebanon Criterian tells
of young man who was born March
5, 1875, and died last Monday, aged %
years, months and &c days.
The Iowa state band, which attract
ed so much favorable comment at the
Worlds fair, is scheduled for junction
| City, November 6. They can impress
it into service in celebrating on cleo
lion day.
At the reunion held last week at
Liberal, Seward county, the South
west Veterans association was organ
lied. 1t embraces all the far south
western counties and will hold annu-
al reunions.
Tuesday morning offered fine OPP
portunity to observe the effects of
mirage, Ellis, Ogallah, W-Keeney, Col
Yer, Wilcox and Castle Rock, could
be seen from one point in this county.
-Wa-Keeney World.
The collections of the internal rev.
enue Office at Leavenworth for Septem-
Der were S27, 255. More than 81, 900 of
this amount was for playing card
stamps, and more than ,O0C for oleo-
margarine stamps.
1.-THE Coffeyville Mining and Gas com
pany will begin extensive operations
in prospecting for oil and gas at once.
The material for twelve new derricks
arrlv ed last week and will be erected
in the vicinity of Coffeyville.
Two Ottawa children have been
poisoned by handling green pawpaws,
another has been made dangerously
i'll by partaking too freely of the fruit
and two others have suffered severely
from eating the seed kernels.
The man who, at a cost of several
good fingers, fixed a cap on a gun
tube by striking it with hammer the
day, has written a letter of condol-
ance to the Parsons merchant who on
Wednesday arranged trap gun for
burglars, and the next day walked in
front of it himself, catching the load
in his knee.
1.-THE First regiment, K. n. g.. will
hold its annual encampment at Kerr's
park, Kansas City, Kan, this year.
Rev. c. H. N. Moore, charged at Os-
wego with bastardy, has been sentenc-
ed to give bond for the maintenance of
the child or go to Jail for one year.
Elmer Ferguson, a Wellington ex-
press messenger, has just received an
elegant gold watch, chain and charm
from the Wells-Fargo company in re-
cognition of his brave defense of their
property on the occasion of the recent
train robbery in the territory Fer
gusion is very proud of the gift, but
he doesn't want to buy another at the
same cost.
The Solomon Sentinel says strang-
er is working on the farmers in Dick
inson county a new insurance swindle.
He asks farmers if they are insured
and after finding out particulars in
forms them that the company has sus-
pended and offers to aid them in adj
justing the policy, and give insurance
in exchange in reliable company.
He then gets the party to sign the
transfer (which afterwards turns up
up at some bank in the vicinity In
the shape of note for value receiv-
ed.
2There are more Good Templars in
Yates Center than any other city in
the state.
Newton owes the water company
So, $50 for water and the council has
been notified that unless payment is
made before October 10, all the city
mains will be closed.
11-year-old boy through his moth
err. sued the Fort Scott police COM
missioners for So 900 damages. The
ground for the suit is that the COM
missioners failed to do their duty in
suppressing joints, and at these joints
the boys father squan 1ered his money.
The camp of the old soldiers reun-
ion at Arkansas City last week has
been christened Camp Z. S. Grant.
Cigarettes are working such demon