Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-02-28
A. T. &s.F. &. 3. TIME CARD.
LOCAL NEWS.

Mrs. Fred Merrell anu son visited
at Alva last week.
B. F. Kennedy made hts occasional
visit TO Sharon Sunday.
B. F. Woodward and Geo. Brown
came up from Alva Friday.
Smoke the celebrated "Aristocrat''
cigar. At y. l.. Days drug store.
Il. NJ. Axline was at Newton last
week, attending the meeting Of the
Sons Of Veterans.
-Thirty-fiye cents per busbel for
good Seed Oats. j. d. Fair & Son,
Sharon,s. Kansas. 38-t4
George Kemp returned from his
claim near Alva, Sunday, where he has
been putting up house.
L. II. Belts, formerly of Moore
township, died on his claim near Hen
nessey last week, of paralysis.
Geo. C. Smith has secured the Cam
eron residence property, and will move
as soon as the weather permits.
DR.. L. w. Stout was at Topeka last
week, attending the Masonic state
meeting and convention of stalwart
democrats.
John w. Hessler, from near Medi-
cine Lodge, was in the city Wednes-
day. He will move to this county soon.
-Alva Pioneer.
C. s. Jobes was at Topeka last
week, attending the Masonic meeting
and incidentally the state conyen-
tiOn Of bankers.
L will remit So to the first one send
ing me the present address of either or
both &. w. Preston and J. b. Shumate.
A. w. Gray, Kansas City, Mo.
&C. l.. Bramwell was at Wellington
and Wichita on business last week. He
took occasion to run down to Kiowa
during his absence, and visit Douglass
Records
ID. +. Allison returned from Bos-
ton last Friday, where he has been Wis
ting for about two months. lie re-
ports better times there than here, al
HlllS are ollIl ClOSlUR.
&C. q. Chandler returned Friday
from the eastern part of the state
where he went on a business deal.
Scott Rubert who accompanied him,
protracted his journey into Missouri.
j. b. Gano took in the ball at Alya
last Thursday night. 1t was with diff.
puItv that ha antarad aI,fa uOoiafy tbara
as his resemblance to a section paddy
is very striking since lie shaved off his
mOuStache.
John lullet was at Alva and KiOwa
last week. At the latter place he let q
contract for building a house on his
clam, which is two and one-half miles
south of the city. lie will move his
family down next month.
The hitherto unnoticed city Of
Hardtner seems to be renewing it's
youth. A general merchandising es-
Establishment is to be located there in the
near future, and of course this means a
boom for city of IIardtner's size.
Judge Hall returned to KansasCity
last week. The judge has always been
staunch believer in Hardtner's flu
ture, and since a boom threatens that
place he may establish newspaper
there sometime. 1t has been his pet
idea for some time.
just received car of seed barley
car of Red Texas seed oats, car of
seed corn, car seed potatoes northern
grown, Early Rose and early Ohio.
Have large stock of cane. millet, kat
fir corn and alfalfa seed on hand. Jas.
Dohbs. 37-t4
MIR. Rogers, at one time interested
in the mercantile business here, died
at his home in Wichita last Thursday,
of paralysis. He had been a sufferer
for long period, being unable to at
tend TO his business. At the time Of
his death he was SO years Of age, and
leaves wife and daughter to mourn
his loss.
IL. &. Hodges, of Hodges e. Sey-
mour, grain commission men of Wichi-
IN, was here last week. Mr.. Hodges
says that as far west as Harper county
the wheat is all right, and thinks not
much injury to the growing crop has
been done in this county. The first
severe cold spell. which was not preced-
ed 10y any moisture, probably affected
a small portion In some localities.
Our notice of the spelling school
last week failed to give due credit to
some of our Medicine Lodge Ortho-
graphers. The word shah was
spelled by Miss Daisy Wheat, after a
great many had passed. The first con-
test was won by Il. Field and in the Sec
ond honors were even between Harvey
Warren and Fred Ellis. One of our
boys created some diversion by limo
Gently asking the meaning of towel, .
an article with which he did not appear
at all familiar.
I'VE have not heard of any one of oul
citizens who witnessed the aurora bore.
ais display last Thursday evening, al.
though it was visible here for short
period. The intense magnetic effect
which always accompanies phenomena
of this character was felt all over the
country, telegraph and telephone lines
being disabled. That great unknown
and all pervading force of nature o.
which such manifestations are part
forms a most interesting subject fo
study and thought.
The deputy marshals of the Western
division of the Strip were somewhat
agitated last week over the Daltons
Bill Dalton and one of his gang stopped
at camp near Whitehead one nigh
oud rop,oinad in fbo vio,nifv IF CoYn,