Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-03-14
Parsons will hold poultry show
next SATURDAY.

A 2S-pound lynx was killed a few
miles north of Dodge City the other
day. .
The Citizens State bank of Medi !
cine Lodge has absorbed the First Ma
tional bank of the same place.
1t begins to appear as though the
aspirants for the United States
senate will have to turn loose and rum
for congress. !
Irrigation on q larger or smaller
scale will be experimental with in ev-
cry county in the northwestern part
of the state this year.
Wallace county farmers are busily.
engaged in putting out spring wheat.
oats and barley. The prospects for
good crop are excellent.
An unknown man committed sui
eide at Walton, Reno county, hotel
on Friday last by taking morphine,
There is no clue to his identity.
An insane man who was being TAX
en- to the asylum by the sheriff so
startled the station agent at Mankato
that the latter jumped through win
dow and broke his leg.
Miles Cunning was convicted in the
Nemaha county district court on Mon.
day of stealing team of horses from
Mr.. Fisher and was sentenced to
FIVE years in the penitentiary.
Frank Y. Locke of the Salina State
bank has been appointed by the pro-
bate judge as receiver for the State
Bank of Brookville, Salina county,
which closed its doors few days ago.
Another formerly of Kansas case
has been developed, e. j. McNabb,
the base ball pitcher who shot Louise
Kellogg, a Chicago actress, last week,
and then killed himself used to pitch
for the Leavenworth Reds.
The Epworth League of Oskaloosa,
assisted by public spirited citizens;
has succeeded in establishing free
reading rooms for the use of all that
will conform to the rules. The rooms
are now open.
A movement is on foot to establish a
camp of Sons of Veterans at Lebanon,
Smith county. The G. A. r. post is
interested in the matter and the mem
bers will assist to the extent OF their
ability.
A Southwestern Kansas paper chron-
icles a sudden death thusly: "The un-
fortunate young mar went to bed Fri
day night well and strong, without
thought of his impending doom, and
when he got up in the morning he was
a ghastly corpse.
A horse and buggy belonging to
Al.
stolen from the corner of Seventh and
Commercial streets in Emporia Thurs
day evening before sundown. Two
men came along, jumped into the
buggy and drove off.
The defunct bank of Greensbur :
owed Kiowa county $50, 900 when its
doors were closed. The county com
missioners have a legal ho d on the
bank for the amount of the latter and
its bondsmen are now trying to secure
four years time in which to pay it.
Judge Bradley, of the supreme
court, after listening to counsel for
each side, Saturday morning fixed
March as the date of the beginning
of the hearing of the suit of Madeline
Pollard against Representative Breck.
enridge of Kentucky.
Charles Sutton, of Ellis, is in the
county Jail upon the complaint of Ida
Click charged with bastardy. Both
parties are residents of Ellis. It is
understood that Sutton will marry
the girl and the case will be dismissed
Hays City Sentinel.
w. w. Pierce, who has efficiently
Al Il
of the district court of Grant county
since it's organization, has rendered
his resignation to Judge Hutchison, tt
family will in the future reside a
Enid, Ok. Ty.
The township trustees of Dickinson
county have met and agreed to asses
personal property at one-third its val
ue, after deducting the exemption. IL
the basis of values determined upon
wheat is placed at 30 cents, corn q
| cents, rye 30 cents and oats 90 cent
per bushel.
The Dickinson County Teachers as
sociation met at Abilene the other da!
and appointed committee to formu
| late plan for revision of the regu
lar normal institute work. The gen
eral sentiment was in favor of embod
iment of the university extension
idea in the institute program.
A protest is being made by heavy
tax payers of Kansas City, Kan.
| against the proposition to issue 800,
600 worth of bonds for the purpose o.
| raising money to build another higl
school. 1t may be that the board o
education will conclude not to submit
the matter at the spring election.
The members of the G. A. r. of Cen
tralia are discussing plans for build
ing a new hall. The proposition nov
is to interest some of the other lodge
of the city and erect a two-story build
ing 22x50. The lower story is to hav'
| kitchen cut off the back end, leav
ing dining room 22x40, to be uset
| for suppers, etc. If the matter coult
be arranged it would be a great con
venience to the citizens of Centralia
l-Centralia Journal.
The two Topeka lads who peddle'
rugs in Hays and Ellis came to grie
in Russell. First their baggage wa
attached by Harvey Penny for an un
laid board bill at Hays. Then the,
tried to jump their hotel bill at Russell
and were arrested for gambling. The,
lost their money in Russell poke
game. A member of the firm came VI
from Topeka and paid the younge
ones way out of Jail, while the olde
one put up his watch and a note TO
liberty.-Hays City Sentinel.
The city marshal of Coldwater, Com
anche county, and fellow name,
Galloway had lively scrap the othe
day and the marshal came out secon.
best. The trouble was over a hors
belonging to Galloway which the mar
shall had impounded.
A meeting of cane growers was hel,
| in Medicine Lodge last Saturday fo
the purpose of talking over the pros
poets of the sorghum sugar industry
| The opinion was unanimous tha