Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-02-14
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j. w. Dobson spent last week IN tn
territory, looking over the prospects o
the new country.
&C. w. Ellis made one OF his perIodi
cal trips to this city last week, attracted
by the district court.
Miss Helen Weymuth returned from
Wichita Thursday to resume her posi-
ton with Louis Nilsson.
r. a. Cameron was promptly or
deck at the court house yesterday, hay
ing come up from Ava Saturday.
IL. Hills, the Colonial attorney. ar
rived last week to get in working con
dltion before the converting of court.
j. b. Ely departed for the Topeka
Kelley institute, Wednesday, accom-
panied by Mrs. Eby and J. B. Gano.
The board OF pension examiners
passed on the applications of w. j
Underwood and j. Bishop at their reg.
ular meeting last Wednesday.
Am Allen is building a bake oven
IN the building in the rear of the Hig-
gins block. The brick used are those
taken from the old county vault.
DR., Geo. w. Aver returned Satur-
day from the Strip, where he has been
building a house on his claim. He ex-
poets to move in about two weeks.
james Fair, the Sharon merchant.
was among us on Wednesday of last
week. lie speaks Of good trade at
his store, which is one of the best in
the county.
Jake RGmig has resigned his posi-
ton at Kiowa on account of physical
inability to perform the arGuous labors
of the place assigned. lie is again q
citizen OF Medicine Lodge.
Some of Kiowa's opulent citizens
have been planning an excursion
through the south, the party to start
teday. We are not apprised as yet
whether or not the blizzard cooled their
aIdor.
We notice by the Kiowa papers
that "Psgmalion and GaIatea" is to be
presented to the public on Friday eve
ming of tins week, under the auspices
of the Eastern Star. Prof. Heathcote
! is supported by home talent
Just received car of seed barley.
a car # Bed Texas seed oats. a car of
seed corn, car seed potatoes northern
grown, Early Rose and cary Ohio.
| Have large stock Of cane. millet, kat
fir corn and alfalfa seed on hand. Jas.
Dohbs. sta
A very pleasant party was enjoyed
by few friends at the residence of II.
T. Woodward Thursday evening, given
by the young ladies of the family. Re-
freshments were served and the eve
ming passed away very pleasantly for
the guests.
For RENT-A good farm ii miles
west of Kiowa on Driftwood Con-
tains 100 acres, OF which 100 acres are
under cultivation. Forty acres Of tim
Der, good house, cistern and granary.
Enquire of Waldron Chase at Chase Il
Coans, Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
Mrs. Gould started Thursday for
Hot Springs, Arkansas, IN hope of re-
gaming her health. The doctor accom-
panied her as far as Kansas City, and
upon his return resumed his old haunts
at the Grand. The Eldred propertywas
vacated last week and all his household
goods removed.
The Equal Suffrage campaign was
opened here Wednesday evening by
Mrs. Emma Smith of Winfield She
spoke quite fluently and at some length
to fair sized audience at the court
house. One popularity in the wOmans'
campaign is the opening Of meetings by
prayer, in which they beseech the AL
mighty to soften the hearts of men.
The smiling cOuntenance OF Roger
Lucipre Hendley may be seen behind
the counter of o. l.. Days drug store
In discardng the fine arts for the more
mundane and probably more lucrative
business of pharmaceutical science he
assumes the air of cOnnOisseur, and
mixes turpentine and other patent
medicines with the same viciousness
that he used to handle negatives and
utilize his photogenic mixtures.
Prof. A. II Bushey and wife, Mrs
DeLisle, Mrs. O'Bryan, Miss McNeal
and Miss Evans went to Kiowa Satur-
day to attend the teachers association.
making the trip overland. The program
advertised for the meeting was as fol-
lows: |. Discussion of chapters. V
VI and VII, Psychology Applied to Ed
ucation. >. Class Drlll In Languages.
Miss Edna Rumsey, Mrs. Southwick.
Miss Mary Taher, MISS Grace Hanklns
and a. w. Lynn. 8 Essentials for
Good Recitation, Miss Pruella Nay
Clarence Martin, Samuel Robinson, J.
II Wallace, W. G. Matthews Pun
ishment; It's Uses and Abuses. II
Campbell. Fred Fash. Geo Lands O.
r. Cecil. ). Query Box. The Medi-
cine Lodge delegation became some
what scattered, part of them returning
in the carriage and part on the train
They report a very pleasant time, the
only dIsagreeable feature being the
weather
The first of March or thereabouts
il is expected that the postouice will
undergo change of managers, as the
time of the present incumbent expires
Four aspirants for the place are still IN
the field, L. A. McClearey, II. A, Bur-
nett, Col. Motter and J. l.. Brady, all
of whom are waiting in expectancy for
the nlnnn To fall OWinn To tho dnlih