Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-03-07
Iarsons will hold poultry show
next Saturday.

fall.
Nearly 1900 pupils are registered as
attending the Leavenworth public
schools.
1t is proposed to consolidate the two
college papers published at the state
university.
About 500 conversions have been
made in Dickinson county in the past
six months.
Two Kansas City, Kan, men were
fined $40 each on Monday for selling
added eggs.
The Nemaha County Fair Associa-
tion has offered its Fair grounds for
sale at S1OO per acre.
Mrs. DIR. Carman, of Horton, has re-
celved notice that she has fallen heir
to SlOO, 1000 in England.
Among the manifold blessings
Beloit enjoys is jeweler whose pat
ronymic is Manifold.
c. J. Reynolds, formerly editor of
the Caney Times, has gone to Califor-
MIA for the benefit of his health.
The total number of conversions
during the recent revival meetings at
| the NJ. E. church in Wellington was
245.
A Saliha minister gave whist play
ers a great raking over the Goals last
Sunday. He announces that such are
followers in the way of Cain"
All but four of the teachers in the
Plttsburg schools spent Friday in Kan
IT1G eo1,
of that town. There were thirty-fve
of the visitors.
The G. A. r. post at Winchester,
Jefferson county, is endeavoring to Sc
cure the next county reunion for that
place. Nearly $1OO has been sub
scribed already.
Bill Nye threatens to descend upon
Arkansas City in the near future in
the guise of a lecturer. There is talk
of combining with the neighborlng
towns to repel the invasion.
A tree planting campaign is urged
upon the citizens of the South side at
Hutchinson by the News, which SAYS
the trees will add 25 per cent to the
value of the property of that section
in three years.
During the spring rains of last year
water from Abilene streets flooded the
fields of John Landis and damaged his
crops He sued the city for 81, 500 and
didn't get a cent. The case has just
been decided.
Judge Smith of Minneapolis has
handed down decision declaring that
the law passed by the last Minnesota
legislature requiring all oleomarga-
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tional.
movement is on foot in Atchison
to esta blish free lunch house where
two meals day will be furnished to
all who may apply. The same plan
was tried in Denver last July and
proved blooming success.
There was small wreck in the Sa-
lima railroad yards Sunday morning.
A Union Pacific switch engine tried to
make use of a Santa Fe crossing that
was blocked by Santa Fe cars The
engine was damaged some, and two
cars badly demolished.
Lloyd Lang, whose preliminary ex-
animation for the murder of William
Slaughter has been in progress at Alb
ilene, has been bound over to the dis
trict court in the sum of $4,000. He
promptly gave bail and was released.
The prospect for his ultimate convic-
tion is not good.
Receiver Walker of the bank of
PlainvIlle, is paying dividend No. 3, of
10 per cent. This makes so per cent
that has been paid to the creditors of
the bank, and will probably be the
last one until after harvest, when it is
thought sufficient funds will be col
lected to pay all claims nearly in full
James Bruce was sent to the peniten-
tiary three years ago from Kansas
City, Kan, for horse stealing. His
term expired one day last week and a
deputy sheriff was on hand when he
was released for the purpose of rear
resting him on another charge of the
same nature. Bruce is Sd years old
and is said to have a mania for horse
stealing.
Ed Tandy, a boy who ran away
from the Soldiers Orphans home in
Atchison over year ago, returned
Saturday footsore and weary. He has
been knocking about from one place
to another, coming last from Newton.
He applied at the police station for
something to eat, informing the offic-
ers that he had run away from the
home. Supt. Faulkner was informed
of the boys presence in Atchison and
sent for him. Tandy was glad to get
back.
A man named Barton in Washing
ton township, Jewell county. adver-
tised for wife and succeeded In get
ting young widow from Erie, Pa. to
go to Burr Oak to meet and marry
him. When she gazed upon her in
tended for the first time, her heart
failed her and she insisted on going
home to her ma. She further insisted
that Barton should pay her railroad
fare both ways Barton had to ant
up and now announces it as his posi-
tive conviction that advertising does
not pay.
This Office is in receipt of a sack of
seeds from the agricultural depart.
ment sent out by honorable William
Baker to be distributed among our
farmers: We will be glad to have you
call and get package of the seed.
Each farmer receiving a package of
seed is requested to make a report of
the careful propagation of the same.
The agricultural department is very
anxious to know what variety of veg
etables will do the best in each local
ity.-People's Party Sentinel
The Cowiey County Poultry show
held at Arkansas City this week was
a grand success. All the best breeds
were numerously r.I PRESENTED.
The matter of granting licenses to
billiard halls in Russell is still in stain
quo and is likely to remain SO until
the April election. In the meantime
billiard hall proprietors are shoveling
snow for living.
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.
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