Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-03-21
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DIR. Mckee will be at the Grand on
Monday, March 10Th and remain one
week.
Tom Haynes came up from Alva,
Monday to assist in fixing the Santa Fe
pumps.
"A largely attended and highly en-
joyable surprise party was given in
honor of Miss Lille Painter last night.
Easter Thoughts will be the SUBJ
ject for the young peoples meeting at
the Baptist chapel. MERTIE HALL.
Mortimer Strong was In the city
this week, being summoned as a wit
ness in the Hendrickson- Thompson
case.
%. L. Day has ordered a fine bicy-
Gle through w. G. Sellers, agent and
expects soon to be competing with a
Kansas wind.
Fidelity Lodge A. o. U. w. will
have work in J. w. and w, degrees
Friday night. All members are re-
quested to be present.
Jas. DObson went to Kiowa Mon
day. He is making preparations to
move to that place in the near future
and engage IN business.
j. NJ. Boreing, of London KY, con-
tractor for mail routes in this vicinity,
was here this week for the purpose of
sub-letting the star lines. The Sexton
route was let to John Burner.
-Ye sterday Sam Stewards horse be-
came frightened at some paper blow
ing on the street and broke loose from
the hitching post, smashing the shafts.
Paper is not The thing TO scatter abroad
on our streets.
key. Long. OF Wellington. Occu-
pied The Methodist pu' pit last SUNDAY
morning. lie is 81 years ef aga and
still breaches IN able and interesting
sermon. Rev. Long is the father OF
Mrs. Ben kaufman of this city.
"A force of wOrkmen came over
from Wellington, yesterday, to put in
water works with the city mains. a
new pump will also probably be put in,
size larger than the one used at pres
ent.
The state vs. w. o. Thompson was
a case heard before Justice Howe,
Monday Geo. w. Bendrlckson was
complainant and charged the defend
ant with obtaining property under false
pretense. After hearing the evidence
the defendant was discharged by his
honor.
List of letters remaining uncalled
for in the r. 0. at Medicine Lodge.
Kansas, for the week ending. March
II. 1881: Geo. Austin, C. w. Camp
bell, James d. belong, Lille Hamil-
ton, r. n. Hopkins, Isaac Nelbrose, E.
P. NiIber, Richard w. Kicks, ThOs.
Strain, y. Williams.
II. l.. Lindley is in possession Of a
pencil sketch of the new gypsum mill
on Turkey creek north of Sun City.
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ready for the machinery. The main
part is 36x40 feet, about so feet high.
Five feet of masonry in front walls.
Main reVertment wall feet think, 16
feet high and So feet long. Second re-
vertment wall feet thick and II feet
high. Entire mill on rock bottom.
The engine room is 26x36 feet and the
rear extension 22x23, two stories. For
these statistics we are indebted TO the
company's special artist. The syndi-
cate owning the mill is the Standard
Cement Plaster Co., Jones L. Wilson
president and Thos. r. Dumont secre-
tary, with headquarters at st. Joseph
Mo. Capital stock $780, 600.
An attachment was served last
Lands and his father. except the
home place upon which Harry resides.
The papers were issued by the Citizens
Bank for w. S. Woods of Kansas City
to whom note of $4,000 was given, and
is a result of the parties failing to
come to an agreement regarding the
extension of time on the note. The
many friends of Lands & Lands will
be very sorry to hear of the action be-
gun against them. Their resources
are far in excess of the amount of the
Woods note and if time had been Sc
cured there is no doubt but that mat
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trouble. Tbs blow falls heavily upon
them in the present hard times and
succeeding crop failure, and if the
good will of Barber county people was
cash the note would be paid at once.
1t is to be hoped that matters can yet
be adjusted so that they may have a
show.
Next Sunday is Easter, the day
commemorative of the resurrection.
The date of this paschal feast day is
always the Sunday following the first
full moon Tor rather the 14th day after
the new moon) after the 2lst day of
March. 1t rarely occurs as early as it
does this year, only twice before during
the present century. What peculiar
feature there is about this day that
causes the small boy to gorge himself
with hen fruit is one thing concerning
Easter that the most eminent scient-
lists have never been able to explain.
But that peculiar feature exists and
even the boy who is spanked by an
austeTe parent because he looks cross
eyed at half ripe apple In 3 neigh.
boris yard, will begin to grow nervous
as Easter approaches. He never con-
POUNDS those principles of high moral
ity, which his parents have instiIled
into him. via his epidermis, with the
stealing of enough eggs for Easter to
last four men two weeks and several
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