Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-03-14
LOCAL NEWS.


%. J. Corliss was down from Sun
City Monday.
H. A. Noah SuDdayed with his
family in this city.
Riley Lake returned Sunday from
trip TO Pond Creek.
Fine pigs feet packed in laurel
leaves, at Henry bursts. 81
Miss Kate Wuner, Of Attica, visit
ed relatives here last week.
-Thos. Best departed, Sunday, for a
trip to Topeka and Kansas City.
Frank Block moved his household
goods to his farm near Alva. last
Thursday.
DIR. Mckee, the dentist, will be at
the Grand tor the week beginning
March 26th. 42t3
w. II. Harmon was at Kansas City
last week, purchasing goods for his
spring trade.
II. A. Burnett returned from Wich-
tia Thursday, having been excused from
the petit jury.
Smokers are enquiring for the Ar
istocrat" cigar. For Sale at o. L..
Days drug store. Alta
S Stamford was at Kiowa last
week, driving mp against the dust
storm OF Saturday.
VIM. Rees, of Rees & Hills. En-
poria, came in FRIDAY to look after
business ia this county.
i have abont half dozen Uoiste,n
and Jersey young cows, all witt calf
which 1 wish to sell VIM. Garrison
Harley Woodland came up from Al
va Sunday IN search for some horses
that got away from their stable there.
Tom Doran came up from Wood
ward Friday. lie reports the metrop-
oils of county N, somewhat dull at
present.
Owing to wheat coming in so slowly
OF late, Shaw Bros. have concluded to
stop the night run at the mill in the
near future.
An agent of the Mason & Hamlin
company was here last week, and sold
pianos to Messrs A. l.. Noble, A. D..
Shaw and r. V. Cant.
Otis LOrton has recently purchas-
ed new hat. We had hoped there
would be no holes in the top of this
one, but in reading his paper since, we
find very little change.
john Hullett returned Monday from
his claim near Kiowa, where he has
been turning over the sod for about two
weeks. He says the soil is very moist
there and breaking is easy.
Ed Williams was out on the streets
last week, for the first time since his
injuries received at Ava. His many
friends are glad to see him out and to
know that he Is nearing complete re-
covery.
Lutte Ely and DR.. Gould made pill
grimage TO Kiowa, last Wednesday, on
their wheels. The sail scheme was not
tried on account of the doubt that still
fingers about the experiment. They
returned on the train.
Il. NJ. Axline and his brother have
rented the Stolp farm of several hun
dred acres and will farm very extensive
ly this year. A postoffice, newspaper
and farm is enough to break up an or
binary mortal these times.
Mamie Hazard, who has been I'M
der medical treatment at Wichita for
some time, died there last week. She
was cook at the Grand hotel for quite
long tin and formed many friends
who deeply deplore her death.
Entertainment on Thursday night
by the Precious Jewels at the Baptist
church. The Mission band will repre-
sent India, Burmah. China. Japan and
Africa. We children invite our friends.
Ten cents for grown people and five for
children. Money for mission purposes
Una Holmes, secretary.
1t is said by parties who should be
in position to know, that an ex Med
icne Lodge business man. who. bV the
way, still has intrests here. Will take
unto himself n partner this week Not
n partner IN the hardware buainesS, for
he already has one; but partner IN the
person of an exKiowa maiden. ST.
mote IL be.
F L Potts. u. s. pension agent.
was here last week looking up some
applications. Among them was that
of Mrs. p. Z. Nichols, formerly While.
who once resided near Lodi in this
county. He also took from the INDEX
files an account of the death of Barney
Quinn, which occurred on March 9th,
1882.
An appreciated improvement in
the appearance of our city, and which
adds to the comfort of the town pedes-
TRAN, is the new sidewalks which have
recently been put in. Several men
have been at work, assisted by the
usual number Of spectators, and as a
consequence large improvement has
been made. The inspiration should
by all means be allowed to wag on.
&C. b. Westcott returned last week
from Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he
has been under medical treatment for
three months. For two years he has
been troubled with a felon on the
thumb of the left hand, and the doctors
found it necessary to amputate the dis
eased member. He is feeling consider
ably better since his treatment for the
blood disease at that great sanitarum.
-ChGs. Hullett and Frank Newell
were brought before his honor, Judge