Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-10-10

dinance.
3Noble Prentice lectured on cart for
the Artless" at Atchison last Friday
afternoon.
The Woodson Gazette is new Dem.
ocratic paper that has been started at
Yates Center.
The Fit. Riley hay contract, let in
400 to 900 ton lots, ranged from $40. so
to Sl2.50 per ton.
The smallpox scare at Leavenworth
reduced the receipts of the street car
lines nearly so per cent.
The Kansas City Schmelzers were
beaten by the Seneca Blues at COTS,
Thursday, by the score of 7 to 4.
Horton has kindergarten in con-
nection with its public schools. The
attendance is twenty-six.
The Blue Valley Plaster company at
Blue Rapids is running night and day
to keep up with it's orders.
A hose coupler factory is new in
Stitution at Wichita. Six travelling
men are engaged selling the output.
Leavenworth's university extension
course will begin this week with a
lecture by Chancellor T. Ii. Snow.
In some western counties farmers
are agreeing to give a fourth of the
prospective wheat crop for seed wheat.
A graduate of the University of Ber-
lin is giving lessons in language IN a
little Kansas town for so cents les
sons.
The state meeting of the Anti
Horse Thief association is to be held
in Pittsburg, commencing Wednesday,
October 10.
"Why are the Fishes in the Great
Cave in Kentucky BlInd?" was the
subject of Pittsburg minister's SER
mon Sunday.
The city council of Fit. Scott passed
a bells-on-bicycle ordinance the other
night and now every wheelman car
ries a cow-bell.
A young lady from Russell, Kansas,
created a sensation in Lawrence last
week by riding bicycle in dress re-
form costume.
The Cowley county fair commenced
the oath at Winfield. Large crowds
are expected daily and he races
plenty and good.
The Lawrence paper mil began op-
finu onai,, 10 7Nhnrc6ou
idleness of three weeks on account of
a crowded warehouse.
Clay Sparks is on trial at Medicine
Lodge for killing his brother Emmett
over game of cards last month. 1t
took a week to secure jury.
Mrs. Hattie Albert came near meet.
ing her death from an overdose of
morphine at Winfield, Saturday even
ing, taken with suicidal intent.
The Central Branch will run an ex-
cursion to Kansas City, October at
remarkably low rates. The ronnd
trip from Downs or Burr Oak will be
only So.
1t is said that Bailie Waggener will
be the Atchison nominee for Repre-
sentative on the Democratic ticket al
the convention which will be held
next Saturday.
The Quenemo cob pipe factory re
ceived recently one order from Ottawe
for .1,2Oo dozen pipes, and another
from Denver firm for 1000 Dozen
Quenemo Republican.
A sneak thief at Atchlson-proba bly,
the same one that played a similar
game at Lawrence Saturday-stole S5C
worth of gold filling from DR.. Kel-
Iogg's dental Office last week.
An effort is being made to have the
interior department set aside the I'M
used portion of the Fort Hays military
reservation in Ellis county as public
park for Hays City.
The member of the Wyandottc
County Fruit Growers association
have resolved to put their apple crop
into cold storage unless they can get
s1.5o barrel at picking time.
Mr.. Sunday lives in Scott county.
The name of the postoffice at ALA
meal, Lincoln county, has been chang
ed to Yorktown. The postoffice at
Plywell, Finney county, and Weston,
Geary county, have been discontinued.
A fire of incendiary origin at Salina
Sunday night partially burned up
Eberhardt's lumber yard and com
pletely destroyed an adjoining resi-
dence owned by A. Schlotz. Eber-
hardt's loss is between So, 900 and
81, 900. Schlotz's loss is $1,000. Both
partially insured.
State Geologist Hay has completed
an examination of Reno county, and
reports to the Hutchinson Commercial
club that both oil and gas may be
found at depth of from 1000 to 1000
feet below the surface. He says there
is oil and gas beneath the whole
county.
There is new book agent trick in
town. You are shown a book and il
is left with you to examine You sign
what purports to be receipt. and a
little later it turns out to be an order
for 81 book. Several people in Law
renee have been taken in by the
scheme.-L Gazette.
Smith county has new religious
sect who call themselves Saints OF
the Living God"
Rev. George w. Pepper. Howard
Saxby. John Temple Graves. Robert
Eaurse and Locke Richardson are the
attractions that have been led fol
the Ottawa lecture course for the com.
ing season.
The society young ladies of Emporis
refused to attend q dancing party said
to have been arranged as reception
for the Spoonefs, and the young meI
were forced 70 forego the pleasure p
inviting the spoonef young ladies.