Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-03-21
KANSAS MATTERS.
Condensed News from All Parts OF
the Great SunfiOwer State-A Gem
eral Summary OF Kansas New.

bort & Farrar are now feeding AGO
head of cattle at Valley Falls.
All the bands of Barton county have
been organized into an association.
: The metropolitan police system of
Ft. Scott cost Sc, 242 to maintain it last
year.
A Ladies' Aid society is in process of
organization at La Crosse, Rush
county.
One Barton county farmer has 1O,-
| 900 bushels of wheat in storage at
Great Bend.
The Fullington Live Stock company
will put 1000 head of cattle on the
range in Kiowa county this season.
Ninety eight car loads of grain were
inspected by the state inspector at
Kansas City, Kan, on Monday of this
week.
| The Lawrence canning factory is
making contracts for peas, corn and
tomatoes to be delivered during the
summer.
| A large fiourlng mill is to be built
at Mcpherson to take the place of the
Eagle mill which was burned some
| time ago.
The Smelter company of Argentine
is increasing its force, giving employ
ment to many men who have been
idle all winter.
The Sons of Veterans of Newton are
agitating the matter of organizing a
military guard company in connection
The Lawrence Republican club held
| rousing meeting Friday night The
membership increased in two weeks
| from 90 to I40
The Whitaker packing house plant at
| Wichita will be sold at sheriff's sale
| April 3. 1t is one of the largest pack
-ng houses in Kansas.
A rule has been adopted in the Ly-
ons schools eXcusing from final exam
nation all pupils who have no term
grades falling below 9O.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Tibbits of
Ellsworth celebrated their Goth we'd
ling anniversary last week. They are
The oldest couple in the county.
Three buildings in Quenemo. Usage
county, were destroyed by fire Thurs
lay morning. The loss was light and
was partially covered by insurance.
The Garden City Imprint says that
the outlook for good supply of water
in southwestern ditchGs during the
coming season is not very promising.
Hail gentle spring! Hail now be-
fore it can knock any blossoms off the
fruit trees. and don't hail any more
until next Christmas Lacrosse Chief
tain.
The Kansas City, Kan, stock yards
company will build $4,000 mule
| barn Immediately. The new struc-
ture will be the largest of the kind in
the world.
| One of the features of the Wichita
fair next fall will be an atorical con.
test. A two years scholarship in
Wheaton college, Wheaton, H., will
be the prize.
The Lawrence paper mill employs
| forty-one men and has q weekly nav
roll of over $500. 1t is running night
and day and ships from sixty to 100
tons of paper week.
Twenty-four cars of cattle and hogs
were shipped from Mankato and Burr
Oak in the past two days. Not bad
| for two of the ten railroad stations in
this county.-Jewell county Monitor.
About eight months ago Bird CITY,
Cheyenne county, contracted with Ar
lin & Wishard to sink a tubular well.
After depth of 270 feet was reached
work was suspended for time and
when 1T was renewed it was discover
that W. hrk,
which prevented further boring. and
the firm threw up the contract, get
ting nothing for the work done. An
| other contract was made with anoth-
er firm and the tubing pulled up,
when six feet of cinders and miscel-
laneous assortment of hardware and
garden hose were found The parties
guilty of obstructing the well have
not been discovered.
Mcpherson people have so much
trouble In protecting their board side
walks from kindling wood fiends that
they are lmpelled to use cinders in
stead of lumber in building sidewalks.
Grant Webster, of Weir CITY. being
very respondent over a continued i'll
ness, attempted the other day to COM
NIT suicide. using his penknife as a
weapon. But for the watchfulness of
his attendants he would have succeed.
ed in taking his life.
Sheriff Fenton of Newkirk reports
the assassination of Frank Williams
Monday night. Williams resided six
miles east of Newkirk on a claim with
companion, and was supposed to
have money. Monday night while
they were Siffinn fol,lo
cabin. some one poked a gun through
the window and fire four shots. The
bullets all PASSED above the mems
heads. Both men were frightened
badly, and sat still few moments
when the door was burst in and
Winchester showed in and fired. viii.
llams fell to the floor dead. His COM
panion sei7ed a shotgun and COM
2ienced to show fight, and the assas-
sins took to their heels. Williams had
ninety dollars in his pockets. Tn.
coroner is Holding an Inquest but a
verdict has not been reached vet No
blame is attached to the man living
with Williams.
A mass meeting of the coal miners
of the Springfield, O., district was
held Saturday. The men decided that
they would return to work Mondav
morning at the proposed reduction in
wages. This step was taken at the
suggestion of the state officials of the
miners organization.
Joe Kirk. of the firm of Horner g.
Kirk, live stock dealers, and also of
Kirk Bros, grain buyers, estimate
that S50O.OO0 worth of gram and live
stock were sold and shipDed fro,,,
Kingman county last year.-Leader-
Courier.
The ministerial alliance of Kansas
City, Kan. will shortly issue an ad-
dress to the voters of the state asking
them to support no man in his candi.
lacy who is not known to be opposed
to the lottery evil.
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