Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-01-24

! Ter Saturday.
Cook Snoddy visited his parents
here Saturday.
Judge Edwards was up from Kiowa
Monday on legal business.
Will Bergman Is up on one of his
periodical trips from Pond creek.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. w. G..
Matthews of Lodi, Friday night, fine
boy.
DR.. Gould and his mother have be-
gun housekeeping in the EIdred prop
erty.
james Dobbs went to Kansas City
Monday to purchase his spring stock of
! seeds.
-BoarGman r. Smith, of Coldwater.
was in the city several days of last
week
Mrs Eugene Youmans has been
quite i'll for several days but is now rev.
alescent.
E. L Hagerman was down from his
school Saturday and took occasion to
deposit some cash with us.
N. Z. Burrus and j. T. Hocken-
berry drove up from KOwa Monday. on
business connected with the Morris es-
tate.
Roy Stafford, the towering Apollo
Of Kiowa and general hustler for the
Review, made Us a visit Saturday, re
turning sunday.
DR.. Mckee was here from Harper
Saturday to perform some dental work.
He wcut to kiowa Sunday to ill en-
gagaments there.
"A drop Of 50 degrees Sunday took
the longing for bathing suits ont of our
denizeus and supplanted therefor "A
scrambliug after overcOats.
The Thermometer was lingering
around the seventies Sunday afternoon.
One could almost see the wheat grow,
after the spring rain of Friday.
-Strayed-1 yearling, red and white
spotted steer; marked swallow fork in
right and split in left ear. Branded X
on left hip. Address, r. w. Fullerton,
Hazelton, Kansas.
1t is said that the Salvation Army
Of Enid is making preparations to
lombard Medicine Lodge in the near
future. Verify these times in our part
Of tie moral vineyard are almost paral-
Icing the Great awakening"
j. y. b. Ellis, cashier of the Bank
of Kiowa, was in the city Monday at
tending to tho settlement OF VIM.
Morris estate. He says trade is on the
increase at Kiowa and predicts bright
future for that city.
B. L. Talbot and &. d. Newkirk
were up from Moore township Monday
Mr.. Talbot is taking steps to secure
possession or team of mules that were
attached by JAS. Moore with some prop
erty belonging to his son.
-RObt. Smith of classic Canema,
marketed his geese last Thursday and
| left some of the proceeds in the INDEX
drawers. While acknowledging his fav-
drawers are always open.
Considerable spring blowing has
been done during the fine January
weather in Barber county. AS there
has been no snow yet nearly any day
this winter would not be unpleasant
| for turning over the soil.
commissioner Rowley was down
from Lake City, Saturday He says
that in his community all those who
are not scrip holders are IN favor of the
interest proposition as means of light
ening the burden of taxation.
More light has been turned on the
"Burgher' telegram matter that we
mentioned last week. Those who read
| the article on our second page entitled
'Jerry's Repartee' viii find the sOlu-
! ton. The sender of the dispatch was
Congressman Robinson, who enquired
if there was peddler's license here. His
object ia clearly seen by reading the ar
ticle referred 10.
Frank RObinett, aged 10, was ar
rested Friday for purloining several
books and some dishes from room in
the Cook block. Among the books
stolen was large family bible, bearing
in gilt letters the name of the owner
The boy appears to be afflicted with a
form of kleptomania, which may be
partly hereditary and partly cultivated
by his decidedly unfavorable associa-
tons. He confessed his guilt before
the probate court and will be sent to
the reform school as soon as room is al
lOtted him in that institution. The
stolen goods were the property of J. Ii .
McCrackeE, formerly of this city, who
stored them in the room referred to.
Frank Chaplin, cashier of the Citl
zens' State Bank, is not an excitable
man; but he was just little surprised
Friday morning when he went to the
baul, to liHd an Omnnous looking bomb
upon the steps. The article was piece
ct gas pipe about six inches in length,
from one end Of which protruded a part
~ burncd fuse. The other end was
tightly closed. Below the fuse on the
sidewalk lay two matches which had
been lit, evidently because one wouldn't
do the work. Frank took charge CT the
bomb and later turned it over to the
keeping of Coroner Gould. who mar
yelled at the deed and the miraculous
escape from the intended result. The
doctors sympathetic nature and lurid
imagination began to operate on his
mind and pictures of dire catastrophe
and atoms paraded in quick succession
before HIM like an awful panorama.
Assured by the inspiring presence of
Oh Boyd and Jim Gano, he took charge