Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-05-02
Fair, of Sharon was here

Charley Fair, of Sharon was here
Saturday.
"A. ]. Linyille, of near Alva, was
in the city Saturday.
Ed Sample returned from Wood.
ward Monday evening.
The Willing Workers will meet at
Mrs. Ed Youmans May 9.
Will Julian ofNippawalla township
was on the streets Saturday.
L. w. DeGeer came up from Alva
! Monday evening to attend court.
j. w. Dobson came up from Kiowa
| Monday evening and returned Tuesday
morning.
Mrs. Frank Lewis departed for
Wichita last week, to take medical
treatment.
Austin Mckay came over from At
tlca Monday, to discharge his duties as
| court stenographer.
Mr.. j. K, Young and daughters
leave today, for few months visit
with friends and relatives at Ottumwa,
Iowa.
The Equal Suffrage Association
will meet at the residence of Mrs. I'll.
O'Bryan next Wednesday at 4:3O P. M.
Business of Importance to be tran
sacted.
List of letters remaining uncalled
for in the z. o. at Medicine Lodge,
Kansas, for the week ending, April
%, 1894. G. 7. Jackson, John Surber.
l.. Nj. Axline, 2. NJ.
Wilson VS. Huff was the title of an
action brought before Squire Smith, at
KiOwa last Thursday. Chas. Rumsey
appearing for plaintiff and A. L. Herr
for defendant. Defendants demurrer
was sustained and the case dismissed
The Ladies Quartette preparing to
sing at the Hutchinson jubilee, cOmpos.
ed of Mrs. O'Bryan, Mrs. Noble, Misses
Carmichael and O'Bryan will sing at
the Episcopal chapel this Wednesday
evening, at the services held by Dean
Rbames.
Attorney Schumacher, the "dyna-
mite" county attorney of Butler coun-
ty was in the city yesterday doing BUSH
ness before the district court. Being a
"dyEamiter," he favored the ''dyna-
mite printing Office with q publica-
ton notice.
Judge Mckay came ever from At
tica Monday, and convened court yes
terday. The judge was busy listing
corn for the past two weeks which ap-
pears to have enhanced his robust
phlz. He says Harper county has Ca
splendid outlook for crops.
Guy Sparks presented this Office
with large piece of ice Monday for
which he has our sincere thanks. If
there Is anything printer relishes, it
is plenty Office on hot day. According
to some authorities an editor should
use plenty Of ice in this world.
C. S. Jobes while on his way to
Attica from his fam Monday was the
victim of an accident, as his horse be-
came frightened and ran away upsetting
the cart and completely dem0lishing it,
aud {. 5. was thrown out, the result
being spraIned ankle.-Attica Cor.
to Harper Sentinel.
VIM. Lightburn came up from the
strip Saturday 10 get q supply of locust
seedst?). It is not our intention to
doubt BIl's Verscity but then candor
concepts us TO saV that locust seeds"
are not for sale at the Usage hotel.
Rumor has it that Bill is making
arrangements by which to make it
unnecessary to visit" At the Usage SO
frequently.
"A. Van Ripper, . Reno county
farmer, has marketed thirty-three
seven-months-O old pigs. which averaged
two hundred and seventy-four pounds
to which he had fed two hundred and
elghty-twO bushels of corn and sixty
eight bushels Of wheat. He gave two
dry and one slop ration day, grinding
his grain in his own mill. He has fig
ured out that he has realized seventy
cents bushel on his corn and a dollar
on his Wheat.-Harpsr Sentinel.
While blowing on his place In the
Strip, Monday, Capt. Julian unearthed
a den Of rAttlssnakes which had been
in winter lethGrEy. The den was in a
prairie dog town, and Mr.. Julian sue
ceeded in killing thirty-two of the VEN
emous reptiles. They were all large
and had long string of rattles. Mr..
Julian says it was not very good day
for snakes, either; and if he had had |
help could have killed double the num-
Der. Talk Aboat snake stories, this |
beats many that have been told as fic- |
ton; but then truth is sometimes |
trauger.-RevIew.
On July 1st the new money order |
system will go into effect by which |
both large and small sums can be trans |
mitted by letter with absolute safety |
and at much less rates than are charged |
at present. With the issuance of the |
new money order the postal note will be |
abolished as there will be no longer any
need for it. The fees charged for the !
new money orders will be as follows: |
For $50 or less, cents; $3.50 to SIS, 5 |
cents; S. to SO, 8 cents; SO, to $50, 10 |
cents; $50 to $50, II cents; $50 to $40,
10 cents; $40 to $50, IS cents; $50 to $50,
20 cents; $50 to SIS, 81 cents; SIS SlGO.
so cents.
The Ashland Journal points its
finger of scorn to Barber county as an
object of pop seiishness," referring
to the county printing. The Coldwat-
er Star pertlnently suggests that tie
Cresset was awarded the county print