Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-05-09

j. w. Dobson came up from Kiowa
Sunday.
H. E. Noble returned from Alva
Saturday.
Hugh Woodward was ap from the
Strip Monday.
Elias Gibbs was in from Eagle town
ship Saturday.
POSTMASTER Gamble of Hazelton,
spent Sunday in the city.
DIR. Gould was looking after pa
ITEMS at Nashville last week.
Tom Doran came up from Wood
ward Sunday, to spend few days with
his family.
Jack DAVIS left last Friday for
Kingfisher and other Oklahoma towns
on business trip.
Miss Rachel Mounsey returned
from Harper, where she has been at
tending school, last Friday.
Harry Lands drove up from the
farm Friday afternoon and remained
over Saturday, on court business.
Ed Brattain and wife came up
from their claim in the Strip Friday to
visit few days with home folks.
The dance that was advertised for
last Friday night was postponed until
next Friday night on account of the
heavy RAIN.
DIR. WANTS DENTAL OFFICE.
Amalgam filings so cents; gold and
platina filings 81; gold filings So and
up; best rubber plates $40. Work guar
anteed. AZ
Cheap rates to Houston and San
Antonio via Santa Fe Route. First
class one way tickets for $2l60. Silver
City S2l.90, Ell Paso and Deming $4,000.
w. .. Horr, Agent.
The two-year-old child of Brough
Wilkins, 81 miles southeast of town,
while playing with a small iron rod
with one end in his mouth fell and
stuck it in his throat. DR.. Murphy
attended the little fellow and says the
wound is a painful but not necessarily
serious.-Alva Pioneer.
Clarence Thompson returned from
the Strip, last Thursday. He helped to
move Uncle Billy Doles' household and
farming accouterments to the latter's
claim ON the North Canadian in n
county. He says Individuality has as
good a claim as can be found anywhere
in the Strip. Uncle Billy certainly de-
serves to be successful.
"A most dastardly attempt at rape
upon the little six year old daughter of
Mrs. Bell, of Attlca was made by
brutal wretch by the name of Everett
Green last Saturday evening. FORUM
ately, the child escaped uninjured. The
wretch who made the assault is under
bond for $500 to appear for trial to-
morrow in Anthony.-narper Seminal.
An Oswego deacon made the fol-
lowing announcement at a social re-
Gently: Miss Jones will now sing
Put Me in My Little Bed with Mr..
Brown, the pastor" The irreverent
youths of the congregation have not
ceased to smoker over the remarkable
announcement, and hereafter the good
deacon will see that comma is placed
right, before going ahead.
World.
j. F. Keys was exhibiting his fine
roadster. Brown Diamond" on our
streets, Saturday. He is as neatly put
up as any in the country, and makes an
elegant showing. Mr.. Keys has not
given much attention to training, but
the horse shows speed if properly de-
velOped. He will stand him in the
southern part of Pratt county, near
the line, northeast of Elm Mills, for
the small sum of $40 to insure.
Benjamin w. Marsh, formerly for
many years resident of Clay county,
died at his home In Southwestern Kan.
sas, on the 25th ult., of heart failure
He was a brother of DR.. J. T. Marsh
of this city. Numerous friends of the
deceased in his old home will be
panied to learn of his death, and all
will join in extending sympathy those
bereaved thereby. The deceased was
about IA years old, and was a soldier in
the Mexican war.-Liberty (Mo.) Ad-
vance.
Hicks forecast for May:-From 5th
to 18th reactiOnary storms, followed by
sharp change to cooler weather. 10th
to 14th is next regular storm period,
very warm about the 18th. Dnring
these dates look out for severe storms,
with heavy rains. Secondary storms
about the 18th with cooler days. Next
storm period 9th to 25th, very warm
with hail, wind and lightning. Last
disturbances for the month about the
9th and 18th, closing with cooler
weather. Be prepared for storms.
-Rumor has ATTEMPTED to create a
tragedy and sensation, just for yariety's
sake at our little village over east,
Sharon. It is the same old story; the
elements of a latter day nickel novel.
Combination and plot as follows: A
silly girl, blooded youth, an infatua-
ton, the old mans frowns, the young
mans hot persistency, heart-rending
separation, dose of poison, but of
course, not enough to kill. This is as
far as the novel has yet developed.
We know of no cure but common
sense, and that is sometimes very I'M
common. So the story goes;
John Dollar and family leave to-
day for Enid, Oklahoma. He came up
last Thursday and shipped what goods
he could not take overland. John is
another of BARRIERS pioneers, with
whom we regret to part, he having