Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-01-23

Mr.. Kurrle is merchant at Eureka
who is always onto the latest wrinkle.
The Crawford circuit is without
center. Chester Crawford has gone to
Chicago.
c. II. Chase, farmer living near
Augusta, findsrhls lost son in a grave
in Oregon.
The Kanopolis wooden mill is out
looking for a location. Salina is one
of the possibilities.
Fredonia people skate on q pond
lighted by electricity, but some say it
spoils half the fun.
A Horton man has had five horses
die on his hand within two months,
with no prospect of his good luck
abating.
The trustees of Highland township,
Lincoln county, are considering the
difficult problem of bridging Hill
creek.
The katy depot at Salina has been
discontinued again and the people are
gathering themselves together for an
other kick.
Lincoln Republican: "Fulllli" is
the way the Hiawatha World
has it. Too full, Brother Herbert,
entirely too full.
The annual meeting at Topeka of
the State Board of Agriculture was
largely attended and much interest
manifested.
There is a movement on foot to
build large grain elevator at Wichi-
ia, whereby farmers will get more
money for their grain.
Mrs. Senator PETER, Miss PETER and
Miss Dollie Curtis, sister of Congress
man Curtis, will receive together at
Washington on Thursday.
The colored people about Westmore-
land were so worked up over murder
trial that they brought blankets aud
slept in the court room.
A Horton girl who is away at school
has received highest honor for deport-
ment. 1t isn't bit like Horton peo-
pie to be good away from home.
A woman at Lincoln was married
the other day to Mr.. Booz. Let wo-
men hold their peace hereafter about
men being wedden to their bottle.
There is kick in Topeka because
the motto over the door of the court
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wants it written in the Kansas lam
guage.
Aside from the inaugural ball there
was a camp fire, Topeka club recep-
ton and poker game at the Copeland
Monday night. Topeka fairly outdid
herself.
The hens rounda bout Centralia sup
piled the world with sc, 900 dozen eggs
last year, and left enough at Centra-
liza for all the floating island" and
{ cup cake" the people could get away
with.
Peabody Graphic; A Wichita minis
ter took for his text last Sunday, "Does
1t Pay" From the number that are in
operation and the number anxious to
start we should answer in the affirm
alive.
a second Lexow is creating quite
furore in Sioux City, Iowa. One of
the ministers visited several bawdy
houses and found three city officials
measuring high kicks with the girls,
hence the trouble.
Kansas City Star: A bill is being
prepared to make the hotel deadbeat
a felon. The author of the bill is a
green-eyed Wichita tavern keeper who
thinks he is slamming the patrons of
the Topeka taverns
Emporia Gazette: If Mr.. Frederick
Funston will get in a street car at the
Santa Fe depot and ride as far as the
Normal it will put little edge on his
impressions of the Yukon and touch
up his Alaska chill blains.
Wichita was the scene of shooting
last Monday in which woman by the
name of Mrs. Gibbons was shot five
times by her husband. They had liv-
ed in separate houses about eight
weeks, when Gibbons took his wife
load of coal. When he saw her he
drew his revolver and fred five shots
all of which took effect. He was ar
rested and placed in jail Mrs. Glib.
bons was still alive Tuesday morning.
very rigid Sunday ordinance has
been passed at Arkansas City by the
city council and went into effect Sun
day. By it's provisions all places
where labor is kept for hire are to be
closed on Sunday. Joints are being
watched by the police closely. A po-
lice undertook to arrest two jointers
at o'clock Sunday morning and was
stood off at a point of a revolver. News
stands are allowed to keep OBJ
en- one hour in the morning and one
hour at night Meat markets are also
closed and much inconvenience is ex-
perienced by the public. One barber
was arrested for giving man bath.
Observations at the Kansas Univer-
sity weather station showed that the
thermometer registered nine degrees
below zero Saturday night, being the
coolest of the winter
John Walker, founder of the town
of Walkerville, Kansas, and well
known in that section, died Tuesday
morning. Heart disease is believed to
be the cause.
To illustrate the power of example
the probate Judge of Marion county
got married the other day. But then
who wouldn't who's the license didn't
cost anything.