Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-02-20

| W. L. Douu mas purchased Cne Eu-
reka water mills
Saline county is already preparing
for its fair next fall.
Bertha Creighton and her dramatic
company stranded at Eureka last
week.
Horton is introducing the vertical
system of penmanship in it's public
schools.
Augusta comes nearer being the GEN.
ter of population than any other town
10 the state.
A Smith county man has received
10000 pounds of cotton seed meal
from Texas to feed his cattle.
The Lowe Comedy company is play
ing through western Kansas in an
unauthorized verson of Jane"
4Four young men who were hunting
in kearnev county sighted 81 antelope
in ten days This tells the story.
Ed Hoch wants 10 know the where
abouts of the ola job printer who used
to put the office imprint" on all his
work
Bird City enjoys the distinction of
being the smallest town in the world
that maintains a public system of wa
| ter works.
A. W. Campbell of Topeka, has
formed law partnership with r. A.
Lovitt, and Will make Salina his home
| in the future,
Four ladies and twelve men turned
ont to an oyster supper the stormlest
night last week, and each was reward
ed with an oyster in his soup.
The Lyndon Journal thinks there is
no proposed measure before the legis-
lature that has more merit than Mr..
Browns fish commission bill.
Pat Hickman shot and killed Thorn
as Williams of Newton, Thursday
morning. Both are colored. Domes-
tic trouble caused the shooting.
Eureka Messenger: No man has
very much standing in Greenwood
county unless he owns a few steers.
Ours is the banner cattle county of
| the state.
Lawrence World: A former student
of the University here was married in
DIR. Edward Hale's chur'h in Boston.
You can't keep a Lawrence young
man down.
Sol Miller's description of SOU
brette: A young woman who has her
picture taken while half dressed with
an idiotic grin on her face which
shows the superior workmanship on
her front teeth.
Hiawatha World: A fool school
ma'am in Atchison county went down
an eighty-foot well in a bucket and
touched off two blasts because a man
said that no lady would dare do such
brave deed.
5Rev. E. H, IIeagler,of Emporia, died
Wednesday morning, aged 5s. He
was formerly a prominent minister of
the NJ. E. church in Ohio, but moved
to Emporia for his health some years
ago. He has held several important
positions in this state. He was Cap
tain of Co. f. One Hundred and Thir-
ty-Third ONO Volunteers.
DR.. w. II. Stover of Kahokia, Mo-,
was to have been married at Emporia
Wednesday evening to Mrs. Jennie
Chandler. All preparations had been
made for the wedding and the intend
ed bride was at the train to meet him.
He did rot arrive, but Thursday morn
ing Mrs. Chandler received a letter
stating that his frozen remains had
been found IN Rocky Hollow" near
Kahoka and coroner's jury had been
unable to develop any evidence as to
the cause of his death. Mr.. Stover
was formerly we'll known and re-
| spected citizen of Emporia.
Window is one of the few Kansas
towns without drug store.
Harry Fox, who has been assistant
superintendent of the Iowa division of
the Rock Island Ry. for some time, has
been appointed superintendent Of the
Kansas and Nebraska division of that
road, with headquarters at Harring-
ton, Kan. The appointment was
made by w. ]. Allen, assistant gener-
al manager, and is considered a de-
served recognition of the services of
Mr.. Fox and his ability to operate in
larger field.
The dead body of Patrick V. Pagan
of the Sixth cavalry at Fort Leaven-
worth, was found at the bottom of the
Home coal mine Thursday morning.
1t is believed that while wandering
around the mine In drunken condi-
ton he tumbled into the shaft with
ont being conscious of his act. The
distance of lis fall was 75O feet and
with such velocity did the body de-
scend that it broke the heavy iron
support and passed through the top
of the cage, made of heavy oak tim
bers, leaving circular hole like the
passage of a cannon ball. The BODY
was not even badly bruised, but his
arms and legs were broken in many
| places
There is not vacant house in Che
| topa.
Ed. Smith, while repairing tele-
phone lines in Wichita Monday, fell
from the ladder and was seriously in
| jured.
Charles Matlsins, butcher, was
found dead at his home in Wichita
Monday morning with wounds on his
head. Murder Is suspected.
George w. Kellar. prominent citi-
zen of Wichita, died Thursday of acute
ascending paralysis. He was sixty
six years old and leaves a wife and
| four children.
From letter from San Salvador it
is learned that Archie McCarter, well
known local bridge contractor of Ft.
Scott is a prisoner at San Salvador. as
an exiss from Guatemala. on account
of political and other reasons The
letter states that McCarter's mechani-
cal effects have been confisticated by
the government and are under ground
1 in, "a r,rfeon He ir