Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-10-16

Texas fever is reported to have bro
ken out in Gray county.
General Rains has been visiting
Kansas friends this week.
The Jackson county fair, at Holton,
is in full blast this week
Conductor Murphy, so popular on the
Southern Kansas, has resumed his old
run.
This is great season for ebay car
nivals" in the western part OF the
state.
The recent touch of frost brought
relief to hay fever sufferers in eastern
Kansas.
DIR, d. Gwinn of Moran, disappeared
mysteriously Monday and no trace OF
! him can be found.
| E. B. Whaley is now book agen,
| and he whips customers who kick and
want to back out.
Mae Barndoor of Agricola, has mar.
ried j. Harrie Pantz of Ardmore, l. 7.
mere you are, Sol Miller!
Charles E. Chandler, who went te
Decatur county in the beginning, vii
return to Wamego to live.
''Red Ellen" is carrying on so badly
in Leavenworth that the men
are afraid to venture out to prayer
meeting.
The school book bandits have be-
! sieged Abilene and have given the
school board until Monday night te
surrender.
Bishop Millspaugh led the procession
of bishops at Minneapolis conclave
last week. Of course he led He is a
Kansas man.
Mrs. Blacl1man, who was at one
time police commissioner at Leaven-
worth, Is now setting type on Shows
Topeka Journal.
A Cowley county physician is writ
ing drama of three acts and four
scenes" He says one seem is worth
the price of admission.
The Globe says Missouri Pacific of
ficials will petition General Manager
Doddridge to establish sub-hospital
in Atchison in order to afford more
prompt service.
Mike Hazen of Butler county has an
apple orchard of 12O acres, and has
seventy men employed in picking and
barreling the apples. The 12O acres
will yield 10000 barrels of apples,
which are worth S1.40 barrel.
threshing engine in operation near
Hayesville Thursday slipped from its
fastenings and rolled against the sep
arator, imprisoned Wesley Robbins
between the separator and fire box
and horribly roasting him. The skin
peeled off from his body when his
clothes were removed. The injuries
are very serious.
1t is reported that James G. Blaine
Jr., the disappointing son of an illus
trious father, who lost the respect of
the American people through his ac-
tions in the divorce trial in which Ma
RE Nevins Blaine secured separation
I, from him, is to marry formerly of
: Kansas girl. Miss Josephine Patton,
daughter of DR.. Patton OF Bcloit.
| The broom corn growers of Rice
county are trying to effect local or
ganization to protect themselves
against the broom corn buyers, whom
they suspect of trying to get their crop
for less than it is worth. The farm
ers claim they cannot raise and cure
broom corn for the market for less
than $50 ton, and as they are only
offered $40 and $50, they propose to
organize and hold on to the crop until
they can force the buyers to their
terms
B. III. Hatcher of Ottawa, has a
center table that is wonder He
made it himself. intending to exhibit
: it at the Worl's fair, but did not get it
done in time. 1t contains 5O,727
| pieces of wood of 1875 varieties and re-
quired nine months of patient toll to
l put them together. He says he has
sold such tables for $780,
A Topeka woman has so many kin
: who insist upon breaking into all her
, functions that she must bar many OF
her friends, and in consequence she is
gradually dropping out of society.
During the past two month nine To-
pel1a young men and young women
have gone to Asia to do missionary
work. Topeka is good field. but Gyp
; Wood is amply able to take care of it.
, The county commissioners of Shaw
. nee county, have at last decided to
: build a new bridge across the Kaw
river in Topeka. 1t is to be built on
, Kansas Avenue and is to be concrete
, steel arch bridge and will cost S150, OOC
when completed. The thousands OF
people who have been crossing on the
d old rattle-trap there will be glad
: when they hear of this conclusion.
t The marriage of Hortense Kelly
q daughter of the Hon. Bernard Kelly
l to George Crawford, son of ex-Gover
i nor S. J. Crawford. is announced e
I take place early in November at the
y home of Mr.. and Mrs. Kelly in Empo
), ria. Alice Hood, daughter of Calvin
Hood, will be maid of honor and Al
e bert T. Ryan of Washington will b.
the best man.
% G. W. Kelly came to Kansas ter
years ago and located on piece O
land in Round Springs township III.