Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-03-11
ANNUAL STATEMENT
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january l. l6O0

William liargreave. travelling repre-
sentative of the Arctic Machinery
Manufacturing company of Cleveland,
Ohio. has secured the contract for
Martin Il. Donovan'S big artificial leo
plant to be installed in Leavenworth
on Main street between Delaware and
Shawnee streets. The plant will cost
complete $1,000 The capacity will
be from fifteen to twenty tons daily.
Work is to be commenced in three
weeks and under the contract the
plant must be in operation between
May l and May -.
Nathaniel Johnson, aged IL years,
son of j. A. johnson of Colfax town
ship, met death in a singular way at
the Shiun schoolhouse, near Villas,
last Friday morning. He left home
for school in boyish glee with two
sisters, and when bout one-half mile
from the schoolhouse he remarked that
he would run ahead and beat them.
Arriving at the schoolhouse and find
ing no one there, as it was early,
young Johnson raised the lower sash
of one of the windows, putting stick
under it to hold it up, than placing
his toes on the protruding rock founda-
tion, he gave spring to get inside
His elbow striking the stick that held
the sash up. knocked it out and the
sash came down on his neck, breaking
it and causing almost instant death.
When his sisters arrived a few mo-
ments later, as did the teacher, they
saw him hanging in the window. his
body outside and arms and head on
the inside.
A G. Turpin, for long time Rock
Island agent at IIolton, has been pro-
NOTED to the position of travelling pas
seuger agent.
On Tuesday several people started
from in the vicinity of Lebanon for
Jerusalem. They have formed a COM
munity, placing their possessions to-
gcther for the use of all. They have
peculiar religious ideas and believe
that the last day is near at hand and
they wish to be near the Holy City
when it arrives.
Near Galena, in a mine on the Nc
Cam land, owned by Arthur l.. Huff
and w. Z. Stice, the largest jack pros
pect has just been opened up in a
drift at seventy-five feet that has ever
yet been seen on the creek, and it has
pure jack. The ore is entirely free of
flint or waste, and has only to be
washed off and put in the bins. The
chunks are taken out in nuggets from
the size of a tin cup to that of wash
tub. Great excitement is prevailing
in that section and experienced miners
from the Mastin and other popular
tracts in that vicinity claim that it
beats anything they ever beheld.
Kingman county farmers have been
sowing wheat all winter and the grow
ing crop is said to give promise now
of an unusually good yield.
A Lawrence youth strayed into the
town of Cicero, Sumner county, last
week, and called it "Kickero." For
tunately the sheriff was near by and
saved him from the mob.
Eugene Wares little observation
about the ''V roise," originally print
ed in the Star, has been stolen by half
the editors of Kansas. A few have
changed it little, butt is Wares
just the same.
Spring hair-cutting has been finished
at Lacrosse, and the barber has gone
to the pillow.
The expenses of the university foot
ball team last season were 81, ,2sI. ss
and the receipts 1868, leaving profit
of S511.sS.
The Standard Oil company has said
they intend to bore three hundred
wells in Kansas this year.
Sumner county farmers are having
good success treating hog cholera
with coal oil. Kansas porkers and
petroleum holes ought TO work pretty
well together now