Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-11-03
ALL OVER KANSAS.
Kansas Condition Better Than
Other States. Why7
Sale Of the II. P.-ParsOns' Big Boom
$40 Per Capita-A nrrible Plot -
A Woman Rewas..ed-AttOrney Gen
eraI Boyle and webb McNaII.

eral Boyle and webb McNalI.
We have Popuist administration
and-Prosperity.
The sale of the Kansas branch o.
the U. p, known as the K. P. Branch
is postponed till December Is.
The Topeka ./onsnaL objects to van
dalism on the NJ ht of Halloween
and calls ON the pasice to suppress it
Parsons reports the biggest boom il
her history, owing TO the putting in OF
the gas line between that point ant
| Neodasha.
Owing to its National Character
dollar wheat III Kansas seems after al
to be only about on a par with silve,
it is about 90 cent dollar.
Miss Mabel Louise Waggener and
Roland K. Smith were married at the
home of the brides parents in Atchi
SON Wednesday evening, October 81
'The two banks at Osborne City are
reported to have $50 per capita, and
the banks at Alton and Downs can &c
them one better" How were they un
der Republican rule in 'o5 and GO.
The wild geese are vending their
way southwark, which reminds us that
our coal bin is empty like our pocket
book. The voice of the wild goose
does not have very pleasant SOUND
in our ears.-McPherson Democrat.
The Jury at the inquest in the muir
der mystery at Arkansas City, ir
which the dead body of stranger was
found in a straw stack returned a seal
ed verdict, the contents of which has
not been made known.
Hon. Thos. E. Will President of the
State Agricultural College, will de
liver an address on, experiment Sta
tious; their work and worth to the
Farmer" at the meeting of the State
Board of Agriculture in January.
A HORRIBLE plot has been discoy
cred by the Mulvane Policy sheet il
which Lit Crum, Cy Leland and some
others are to have a hair pulling, ant
ore set of G. o. p. thieves is liable t6
get the best of the other.
C. E. Smith of Oklahoma. ant
Miss Emma Boren of Fort Scott, wer,
married Wednesday after an acquain'
ance of one day. 1t is safe to assume
that unless this match is an exception
to that kind of marriages, the lady i!
now Boren- Smitk.
First District Republicans no 1onge1
having their ring pull on the Treasury
and their old time fee-oficia1 wallets
have taken to charging an admission
to their meetings. But the Native.
didn't bite. The average citizen us
ually wants something for his money
| Ottawa husbands are in imminen
danger, and all married women in the
town, both young and old, are sup il
arms" or rather, they will be cup
IN arms" if the habit increases O.
young ladies waylaying unsuspectine
man on the back streets at night, ant
resting their ''cur1y brown" heads CT
the bosom of the innocent.
johnson county, one of the grea
potato producers of the world, is har
vesting its second crop of prosperit,
this season.-MNiVane Policy Sheet.
How was it under the C1eavelan,
Gold Standard, and Republican rul
in Kansas, in '95 and 'o6? Potatoe
cents bushel, and no potatoes a
that.
Manhattan furnished one of the fines
Anarchist "Popu1ist," !" Socialist,
Methodist shows Saturday in he
history. There was a stHigh Role
Carnival" a "good looking girls,
and bicycle races. At least it is so re
ported, but the boys say that TIN
whole show was limited to one item.
Kansas Republicans have at last re
warded woman. A Mrs. Richart ha
been appointed Dog Enumerator O
Wyandotte. The office is almos
equal to that of Fly Catcher In Res
taurant, and Susan B. need worry n
more. She can stay at home mex
year and save a whole pocket full O
tracts and equal suffrage pills.
| All kausans, and in fact all patriots
regardless of prejudice or political be
lief, owe double debt of gratitude t
the Peoples Party of Kansas. First
For the legislature that enacted th
"Stock Yards" law, in the face of on
of the most gigantic, corrupt lobby
in the history of the state, and, sec
ond: To Attorney General Boyle fo
his straightforward, manly and nrf