Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-22

n. F. Green is on the sick list.
Angel & Son have run their steam thresher
| in for the winter.
The weather 10 cold enough to sting ones
fingers while feeding.
| Nick Lorenson, Of Aetna, was doing bust.
| ness 10 these parts last week.
Why don't tho people advertise their strays
| wherever there are any7
few cattle have died in this community
Black-leg 10 supposed to have been the caus.
The farmers are all busy getting up wood
| and feeding during the present cold weather.
Feed has been bought up telerably close.
still there IL some to soil yet.
Mrs. L. 8. AcRlwain was at the Lodge last
week. having dental work done.
1t is rumored that one Of our bachelors ID
going to jump the matrimonial stick during
holidays
Mrs. j. H. Gentry has been in the Lodge for
week or more. having dental work done.
There has been literary society organized
at the Eagle schoolhouse. Il meets on Friday
evening of each week.
Mr.. Ra1nwater. gentleman who has been
working for Mr.. Angel while threshing, was
down with chills and fever, but is up and
around again.
The school "marms" of this section, Misses
Tedrow and Bnrner. will spend the holidays
with home folks
A few of the Sexton farmers have threshsd
during the past week. and we presume. would
like to find the man who is paying $1.00 per
bushel for wheat.
The citizens of Sexton and vicinity are ex-
pecting pleasant time at their dinner at the
schoolhouse on Christmas day.
We heartily endorse Mr.. Blanton's letter
published In last weeks INDEX. But what
can be done? These reports all 60 up from
men who never worked day in the harvest
field. or had hold Of the handles Of pillow. but
who have interests otherwise. They boom
the county to its own detriment.
Some OF the citizens Of Eagle township are
talking about organizing and Offering boun-
ty on coyote ecalps, in addition to what the
county has offered. 1t 10 to be hoped that
| they will, as coyotes here are quite numerous
| and destructive.
Stock of all kinds that was summered here
is going through the winter in good shape.
S. Y. Carr has q Cleveland voter at his house.
or will be in the course Of time. All doing well
at last accounts. Uncle Steve Immediately
doubled the price on the feed he has for sale
| and doesn't care whether he sells or not, as he
may not raise any next year.
Landers, OF Harper county. has bought and
is occupying the Finley ranch. He is holding
| several hundreds of cattle there now.
We are sorry to lose Is good neighbors al
Finley brothers but our best wishes go with
them. Our loss il Medicine Lodges gain.
Mark Green has been afflicted with about
thirty OF those things commonly called boils
but 10 now able to be at his work as usual.
J. P. Elsea drove about 300 head Of cattle
back to Sumner county q short time ago
Two hundred are his own which he ID going
| 70 ir<a hfo e. 49,
| long to pal ties in Sumner county.
D. 8. Angel came near losing his house and
contents by IRE q short time ago. 1t original.
| ed from a defective fue and had been burning
| some time before it was discovered. Nobody
except Mrs. Angel and the two youngest chill
dren was at homo at tho time, but By heroic
| fighting. Mrs. A. got the IRE out though she
| was badly burned about the face and hands
Her o othes caught IRE once which came near
burning her seriously. A part Of the ceiling
UP stairs was burned out as we'll a. part of
the woodwork between eight rafters. Fortu.
nstely there was no wind or the house would
have been totally destroyed.
N. F. Green's brother, eadda, who makes his
home with Mr.. g.. il almost blind and has been
| for SEINE time. He lost one eye at drilling
three years ago by Q piece Of steal breaking
| from the drill and striking him IA the eye.
| year ago last fall a corn blade struck the 9TH
| or eye while he was cutting corn. and . spin
| ter penetrated the eye-ball. He did not have II
| removed and scum Erew over the part affect.
| ed. His brother took him to wichita In the
| fall to have it operated on, but It was in such
| shape that the doctor was afraid to remove
it all. He can distinguish door or window in q
| house but can not get around without assist
ance. His sfdlction IL deplored by an
1t is rumored that q real estate arm Of Med
| icine Lodge In trying to get control Of Q few
| tracts Of land here and then, In order 70 lease
| a large tract for pasture. crowd some Of oul
citizens out, notwithstanding the fact that
| they have been here for years. paid taxes and
| helped to hold the county up financially. II
| is a we'll known fact that lease can be OBJ
tanned On almost any land in tho county
| through parties claiming to be agents. Land
has been leased and rent money collected BY
men in this county who were not agents theE
| nor never were. Men have hunted Other
| climes ''for their health" for collecting and
using other peoples money, and others maj
do the same thing. Land would be bought II
| this vicinity were It not held too high, and we
doubt net it would be bought If the owners
could be found; but matters are 80 shaped
that It can't be done. There is another fraut
mortgage companies and their agents by no
paying the taxes on their land. They compel tn,
county to hold the land until the redemption
| limit expires. when they come in and redeem
| and, perhaps, get rebate from the commits
sioners. The consequence is that the homes
| taxpayer is taxed to make up the deficiency
We anticipate lively time at the approaching
| session, as there will be quite q demand 70
| grazing land. On the other hand, our citizen
are preparing to test the validity Of a point o
law A few have been imposed upon as lonl
as they will stand It. 1t 10 hoped that on
next legislature willamend our taxation laws
and give US something better. If an extr,
session Is called, the Populists will contro
both houses as well as the executive. vii
they do something TO help the struggling PEG
ple7
Noble & Case have added q nice lin,
of Delft Enameled Ware to their stock