Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-04-21

The w. C. T. u. meets on Saturday
afternoon at O'Clock.
James Huffaker was In from Sharon
township on Monday.
d. M. Circle was up from Hazelton
on Monday and called.
Just receiyed-an elegant line of
dress goods at Glasier & Co.'S.
Baker wire runs farther to the pound
than any other. Chase Hardware Co.
handle It.
F. b. Chaplin was in from his Harper
county farm on Monday, shaking hands
with his friends.
Don't forget the day and date when
you can get your baby's picture taken
free at Withers' Photo Gallery.
An obituary notice and a program OF
the next meeting OF the horticultural
society, go over until next week.
The Willing Workers will meet with
Mrs. Ell. Nixon Wednesday afternoon,
April %. Mrs. Wilkins, Sec. pro tenn.
One fare for the round trip to St.
Louis. Mo. Tickets on sale May and
5, good to return May IL. w. .. Horr,
Agent.
The Warner Sled Lister Cultivator is
daisy. 1t cultivates one, two or three
rows at 8 time. See the Chase Hard.
ware Co. before they are all gone.
Tbs members of the M. E. church
held donation party at the home of
Rev. McKibben OF the Medicine Lodge
Circuit. Many useful articles were re-
ceived by Rev. McKibben and family.
The young people gave a surprise
party in honor of Miss Sissie Revis, at
the home of Rev. A. A. and Mrs. Park
or. on last Thursday evening. Miss
Revis expects to sail for England next
month.
Guy Sparks was in from the Num-
ford ranch on Monday. He reports the
cattle doing well. but says they are be-
ing very much annoyed by coyotes and
wolves. He has lost several calves al
ready.
Warden Lands makes good show
ing in his report Of the earnings of the
Penitentiary for March. Lands is
making a splendid officer and has sue
ceeded in filling the positions under
him with very competent force of
men.-Advocate.
G. l.. Bramwell will go to Kansas
City about the first of next month
where he expects to remain. Charley
has been with us long time and was
regarded as permanent fixture. The
Badger Lumber Company will never
find better man than Charley Bran
we'll.
Miss Myrtilla Cook arranged a pleas
ant surprise party at her home on Mon
day evening, in honor of Misses Muriel
and Mabel DeGeer and Barbara Karr,
of Alva. Refreshments were served
and the evening was one long to be re-
membered by the guests.
County CLERK Gaddie is contemplate
ing making desperate effort to secure
a permanent cook. He says he is now
patching" at T. M. Kidd's house on
East Kansas Avenue but don't like the
job at ali. We hope some good looking
young lady will take pity on Bob and
help him out of his present predica-
ment.
The horse show on Saturday brought
out great many stations of various
breeds. sizes and colors. Owing to our
limited space we can not give them the
attention they deserve, but suffice 1t to
say that nothing but choice stock was
on exhibition. Among the draft hors-
es G. B. Currle's BLACK Prince" and
Hardy Duke" were fayorites, while
Ii. A. Tedrow's Cleveland Bay and
Tiger Jack" Sparks sorrel were
strictly in the push among the road
sters and trotters. A. L. Noble photo.
graphed the horses in group.
Mrs. Mary A. Murphy lost her farm
house. near Pixley last Thursday morn
ing, by fire. Scarcely any of the house
hold goods were saved. The fire start
ed from defective fiue and no one was
near the house at the time except
Mrs. Murphy. Before it was known
that the house was on fire the
flames had gotten under SUCH Roadway
that 1t was impossible to check them
and 1t was not long until the house could
not be entered. The building was in.
sured for $3.50 IN the Continental. The
house and contents were well worth
81 100. The loss falls very heavily on
Mrs. Murphy.
The National Recorder conta ms the
following with reference to recent in
Yention of our friend, l.. M. Presnall
of Cedar township. We hope Mr.. Pres
nall will meet with fattering success;
AN ingenious, improved buggy axle
has been invented by Mr.. L. NJ. Pres
| nall, OF HazeltOn, Kansas, who was
born in Henry county, Indiana. July 8
lS4Q. and was raised ON farm. Ir
those days farming was not easy work
as the heavy tlmbers had to be cleared
away, and in blowing the stumps ant
roots were great hindrance. Mi. Pres
nall attended school in the winter, ant
worked on the farm in summer. III,
was always fond of machinery, and
close observer. With his brother, BIZ
used to make little wagons, threshinl
machines and mills to run by waite
power. In September, 1859, when b,
was nineteen years old his father an,
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