Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-01-19


hair.
Topeka Presbyterians are in the
midst of a revival. Seventy-two were
taken into the First church on last
Sunday.
To be IN the swim, of course, the
Koen irrigating ditch near Great
Bend, got full The first night it was
completed.
The new Kansas Avenue bridge,
Topeka, has been completed at a cost
of S150,OOO This is one of the finest
bridges in the west.
Henry Bowers, of Larned, took
dose of poison through mistake.
Prompt medical assistance, and the
fact that he took we're large dose of
the poison, saved his life, but he had
a very narrow escape.
A young Topeka couple went to
Kansas City shopping and to see the
sights. While there they concluded it
would be nice to get married, and did
so. The groom is 81 and the bride
years younger.
President Will of the Agricultural
College at Manhattan read a paper ON
''Experiment Stations" before the
State Board of Agriculture which is
attracting quite bit of attention for
it's advanced ideas.
Innumerable inquiries have poured
into Secretary F. D. Coburn, of the
Board of Agriculture office, within
the past few months for information
on nearly every conceivable subject
pertaining to Kansas, her resources,
population, productions, soils, climate,
inducements, possibilities and agricu1-
tural literature.
The Kansas City Grain Dealers AS
ISOLATION may bring suit against the
Maple Leaf elevator people to check
them from docking each car of grain
that is shipped into Kansas City 1OC
pounds for sweeping, and afterward
turning the grain IN at it's actual
weight. Governor Leedy suggested
the bringing of the suit.
| The state of Kansas spent one whole
day, on the 18th inst, without Unit
ed States Marshal to watch over it,
and an eastern paper surprisingly re.
marks that the Republicans didn't
steal the state offices. Sheriff Nee1y's
commission expired at II o'clock on
the 18th, and Sheriff Sterne's commits.
sion did not reach him for "a hours
afterwards.
A letter received from Miss Kelly
the Kansas girl in K1ondike, gives en-
couraging news. Miss Kelly is re
ported as striking a rich claim the
first dash out of the box, as the man
she married few minutes after her
arrival in that country, is supposed tc
be very wealthy. In her letter to hel
father she did not say whether hel
husband was still prospecting" o,
not.
The attorney general of Nebraska
wants to get onto Attorney Genera
Boyle's mode of fighting the trusts
and has written for information. Ou1
Pop" officers are doing the thing ul
so brown they are making an enviab1e
reputation, not only for themselves
but for the state of Kansas, and il
may be expected at any time thai
Webb McNa1l will receive a letter
from the insurance commissioner Of
New York to be put onto the combina
ton.
The silver Republican forces of tn,
state have taken steps toward organ
ization by sending out a circular let
ter to every county committeeman
asking him to furnish an estimate o
the number of silver Republicans il
his county, and, as far as possible
their names. The idea is to form tn
silver Republicans into more com
pact visible body and thus enable it t
exhibit its strength. When this
done provisions will be made 70
further missionary work and for evan
ga1izing sympathetic Republican
through literary bureau.
The Merchants Athletic association
of Lawrence elected the following
board of directors for the comin
year: F. w. Bartelders, F. II. Smith
myer, Gus Berger, J. r. Griggs, M
Robinson, Banks Brown, W. 3
Pendleton, Francis Jaedicke, A. G
Honno1d and Elmer Pierson. TIL
following officers were elected
President, A. r. Griggs; vice pres
dent, w. H. Pendleton; secretary an
treasurer, Gus Berger. The associa
ton is talking some of erecting fin
club building and has appointed
committee to investigate the subject.
In his address to the State Board O
: Agriculture, Pres. George W. Clio
made use of the following language
"There are two things of which W
may well be proud. First, that thi
board has found safe and firm lodg
ment in the affection of the farmer
of the state. Second, that it is tn
representative of such a magnificen
, and grand state as Kansas, with it
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