Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-03-02
SUNFLOWERS.
Grown in the Different Coun>
ties Of Kansas.
How They PrOgressuin the Winter Of
Their Prosperity and Government
BY the People.

elected Master Workman of the A. 0,
U. W. at its sson in Wichita last
week.
Ex-senator PETER is reviving his
scheme for the formation of farmers
com bine as against the other combines
of the country.
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal has
been notified that the Bank of Be1oit
has consolidated with the First Ma
tional Bank of that city.
The Pratt Union says they are hav-
ing ''too much of a good thing" That
is the Fairview district school is Civ
ing it to them in the form of play.
Attorney General Boyle has appeal
ed the case of the State VS.. Commits
sioners of Wichita County involving
the validity of retunding bonds of
Wichita County, to the Supreme Court.
The bill to pension Mrs. Cora Robin
son of Topeka has passed the House
and Senator Baker will try to get it
| through ie S nate this week. It was
unanimously reported for passage.
Two large skeletons, supposed to be
the remains of Indians, were found in
a crevice in the rocks in a stone quarry
one mile west of Larned. The bones
were in perfect state of preservation,
but were devoid of every particle of
flesh and muscle. The bones of a dog
were found with the human skeletons.
The official board of the Christian
church of Lawrence has sent a call to
Rev. Charles M. Sharpe asking him
to return to Lawrence and assume
charge of the church. He was pastor
of the church for time while attend
ing Kansas university from which he
graduated last spring, and has since
been located in Illinois.
There has been rich find in Miami
county, of nicke, which is said to as
say nearly 500 Per ton. The vein is
on the fArm of Tim Lawhead, two
miles east of Fontana. Underneath
the nickel is seven foot vein or coal.
Miami county is very rich in undevel-
oped mineral, there being a ten foot
vein of slate that would be practicable
for shingles or otner building rpur-
poses. Coal and small quantities of
lead are found in several parts of the
county and some fire clay has been
found in the southern part on the
Usage river.
A suit has been filed in the district
court of Shawnee County, against W.
c. Edwards, ex-secretary of state.
The suit is brought by Mrs. M. E.
Jenkins, of Lincoln, Illinois. She
claims that she was induced by Ed
wards, to pay $500 for quarter sec
ton of land on the Montezuma rail-
road after the road had been torn up
aud when the station near the land
had been abandoned. She says that
when she was induced to buy the prop
erty, it was not worth more than 81 an
acre. She also says that Edwards
claimed the property was great snap
and it should be taken at once or he
would buy it himself, when he was at
that time the owner of the land.
Ten bnttermakers, from different
parts of the country, formed a class
which J. H. Monrel1, of Chicago, ex-
amined at the afternoon session at
Topeka, Thursday. They were asked
thirty questions, to test their knowl-
edge of buttermaking and care of
machinery. Out of a possible 5000
points, J. L. Pitts scored 1850 and
was awarded the first prize, $3.50.
Jacob E. Musser, Enterprise, Kan,
took the second prize, 81 so. with 2,36s
points. M. o. Awes, won third prize,
SIS, having scored 1850. The stand
ing of the others was as follows: H.
Van Leweenen, Efingham, Kan;
2,275. H. C. Hansen, Cooleyville,
Mimi, 2,25O. Martin Schaadt, Blue
Mound, Kan, 2,135. H. NJ. Scott,
Bissell, Wis, 2,0sS. B. F. Small,
Neodesha, Kan, 1895. A. B. Case,
, 1900. Charles r. K1um, Cow
er, Mo 1,215.
W. w. Guthrie and wife, of Atchi-
son, have just returned from three
weeks pleasur> trip through Mexico.
Mr.. Guthrie says that in all parts of
Mexico, American institutions are be-
coming more and more prevalent.
The circus has been introduced and
American management is at the head
of the more successful business enter
prises. During his stay in the City OF
Mexico, Mr.. Guthrie and his wife me,
and talked to President Diaz. The
President as described, is hospitabls
and after the first formalities of hi,
receptions are over, he mingles will
his guests and is an easy and graceful
conversationalist. President Diaz con
templates making visit to the Unit
ed States in the near future and ex
press ID the hope that his visit woult
be under different circumstances from
his former trip, sixteen years ago
when he was in this country as a, fugi