Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-09-28
State News.

state News.
What Stanley needs is some
scheme to draw q crowd and then
soma one to make a speech for him.
J r. Burton and his thirty seven
suits of clothes are out in the Sixth
district campaie ming.
Franklin county Republicans are Sc
short on issues that they by resolution
ATT Ok private business MP.
Stanley uses Pullman pass and
he pays no fare. Leedy always pays
cash for transportation and never
saw a Pullman pass.
X substantial increase ia the electric
light equipment at the State Agricul
'nrAl college has been made. The
plant is owned by the state.
The Hutchison News says the only
issue this year is the Endorsement OF
Mckinley. Stanley says that the
blight of populism is the whole thing.
The Wichita Commoner thinks it
is natural that the credit of Kansas
should strengthen as the Rebub-
Lean party weakens.
~ 1e
given at the State Agricultural Col
lege are surprise TO one who has
not given the matter attention.
A short grass editor figures that he
prints first class paper which is ad
mttted as second class matter in q
fourth class postoffiea.
The disappeas ance of double head.
er assessments tends to show that
the A. o. /. ". classified assessment
plan is bringing good results.
The Lawrence World serves notice
that there is 20 danger of an increase
in county salaries If Republicans win,
because no party will ever dare to in-
crease them.
A Coffey county farmer pl,nted
some corn June 4 which he cut
August 18- One hill produced a
stalk twelve feet high with six well
developed ears of corn.
Republicans everywhere are try
ing to trade this year. Anything to
get few votes for favorites. They
don t want to be left out in the Id
without anything.
Fusion Is u terrible sacrifice of prin
cirle, but wherever they get any en-.
couragement from the Democrats thu
Republicans are offering to indulge II.
it.
The CT ,red republicans of Graham 10
county have nominated an independ
ent republican county ticket. The.
are tired of getting nothing in retur,
for their support.
A few months ago Republican pa
pers insisted that Doster was an an
archist. Now that he has said u
good word for Alger, the same pa
pcrs say that he is a patriot.
Estelle Osbon. of HoltoD, who's,
fatser killed Attorney Charles Hambie
in 1894 because OF supposed wrongs to
her, has died of consumption. Her
father went to the penitentiary fol
twenty years.
One of the Kansas colored soldier.
at Santiago writes that he was terribl.
seasick On the ocean trip from New
York and that If he ever has TO max.
that trip again he will lin the church
before be starts.
One taste of common school teaching
would greatly strengthen Frank Nei-
sons claim to the Office of State Sup.r +.
lntendent. He should at least dem
onstrate that he can secure a teachers
certificate.
A Phillips county farmer, who gets
p cents less for his wheat this yea,
than he did last, Is ready to fight Nc
Kinley If John @. Royce don't sto,
proving that the President COZ trolls tn.
price of that product.
A lot of Topeka negroes had arrang-
ed to organize Leedy club one night
last week. The Republicans gave
them tickets to the minstrel show to
keep them away but the boys organ.
lied first and went to the show after
wards.