Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02
SUNFLOWERS..
Grown IN the Different Coun>
ties Of Kansas,
How They Progress I'm the Winter Of
Their Prosperity and Government
By the People.

ny the People.
The State Temperance Union meets
in Topeka on February 1st and 2nd.
Kansas is receiving some beautiful
and handsome boquets from her east
ern critics.
Alfred D. Cain, leading citizen of
Atchison, died at his home in that
city last Thursday.
Rev. w. c. Wheeler of Chapman is
reading an original serial story to his
congregation instead of living SER
mons. 1t attracts larger congrega-
tions.
What has become of the old fashion
ed farmer who believed the fake loan
agents stories that he could make more
money speculating than he could
far ming?
The Chase County Stone company,
through J. E Duchanoyse, has secured
the contract for fur nishing all masonry
put in this season by the Santa Fe on
its western division.
Topeka will hold a Carnival of
Nations" She will spend $1,000 for
display, and fifty cents for charity,
unless the people of the state will go
in and purchase the booths.
The Board of Managers of the Moth
er Bickerdyke Home at Ellsworth, re-
turn thanks to the people of Kansas
for their generous contributions to the
maintenance of that home.
Charles Booth, of Peck, Kan, is go
ing to leave next month for Dawson
City with two other Peck citizens,
Fred Ing1e and James Duncan. Booth
has sent his family to Minnesota.
The council of Junction City, decid-
ed by unanimous vote, to at once re-
build the city hall and opera house re-
Gently destroyed by fire. The city
will build a building very much more
substantial and modern than the one
destroyed.
Nortonvil1e-Miss Rebecca Goddard
of this city and Mr.. Joseph J. Cunning
ham of Kansas City, Mo, were mar
ried at the M. E.. church here last
night by the Rev. Thomas Campbell.
The bridal couple left for Kansas City,
| where thew will reside
| Seneca-R. D. McC1iman, county
treasurer-e1ect of Nemaha county
while working with a sawmi1l near
Granada, January %, fell across the
log carriage within six inches of the
saw. AS quick as thought he threw
himself from his perilous position and
saved himself. A seconds delay mea nj
death.
Hutchinson is in the list of "dry''
towns, the club rooms were closed by
injunction. There have been four in
corporated clubs there, all with large
memberships. County Attorney Fall
charges that the clubs are drinking
and gambling resorts, and are pub
lie nuisance. The club managers
have tempor ari1y closed their places.
| The story of Kansas present pros.
perity is told in the report of the last
half years tax returns, which has
been m de up in the Office of State
Treasurer Hef1ebower. The repor,
shows that 81, 500, 900 in round mum
bers has been received by the state fo1
the last half years tax. and that this
is over 20 per cent. of the tax due. For
years the percentage has never gone
over 60 per cent-usua1ly being but
little over SO per cent.
Sa1ina-A temporary org IMITATION OF
a Social Science club was effected
on the 9th. T. Fitzpatrick was elected
temporary chairman and r. A. Burch,
temporary secretary. Some fourteen
gentlemen were present. The pur
poses for which the club was formed
were disc ussed. The membership is
to be limited to twenty. A committee
consisting of DR.. H. A. Cleveland and
r. A. Lovitt were appoidted on consti
tut ION and bylaws.
Sheriff Charles Judkins captured
John Wixon, said to be wanted fol
horse stealing in Ponca City, o. T
Two men drove into Webb's barn, a
Newton, with a team of horses. On'
of the men stayed with the horses ant
the other went up town. Sheriff Jud
kins appeared and arrested the man a
the barn, but the other man could no
be found. A reward of 500 was OF
fered for the arrest of the men and
will be paid to Sheriff Judkins.
i. The trading stamp scheme struc
| Pittsburg last month and a number O
. merchants signed contracts with tn
: Cooperative Premium Association, a
lowing the association per cent. o
f their sales where stamps were cal1e
r for by customers. Some of the me-
0 chants will soon hav- to reduce th
;. help in their stores in order to rails
: the money to pay the per cent.
t many cases the per cent. on the sal,
b amount to from $50 to $40 per mont
Il The result is that many of the me
:, cha rts are uo in arms and dec1a-