Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-06-21

er year. "A great zeal OF interest
vas manifested in the contest for the
rection of an Odd Fellows home. The
carried although by very
lender majority.
Concerning Old Folks.
The oldest couple in Dickerson coun-
y is Alexander Gunn and his wife, of
4yon township, who are yet active
nd hearty at the respective ages of
OF and 81 years. Next in age is Mrs.
iary Hopkins, of Solomon, who is 93,
nd next are Milton Edwards, of Abb
enc, and Mrs. Johanna Calene, of Cen
er township, who are both past 80. |
there are 81 men and 2s women in the
ounty between SO and 80 years of age.
Is Coburn to Succeed VIII:
President Will, of the state agricul-
ural college and Profs. Ward and |
3emis, who were removed by the board |
# regents, were preparing suits to re-
ain their positions. The proceedings |
will be in the nature of an Injunction |
4gainst the board of regents, and will |
,e based on the 2L-year contracts made |
With the former board. f. d. Coburn, |
secretary of the state board of agricul- |
ure, may be named as Wills successes.
A Big Army of Census Employees.
There are seven census supervisors |
o be appointed in Kansas-one from |
ZACH congressional district-and about |
800 enumerators, or one from each |
ownship and ward in the state. This |
lrmy of politicians will be big power |
n a political fight. This patronage |
belongs to the senator. However, it |
S customary for the senator to consult |
he various congressman in reference
20 the appointments.
Gypsum as a Kansas Product.
Prof. Grimsley treats of Gypsum and
gypsum cement plasters of Kansas in
5he fifth volume of the state university
geological survey of Kansas. The re-
port shows that gypsum is the fourth
mineral of Kansas in the
value of it's product. It's value in 1897
was 1882, 900. Besides its use for cement
Prof. Grimsley believes gypsum can be
crushed and used by farmers
for fertilizer.
This Is an Odd Suit.
At Lawrence some months ago Sam
Aulxer visited his old friend, Sam Ellis,
a merchant. The latter ordered
quantity of wine to drink, but through
a strange accident the liquid proved to
be concentrated lye instead of wine
and caused Mr.. Auker's death. The
widow has brought suit against Ellis
for $4,000 damages, alleging gross
on his part.
He stopped the Elopement.
w. 7. Anderson, an old and promi-
nent farmer near Sedgwiclx, shot Mark
Quigley with heavy charge of buck
shot. Quigley was wounded in the leg
and arm and may lose part of his hand.
Quigley has a wife and two children.
but separated from them and was in
love with Anderson's 14-year-old
with whom he was planning
to elope.
1t May BE Only a Rumor.
Supporters of Congressman Curtis
were told that Senator Baker and Cy-
rus Leland had reached an agreement
to nominate w. j. Bailey for congress
man in the First district. In return
for the help of Senator Baker and his
friends he is to have the active sup
port of the Leland-Bailey forces for re-
to the senate against Burton.
He Must Act as Arbitrator.
Lee johnson, secretary of the State
Society of Labor, was at Pittsburg,
where he went to act as an arbitrator
between the mine owners and the
miners who are now on strike. The
position which Mr.. johnson occupies
under the new law creating his de-
him such work as this.
Investigating Beet Sugar Prospects.
Industrial Commissioner Davis, of
the Santa Fe, and NJ. Weinrich, repre-
sentative of the Oxnard Sugar COM
pany, are inspecting the irrigation dis
trict of western Kansas with view of
finding out if sugar beets can be raised
there. f.they can, big sugar factory
will be established in some western
Kansas town.
Old Wheat on Hand.
Returns received by the Kansas board
of agriculture from "a counties. taken
from assessors figures, show that
March 1, this year, there were 2.l20,-
646 bushels more wheat in farmers
hands than one year before, or 125 per
cent, while of corn there was q falling
off of over 10, 900, 600 bushels, or almost
80 per cent.
WIN Give Them Clear Titles.
District Attorney Lambert received
a letter from the department of justice
instructing him to dismiss as to inno-
cent purchasers in the celebrated NJ.
K. & T. land case now pending in the
federal courts This gives over 100
families in Geary, Lyon and Chase
counties a good title to their lands.
win Try to Get Them Later.
The citizens of Topeka have aban-
doned the idea of rendering the Twen-
tieth Kansas regiment public recep-
ton upon its return from the Philip
pines on account of the decision of the
regiment to be mustered out at San
Francisco. It was planned, however,
to have Twentieth Kansas day during
the state reunion in September.
Homes for Many Orphans.
Within two months 46 children from
the state soldiers orphans home in
Atchisor have been provided with
homes through the efforts of the G. A
&. and ladies' auxiliaries.