Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-08-08

l.
grown old and gray haired it will be
one of the most pleasant things posi-
bic for dts members to set "Fritz" in
the midst of their reunion camp.
Both Burton and Baker claim that
DR.. Baird, the nominee for the legis-
lature dn the 23rd dfstnfct-Bourbon
county, Is their man. The district al
ways gives a fusion majority, and
this year with be represented by J. NJ
Davis, prosperous young democratic
farmer.
An armed negro boarded the Mis-
souri, Pacific express car as ct was
leaving Atchison one night las. week
and made the messenger dig up. The
safe could mot be unlocked and the
coon only made light haul. He
made good his escape.
Seward A. Jones, who has been bust
ness manager of the Beloit Call for
three years, has purchased the office
of j.. w. and J. S. Parks. The Call is
one of the best printed papers i'm Kan
sas. and Mr.. Jones' office is thorough
iy modern and up-to date. 1850
was the purchase price.
Bryan and Breidenthal will lose one
InfiueHtial vote by the absence of the
Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon of Topeka
from the state. Although he is ex-
pected to return from Europe within
six weeks, his lecture engagements in
the United States are such, up to
january 1, that he cannot be I'm Tope-
ha on election day.
Am Atchfson girl who was coaxed to
play recently, gave her audience Sc
lection from Beethoven. When she
got through there was a strange sill
ence, and she turned around to find
every one i'm faint. lit was the first
music they had heard that was not
rag time in seventeen months.
The Crane family at FIT. Scott had
representative i'm each of the three
political conventions held there this
week. The old man was a delegate to
the populist convention, one som was
a delegate to the democratic conven-
tion and another SON delegate to the
free silver republican convention.
Il
Clyde is the shining buckle ON the
Kansas watermelon belt. There is a
very large acreage i'm the vicinity of
Clyde and the crop promises big. The
annual watermelon carnival this year
promises to be a bigger and jucier af-
fair than any heretofore held. The
list of events ON the program would
fill circus poster.
The Hutchinson News abuses ex-
Governor Leedy for spending all of
his $4,000 contingent fund The News
should remember that Mr.. Leedy's
contingent fund stood the expense of
organizing and equippfng four reg-i-
ments for the Spanish war; a task.
by THE way, that would hopelesSy
swamp w. Eugene Stanley.-Kanshs
City Star.
Miami and Johnson county republi-
cams are i'm a row over the senator
ship. Miami was for Baker and John.
SON for Burton, and am adjournment
OF the convention was made until Aug.
Sth. Then the johnson county dele
gates and one man from Miami net
and nominated a johnson county nan
naTed Sponable. Miami VIII hlze
hr inning Aug. sth
The advertising department. Of the
Santa Fe, which never allows a, good
thing to pass by, has issued in pamph-
let form the articles on Kansas and
her resources which appeared in the
Sheldon edition of the Capital, written
by Secretary Coburn. The booklet is
gotten up i'm attra ctive style, with IL
distractions, and is a good one to send
to parties who want pointers concern
ing the state.
A reunion of the participants fh THE
military operations of the Free State
men of Kansas in 1856 will be held in
Lawrence on August 30. 1t is desired
to secure the attendance of every liv-
ing participant md the occasion is in
tended to be not only interesting but
pdeasurable. Please give your post
office address and direct Ito Capt. E.
Huddleston, Lawrence, Kas.
Herbert w. Simpson. lawyer and
prominent crimanologiist of Wichita,
committed suicide recently. He had
just been arrested charged with en-
bezzhng $625 given him by CLIENT to
quiet a title to real estate. He had
been decorated by King Hubert of
Italy for scientific works. He won
the cross of the Legion of Honor by
blowing up the gates of Dahomey.
Richard De BaTows, a private in
the Twentieth Kansas, now mving at
Rossville, Kas., lost his wife under
peculiar circumstances. While in
camp with his regiment ait San Fran
cisco, he feM in love with California
girt. After the regiment went to ne
Philippines he kept up his correspond
ence with his wife, and also with his
California love. He muddled things
up once by putting letter to his Cal
ffornia girl fn an envelope addressed
to his wife. When Mrs. De Barrows
received 1T, she straightway applied
for divorce. The case was tried be-
fore Judge Hazen. of Topeka, and she
was given decree.
Superintendent George T. Hollybee
of the federal pen. entiary farm has
completed report of the grain and