Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-04-30
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! HAZELTON NEWS. ]


DE-. Burnett is having the store room
adjoining the pOstoffice fitted up and
Will open ur drug store just as soon
as the shelving can be put in the bund-
ing.
Mrs. Charles Mckinney has been
quite sick for several days but is re-
ported as being better at this time with
good prospects of soon being restored
TO her usual health.
w. B. Williams and Marion Harder.
soE have taken the contract of putting
up the fence around the HaZeltOn Gem.
etery and no one who knows them will
doubt its being we'll done.
Mrs. Rhodenbaugh bought about IL
acres OF lard from w. L. Shilling of
Topeka. last week. This land adjoins
Mrs. Rhodenbaugh's farm and the con.
sideration, $l25, was very cheap.
n. 5. Tyson and MIR. Miller were
mere one day last week looking at the
country. They expressed themselves
as Doing we'll pleased with our part of
Kansas. Their home is in Olathe,
Mo.
The machinery is about all on the
ground for putting up phone at each
OF the II. Il. depots and when this is
done we CAP sass" the agent Just as
much as We please and eau hunt shell
Ter before he can get up town to settle
the matter.
Dan HOstetter moved his cattle from
his feed yards east of this place last
week TO bis pasture northwest some.
where. There were about 500 head of
them and they were in the best condi-
ton OF any lot OF cows we have ever
seen this spring.
Rev. G. w. Baker came over from
Freeport last week and moved the bal
ance OF his property to his new field
OF labor. He says he has a fine field
for work over there and found a splen-
did class of loyal Methodists to aid and
assist him in his work.
The city dads are having a very nice
woven wire fence erected around the
HaZelton cemetery, something that has
long been badly needed. A cemetery
Enclosed in barb wire fence has too
much the appearance of q cattle cor.
raj.
G. b. WainscOtt has been confined to
his bed most of the time for several
days and, while not dangerous. his
sickness will no doubt cause him to
wish he was back in Missouri. Howev.
er. he was subject to just such spells
back there for the past few years.
The Afford, Case & Spring sale Sat-
urday was very satisfactory and there
was no cause for anyone to be dissatis-
fed as property sold we'll which was
satisfactory to the sellers and the buy-
ers who were all pleased in that they
feel that they got a bargain.
Some of our farmers are having to
plant their corn over again. This is
probably the result of buying seed
from some seed house that was look
Ing more to the dollars in the deal
than to future results, being inclined
to let the future take care of itself.
1t may be that the President can sue
coed in shutting up General Miles so
he will stay shut, hut we are willing to
bet two bits he can't control that
mouth of General Funston's. Our idea
of FunstOn's mouth is that it is cut
from ear TO ear. and that his jaws are
self acting and liable to 60 off half
cooked.
On account of too much high wind.
some poor material and perhaps little
defective work, the brick church build.
ing belonging to the Nj. E. people is
about ready to fall down and will not
be used any more unless it can be re-
paired or rebuilt. This is rather
heavy load for the church, as it will
cost quite bit to either repair or re.
build.
We read that the Lord chasteneth
them he loveth. and he certainly loves
HaZelton for he has put 1t in the heart of
Jack Lloyd to quit the town. Jack has
sold out and will leave us. Jack filed
long felt want in HaZelton by fur
nlshing resort for the kids and town
loafers, and while We regret to lose
him, we can cheerfully and gladly CON-
mend him to any community in need of
such an institution. The people of
HaZelton are generous people and
don't want all the good things on
earth.
The Hazelton schools were closed by
giving one of the grandest and most in
structive and interesting entertain
mentS Friday night that was ever Civ
en- here by any person or persons and
this is another evidence that we have
been right all along In saying that we
bad three OF the best teachers in the
southwest, and while it is the desire of
the people of HaZelton to retain the
same teachers for another term. II
they should fail there is not one here
who is not ready at any time to rec.
ommend them wherever they NAV 90.
We take great pleasure In saving that
we are proud of the way they have con.
Quoted the schools.
HazeltOn township is getting q good