Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-05-09
Sharon items.

Gays past.
Chas. Wisneris painting DIR. Atwell's
barn (red).
Jake Spangler is breaking prairie
with two teams.
Mrs. Lennon returned from Medi
cine Lodge Friday.
S. w. Alfred 81 Sons are planting 3:
acres of watermelons this spring.
Miss Hattie Corwin went to Harper
Sunday morning and returned Monday
IL. IL. Fair returned home Frida,
from attending the Consistory at WITCH.
ita.
Jas. Fair is painting his house, says
ne is making $500 a day now by dong
his own painting.
Herbert Hobble. Miss Edna Rule and
Mr.. White left for Medicine Lodge on
the evening train Saturday.
Dell Morgan has purchased half in
terest in livery barn in Harper and
will move there Immediately.
Sam Cole Was running about town
with fishing pole Saturday something
less than hundred feet long.
Frank Rucker's new house he is
building on the block he bought of b.
f. Backmore is now enclosed.
Edgar DuDkin's arm was broken
Wednesday in a scuflle with one of the
other boys. lie fell out of wagon.
Geo. wilkins, Otis McReynolds, Ollie
Price and Mr.. White all went to Wichi
I'd on that excursion Sunday morning.
Yves McMurtry of Cherokee, Okla,
came up Saturday to visit relatives
over Sunday. He went back Monday.
Guy Sparks straw berry patch is a
pretty sight now with its long straight
rows OF white blossoms and green
leaves.
M. p. Dewitt, Miss Grace Kennedy
and Mrs. Oliver Owens and two little
girls took tue train for Medicine Lodge
Saturday.
Did you see those Australian Turkey
eggs as large as goose eggs that S. W.
Alfred was showing in Sharon one day
last week?
Il. IL. Trice has one of the biggest
stock of furniture IN southwest Kansas.
Wonder why he doesn't place an lad"
with the Index.
Tom Hayes of Byron, Nebraska,
came down on business pertaining to
the estate Of L. b. Hayes, his father,
who died recently.
Marvin McMurtry dropped in on his
Sharon relatives Thursday from Rice
county where he had been at his sisters
bedside, Mrs. Charley Cain.
L. IL. Trice wears the belt for the
biggest catch OF fish this spring. He
hauled in seven one day last week tina t
averaged almost one pound each.
Joe Robinson was taken suddenly
sick Monday morning today He is
unconscious at this writing. DR.. At
we'll was called as we'll as his folks.
NJ. =. Dewitt says his stuff sold reas
onably we'll IN Kansas City last week
Some OF the others, who were on the
market from here, did not do so well.
Henry DeMott Of Bryan, Okla, cou-
sin of Uncle Abe DeMott, is visiting
with Uncle Billie Wilson. Mr.. DeMott
is young, spry, old man full of life
and fun.
Robert Schnelle started Monday to
Greenwood county to see after his faith
er's farm there which he traded for
some time ago. Robt. is dependable
young man and straight and reliable.
Robt. Schnelle came back from Kan
sas City Wednesday with ITO head of
black steers bis father bought while
there with his fat cattle. A. w. went
on for short visit at his old Missouri
home before returning.
The Christian church is now one of
the incest buildings in this, vicinity
since it has had So much repairing done
to it and painting. The steel sheeting
with Its special painting, has a very
pleasing effect. With its new roof and
outside freshly painted 1t looks like a
new building.
In his sermon at the Christian church
Sunday night Rev Brown made a
strong appeal TO his congregation to
consider the value OF ones soul. Said:
Too many people place great value on
tl.N n.
able, and too little value on their soul
that is lmperishable"
A representative of the Midland En-
tertainment Company was in Sharon
Saturday in the interest of seasons
Lecture Course for Sharon people. We
understand he secured the required
number Of names to guarantee TIE
holding of the Lectures here beginning
In October and lasting through fall and