Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-03-25
Sun and Lake City Happenings

Miss Mae Thrall is visiting with
Miss Freda Elsea.
Miss Clara Warnstaff was off
duty last week because of sickness.
Tonk Mills has placed a new
piano in his home. The proper
thing.
Mr.. Cornish who is living on the
Blankenship place lost horse last
week from choking.
Sun City has decided to erect a
$4,000 school building. The work
will begin right away.
The Saunders store building has
been torn to the ground and new
house is already begun.
The Burgin sisters from the Null
berry head visited Friday and Sat-
urday with their sister, Mrs. Roark.
Millard Stewart was in Lake
Saturday p. m. with a full crop of
whiskers for Barber English to
harvest.
The Coats and Southwestern
Telephone Co. have decided to ex-
tend their line from Sun to Lake.
This is another good thing.
Notice! The public is invited to
visit the Lake singing school next
Friday evening on condition that
perfect order must be had. Come
one, come all.
Born, to Bert Kennedy and wife
March 10th boy baby. This makes
three healthy, good looking bows
that Bert has fathered.
Lewis Bissantz is improving the
interior of his east store room which
he will use exclusively for clothing
and everything in the dress line.
Mrs. w. NJ. Ward left Friday
morning to see her little grand
daughter Eubanks, who is very i'll.
William will boss the affairs of the
kitchen during her absence.
Bert Carr Of Harper is passing a
few days among former friends of
this locality. He and his brother
are interested in the restaurant
business at Harper and are making
a good stake.
Harry Campbell is building a
stopping place in Sun City where
he will do general blacksmith
work. Harry is very capable in
this line of business and people of
his locality should not fail to give
him their work.
Of those who took the county
examination at Lake City nine
were pupils of Prof. Walsh, two of
the Elsea school and two of the
Burgin district. Quite a number
of Miss Chloe Harmon's pupils al
SO took the examination.
A special train came up to Lake
Saturday morning to haul away
string ofcattle, formerly owned by
Riley Lake. We understand that
this train load of stuff changed
hands three or four times Saturday
morning before 1t was shipped.
DR.. Martindale failed to give his
lecture, "Rambles in Rome last
Saturday evening because of physi-
cal inability, but he preached a
short but interesting sermon in
stead. His discourse Sunday morn.
ing was also full Impractical truth.
This community, like others of
course, was dreadfully shocked on
hearing of Sheriff McCracken' fate;
it is indeed sad to think of. The
sheriff has mingled much with the
people here since his election to Of
flee and always found a welcome
and friends on every hand.
Last Saturday some neighbors
stocked themselves with cake, fried
chicken and pies and went to the
Elsea school where the teacher,
pupils and all partook of genuine
feast. While Kansas people do not
believe that we live to eat, they do
believe in having a good social
llIHe anu tlaC we must eat to live.
Miss Bessie Stewart, who has been
teacher of this school, was indeed
a success Notwithstanding this was
her first experience.
While removing the wreckage
from the old Saunders building last
week Homer Hastings found a piece
OF timber on which was inscribed
this writing-"This house was
built by L. H. Bowlus April 27th,
1873" The logs of this building
were hewn out by Capt. George L.
Holcomb, man we'll known to
many Of the older settlers of Bar
Der county. Uncle Milt Clements,
who has lived long and has great
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