Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-03
Sun and lake City Happenings

Mrs. Lon Davis was in Lake Sat
urday visiting her father.
Robert Crane was in Lake Cit,
Saturday feeling of the people
Mrs. Mollie Saunders is touching
up her residence with a coat Of
paint.
Misses Josie Meaders and Ruth
Massey will attend the county nor.
NAL.
I Jan Skinner, Fred Lake & Co.
"autoed" to Medicine Lodge and
back Friday P. m.
Roy Massey went to the Lodge
last week, where he was entertain
ed by Miss Marie Thomas.
Wesley Triton has built an add
ton to his dwelling and has given
the whole cheese a painting.
Miss Chloe Harmon who has
been attending the Emporia nor
mai school, returned home Friday
morning.
Mrs. Chas. Hildebrand and
daughters, Morn and Inez, came to
Lake last week in search of music
and merchandise.
]. B. McCray, one of the best
piano tuners that goes down the
line, was doing work in this vicin-
ity last Friday and Saturday.
The hail storm that visited Lake
City last Tuesday was quite Sc.
we're. Reliable men say that some
OF the stones measured Is inches in
circumference.
Among other numbers of the
Medicine Lodge High School en-
tertainment the double quartette
was rendered without a jar. Miss
Williams part was exceptionally
"well done"
H. Fisher landed a $3.50 Mel
Vile Clark piano at H. W. Skin
ner's home. This is one of, the be st
instruments with self-playing at
tachment, we venture to say, in
the county.
There were no special Memorial
services held at Lake or Sun Satur.
day tho large number of people
were at the cemetery and decorat-
ed the graves of their loved ones
with beautiful flowers.
We CHANGED to gaze on the care.
less, kindly figure of Clayton Simp-
son last Tuesday, former soldier
of Lake City. Glad to know that
The is tied down to business and is
walking in the narrow way.
The Lake Hargis hog case which
was to have been brought into court
last week was postponed again for
the forty.ffth time. 1t seems that
Judge Stewart is considerably
worked up over his situation and
would like mighty we'll to"wiggle'
out of Office for little while.
Judge Testers insinuation made
last week, from Lake City, imply.
ing that Jeff Montgomery is a COW.
ard when storm is raging is un-
just. Jeff wants it understood that
he wasn't scared at all-that he
merely got up to see about bracing
the weaker parts of the new Shig-
ley house in course of construction,
but that after he had reached the
building the wind became so strong
that he concluded not to worry
about it but went over to Scott
Bucks cellar. He did not see the
rest of the boys who roomed with
him until the next morning but has
reason to believe that they were
really scared. He says that it was
since proved that Bill Marquand
fell out of his sleeping quarters
with nothing but slicker wrap
ped around him and George Bull
lock took the time to put on a neck
tie but was otherwise without
wearing apparel. Yves Anderson
and Joe Marquand brought up the
rear clad as when they retired and
the four are as silent as the tomb
as to where they put in the hours
of terror while the wind ragged.
When they finally picked up cour-
age to return they found that the
door was locked and they had to
find ladder in order to get in at
the window, their sleeping quarters
being in the upper story of Shigley's
store. We are inclined to believe
that, instead of Jef's being the tim
id one, he was in fact the bravest
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