Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30

last Friday. He returned to Kingman
on Saturday.
Mrs. T. r. Collins departed for her
home at Ottawa. Kansas On Tuesday Of
last week, after pleasant visit with her
sister, Mrs. M. A. Collins.
Parties having old papers or maya
zines to donate to the Baptist church
should phone Mrs. Minick, during Mrs.
Runyans absence from the city.
DR.. Coleman reports the birth Of
daughter to Thomas NIoun'ey and wife
Of Nippawalla township on Tuesday.
June 22nd, and also daughter to A. B.
Purdy and wife June 10Th.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Boyer departed
for their home in Dwight. Illinois, last
Friday, after very pleasant visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight P. Mills and fam
lily. Mr.. Boyer is Mrs MiIls's youngest
brother.
Contractor J. D. Montgomery has
taken the contract to put in plate glass
front in the Davis Mercantile Co.'S re-
Gently purchased store building south Of
the Peoples bank. 1t will be modern
and up-to-date in every respect and will
be one Of the incest in town.
The kingman papers say that Mrs.
r. S. Bisby has filed suit for divorce
against her husband. S. S. Alexander,
formerly Of this city. is her attorney. II
only a small part Of what has been told
here Of "Bob's" conduct since leaving
this city, is true, Mrs. Bisby deserves a
divorce and all the alimony possible.
"Uncle" Dick Lawry of this city made
a record in harvesting this year which
can't be beaten anywhere on earth con-
sidering the backward spring and sum-
mer weather. He finished harvesting
and stacking his wheat crop Saturday,
June 10Th and it was a heavier crop
than most farmers had this year. Uncle
Dick generally leads the procession.
Miss PearlClymer of Pratt, who was
one Of the instructors in the normal in
stitute, has been employed by the school
board Of this city to teach the Normal
Course in the High School. Miss Cly-
mer has had many years experience and
has very strong recommendations from
school officers who have heretofore en-
ployed her. Last year she taught II
Kansas City, Kansas.
John Runkle, in retiring from business
in Isabel, leaves breach that will be
hard to fill. In the short time he was
merchandising here he has built sight
ly block and showed an energy and en-
terprise that all wish had brought him a
more satisfactory reward. Should he
venture in a new line Of trade here his
many friends will, we trust, show an ap-
probation Of his well meant enterprise.
Isabel Herald.
New York is the greatest market for
cement plaster there is in the country,
and yet Kansas, which produces the
most OF it, especially at the big Medicine
Lodgs plant, was about to be shut out
OF the market by high freightrate wall.
Senator Long recently appeared before
a meeting Of western railroadmen a,
Chicago and showed how much business
Kansas and Oklahoma and Texas gave
roads east from cement plaster, and he
convinced the officials the rates should
not be raised.-Garden City Telegram.
Last week when we noted the acct
dent in which Jimmie Hildebrsnd broke
his leg. the exact facts in the case were
not ascertainable. The following from
the CaprOn OK Hustler explains how
it happened. 1t is an unusual crcum-
stance and one in thousand:
On Friday. June lth Jimmie Hide
brand, while working on the quartz,
north Of the old Hugh Scott place with
his elder brother. Charley, met with a
most unfortunate accident. A large
greyhound got up a jack rabbit and
Jimmie seeing that it was running so a:
to come close to him picked up a monk.
ey wrench and threw at the rabbit
The rabbit turned and ran very close to
him and the dog in trying to follow, ran
against Jimmie's right leg fracturing the
thigh in two places; one Just above the
knee JOINT and the other nearer the hip
DR.. Yates was summoned and dressed
the fracture temporarily, and took Jimmie
to his home four and one-haIf mile.
southwest Of kiowa where DR.. Burneu
OF kiowa was summoned to give an
anaesthehc and the leg dressed ,hat night
On Monday, June 2lst jimmie wa.
again anaesthehcized and the leg placed
in permanent plaster paris dressing
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