Medicine Lodge Cresset from Medicine Lodge, Kansas • Page 3

SCHOOL NOTES. SUGAR CR0WEH3 MEET. Medicine Lodge Cresset. Mrs. C.

V. Cartan is sick at her home in KansHS City. HAZELTON HAPPENINGS. Charlie Heskett, of Woods county, O. was transacting business in the city Monday.

Jesse Mansfield is now here helping the boys hold down the chairs in the grocery stores at nights. J. R. Keller's wife and little girl have both been under the treatment of a physician for the past few days. About every business man and boy in town quit business one day last week to see a game of football.

Dr. Erwin started to the eastern part of the state Sunday on business and will be absent three or four days. J. W. Potes got 117.000 on his bond at this place.

It was some three or four thousand more than he got before. S. S. Robinson contemplates moving to his old home locality in Pennsylvania about the 1st of March, where he will go into business. The last heard of G.

H. Mundortf he was a' Rich Hill, and it would not surprise us much If that was as far eest as he eyer A. J.HARGI3. P. City, Kas miles nortn-vrci of Lake City.

Cat-'le left si1p. Also some western branded ief ni aud various other brands. Information leading to recovery of stray cattle in above brands will be rewarded. The Bridegroom's Little Joke. "Xice dining-room, this," said a transient guest of Landlord Bristow's the other day at dinner.

"Good cooking, too. Different from a hotel where I stopped last summer. They had iced tea and beefsteak three times a day. Oh, they had other things too; but those were the principal ones." "Good idea," ventured the regular boarder- "The tea would have a tanning effect on the steak, don't you see? Make it last longer." "I shouldn't wonder if that was their scheme," assented the transient, joining in the audible grin which overtook the company. "1 was in the dining-room one day when a bride and groom came in to take supper.

The groom was a strapping young fellow, but his bride would have outweighed him somewhere about 50 pounds. She was immense, I tell you. Well, they sat down near me and she began to look around the room. Pretty quick she noticed a section of tile-pipe that stuck out from the ceiling. They used it for a flue in the winter time.

'What's that she said to her young man. 'That's the heating' I guess he been to town before; don't think she had. not for some time, anyhow. She wasn't satisfied yet. 'How does it she said.

Works by 'lectricity said the fellow, and he turned his face away to grin, but that fool woman just opened her mouth and took it all in. nearly died." "Did she believe it?" "Of course she did. Went home and told the neighbors about it, I'll bet I'll take some horse-radish, please." Decline of Political Farming. Durinir the last year the Kansas Farmer has witnessed an object lesson which is significant of changes now in progress in the thought of the farmers of the state. It will be remembered that early in the year appeared a Sen ate report on "Agricultural Depres sion." This was commended for its fairness, accuracy and comprehensive ness by prominent representatives of all Darties and of diverse interests.

It was written by Senator W. A. l'effer, and its showing produced, for a time, a sensation. The Kansas Farmer had some inquiries for copies and obtained a supply for distribution to those who should ask for it. Late in the season there appeared from the office of the secretary of the Kansas state board of agriculture a report on'Teeding Wheat to Farm Animals," and still more re centlv another Of these the Kansas Farmer also procured supplies and placed them on the same shelf with the report on "Agricultural Depression." The piles of the reports on "WheatFeeding'and 'Alfalfa Grow ing" disappeared almost in a day and the demand continues after the exhaus tion of the available supplies, while there is yet on the shelf a goodly pile of "Agricultural Depression." The Inference is that tarmers are turninir their attention more to the matters which make for individual prosperity than those of the commonweal.

It will be unfortunate if the best and most unprejudiced thinkers on questions of economic science abandon its study, but, as in other avocations, it is necessary to prosperity that the farmer give his strongest and best thought to his individual affairs. In deed, if every farmer 3hall be able, by adopting the best methods, to attain individual prosperity, the problem of the commonweal will have been solved so far as agriculture is concerned. Kansas Farmer. We clip the following from among 'character sketches" by the Topeka correspondent of the Wichita Eagle: Representative Wilson of Barber oounty. Is the quietest member in the house, but he is a diligent worker in the committees.

The pops elected him. but he does not affiliate with them at all Judge Carr of Medicine Lodge, onoe an eminent Kentucky lawyer, is door keeper of the men's gallery In the senate. Being of fine intellect, legal learning and gray hairs, be seems odd In his present station but It is his fate. He looks sad when he looks down upon senators murdering the queen's English and discussing great constitutional questions about which they know as much as a billy goat does about the ten commandments. Absolutely Free-Any reader of this pnper can get The St.

Louis Globe-Democrat absolutely free for hree months. Read the offer in this issue and take advantage of it at auce. The Weekly Globe-Democrat is issued in semi-weekly sections, eight pages each Tuesday and Friday, sixteen every week, making it practically a semi-weekly paper, yet the price is only one dollar a year. In politics, it is strictly repub lican, but it gives ail the news, and Is absolute ly indispensable to the farmer, merchant, or professional man who has not the time to read a large daily paper, and yet desires to keep promptly and thoroughly posted. Sample copies will be sent free on application to Globe Printing St.

Louis, Mo. Wanted, Cattle to Winter. Will feed cattle and graze next summer if desired. Best shelter, feed lots and water in county. Call on or address, Henry Wisner, Sharon, Barber county, Kansas.

$50.00 Reward. I will give $-50 00 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person that burned my house on January 10, 135 at about 10 p. m. J. B.

Johnson, Aetna, Kans. For Sale. Twelve head of good young Jersey cows, just coming into milk; price low for quality of stock. Come and see or address, MCNDORFF Hazelton, Kan. The Willing Workers will meet with Mrs.

John Brown, Wednesday afternoon, February 8. Mrs. W. Ciuse, Sec'y. Salt Wanted.

I will pay 35 cents per 100 pounds for stock salt delivered at Medicine LoJge. J. H. Matthews. On Wednesday it was reported that the Medicine Su-jar of this city, bad assignea the state bounty on their 1S94 output to the First National bank, Carroll.

Iowa, and naturally th farmers of th.s vicinity, who had delivered sorghum cane to the mill and had not jet received their pay for the same and were expecting to get the cash when the company got the bounty, became alarmed. Dr. I W. Stout worked up a meeting. tor viiae vers oui, at the court jesterrtay (Thursday) afternoon, while W.

II. Sparks wired Senator Landis to find out if it was true that an assignment of the bounty bad been made. Mr. Sparks received a reply from Senator Landis to the effect that the assignment had been made as reported 24, 1S94. The cane growers held their meeting behind closed doors and discussed the question.

Various plans were proposed but the matter had come up so suddenly, and as word had been received from Th-mas Be3t, manager of the Sugar that he would be home to day, nothing was definitely decided upon. except to get a statement of the Company's side of the question from Mr. Best this afternoon and then decide what move would be made. We have made every endeavor to get at all the facts in the case, but could find out little. George W.

Horney, book-keeper for the company said he knew nothing of the assignment until Wednesday, when told by a cane-grower. Rumors are more or less plentiful, but they are often misleading, therefore we will not attempt to giye any figures or claims. The Sugar Company has had the confidence of the community and we cannot think yet that they intend to attempt to defraud the cane raisers out of their pay for their cane. Of course the farmers cannot offord to lose their money and are justified in taking the proper steps to protect their claims. On the other hand this has been a disas-terous year for the Sugar Company and besides that their side of this case has not yet been stated.

George Osborne from up the river, was in the office a few days ago and two or three other old-timers being present, the conversation turned to early days in Barber county. Mr. Osborne came to this section in 1S74 along with a number of other settlers who preferred the sheltered canons aud timbered streams of Barber to the treeless plains of neighboring counties. The year 1S74 was one of small rainfall although Mr. Osborne does not think it was as dry as the memorable season of 1S93.

In 1675, Mr. Osborne raised a considerable crop of cane on his place west of town. After his successful crop he went back to Sumner county and traded two ponies for eleven head of cattle, mostly cows. Times change; it takes two pretty good ponies to get one cow under present conditions. On his way back, a lonesome trip as there was only one habitation between Wellington and Elm creek, grey wolves drove oft his stock, killed one cow and picked her bones in a single night.

Mr. Osborne said he couldn't hurry much, alone and with ten head of cattle to drive, but he didn't waste much time in getting the balance of his stock home to his ranch. Mr. Osborne is of the opinion that the farmer is very nearly sure of a good yield from all sorts of fodder crops planted in this section. He farmed successfully at a time when southern Kansas was supposed to be the natural and perennial home of the long horned grass-fed steer, and his ideas are worthy of notice.

According to Hicks, the present month will be marked by an almost continuous succession of storms of varying severity. The first storm of the month may be expected about the 5th or 6th. The influence of the planets Mars and Vulcan together with the full moon on the 9th, may continue the bad weather until the 13th. Heavy snows are apt to cccur during this period-Storms are predicted for the 17th and ISth, followed by much warmer weather. A general storm with great quan Ities of rain and snow will sweep through the couutry sometime between the 20lh and 24th.

This storm will probably be followed by a severe cold wave from the north west. Warmer weather will follow at the last of the month. The forecasts ot the Rev. Hicks for January have been fulfilled to a remarkable degree. In the course of an article entitled "Prominent in Home Affairs," published in the "Democratic Voice" of Fond Creek, we find a very nice notice of our friend and former townsman, J.

W. Berryman. The citizens of I'ond Creek have shown their appreciation of Jerome's good qualities by making him their mayor. As he is also cashier of the Bank of Pond Creek, it is reasonable to suppose him a leader in the county seat of Grant county. The Alva Chronicle says that during the wind a week ago last Sunday night, an Alva man opened his door and made a dive for his cyclone cave some six feet distant.

He thought the cave door was open but it wasnt. When he recovered his senses, he though he had been transformed into the cowcatcher of a locomotive which had jumped the track and plunged into a stone wall 72 feet thit-K. W. M. Cass, of Cedar township, was iu the county seat Wednesday for the first time in three months and dropped in for a short chat.

He says that he has not yet gathered his corn that It is turning out better than he expected and that he will get 2,000 bushels off 100 acres. Mr. Cass will not have any corn to sell except in the way ot pork and beef. Ladies who would l.ke to see our city i cemetey improved, are requested to meet at the roims of Mrs. Field Satur- day afternoon, February 2, at 3 o'clock Committee.

On Friday there were 9 present In the High school room. Miss Florence Williams has been absent for the past week. Ralph Currie and Case Stout have left school for a few days. There were 2S present in the Second Inter mediate department on Friday. The snow has made it very disagreeable for the Grammar room this week.

The giris do not come to school with dirty faces since the snow is on the ground. Since rabbit hunting ie good it has been quite difficult to get all the boys to come to school. The little ones are not afraid of the snow, for oa Friday the attendance initlie Primary department was 16. Mrs. Sears, the estimable wife of our janitor, has been sick during the past week, but ll much better at this writing.

Some of the little friends of Gertie Mat thews, having visited their schoolmate, re port that she is improving rapidly. Owing to bad colds, the singing in the morning exercises of the High school and Grammar rooms, is not very strong. Miss Taber gave to the High school and Grammar rooms a very interesting address on last Friday morning entitled "Misdirected Zeal." The pupils are now preparing for the monthly examinations beginning Friday, February 1. We hope everyone will try to be in Rank 1. Miss Jessie Ellis nursed an aching head all tiie afternoon Tuesday and did not return to school Wednesday morning.

We extend our sympathy. Often times when the little folks are go ing to be tardy they fall when coming up the steps, and may drop their dinner baskets spilling the contents. But we cannot expect much better from children since they are so easily excitod. On Wednesday morning the High School room came very near having a tardy mark Miss Hilda Stevens just did get Into the room, without waiting io take off her wraps, as the gong sounded. So far we have been quite fortunate for the past few weeks in the line of tardy marks.

On account of the severe cold on Friday the High school room and 2 Intermediate department occupied the southwest room on the second floor. As the High school room and 2 Intermediate departments both oo-cupied the northwest rooms the wind came In 60 bad that it made the rooms too cold to be occupied. On Tuesday afternoon Herbert Day was absent. His absence was a great disappointment to the pupils, as he was to have had an oration, entitled "John Brown." But sometimes when you feel that the need of your presence is great you cannot be present on account of some difficulty which confronts you at the last moment. The High School celebrated Kansas Day last Tuesday with the following very Interesting program, interspersed with appropriate music: Essay Kansas Past Rov Burnett.

Recitation Quivera Nellie Soi'thwokth. Essay Early Reminiscences Violet Benedict. Reading The World a School Delia Burner. Essay A History of Barber County Okkih Fepoox. Recitation Kansas Winds Arthur Goddakd.

Essay Kansas Courage Minnie Gant. Reading Per Aspera Ad Astra Mvrtik Hall. Essay Kansas Future Mattie Freeman. Lack of space forbids special mention of the various parts of the program. All the productions were by Kansas intellect and were of a high character.

The original essays were specially Interesting. The extrcises were instructive as well as entertaining and we learned much of the past history of our state and caught glimpses of her glorious future. We are sure that all imbibed a spirit of loyalty to Kansas from the exercises that will grow stronger with the coming years. The following were welcome and appreciative visitors Mr. and Mrs.

G. J. South worth, Mesdamcs L. M. Field, J.

B. Gano J. H. Matthews, Misses Gertie Ellis, Minnie Roberts. Effie atklns, Eva Lewis, and Messrs.

Sparks, Campbell, Lewallin, et al. Teachers' Meeting. The Teachers' Association will hold a meeting at the school "house in this city Saturday, February 9th- The pro gram is as follows: MOUSING. 9:30 to 10:00 Organization. 10:00 to How can we keep the boys in school Prof.

W. S. McGarrah. 10:15 to 10:25 Discussion Miss Hough, W.C. Matthews.

10:25 to 10:40 General Discussion. 10:40 to 10:55 Literature in the Country Schools Mrs. Mary DeLisle. 10:55 to 11:05 Discussion Miss Nellie McGregor, Miss Jennie King. 11:05 to 11:15 General Discussion.

11:15 to 11:30 The degeneracy of Mathemat-ic' Sam Robinson. discussion J. P. Wallace, Geo. Landis.

General Discussion. AFTERNOON. 1:15 to 1:25 The relation between the Supt. and the Teacher F. M.

Shell. 1 :25 to 1:35 Discussion J. O. Hahn. 1:35 to 2:00 General Discussion.

2:00 to 2:15 The Evils of the Graded School John M. Doan. 2:15 Discnssion M. F. Stewart.

W. B. Rackley. General Discussion. 2:25 to 2:40 The Evils of the Ungraded Schools Mrs.

Annie Hahn. 2:40 to 2:50 Discussion S. P. Bonnell, Miss Mollie Starkty. 2:20 to 3:10 General Discussion.

3:10 to C. G. Me.serly. 3:35 Discussion J. O.

Lumpkin Mrs. M. C. Briggs. 3:35 to 4:00 Miscellany.

All interested in education are quested to be present. re- Houchin Palmer are doing all they can in the way of influencing their clients in the matter of irrigation and have received considerable encouragement from some of the eastern owners of Barber county lands. We have been shown letters wherein the land owners agree to a reasonable outlay if good, careful farmers can be secured who are willing to put their labor against the cash outlay ai.d ground rent. It is impossible to outline the proposition in a short newspaper article, but if any competent farmer desires to try irrigation and cannot command a plant of his own he might do well to consult Houchin Falmer. The following, copied from the Geneva (Neb.) Republican, is a portion of an extended obitnary of Ewin Houchin.

the aged grandfather of A. M. Houchin of this place. The deceased was born in Kentucky and at the time cf bis death was nearly 81 years old. His wife and one son survive him.

"Mr. Houchin was a man of sturdy character and strong opinions and he was of a nature calculatedto influence those with whom he was brought in contact. His death will be sincerely mourned by the large circle of friends that have been attracted and attached to him daring his long residence in this locality." II. Noble went to Alva on Monday He return to this place in a few Loitoo was sick with the in- a few days since-, but is ail right Mrs. Tuesday from Carinicliael a visit to the returned MeNeals at Topeka.

S. K. W. Field went to Kansas City -lay with ci- if '-tU on of hogs. The bHz7.

threatened last night has subsided into a rather mild north wind this morning Uncle Jim Davis and W. S. Finney say less talk about bard times would help matters some. We have decided to join their crowd. Mrs Moncreif, of Powell, well known here as Miss Mamie Xicholson, is the proud mother of a beautiful girl baby born quite recently.

Ed. Buck was in town a day or two last week on his return to his home in Cowley county after a week's visit with his parents in McAdoo township. Arch deacon Brady will conduct services in ths Episcopal chrpel on Xorth Main street next Tuesday evening at 7:30 and Wednesday forenoon at 10 o'clock, If you pay in advance you get the Cresset one year for SI. 00; if not paid in advance $1.50 is charged. We will furnish a statement of account on application.

II. Matthews, the sheep man, says his loss was very small during storm or Friday of last week; that the duration of the storm being so short was fortu-na'e for the sheep. The killing of thi3 year's peach crop began this time down iu Barber county and next summer, nice, luscious peaches at fifty cents a bushel will glut the Medicine Lode market as usual Kansas Breeze. Our ow gallery a start thi3 week with A. J.

Hareis' brand. The brand is known as a on left side. If you have cattle or horses running on the rang" we believe it will pay you to advertise your brands. Jake Walstad and A. Rossi are doing well on their musical tour in the strip.

They were at Enid when last heard from. The Fond Creek Tribune speaks llatieringly of the music they furnished for a dance at that place. Henry Durst aud Guy Sparks expect to put about 40 acres each in broom corn this year. Mr. Spaiks raised some broom corn last season and says that it paid him rather better, in proportion.

than any other crop he raised A number of the young men around town have organ'zed an amusement club with headquarters in the Thompson block where a billiard table will be the principal attraction. We suggest for amusement only'' as their motto. Remember that we take all kinds of farm produce, including stove wood, on subscription at this office. Also bear in mind that the price of the paper is $1.00 per year if paid in advance, and $1.50 per year if not paid in advance. Otis Lot ton the Topeka atmos" here have Lot been agreeing very well lately.

However nothing serious has yet developed. Mr. Lorton has not lo cated permanently in Topeka and is considei ing an offer of a good position in Ohio. Dr. I.

W. Stout informs us that a K. St. Jo B. switchman nam; 1 J.

II. Gahigan, was accidentally killed by the cars at Kansas City, Tuesday, and wonders if the man killed is the Gaha-gan that lived here some three or four years ago. The man killed leaves a wife and child at Kansas City. E. Sample went to Topeka yesterday iu the capacity of attorney for one or more of the farmers with claim again the Medicine I Odge Sugar for cane delivered, and are consequently interested in the state bounty on the sugar manufactured and where the money goes.

W. E. Marquand, of this city, received v.ord a few days since that his father, E- I). Marquand. of ClarksviHe, was very low with cancer of the face and that hopes of his recovery had been abandoned.

Mr. Marquand, has visited in this county and will doubtless be remembered by some of our readers. H. A. Burnett has returned from Cincinnati acco npauied by his daughter.

Miss Stella. While away, Mr Burnett effected the purchase of the Medicine Lodge roller mills from the former owner. X. Weber of Raleigh, HI. The new proprietor will thoroughly overhaul and reii ovate the property before the wheat season commences R.

Kathreus is a member of the hospital brig ide this week. His joiaiug was brought about by slipping on some steps covered with snow and ice. It occurred while he was going for a bucket of water for his wife, but should not be taken as an excuse on the part of other married men to get out of carrying coal and water for the house hold. S. Tabor, one of the best farmers in the couuty, will give irrigation a trial in a small way this season.

He has purchased an eight foot wind mill of Xoble Case and will try a pump and reservoir plant. Mr. Tabor says he has had no experience with irrigation and proposes to keep his experiments within trs means until he has investigated the matter. The loss of rattle during recent bid weather is heeu very small. B.

F. Talbot lost two cows in a peculiar manner. A big straw stack blew over and buried three cows. When they were dug out only one was able to get up. Thus it be seen that it is a surplus of feed rather than a dedcit that is worn ing the cattle in this vicinity.

That is the difference between the cattle of Barber county and the democratic administration. DRUGGIST DRUGS. PAINTS, GLASS, A FINE LINB OF. CIGARS AND TOBACCOS! BOOKS, Etc. PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY.

COMPOUNDED! O. L. DAY, SOUTH MAIN Medicine Lodge, Kan. ScftooE SflOO. abic Sfioc.

IOCS The best line of shoes in the city and prices are guaranteed to be the lowest. Come and see our Queensware stock. You will find something nice for a Christmas present. The freshest, best, cheapest and most complete stock of Gro oeries in Barber oounty. BURNETT THE LEADERS.

JOHN HIGGINS, FURNITURE CARPETS, CURTAINS, Etc. UNDERTAKING! and EMBALMING. Carry a large stock of Caskets and Coffins. All calls promptly answered. J.

U. ROMIG th; PMGTIC1L BLACKSMITH. Is again at the forge at the old McKay Haynes shop. First Avesce West, Medicine Lonoe, Kas Having purchased the business of A. F.

Haynes, be will be glad to greet his old customers and all the new ones that will bring him work. All work warranted. Steve Garkisos. Will. Mters.

GARRISON MYERS, GENERAL BLACKSMITHS shop Soctu Main Stbeei, Medicise Lodoi, Kas We take pride in the character of our work and if you have any difficult jobs we are Just as anxious to get them as the plain work. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. BULLS FOR SALE! T. 33. STOOS3TILL, Ot.

Fine Short-Horn Residence, 3 miles southwest of Sha ron; Postoffice, Sfiaroo, Kansas. SI. 00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. FINS JOB OFFICE IN CONNECTION. FRIDAY.

FEBRUARY L. l'-M. T. fe S. XS.

3.. CORRECT TIME CARD. LEAVE. AKKIVI. On Sunday train leaves at 19:3 A.

and arrives at 5:15 p.m. 10:3:1 train makes connections with A. T. S. F.

for Hazelton, Kiowa and all points in panhandle. 2:05 train for Wichita. Kansas City and all points east. W.O. HOBB.

Agent Who, me W. II. Harmon went east last week. F. L.

Gordon was in town Wednesday A. M. Houchin is expected home to day. E. II.

Xixon returned from Alva last Friday. Riley Lake came up from the strip last Tuesday. Gus Schmidt went to Woodward Wednesday ou business. Warren Siuipson returned home from Wellirgton last Tuesday. Mrs.

W. Ellis is contemplating a visit to Kansas City soon. James Wilson of Kiowa wa3 in the county seat last Wednesday. Mise Nell Sample was one among the list of sick first of the week. J.

F. Fisher, of Sharon township, was a profitable caller on Mouday. E. II. Nixon expects to make a busi ness trip to New Mexico soon.

C. Cj. Chandler returned Saturday from a trip to Alva and Topeka. Miss Myrtle Ilullaker, of Sharon, has been visiting friends in the Dr. Kociell treats diseases of the liver, kidney an! bl.iddtr.

4t Thomas Warwick has been on the sick list for the past ten days we under stand. Mrs. C. G. Messerley is recovering nicely frcm the effects of her fall on the ice.

Mrs. S. L. Alien was a victim ol the grippe epidemic the first two days of this week. Miss Minnie Minick ha? been suffering from an attack of grippe during the past week.

Mr. and Mrs. John McIMuiels are the happy parents of a pound girl, born Saturday. Wanted, to buy for cash or trade, 100 second hand cook stoves. W.

II. Old Second Store. Marion Crouse is slowly growing it is thought will soon reach the convalescent stage. W.F.Julian was stormbound and visited among his friends in town last Friday and Saturday. Tom Dyer aud the Smith boys were in town Tuesday with hogs consigned to Field Standiford.

Mrs. S. L. Allen was among vie tims of la grippe during early days of the week but is about well again. Dr.

J. It. VauXess and family have moved iDto the house on Walnut street formerly occupied by G. W. Canau.

Mrs. II. II. Case is entertaining her sister. Miss Minnie Roberts, of Alva, and Miss Mollie Heskett, of Kiowa.

The failure of Monday's ojtil to arrive until in the evening was occa sioned by the engine dyiiu at Attica John Dohrer made a record of lit! snow birds at two shots ou Wednesday not counting the crippled ones that got away. We would esteem it a favor if post masters would notify us if copies of Cresset remain unclaimed in their of Gees. Taxpayers should pay attention to the commissioners' notice in another column. The specified time expires March 13. II.

A. Bailey was up from his Drift wood ranch last Thursday aud remained in town over Friday on account of the storm Died, k' her home in Kiowa, January 21, 1S95, s. LucindaLangley, wife of J. M. Langlv.

aged 67 years. 1 mouth and 16 days. Thomas Best is in Topeka looking after business in connection with the state sugar bounty. He is t-xpeeted home to-day. Remember your Cresset costs you per year if not paid in advance.

This is to encourage paid in advance subscriptions. George Matthews, the Wichita rainmaker, is out with a circular auuouuc-ing his terms for experiments during the season of 1S95. Remember if you pay for your Cues set in advance it costs you only $1.00 per year, aud if not paid in advance it costs you $1.50 per year. Lewis Xilsou. the tailor, will make regular trips to Medicine Lodge to take orders ard measures.

Xow is the time to older a nice spring suit. The amount ot precipitation dining the past week as recoided at the Grand hotel, is 2.75 inches of snow which about equal to .35 of an inch of rain. Coroner Gould says he fee's just as it there was a body crying for an inquest, that the victim is a man and has been dead for about two weeks. Miss Minnie Minick recently lost her pocket book containing a silver dollar, some small change and the band card of Chas. C.

fainter. Finder will please return parse to Miss Minick. gets. P. Overstreet was In Hazelton Satur day and while here gave us his views on the financial question, and from a populistic standpoint it is all right.

Hazelton is the only town in the county that didn't ask aid for panpers. So far we have been able to care for our own people without calling on the county. The past week has been a week to make the hearts of the coal dealers glad. It was their week of harvest, but it seems to be about over at this writing. The snowstorm last week prevented us from getting any mail on the Missouri Pacific road Saturday.

That road dees not run trains unless the track is perfectly dry. So long as Hazelton has no oandidate for C. S. senator we are all disposed to submit to the choice of the legislature without a protest and will let Senator Baker qualify. G.

A. SIvley has returned from his trip to Texas and Is not as badly stuck on that country as some who have been there. 1 don't think he will leave Hazelton for that place yet awhile. Z. T.

L. Burns has taken up a stray mule and can now manage to do his part of the kicking against the republican legislature. I think the mule Is a populist, at any rate It Is a first class kicker. While on his trip to Texas, George Sivley bad the pleasure of helping capture a large alligator. It measured 8 feet and 10 inches, just 8 feet longer than we want to handle when we go hunting.

There is one young man attending the Hazelton school who makes it a point to be tardy every morning and noon and takes his dinner with him to sutool. It seems to be a matter of principle with him. F. W. Longworth was here the last of the week.

He is the only man now living who is being kept out of church on account of a barbed wire. Frank refused to join church until he oould get another wire on bis fence, so the calves would not get on his Kaffir corn. C. H. Stewart has gone oa another trip to the Lone Star state.

He will keep on at this foolishness until he will conclude to locate there yet and then In a year or so will want to get back to Barber county, just like all of them do. Ben Kauffman is about the busiest man In town and has been ever since be started up here. Clocks and watohes are coming in from every direotion for him to repair and If It continues this way long he will be wearing diamonds sure. The Hazelton boom Is all running to black" smiths. Two men from Stafford rented a location for a shop last week, we already had two aud the fifth man Is looking for a location.

We look for some mighty oheap work here next season. W. M. Fullerton, as usual, left his lister out in the field where he got done with it and it laid there all fall, a temptation to the weak ones, and at last the rlght(?) man got his eye on it and Is now classed with the fellows who steal. Who was most to blame? It would look, after reading the commis sioners report of their last meeting, that there ought not to be any complaint about repairing bridges In the southwest part of the county for some time; in fact It looks as though Mule creek had been bridged lengthwise.

A few nights ago some party who was short en change broke a glass out of one of the back windows of Fullerton Co's. store nd went in and helped themselves to what little change was in the drawer. They only got about J3, which was not enough to pay for the risk. -Will Watts took Mr. and Mrs.

J. B. Routh-rouff to the dance at W. L. Gamble's the other night and as they were ou their way home Will drove Into a fence and threw all the occupants out over the dash board.

No one was hurt, but Will had to pull the buggy home and Jerry led the team. John Riobardson is one of the best pleased men over the storm Friday in this part of the county. He had a visitor come to his house during the storm, who came to stay. It is a fine boy of regulation weight. AH parties interested are doing well and with no relapse the dootor thinks John will puH through all right.

Another flue snow Tuesday night, whioh will add at least 20 per oent. to our hopes of a good yield of wheat the coming season. Give Kansas (especially Barber county) plenty of moisture and we can beat the world on any kind of crops that have ever been tried here. Don't let us worry about the season of 1895; we are going to be in it with the best of our neighbors. We are under everlasting obligations to Police Judge Simpson for a very liberal supply of antelope.

It was the first of the kind we have over had the pleasure of eating and can say that there is no meat much better. We now retratt everything we said about the Judge holding bis head so high. It was ail imagination on our part, in fact we don't believe the Judge is that kind of a man. Here is our band. Judge, that we will not do so any more.

Nearly all of our farmers say they wiU not continue the practice of seeding the whole farm to wheat in the future, but will try a mixed crop, such as corn, Kaffir corn, sorghum, millet and barley something to feed cattle and bogs. This plan of running everything in wheat has doue more to make us feel the hard times than any other one thing we have had tocuntend with, but it has had the effect of teaching us a good lesson, one that will not s-ion be forgotten. The fact that alfalfa is one of the best crops that can be raised has reached the southern part of Nebraska and New Tork. We received a letter from each place yesterday asking the price of seed, when plant, and reports are coming in from every direction that since the snow last week the wheat crop Is all right. Farmers don't wear those long faces they have been wearing for several day 9, in consequence of which the price of a shave is back to the old price again and everyone is contented and apparently happy Some of our far-seeing and successful business men are talking of starting into a new business that will make them millionaires in the course of eight or ten years.

It Is nothing more or less than starting a quail farm and raising quails to supply the markets of the worid. There Is a fortune la It for tin man who rets in on the ground floor. The only difficulty they have encountered so far is to find cars sufficient to get them to market as fast as they are ready to ship, but this can probably be arranged In time. Itemized. Advertised Letters.

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