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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27
ENLARGED.

We present our readetst this week with
an SPACE, S-column paper, orGi columns
~ reading matter. Tie increasing de-
mand for advertising space, and the de-
termination upon our part 10 give our
readers, as well a. our LIBERAL advertise
ing patrons, their moneys worth, has
warranted the enlargement Of the In
DIX.
Medicine Lodge has y bright future
before her. IIeT citizens are Cnterpris-
ing, n well ~ they are liberal in the
support Of home institutions. No town
offs sire more literally supports its pa
pers than docs Medicine Lodge.
The citizens Of Southwestern Kansas
and the Territory adjoining have dealt
kindly with the INDEX, and we have.
and will try To merit, their support and
confidence.
We shall continue to publish paper
for the people, in the interests If Med
icine IodEs and the Southwest; con-
landing for tho principles Of right
against wrong; speaking upon all ques-
iions Of public interest, that We may be
understood. We are controlled by no
rings, cliques, or monopolies, and will
he an TNDEN to the matters tnithfully,
that are Of greatest interest to the read
ing public.
This, tho second enlargement in less
than one year under our management,
guarantees To us the appreciation Of
our efforts la the editorial field.
Asking thu good words Of all good peo-
ple everywhere, and thanking our many
friends for their kindness, the INDEX
gOcs forward endcAvoring TO merit the
prosperity 10 has Won and now enjoys.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27
Cowboys on q Strike.

A Daily News, Dallas, Tex, special
says: Tie cowboys now on a strike
IN the Panhandle district are becoming
more violent One hundred armed
men are encamped at Las COza Oldham
county, under the leadership Of one
Harris, and make open threats Of vio-
vloicnce against those who may come
to- take their places"
Kanchmen in that section are hiring
men IN Texas Ia take the place Of the
strikers, and have called upOn the Gov
eInor of Texas to protect them and as
sist In quelling the riot. The leader OF
tho strike, +. Ii. Harris. saws no foul
means will be resorted to. Ranchmen
are determined 10 stand out against
this demand, as they say SO per month
and board IL all they can and will pay.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27
HARPKR AsAS HIPPTEo POINT.

In last weeks Kansas City Indicator
was q carefully prepared article from
Harper. In an effort 10 convince cattle
men Of their shipping facilities. We do
mot wonder nj the determination with
which tee average Harper citizen hangs
tO the Idea that they have No. ship
ping point. We glory in their pluck.
Harper II a live town, rapidly improv-
Ing. The county, having n herd law, Is
rapidly settling up, and good business
houses are being built--all on account
81 the terminus " the railroad nj that
point. Aud did u meet the require
Inents of the shipping interests " this
section ~ the country, We would gladly
sanction u. but IL does not, ms every
shipper Of experience knows, and con
elusive evidence of the fact is that
many who once shipped from that point
when the country was scarcely settled
ut all, aS compared with to-day. have
since shipped their cattle either from
Dodge City OF Caldwell.
Harper county. along the cattle trail
leading 10 Harper city from the grazing
country south and southwest Of il, has,
during the past six months, settled ND
very rapidly. The land on the streams
where herds were watered and grAzed
Il now occupied by grangers with fresh
PlOwed fields without fences The trails
are plowed up, the grounds where the
herds were held and watercd near the
shipping yards, are now all owned aud
occupied 10y settlers, who have no con-
caption 81 the trouble Of a Wild herd OF
beeves In = settled country, and who Mt
the least Provocation are ready TO bring
suit for damages. The yards are hem
med In by houses and plowed grounds
To such an extent that II Ii a hazardous
undertaking tO attempt 10 even pen the
cattle when once there. Should a herd
Of becves stampede In section settled
IA Harper county is, tho loss would
doubtless he rs great as at least half the
value 81 the herd.
We predict now, and time will tell
whTthor or not our prediction il correct.
that tile rOad will either push out To
r"ine suitable point for shipping. or
sous road other than the Kansas CITY,
lsA~rrnee X Southern Kansas will shin
the 0iuO cattle II would get.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27

The Cresset this week il as mum "a
an oyster on the city council question.
Being \ party to an action, we had.
with majority of the citizens, expect
ed to see the little sheet come to the
front and approve or disapprOve their
conduct. lie even leaves the name of
his pet marshal out Of his city directory
and has in its stead Il. T. Post. This
lack of nrmness on the part of the Cres-
set is only the old song sung again.
Ihos. sees that the people do not sane
appointing power from the mayor and
appoint persons not qualified for the
place, and backs down and leaves the
Law and Order party and ticket to take
care OF themselves. This is like his
clash about prOhibitiOn--a weak dodge
to carry favor from both sides of the
question.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27

United States Senator, Geo. G.. Vest,
OF Missouri, has been employed by the
National Brewers Association to test
the constitutionality Of the prohibition
law in the supreme court 81 the United
States. Mugler, the Salina brewer, is
plaintiff in the case. Senator Vest holds
that the constitution Of the United
States guarantees the right to sell and
manufacture liquor. and that no state
has the right to abridge any right guar
anteed by that constitution.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27
PRoH1HrrroN IN KANSAS.

The independent Republican commit
tee have issued an address to the Re
publican voters Of the state, admOnislI-
ing them To- stand by the principles as
laid down By the National Republican
party in its conventions, hut denouncing
the action Of the bosses in this state.
The election last fall shows they have the
balance of power In their own hands
and they propose 10 use it. Wherever
pOIiticS have entered into the city cleo
lions this spring, the people have readl-
~ shown their disapprOval Of the prohi-
bition law.
Public sentiment In opposed 20 a law
that iS championed only by demaVoVues
seeking cheap nOtOriety, or the once
party bosses who propose To- ride into
power upon the wave Of prohibition.
Tie Republican party has, In this case,
an elephant OF its hands that is hard to
dispose OF. They can't Rack down
from the position they have taken. Nell
ther can they enforce the law. There il
IN the state to-day more saloons than
under the license law, and In n maiOri-
~ OF cases they are running openly, In
defiance to the law. Ii has in many
towns and cities In the state. been nee
eSssary tO levy an occupation tax. upon
the merchants and business men, to de-
fray the running expenses of the city
government. With the saloons running
openly, but yielding no revenue-which
Is the case I'm our town to-day.
An exchange says:
~Prnsscuttnas havc be~n brought IN thou.-
ands 81 caes-s, a larFc mnjsrity % which fail to
coavict In a number OF c,yunties the prosecute
tnr attorneys Who were succcssful In obtaining
convictions have been relcgatcd 90 private
proclivitses oloctsd In their strad. In cOcnti,s
Whero there hare hccn several prosecutions TO
ss,lting In faiure TO convict, the county com
Iniesioners usually put n stop Tn prosecutions.
Immense bills u oost are run up, whirh the
people are called uron 10 pay IN taxes. These
,s S . - 5,,,s',s ,eas 10. .. and
ing all this tino tho liquor trafhc Il On = most
prosperous condition. and the number OF az
the city government Issues Iioonsc and permit
90 ealron kecpcrS TO sell lemonade, sOda water
and other drinks, the same heing paid for At
the rate of from go to sIs per mouth In thie
way the city government derives u reVanuc
sufficient to pay all running cxpcnacs; cysry
citinrn ~ stranger can ri his becr when he -
drinks en- drnught. aud thus everything a. low
" AMI everyone seems to bc perfectly satisfied.
Torcka to-day dcrfye- . Eevenne % over tlA-
eli.sno anil Salina e150o
'"rhir, then. has hesn the result Of two years
e S. ~ss. To rsST = ~, - s1a OF n
made I'm the direction Of temperance this r.
the manner IN which rum has been driven & oIn
boating. nonrtainly would seem that the out
Ink Wa not one that cOuhd nc called highly sat
Isfactory by the tr'le frieods of temperance.
deplored, audit n time Tor the friends OF true
temperance 10 call n halt aud take 4 square look
NJ the rt~uit % two years OF so-called prohfo-
Caunof the culIseo OF Temperance and the inter.
estsof thc human race 30 better subsorred by
some othcrvstem 2"
IL has been decided unconstitutional
To-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27

The Grand jury at Washington found
an indictment against ex-senator Kel-
logg for receiving money while United
States Senator for services rendered i'm
relation to contract with the United
States, and another against Thos. j.
Brady for the same Offense Of receiving
money while acting as second assistant
postmaster general. So the circle is be
coming narrower. Corruption is traced
in the courts to the senate, it permeates
the departments, and seems to have
been the controlling principle.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27

yet TO know Of failure in ranchin1 cat
Tie, while we know Of numerous ones
Who have made their fifty per cent. on
their investments, running for a period
OF from live To six years. Stick to your
ranches and herds, AMI when you have
rounded them up, and the calf crop is
branded, the losses Of the past winter
will lie forgotten, and your future pros
Perity loom mp IA bright as at any time
In by-gOne days.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27

"A heavy snow and wind storm, ac-
companied by thunder and lightning,
prevailed generally throughout Colora-
do Saturday, and was most severe in
the mountain towns. Houses were I'M
rooted, miles Of telegraph poles were
blown down, and heavy fall of snow
throughout the whole mountain region
il reported
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27

trains are laying at Cheyenne and lara
mie City respectively. Trains will move
Tomorrow. The storm was a blizzard
and severe for time. 1t extended over
the most Of Wyoming and western Ne
braska. Cattle losses were nomonaI
because OF the snow passing away ran,
idly with the wind.-K. G. Times
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27

CHEYENNE, W. T., April 22.-One of
the severest snow storms of the season
struck Wyoming and Nebraska Satur-
day, prostrating telegraph wires in
every direction and blOckading railway
cuts. A blockade of snow near Sher-
man, the highest point on the Union
Paclllc road. East and vest passenger
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27

CAPT. Payne and the Walden Oklaho-
ma cOIonlsts are again meeting secretly
In Kansas City. 1t Is stated that no or
ganized invasion Of the lands will be
again attempted before the lands are
opened for settlement, though prepare
tons for occupying the territory at the
earliest possible moment are to be made
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27

The great trial Of the Ave Star Route
thieves at Washington Is drawing to n
close. The testimony Is all in and Ker
devoted the whole day yesterday to
summing up for the government. 1t is
doubtful whether the counsel on both
sides will finish their arguments this
week, but they will come very near it,
Attorney General Brewster has signiiied
hts intention To make an argument for
the prosecution.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27

Jno. Lilly, Of New York, has, upon a
second trial, secured a verdict for S35,-
90, against the New York Central 4
Hudson River railroad for the loss OF
his legs while in the discharge Of his du-
~ on that road.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27

April &c, SO.
The past week there were received at
the yards ,S222, cattle. against IO. SI9 for
the preceding. Wednesday the mar
ket for shippers opened duh and slow.
but later became more active at a do,
cline OF 10 cents. Prices ranged FINN
$500 to S6.10, bulk as 81. 694 IT, q On
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27

The Cherokee Council is called To
meet on April Both, says the Indian
Chieftain.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27

y war of determination will soon be
lnaugurated against the bloody Apaches.
They should be Obliterated from the
face Of the earth.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27
OTHER STORMS.

The following heading appeared in
the Kansas City Times, under date of
April %:
-Four towns in Mississippi are swept
away, and the killed and wounded are
reckoned at hundreds Wrecked build
ings, uprOoted trees, etc. The dead and
injured are all that remain of Beure-
gard. Wesson, neighboring town, is
visited by wind rs mighty and woe, as
dreadfully appalling"
They give a list Of the dead and
wounded, which alone ILLS two columns
Of that paper.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27

april Is, 81.
Receipts 76S and shipments 4I4 head.
The market ruled strong and fairly AZ
tive for all classes, the quality of the Of
ferings being generally medium to fair.
leading sales were:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27
LATER.
Sun CITY. Anril 26. 1889

-NAE NEH AAI'HEI VI IOJDs
The injured are all better and in a
fair way TO recovery. No trace of the
storm is found far from its passage
across Turkey creek. A strong force
pairing damages. Douglas store has
been inclosed and is almost as good as
new. Saunders will build "from the
stump" lie will erect a first-class two
story building az soon as he can get the
lumber on the ground People have got
over their scare, and will build good
and substantial buildings In the place
Of those destroyed. ".
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27

ATLANTA, GA, April 23.-The Con-
stitution specials report the passage of
a cyclone through the lower part of
Georgia, with destructive results. Also
very general wind, and heavy rains all
over the state. The lightning was con-
tinuous, and kept such bright light up
that one could see to read. Fences and
dams were washed away, with great
loss. Many houses were blown down.
A special from Albany reports eight
persons killed, and about twenty-five
wounded.
An Eastman special reports two kill
ed.
The track Of the cyclone in Dougher-
ty county. is reported to have been q
quarter Of q mile wide.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27

CHATTANOOGA, TENN, April %
Fully $1,000 damage was done in this
city by the storm last night.
The depot, dwellings and stores were
unrOOfed, and fences blown down.
Reports from the surrounding country
show the storm to have been very de-
structive. Wires are down, and partic-
liars are hard to obtain.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-28

Solomon said "Go to the anti but ths per
verse youth of to-day goes to his uncle"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-28
Recspe for Sore Throat.
l"His Honor and Bijah.n1

('HiS Honor and BlJah."1
''1Irs. Woodruff, Is this you?" asked ths
court of female about 40 years old who
came out with her parasol raised above her
head.
eyes, your honor this is me, I'm sorry to
say. This Is the last time that ever doctor
will fool me into gargling whisky to cure q
sore throat"
'fYou had sore tilzoatT
"a bad one sir. It has been two weeks
since I have eaten solid food"
"And as you gargled and gurgled some OF
the whisky slipped down and produced intoxi-
cationg'
Exactly, sir"
s'Mrs. Woodruff, my recipe for sore throat
is thirty days in the work house, and never
knew it to fail Of a cure. This is your first
appearance here, and shall let You 60"
Thanks, sir. I shall leave for Toledo
to-day"
"And you'd better stick to that town. Sore
throat is such familiar ailment down there
that everyb body is expected to gaIgle."
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-28
A MII.LIONAIRB's MEANNEss.
a Deed OF a. Z. Stewards Doing.
Flow Eae was Remembered.
[Joe Howard in Boston Herald


A very unpleasant story is told of Stewards
dealing with the man whe furnished the mar
ble According to report the contract was
made for q certain price. 1t was during the
hard times, when everybody was scraping
and worrying, and the contractor soon found
that be was not only not going to make
money by the operation, but was likely to
lose everything he had. He laid the facts be-
fore Mr. Stewart, who coolly replied that he
had nothing TO do with that; that if affairs
had gone in another direction, so that the
contractor would have made treble or quad
ripple what his anticipation was, he Stewart,
would have been no way benefited, but would
have been bound by his contract. Later on
the contractor came to him and told him that
he had spent every dollar he had and no had
yet much to do Whereupon Stewart said
that he would advance him the money upon
i mortgage, and did SO.
The man went on and completed his agree
ment, and then, never dreaming that Mr.
Stewart cared to bold the quarry, went to
bin hoping to be thanked and have things
made rasv instead of which Mr.. Stewart
toir tArst have either his money or
the OF 90 contractor told bis wife Of
it, and ~ ", /: ''Why, nonsense, Mr..
Stewartt.aumot he such a man as that.
will go down with you They went to-
gether. and, as the gossip runs, MIR, Stewards
response to the womanly interest of her
husband was SO brutal that the man fell dead
in the Office. How much truth there is in
that story do not know, but it is very gen.
orally believed, and have heard it in many
places. If it is true, it is simply an ilustra-
ton of the fact that with Mr. Stewart at ell
times and in all places business was business,
what he gave he gave, what he loaned he
loaued, but what he advanced on mortgage
he held unless the money was repaid
1t is well known that Mrs. Stewart was
very fond Of their old home on Fifth avenue,
and gorgeous as the new one is regal in its
port, s,imptuons in its adjournment and won-
1erful in its convenience, the Stewards in it
passed no happy days. Hardly had they
moved in when the sapping of the old mans
nature began, terminating in that imposing
ceremony which bore his cofIined bones to the
churchyard so soon thereafter desecrated-
and, by tue way, wonder if anybody knows
or cares where the old mans bones are I
never will forget, if I live. to the age of
Methuselah, coming to the bulletin board $of
The Commercial Advertiser as was walking
up Fulton street. and seeing it surroundea.by
laughing, hilarious crowd, who read uRpa
it the announcement that thieves had stolen
Stewards body during the preceding night.
There was not word of sympathy, of regret,
or anything but a kind of amused ''glad of
it," and the grinning faces of all sorts and
conditions of men over that frightful and,
when you come to think of it, terrible piece
of news, are perhaps the best comment upon
the reputation which the dead merchant ZEN
joyed" among the people at large who knew
nothing of him personally.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-28
THE KENTUCKY RACE.
TOLD AT THE OLD SETTLERS MEETING.

Eugene ]. Hall in "Away Out West'1
Hsv you heard about that famous race o.
forty Vars ago,
Way down in ole Kentucky? 'Twuz a rat
tler-don't you know?
From Piketon to Paducah, not Teller see that
ride
But what laid right down an laughed-ha,
ha, ha, h-a-w!-till he cried.
Twas Civ out round, in Lexinton the race
wuZ free an far
eur eny beast that he'd four legs an grew a
crop O. hair"
An every chap that he'd a nag fur twenty
towns wuz thar.
The day it jist wuz gorg'us, an the track it
wuzn't slow;
The bosses they wuz anxious for the tussle-
don't you know
When up thar come ridin', right afore the
race-course full,
Ole Athaliar Jefferson, astraddle on bull!
He he'd tin horn in his hand an spurs upon
his boots;
An SIGH yell never heard ez come from
them galoots.
The fellers on the HOSES funked, an claimed
it want squar'
The jedges laughed to split ther' sides, but
said the race wuz far
eur eny beast that he'd four legs an grew a
crop o. hair"
So the jedges they got ready, an they Civ
the word to go,
An bull an HOSES started all together-don't
When sudden Athaliar Civ d toot upon his
horn,
An stuck his spurs into the bull. Ez sure ez
you were born,
The bull began to heller an the HOSES flew
the track;
He took the lead, a-totin' AthaliSr On his
back,
An round he come a-rushin', with his tail up
The jedges said the pot wuz his-that lie had
won 1t far;
HE wuz a critter on four legs that grew O
crop o hair"
Sich laughin', SIGH .hootin', SIGH howlin'
-ha, ha, ha-a-aw!-
The state O. ole Kentucky never known, or
heard, or saw.
Ole Athaliar took the pot-the bull an he
had won.
The crowd it sided with the bull, an hollered
at the fun.
The owners O. the bosses they begun to cuss
an Swar;
They said that Athaliar hedn't won upon the
THAT born O his'n hedn't legs nor eny crop
O. hair"
Then up spoke Athaliar: .'Boys, I'll lay the
ole horn byl
'Fyou've got hundred dollars, you kin hev
another try;
I'll put the pot agin it, for rm willin'-don't
you know
To Civ you satisfaction, if you'll Civ me eny
show"
They up and raised the money in iiTy
then an thar
Each owner O an aninile a-chippin' in o
TO beat ole Athaliar an his beast with legs
and ha'r.
Away agin' they started with whoop an
big ballool
That bull O. Athaliars, how be belIered-
don't you know?
Their wasn'ta boss among 'em all that showed
specll O sense:
Jehial Buford's thoro'bred jist threw him
thro' the fence;
Some stood Their riders on Their heads, some
scampered from the track,
An half-a-dozen turned Their tails an come
a-scootin' back;
While right ahead that critter tore, and list
eZ sure ez sin
He won, an Athaiar scooped another hun
dred in
An when afore the judges stand the bull
come sailin' by,
With tail a-Stickin' out behind, | tho't that
crowd w0lld die.
The yell it Gav;--ha, ha, ha, ha-a-w! it fairly
shook thA ar.
The bosses lett, an never since hez race been
free ait far
"Fur eny beast that he'd four legs an grew
q crop o hair"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-28
THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN
AFTER MRS. BROWNING ABOUT A MILE AND
HALF.
COil CITY Derrick


Do ye hear the children weeping, o, my
Thy brothers say, eve do" and to this
Answer acqulesce thy sisters and thy cousins
and thy aunts
Why, the weeping and the bowling of the
children
Is enough to rouse a galvanized cast-iron
New York policeman, who erst has gone
To sleep within thePortals of q hostelrie.
DO you ask me, why those weepSF' The
Causes thereof are numerous Us the men
Who know far better than the editor how his
Paper should be run.
The children find moro cause for
weeps
In one short day than most able-bodied
Men could shake stick at in u month Of
Sundays
'Twere useless to enumerate; the columns
OF a daily paper are far too short to
Try the dreary task Ask Jones, ask Smith.
Ask any man who in the married state has
been
A year or two. and who is now the happy
dad
Ofsingles twins and triplets, quadrupeds and
centipedeS,
And he VIII tell you woeful talesof children's
wcepS.
The question is, TO stand this weep
i'm or to kick.
mo- we kick, aid now demand q ereas and
Glor4ons reform to stop this cIying eva.
The means to be employed are various,
And all Of them are good. The single Ee'eY
Was Known to fail, and few
Liberal, undiluted doses of strap-on
Have oft been found of value.