Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-20

"@'s PARSONS y Co.. Bankers NJ Harper,
y 10 the city. Mr.. Parsons has sold his
bank and banking interests at Harper and
we'opine is looking for new fields to hbof
In.
81. w. Patlget. NJ. D., Of Louisburg, No.,
came into the city on Last Sundays stage.
Mr.. Padgct Is here looking for a location
Tor the practice OF medicine. He Is a grad
'Ate OF the Missouri Medical College OF
81. Louis, and comes highly recommended.
Hope he will conclude to remain.
The INDEx will appear next week. with
one more column hung upon the edge Of
each Of is pages. Our advertising patrons,
OF which the ISDKx has many ARE ciowding
US for reading matter spacr, and to get
more space we will have to enlarge to an
eight column q,Hrto, making il the largest
paper In the state.
Our exchanges are warning people TO
look out for a compile of frauds who are
travelling under different names. claiming TO
be Government pension agents in search
OF those entitled to an increase Of pensions.
They demand five dollars In advance to
look up the claim. Tho Government has
no such agents.
Miss Lena Richards entertained unite n
number OF heryomg friends ut her resi-
dence In this city one evening last week. All
who were present enjoyed themselves until
the small hours Of early morn told them they
must separate. Miss Lena is going away
soOn,and her many friends will sincerely n
gret her departure.
At the public sale Of Polled Angus and
Galloway cattle at Kansas City OH the 18th
and 18th inst. Greeycr HoughtOn L. Co.,
OF this place, bought the four following
named bulls ut the following prices john
ME Halliday, S6O5.OO; Scotch Farmer,S3G
90; Darwin, $4,000; Black Watch, $780,
90.
The conncert to BE- given by the ladies' of
this city, the proceeds Of which are to be
used In fencing the cemetery, north of town,
will be given the first week in May. The
Ladies' are making every arrangement posi-
BILE to make the concert SUCCESS. Notice
OF the exact date, anu programme will be
given next week.
In another column we give minute ac-
count Of the storm, Of which we only had
n small portion on the night of the 18th
inst. In some pIrtsit Was terrific wine.
storm and la others 1t was rain and hail.
We may consider ourselves grateful that we
went through 1t, or that il went through
us 50 pleasantly.
w. II. HARRISON. Of the Eagle Chief
Pool, sold this week to the Geneseo Cattle
Company, his herd which consisted of
about $500 head Of cattle, including calves
OF last spring. Also horses. and range
privileges In the pool. The price paid was
about $4,000. This Is about the largest
sale that has been made In these parts for
some time.
A man supposed to have been killed by
Indians was found dead on QuinIan's range,
south Of the CImarron, this week. lie was
found on the line of the range where n.
Ind been riding. Mr.. j. b. Jones, who
brought In the news had not learned the
mans name. He says there is no doubt but
what IL was the work OF Indians.
Some parties on Sunday evening went to
the house Of Mrs. McDermed and Mrs. Hos
pelhorll. and did them great deal of dam
agc by breaking In their windows and fur
niturc. and also destroying what clothing
they could get hold Of. The women being
absent Mt the time, they have no idea who
uid the mischief. II fOunL,the parties who
did this act, should be punished to the full
extent Of the law.
Spring has come ut last. She has eyi
IDENTIFY been delayed somewhere by the
way. One glance of her eyes dispels Jack
Frost. but the coy damsrl has been long
In coming. Her stay will be short. Sum.
mer will soon be here now. The trees
are putting forth their leaves, the flowers
are opening their eyes, the prairics are
green, and the mother earth has again
awakened from her long slumber.
In Last weeks issue Of the INDEX was
published n small local notice of which the
following Is part: "And the other would
relate to citizen in his alleged profession
al capacity" After duly inquiring into
the facts Of the above statement, we
lind that IL has no foundation, whatever
and In Justice to the professional citizen
above mentioned, can say that he is
entirely innocent Of the charge made
against him.
Bill Frazier, alias Harrison Hillsmans
the negro who murdered Dick Bell, and
who has given us so much trouble lately.
according to the Cresset. has given a new
bond. 1t has been rather mortifyng to
the Bond Organ, that we so much IA in
sisted that a murderer should even give A
bond. Mt least when J. w. McNeal was
playing attorney for both sides of the case.
Keep your temper down neighbor, we are
now living In progressive age, and the
time for turning murderers loose without
even trial. has past.
We forgot, last week, to mention the de-
parture from our midst, for her home at
Medicine Lodge. Of Miss Ella Sherry, SIS
ter Of III. L. Sherry, for the past six months
with this Office. Miss Ella spent some
three or four weeks In Lyons rs the guest