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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13
NO. 2.

deafening cheers were given for the
Wichita & Western, entirely drowning
the band which was discoursing a pop
ular air. We have been a resident of
Kingman for week of years, bit the
Cd day of June was the happiest day of
all. I'm the crowd we met some of the
old boys, and the way they grasped our
hand would break the jaws of AL Bow
ron's big vice. 1t was a big day; and
ou people had cause for rejoicing. An
other events were ecGpsed and paled in
to insignificance by this enc grand event,
the most important in the history of
any town. We've waited long, but our
faith is rewarded, and Kingman is now
railroad town. After the whistle
sounded for six o'clock; the track layers
were taken in charge by delegations of
of our citizens and shown to the dining
halls, where a sumptuous supper had
been prepared for the occasion. The
streets were filed with happy people
long after dark, and the all-absorbing
question was Che eSent we had just
celebrated.-Kingman Citizen Republi-
can.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13
Forty Years Ago.

y
Collins were very plain and caskets
unknown.
Tombstones had larger epitaphs and
more verbosity engraved upon them.
Eggs were fifteen cents dozen and
butter considered high at eighteen cents
per pound.
Much of the silver curTency-fips, lev
les, and doliars-was Of Mexican and
Spanish coinage.
The country retail trade was better,
and the people could not so easily run
to the cities by rail.
Business letters were more volumi-
nous and formal, and were written in a
precise round hand.
There was York currency, S'shillings
to the dollar, and New England curren-
cv, s shillings to the dollar. @
The diet was more sIrcharged with
grease, the winter breakfast usually be-
ing made Of sa!ted ham and hot cakes.
Dinner was simply hasty lunch at
noon, and little Importance was attach
ed to the necessity of good digestion as
period OF rest after eating
New Orleans and muscavado molasses
very black and thin, were the common
sweetening for buckwheat cakes. Re-
fined molasses were almost unknown.
The bank bills were of state banks,
the further west their locality, the sha-
kier they were. Illinois and Indiana
bills would scarcely pass in New York.
Bread was home made. Coffee was
freshly ground every morning, and the
grinding of the family coffee mill was a
familiar sound hours before the chill
dren arose.
Negro minstrels were Just cropping
out in Che travelling circus. There were
generally but two performers, who as /.
sumed male apd female characters. The
popular melody was Jump jim Crow. .
People did not live as long as they do
now, nor was the average health as good
as at present. They ate more meat,
more grease, more hot bread, and more
heavy dishes, and drank more at meals.
Atfunerals the undertakers cried with
tile mourners, the flow of tears being
proportionate TO the expenSe of fh5
funeral: Young complies considered it;
privilege TO sit up all night with ira
corpse before burIak
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13
A correspondent at Chicago, writing

A correspondent at Chicago, writing
of convention scenes, has this to say of
the colored friend and brother:
The negroes here are in clover. They
talk in the corridors of the hotels to
large and interested audiences. They
walk into tile fashionable barDer shops
and get shaved by white men. Awhile
barber from Louisville threw up his sit
ustion in a shop to-day when asked to
shave a negro. He said the line had to
be drawn somewhere, and he proposed
to draw it just short of sharing a negro.
He did not see that a negro was any
better here at convention than Ken
tucky negro is all the time. They enter
the fashionable hotels and eat cheek-by-
jowl with their white compatriots, who
are here to save the country. As the
weather grows warmer the spectacle is
very moving"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13
A l14-year-old cow-bov was dr;vir

A .1%year-old cowboy was driving a
steer through Norfolk, Nebraska the
other day when it became scared and
dashed through the back door of a sal
Don and out of the front on dead run.
followed by the boy on the pony. AS
the steer passed through he jumped clear
over a table, around which were four
men engaged in friendly game of
whist. When the men saw the boy fol-
lowing the steer they lodged under the
table, which made the pony's passage in
leaping over the table easy. Fortunate
ly the doors were wide enough in both
rear and front to make good place of
entrance and exit for the frightened
steer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13
A aala-Day fer Kineman.

All eyes were eagerly watching the
approach Of the train last Monday
morning, and as it came nearer, the
sound of escaping steam, the clang of
the spike hammers, and the Jingle of
the steel plainly indicated the approach
OF the iron horse. The joy of our people
knew no bounds, and soon the streets
and sidewalks were jammed, all anx-
ious to get glimpse of the first train
into Kingman. Stores were closed.
shops deserted and the household left
to care for itself. The band was out
discoursing sweet music while the busy
workmen with all possible speed were
spiking the steel anxious to cross main
street before the close of the day.
Everybody was happy, and the hand
shaking that ensaed put us in mind OF
an cfd-fashioned methodist camp meet
ing. AS engine No. 90 approached, a
handsome floral wreath was placed upon
it by Mr.. Capps, who gathered the flow.
ers with his own hands, the wreath be.
ing arranged by Misses Capps and
Brooknlan. Engineer Thomas Banks
and fireman b. Watkins, heartily ap.
preciated the tribute and rejoieed with
us over the completion of the road
Conductor John Landon, and Mr.. Bis
bee, the contractor showed every kind.
ness to our people, and helped to swell
the shouts of gladness that went ur
from every throat.
at twenty-six minutes to FIVE O'Clock
in the afternoon Of the I'd day of June,
1854, the rails were laid across Main
street, and at ten minutes to six No. 9(
stood midway in the street while three
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13

st. Louis is raising S25, 900 to be ex-
pended in the entertainment of the con-
gress Of cattlemen to meet in that city
in November. 1t is the intention of the
committee to keep open house for the
5000 cattlemen, and they will be hospit-
ably entertained. a banquet will be
given to the 500 delegates at one of the
hotels, at a cost of SS per plate.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13

Powell Clayton, of Arkansas, who
was defeated for the temperorary chair
manship of the Chicago convention by
the negro Lynch, wears an empty sleeve
and this was used as an argument for
his selection. OF course the inference
was that he lost his arm in the rebellion
and that he was Union soldier. The
truth is, however, that his arm was shot
of accidentally while he was hunting
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13
MEDICINE LODGE. BARBER CO. KANSAS. JUNE 49, 1884. :

Sterling Bulletin: Hon. Geo. d. Or
ner, of Barber county, is a republican
candidate for the nomination for secre-
sary of state. He is canvassing the
state for support. He is a pretty good
fellow, but our advice to him is to stick
to the government position he now has.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13

a new party has been organized in
in Northwestern Kansas called the IAN
ti-carpet bag party" 1t is composed of
republican boilers from the convention
that nominated Congressman Hanback,.
1t will be remembered that Hanback,
moved into that district as soon as it
was laid off by the legislature.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13

Last week General o. E. Babcock.
who was General Grants private secre-
tary, and who was connected with the
whlskey frauds, Col. Levi Luckey, assis-
tant secretary at the time, and z. b.
Sutter, of Washington, were drowned
off the coast of Florida while superin-
tending the construction of a lighthouse
for the government. Babcock' S name is
now before the senate for confirmation
for promotion in the regular army.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13

AT Caldwell on the Sd inst, J. II.
Wendels, GO years old, in fit of tempo
rary insanity, caused by whiskey, shot
his wife through the heart and then a
moment afterwards killed himself with
the same pistol. He was kind @hesrt-
ed man when sober, and his wife WIS
universally loved. She was the mother
of Mrs. John A. Blair, a most excellent
lady Of that city.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13

Judge Norton, of Texas, had the dis
tinction of being the longest haired man
at the Chicago convention. He swore
in 1914 that he would never cut his hair
or beard till Henry Clay was elected as
president. He has had no use for bar
Der since.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13
THE BARBER COUNTY INDEX.
Price. -. 90 a Year
OFcialPapetof Barber COUNTY.

Senator ingalls, remarked the other day
that to nominate TildeD would be equiv
alent to nominating a superstition and
to nominate Bob. Lincoln would be the
same as nominating reminiscence.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13

Exchange: Eli Perkins is becoming
philosophical. He writes from Kansas
to the New York World that the rain
belt is travelling westward at the rate of
twenty miles year. If he will only
keep up with it all will be forgiven.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13

Logan may not be much of a gram
marian, but he managed to hold ON to
his boomlet long enough to get the Sec
ond place on the republican ticket. Mr..
Robert Lincoln was not shrewd enough
to get a smell. even.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13

Blaine did not try the sunstroke dodge
this year, as he did once before, and is
now glad he did not. His sunstroke
this year will occur later in the season
say about November.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13
BARBER COUNTY INDEX;

The INDEX Is q progressive newspaper, pub
lished at the county seat, and 10 the ofciul pa
per OF the county: 1t the especial edvooate OF
numbers among its patrons every ranchman
OF importance in thia section Of the grazing
district 1t reaches nearly every cow-camp I'm
tory south of here, and has q splendid circula-
ton arrong the stockmen Of the Eastern states.
As an advertising medium IL has no superiors
and few equals aEsQng Western periodicals.
Politically, the INDEX is Democratic. and will
ever be found advocating the principles laid
Its columns will viii at all Dimes contain choice
and select FIRMLY reading matter, and nothing
to offend the most fastidioua
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13

Farming implements Of every kind at the
hardware store Of Gerpcrt s Stone, Medicine
Loose- %
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13
BARBER COUNTY INDEX.
nrr1nrAL DIRECTORY.

''AT'VS cAnu QUARTERLY IL ADvlscI.
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-12-09

That HAcKTsGC0uGHc BE- % quickly
rEft1 by shil1hs Cure We gHrin aztec ~
Sold by e. Hei n1eman w North Main
firea
pani1u1 makes ihe did, yeuuF and The
weak stroag and healthy ~. Levy a Co,
wholesale liquor dealers, aRents.
THE REV GEo n THAYEH, " Bourbon,
fud., says Roth myself aud wife owe our
lives % sHiiOH's CONSUMPTION Cure
Sold by o. = feinsemAn, l22 n. Main street
The Mexiesa remedy inf diseases OF the
kidney ana Bladder u Dhmlana hiitprs NJ.
Levy h Co. wholesale rates jansiy
9imtOHs yiTA1IzEH is what ypn need
for consupafi0n, Loss ~ Appetite, Uyxiney.
and ell symptunf q Dyspepsia. Price on
ihd % cents bur bottle Sold byJ q neinzc
man, To North Mun street
california oysters al . cents n plate a,
Bot Eeicfta hereafter.
VIII sell NaNern transplanted oysters ~
shells and cans hereafter. at Wholesale and
retail Bob Eekeri
aHMOHs CURE WILL Immediately re-
lieyg Group Whooping cough aud Bfnn
chiiih. Sold BY G. J. Heinzemans III n.
Main street
n veg wsni good hftlnF truss call Al G v
Heirizsmhnk Drug Store, i29 Maiu street
who keeps lae largest assortment u trusaes
on hand In southern California.
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-12-09
CAPITOL REFINING CO.
STANDARD REFiEEp
COOKING FATI
Made from Beef Pat q Olive Oil.
For sale BY Che pflncirsl groceFp.
oTpfcE-s. L4vys no. is2 Alec
lDelH


Professor cnyas has ieased tho second
story Of tho rev Ghruiff Block, on the Plaza,
With the intention Of opening 4 hfstolas4
lodging house Those DESTROYS Of engaging
Desirable rooms ehould call Al once on the
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-12-09
Dissolution Notice,

The arm OF Riley 4 Grimm has been dis
solved by mutual ccnaent WIN. Riley IL 10
be found a. =. D, Fo1's 81 n. Spring street.
q. b. Grimm has removed 70 4 West First ST.
teoe card 20 another pluce.1
Nm. ElLHY,
uoys0 t0t 9HO. b, GRIFFIN.
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-12-09
ann.. nnns. ssm,a..

The attention 81 the sporting public 10
called TO the new arrival OF guns Just re.
ceiycd by Mr.. VIM. Lever sportsmen's I'm
porigm, rs commerciA. street They consist
Of double barrel, hfeech-l0adlng shoguus
and ritiOg which 70 thu spousmans life are
gems. They were selected with She greatest
care from some Of the best Of hngiish makes
and are OF the very best value for money
ever offered M this Market The most fas
tidious sportsman can be suited there being
over 800 10 select from Of prices from & 81
single % 80 Hammeriess. Quality better
and prices lower than any other house in
call fornin. I3tf
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-12-09
HOTEL Rv1E,N.

One block from the Old Depot, head Of Whining
ton ST., No. 1873 Commercial 81. Meals al ali
hours. German home cooking Board and
Aodgine per week s6i Board without Lodging.
q cents 10 u Per night No Chinese employed
ang2z SIN =. HAFfNER 60. Propfietofa
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-12-09

spanish language by rrot. A egyes Z
Main street. dllly
Oemlana Bittcrs regulates The stomach,
hichel Levy & Co., Wholesale liquor dealers
agents.
ror hme beoE, side or chest usq shiloh's
Porous Plaster Price % cents Sold by o.
+ Heinzem0n IA N. Main street
Hughes Russian Baths, located Mt No Sib
Main street. opposite the Pico House. Gen
temen and ladies attended, 70 BY persons Of
their own sex.
sIREPLEss NIGHTS, made miserable b.
that terrible cough. shiloh's Cure is the re-
mVdy for you. Sold by G. r. heinzemau, iI2
North Main street
You wiz never have sour stomach II you
drink Detniana btteis,
A positive cure Tor dyspepsis-nsmiane
Bitters Michel Levy \ Coz Wholesale liq-
nor dealers. agents
Will YOU SUFFER- With Dyspepsia aud
Liver Complaint shl0h's Vitalizef IS guar
autced to cure Won. sold by G. j. NeinEes
man, i22 North Main street
II you want good appetite driuk DRni-
ana Bitters. Michel levy 4 Co. wholesale
liquor dealers, agents
All respectable desiers koep Damiehs BIT.
tiers, Michel Levy & CO., wholesale liquor
dealers. aReuts.
GROUP, WH0OpfNG COUGH and Bron.
ehius Immediately reflected By ShilohH
Cure. Sold by 6 Hein4elnau, ~ north
Main street.
Eastern jrensplenied oysters for one dollar
per can, at Bops
The largest stock OF drugs medieiucsi per
iumeries and tailef art elus In Southern Cal
iforniH, al &. I HeinzemRn's
SIMON COUGH aud Consumption Cure
is sold ~ as % a guarantee lt cures con
sumption Sold hf G. j.. Hciuzeman, i22
NoFth Meiu street.
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-12-09

Many States in the Union 81 present are
competing with California Tor European ln,-
part aftlc state, are great things Ia onr favor.
The most entorprians business men Of Los
Angeles come from all parts Of tha Union,
among the foremost OF which must be men
Pasioiflce.
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-12-09
CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN r. r..
Direct RAN coNm0kicAr,os wfTn
EArsOMAL CRY AND SAN DIEGO.

On and altar Monday, Fehrnsry le. 1898, trsns
Of the California Southern Railroad going south
ril leave Ban Bernsr5ino daily, Sundays 81.
ipted) Al l l5F. ". Cotton At i.a6 A. ~, or on
arrival 81 Kasf~bound Southern eacihn train.
and Riverside Al 2.i6 a ~, AWNING 81 San
Diego At 7.i6 ,. y.
Going north will leave San Diego At go
kivefside 40 RIA, arriving IL Cotton Il S.s2t
and San nernardipo At a.26 IN
which a 20 uinnta< iaster than Ban Franeise3
time. Passengers will save from len flnl 10 sigt
iel) 0eHts hy purchasing tlitir toke u the aes
before entering the enfs.
Close connections mazda with s. p local 10 ann
from Los Angeles Passengers 20 And from
the East vii hate but short DELAY al
Cotton The above r. National city time.
For information Tor irniaht o. fare aairnes
Agent psIlorfla Southern Ksllroad, Cotton, Or
u N.V1CTOR,
Superintendent. and oen. ~ and P.ss Act
.oual fitY. Gal, au28
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-12-09

f1F- Plans Of atesIners Cabins at Ageui's
once, where berths may be secured.
For Newport Landing, via Santa Cruz. etc,
freight steamers leave San Francisco about
every two weeks. as tides serve on the New
port bar.
The Company reserves Che right TO change
the steamers or their days OF sailing
- For passage or freight as above or
for tickets TO aud from
AL Important Points In Europe
APPLY TO-
81. MCCLELLAN. -: Agent
OFFICE No. 8 comnsreisist ST. Los Angeles
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-12-09

Z. II. GOODMAN.
eeoesal Passenger and Ticket Agent.
A. N. TOwNE,
Generai Manager.
e. z. HEWITT,
Assistant Superintendent. Los AnrsIos.
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-12-09
LOAN monEY ON WAREHOUSE af-
CEapTe.

y. Mcfarland No 10 Commercial street.
Ina money 70 loan upon warehouse receipts
Ter grain " general Iaerohahdise. octi2 2taw
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-12-09
coulsa SOUTH. GOING North.

Steamers Slnta Rosa and Orizaba 10
through TO San Diego. leaving San Pedro on
'ates OF their arrivals from San Fran
Barbsra and Port Hartford lsan Luis Obfspo)
only, on the route to and from San Fran.
cisco.
Cars o connect with steamers leave 8. p.
T. r. depot. Los Angeles, as iollows. With
Santa Rosa and 0rizsba, going north, at 10
o'clock a. Nj going SOUTH at 10 O'Clock A. n.
VIII Los Angeles and Eureka. going north.
st 10 O'Clock A. NJ, railroad time.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01
For Sale Cheap.

The undersigned offers for sale, cheap and
on easy terms, his house and four lots in South
Ottawa The lots are large, extending from
one street to another, and embrace the entire
south end of the block. There are many val
liable improvements on the place-good barn,
large enough for four horses, one Of the best
chicken houses in the city, excellent well of
water, fruit, shrubbery, dc. The house is
large enough for a small family. Two of the
lots are fenced off and can be used for pas
ture. This y a bargain for any one who
wishes home. For terms and other particu.
lars apply to W. X. LEcKY.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01
Gone East.

Mr.. John Flanagan, Of the wcl-known
house of ID. Hcenan IL Co., Streator, has gone
east to make the spring purchases for that
immense establishment. ID. Heenan & Co.
are not usually satept to take the average
runners samples as the cream Of the styles
and the market; but rather, twice a year.
send their buyer direct to the wholesale mar
kct, and the manufacturers Mr.. Flanagan is
when the spring and summer stock is opened
in full at ID. ileenan q Co.'s, Strcator and vi
entity will see Il stock of general merchandise
unsurpassed in La Sale county.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

The FREE TRADER readers will remember
last spring Messrs Work and Gardner. two
popular dry goods clerks of Scott Bros. Il
Co.'S store, went to Morris and opened
store with Il $4,000 stock of goods. 1t seems
Morris was not a good business town for
them and the young men were obliged to
close out their stock at heavy loss. Messrs.
Scott Bros, purchased the stock at the sale
very cheap and for some time past they have
run the store there, giving the people Of
Morris a taste of their Ottawa prices.
Quite stock yet remains to be sold, and
the firm will bring it to Ottawa and place it
on sale next Wednesday. II is needless To
tell the ladies this means bargains-rare bar
gains. If there is such a rush as there was
during the last week or two at Morris, a per
son will be obliged to go early
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01
Old Settlers Gone,

The Tonica Nc,US notes the death of two
old settlers, residents of this cnunty since the
thrtes, both men of sterling worth of the
brave pioneers, whose pluck and endurance
conquered these western wilds."
On Feb. l4th, James p. Beardsey died at S.
A. Halls, four miles east of Tonica, at the
age of Y years. In 1885 he came to this
and bought farm in Farm Ridge, on which
he settled in 1886. He was one of the CYAN
kee colony" Of which Elmer Baldwin is the
only survivor.
On Feb 10th, Ezra Hawlcy died in Tonica,
aged ~ years. He settled near Baiey's Falls
in 1885
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

The Republican, IN favorably commenting
on Rev. W. b. Leach of La Sale, who
preached a very acceptable sermon in the
Methodist church of this city on Sunday last,
says: He has a Gen. Logan mustache and
looks enough like the statesman to be cassed
as a member of the family" 1t is said that
one time that mustache caused Mr.. Lcach's
arrest "for being pirate" The smart Off
cial followed the reverend gentleman into his
church and made the arrest in the presence of
the congregation, just because he had such a
mustache OF course he was released as soon
as his identity was established, but what if it
had been the other man the Republican refers
ia
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

Newspapers, now -a-dsys are replcte with
Florida and Texas items-Orsnges, flowers
and peachcs-mtil poor suffering and SILVER
climate than here. Six months from now
when the mercury is crowding itself against
the top Of the thermometer, the batteries of
the Dakota and Manitoba scribblers will be
opened up and, well Florida will be forgotten.
tinue to proepeHand her citizens enjoy all the
Injuries of both zones, and though it
does thunder and snow in the same day, and
sometimes at the same time