Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
LOCAL NEWS.

paying taxes.
Mrs. Geo Sanderson is expected HON,
this evening.
o. e.. Ewart started to Ohio on bust
ness last Sunday.
j. NJ. simmons, of the Kiowa Herald
was a caller yesterday.
Election Of directors Of the First Ma
tional bank January 18th.
A. u. Pool. editor of the Evansville
Herald, was here yesterday.
John Fleming has gone to Wayerly
ILL.,, TO spend the holidays.
Albert Hansen left for Illinois this
week to spend the holidays.
Capt. G. G. Pepperd and wife were
here several days this week.
Currie n Schmidt's mill will com
mence grinding tomorrow.
Ramsey x Sheldon have their cor
rected price-list in this issue.
Currie Il Schmidt, this city, will give
80 cents a bushel for good corn. .
Mayor Dobson and marshal O'Shee OF
New KiOwa, were here Monday.
Capt. Pepperd and wife were here
ulis week laying IN holiday supplies.
The Young Peoples League is pre-
pairing for dramatic entertainment.
The g. b. Shaw Lumber Co. makes
an important announcement i'm this
issue.
You can get 30 cents for your corn
from Currie q Schmidt, in Medicine
Lodge. q
The literary will not meet tonight
owing to several other entertainments
occurring.
Il. NJ. Smith and wife were up from
Canema, Wednesday, preparing fol
Christmas.
IL is announced that Bradbury has
sold his IEtna Clarion To young man
from Sharon.
Al. lTargis started l2j head Of feed
ers To Kansas City last Monday from
New Kiowa.
The Young Mems Social Club will
give select dance at Sherlock's hal
this evening.
Mayor stone, :. X. W. Field. and a
half dozen other citizens are at Larned
again this week.
Mrs. +. L. Caruthcrs and the boys
started east yesterday to spend The hol-
idays with her parents.
Mrs. +. T.. Lockwood returned from
the east with her husband last week.
hIer health is much improved.
Eartels has been engaged tn sell out
at auction an immense stock of dry
goods and notions at Kingman.
There was fair sleighing here last
Sunday aud Monday and several nice
outfits appeared on the streets.
There is talk of new town being es
tablished M the southwestern part OF
the county bya colony of Israelitcs.
Mrs. l.. CJrson has an advertisement
in this issue of the INDEX, soliciting q
share of the dressmSlling patronage OF
the town.
III. B, Steck. cashier of the Bank OF
llazelton, and Mr.. Smith spent We'd
nesday here. Both were much please
with this city.
Mr.. Fisk, u brother-in-law of w. W
Cook, died last week and was buried AT
Atchison. Mr.. and Mrs. Cook went uT
to the funeral.
There will be Catholic services al
Sherlock hall next Sunday, Goth inst.
10y the regular pastor, Father McCune
of Wellington.
Ballard & Lane, the druggists are
gratilied with their increasing trade and
want the people to remember that theil
drugs are pure and fresh. q
Lindsey X Co. have opened branch
of their Medicine Lodge drug store al
Nescutunga, and Mr.. Southworth, OF
the firm is out there in charge.
Sheriff-elect Nelson and family ar,
now citizens of Medicine Lodge, having
moved into their new house i'm the
south part of town last Saturday,
Wanted, seamstresses and apprentice
girls for dressmaking. Inquire of Mrs
Sheldon x Morse, in the kaufman
building, opposite Sheldon's store. y
Miss Venable, friend of Mrs. n. NJ
Mason, of Lake City, who had been Wis
iting there since last summer, started
Wednesday TO her home in Kentucky.
Mrs. Sheldon and Mrs. Morse have
opened a millinery and dressmakinl
establishment IN the Kaufman building
next door TO Ballard a. Lanes drul
store.
a note book lost two months ago 10y
ii. l.. Osborne, who travels for Ramsey
Millett x Hudson, was found last week
and left at this Office by Mr.. L. NJ. earn
cross.
judge Ray passed through here yes
terday on his way to COmanche count,
where he will hold his last term of cour
before giving up the bench to Judg,
IIerrick.
W. ID. Dalton, the attorney who loca
ted here FROM New York lately. has de
cided ON the great northwest as bette
place, and so he will go there. lie i
now in the east.
Matinee for school children at TN
amphitheatre tomorrow, Saturday
afternoon. Admission only 10 cent
for children, and % cents for parent
accompanied by children.
The presentation of the drama, "En
listed for the War" by home troup
of amateurs, will not occur before tn,
18th inst. Due notice of the exact tim
will be given next week.