Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-08-13


Our lumber men have no. responded
70 our imitation. We propose to publish
their price list free If they will furnish
It 10 us.
From the way our hardware men are
piling up barbed wire, 1t would seem
that they expected some fencing to be
done this fall.
Miss Carrie, daughter Of Lee Bradley,
will make an extended visit TO Lafay-
cite county. No, this summer. She
expects to start east in u week OF ten
days.
The work Of digging the foundatian
for the Thompson block, 75x1OO feet,
two stories high. was commenced yes
terday and it will be pushed TO compile
ton. IL is TO be the finest block in
town.
Mrs. Gertrude Gray, of Nevada. Mo-,
who has been visiting her sistei. Mrs.
Il. NJ. Sparks, for the past six weeks,
will start home next week. Her health
has been much improved by her visit
here.
Capt. A. l.. Freeman has The thanks
OF this Office for u valuable assortment
Of San Francisco papers, containing
accounts of the G.. \. Il. encampment.
The Captain never fails TO remember
his home papers when he is away on one
OF his excursions.
4 bunch Of millet feet and inches
high. from the farm of II. y. Burner,
six miles west Of here, exhibited in front
Of the INDEN Office this week. attracted
general attention from passers-bY. Mr..
Burner wants TO know If there are any
larger specimens in the county.
Miss Carrie Bradley fell from horse,
one day last week, and sustained a DIS
location of the elbow joint. She man
aged TO work the bone back into place,
without surgical assistance, and is do
ing well, though the joint was quite
painful for a number Of days.
Prof. Dewey will deliver free lee
ture at the school house. before the ms
titute, next Monday evening Aug. 10th.
Subject will be Hints on Self Culture -
The public is invited to attend, and the
admission will be free. Don't fail to 90
and hear this renowned teacher.
There will be n mass meeting of cit
liens tomorrow Saturday night at the
opera house IN this city. for the pur-
pose of talking up the subject of water
works. Every property-holder in TIE
city is earnestly requested to be pres
eut. This is by request of the mayor
and many citizens.
The advantages of getting farm
loan from the First National Bank of
Medicine Lodge are. that there is no
delay, money being furnished on day
of application; the interest is payable
here at home; there is no limit to the
amount they have to loan, and they
have rates as low as any other ]
A. W. Johnston, Of the firm of Rigg
* Johnston. has contracted with G. Il.
Freeman for tasty four-room cottage
in the southwest part Of town near Mr..
Fowler's. This will be the first house
built with thC funds Of the savings,
loan and building association.
At the Riley Lake sale, Saturday, 7,h
inst, fair prices We're realized Work
horses averaged SlC0, work mules SIS
to $50; ponies, S3j TO So: cows with
calves b. their side, S2S to $50; 2-year-
I'd steers, S25; yearling hcifers. SI3.7j.
These prices would indicate that the
farmers feel confident Of plenty of feed .
\ young lady was passing along Main
street This week when lot Of men and
boys were endeay0rirg TO get two dogs
IN fight She met friend and re
marked, They arc trying to get up a
dog fight down there. Why don't you
go and take Il hard?" lie says he can [
yet understand whether she intended to
be witty or sarcastic.
Cunningham d Co. is the name of a
new law and loan firm of this city. Mr..
Il. ID. Cunningham, the resident mem
Der of the firm, is lately from Toronto,
while his brother, Mr.. d. X. Cunning
ham, is at present in the law and LOAF
business, in Mcpherson county. The
firm has I'm Office over the First Ration.
nal bank, and has something further
to say in these columns.
The Willing Workers Of the Christian
church gave Fried Chicken and But
termilk festival Wednesday evening
1t was a novelty and proved a paying
affair. Fried chicken, good bread. iced
buttermilk and iced tea were the fea.
lures. These are better than ice cream
in hot weather, and do not encourage
the young In n yearning for the ex,
pensive.
As will appear by an ordinance pub
lished in this issue, the council has
vacated III inches on the north side Of
/ First avenue from Main street to Oal
street. This was necessary for the rea
son that the buildings erected north Of
First avenue, including the NJ, l.. Il L
bank, the old postoflice building, In,
Chase building and the Cresset building
had all been built too far south by 2li
/ inches.
+. W. Clancy, for several months
conductor between here and Attica, anC
acknowledged to be one of the whites
men on the road, returned from his yisi
east this week, and is now ON his ole
run. Mr.. Miner, his successor, will
run from Chcrryvale to New Kiowa
The Southern Kansas road has beer
kind to the people of Medicine Lodg,
in the matter of furnishing them will
| obliging railroad officials.
The announcement of Jas. B. Ely, o
tins city, as candidate for district clerl
appears in this issue. He is we'll anC
fayorably known to every citizen o
this city, and to the democracy of Tn,