Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-02-19

done, plain or fancy, call at the INDEX
Office.
Charlie Colcord IL making arrange
meuts To move to the western portion
Of Arizona. He will start i'm about ten
days.
f. W. ITenkins and o. z. Poole have
started a coal yard with headquarters
three doors south of the First National
bank.
l.. G.. Bell returned from Meade Cen
ter aud other western points Tuesday.
lie reports Meade county still on the
boom.
Since Gus IIegwer froze to death,
Mai. A. W. Rumsey enjoys the honor
OF being the oldest inhabitant around
Kiowa.
.. II. George, of Winterset, Iowa.
was here this week. lie has purchased
land west of town and expects to go
into stock raising.
The United States pension examiners
for the district composed of Sumner,
Harper and Barber counties. met here
Wednesday.
Country dealers should serd i'm their
orders now to Currie X Schmidt for
their potatoes. apples and seeds. 81
Three car loads of barb wire were re-
ceived this week by Geppert X Stone.
1t has been piled up in one heap and is
as large as big house.
FEED For SALE.-A lot of millet
and prairie hay, 6 miles sout of Medi-
cine Lodge. Enquire of Albert L..
Noble. First National bank building. 3G
Ben. Woodland traded his livery stock
and vehicles to W. 4. Schiller for the
latter's skating rink, and the two have
taken possession of their new bust
ness.
ON Tuesday, March 81, there will be
n grand musical soiree, at Sherlock hall,
IN which Prof. Wagar's band and the
leading musical talent of the town will
take part.
DIR. J l.. Trimble, of Cooper county
Mo-, is out here looking for a location
lie left for sun Cisy to-day, learning
that there was perhaps an opening
there.
Postmaster McClearey received Q
handsome valentine in the shape of 9
large bouquet of natural flowers from 9
friend In Iowa, lady he knew in early
days.
I /. s. Tevis, of the firm of Tevis a
Proctor. left this week for his home il
Kentucky. lie was detained in thi,
county ON account of sickness fol
several weeks.
+. l.. Lindley. of Kiowa township
has decided to locate in Medicine
Lodge and engage in the real estate
loan business. lie is an active man il
any business.
An extra coach was put on the trair
to this place Wednesday, and it wa
well filled. Tie travel to Medicin,
Lodge is picking up rapidly.
And now we must have a bridge.
The Medicine Valley Medical societ,
will met at New KiOwa next Thursday
The last monthly meeting was post
poned on account Of the death of TIN
secretary, Dr. Meincke.
The willing .orkers Of the Christian
church will meet at the residence o
Mrs. Youmans on Wednesday after
noon, February ~. 4 full ATTENDANT
Of the members is desired.
Moss Hamilton met with severe &C
= cident last Monday by falling of
3 load of hay and one of the wheels pass
ing over his body, breaking three lib:
lie is improving at this time.
+. II. Nixon, of this city. has pun
chased some valuable property i
/ Greensburg, the coming town of Kiow
: county. lie will hold for speculation
continuing To reside here.
VIM. Blair, foreman of the Comanch
y Pool, spent this week IN town. ii
saws that the cattle under his care al
doing well and that range riders repoI
remarkably few deaths.
j. W. Richardson, of Garrett, Kas
is here tins week taking in the gres
; southwest. lie is publishing the Ga
: nett Plaindealer and is an old tin
friend of Capt. 4. c. Freeman.
Another boot and shoe shop has bee
opened here. this time AIr. Ringle
until lately with J. w. Singer, beiu
y the man. Ills place is next door
e Morgan's store. opposite the bank.
Our township officers are conside
u ably agitated this week over the Obje
= lions mterposed by the city dads" {
the road Overseer working citizens
/ Medicine Lodge outside of the eli
:. limits.
'The finest line Of business card
=, white and colOred, ever brought her
5, at the INDEX Office.
5. O'Bryan 4 Bartels, Barber coun
IS auctiOneers, have formed co-partne
Y ship and will hereafter have public au
ii tions every Saturday, also once a mon
live stock sales, on the streets Of Med
cine Lodge.