Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-11-10

NlncenJS. "A
X. W. Philips came in from the
range this week.
For rent-A two room house. Apply
to ID. A. McCanless. 2ltf
Good apples are selling here on the
ears at $3.50 per barrel.
For rent-a new two room house.
apply 10 Henry burst. -
Good butter brings p cents and
there is scarcity at that.
Prairie hay on the street IS worth
$3.50 and "a per ton, in this city.
Currie & Schmidt will buy corn in
large lots, and advance literally. Il.
w. l.. Z. Burney and wife have been
visiting in Cass county, Mo-, for two
weeks.
Several dollars changed hands in this
city on the congressional ticket in the
county.
Mrs. a. j. Jones is filling the posi-
ton of deputy county superintendent,
at present.
DIR. Dunn of Nescatunga was here
| Sunday on his way east Oh some big
railroad scheme.
G. 7. Freeman has painted his house
the color between crushed strawberry
ard hOg-brindle.
Before you sign an application for
farm loan, see Blair Il Ewart at the
First National Bank. IS
w. 7. Rouse and wife were register
ed in Washington City last Friday.
They will be home tins week.
For Rent--A house of three rooms,
in HartzelI's addition, at SO per month.
Inquire at Index office. II. V. BLOOM.
Last Friday was a cold, blustery, dis
agreeable day. We guess people living
in this vicinity found it out at the time.
Aleck. Hopkins came up yesterday
and obtained a druggists permit for
himself and partner, whose name we
did not learn.
The Byerley, Dark s. Runyan build
| ing and the Higgins building will have
cathedral glass in the front, over the
doors and windows.
Mrs. Hill and two children, Of Edo
RADIO, Kansas, who have been visiting
the family of Mr.. +. b. FristOe for the
past two weeks, left for home last Sat
urdaY
John G. Thurman returned from his
sud mission To Indiana, yesterday.
The remains of his deceased friend Nc
Quiddy, were laid at rest before he
left there.
/. +. Shannon returned from his
eastern trip last Wednesday. He mis-
sed connections at st. Louis, or would
have been here to have killed his broth
er's vote.
Somebody took bag full of young
cats out in the north part of town, last
Thursday, and turned them loose. And
now the neighborhood would like to
know the color of the hair Of the man
who did it.
Within the past two weeks the INDEX
Office has received more than 500 worth
Of new material. If any one has doubts
about this being the best equipped
newspaper Office in southwestern Kan
sas, he has but to come in and take a
look. We will duplicate Kansas City
prices ON all standard lines Of job work.
Mrs. Moore, better known by every
one as the Widow Moore, died at her
home in this city this week. She was
one of the earliest settlers of this
county, and WAS the mother of Lee,
John and Joseph Moore, Mrs. Jesse
Cargyle and Mrs. Bunk Ward. She had
been sick for several months. Tie fun
eral services were held at the NJ. L.
church.
Judge .. G. Howe will deliver lee
ture at the Presbyterian church. next
Sunday evening, Nov. II, commencing
at o'clock. on The Duties OF Chris
tians Toward Temperance and the Pre-
hibition Law" The Judge is one of
the most finished scholars in this coun
ty and as a lecturer in colleges
had achieved quite a reputation long
before coming to Kansas. His obser-
vations on the prohibitory law in Kan
sas have been extensive and if he tells
all he knows, the lecture Sunday night
will be entertaining and perhaps par
take slightly Of the sensational. He
should have good audience.
The Clarion, published at Etna,
Barber county, of Nov. 4th, tells of a
shooting affair, as follows: To-day
Charles Tyler and John Jester had a
shooting match at each other. No Sc
rious damage was done on either side,
though their leaden compliments pass
ed sufficiently close, in both cases, TO
draw blood. Jester received two bird
shot i'm the back OF the neck and head.
and one in the right arm. Tyler receiv-
ed slight wound ON the under part of
his right ear. The trouble arose over
a claim-jumping contest between the
parties, Tyler having jumped a part of
the claim on which Jester had 'proved
up, and is contesting his right to it.
Each claims that the other was the ag-
gressor In the trouble to-day, and as
there were no witnesses to the shoot
ing, it is difficult to say who was in the
fault"
Last Saturday afternoon Judge Ste
vens started out, in a buggy, to take a
lady to her home, in the north end Of
town, and to show her the good quail
ties of horse which friend of his
wanted to sell. When opposite the res
idence OF Judge McCanless they met a
couple OF ladies, in wagon, driving a
mule and horse. AS the vehicles were
about to pass each other, a breast strap