Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30
LOCAL NEWS.

We need fire department.
Hayden " Lytle keep groceries.
Is your land included in the delIn-
quent listY
Who was il that said Barber county
needed rain?
Freshest groceries in town at Hay
den Il Lytle's. 8
For RENT-A new two room house,
apply TO Henry burst. 8
Mrs. Caruthers and the children re-
turned home last Sunday.
+. II. Nixon is spending a week at
Winfield an5 Kansas City.
Fifty bushels Of corn per acre is about
the average crop expected.
80 ACRES FOR sALE.-Very desirable
and cheap. Inquire at this office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah, Of Lake City, are
parents Of boy, born on the 2lst inst.
Take your butter and eggs to Hayden
x Lyle to exchange for groceries or
dry goods. 8
Or. BurnCy reports q l0-pound gill
born 10 Mr.. ANA Mrs. j. G. Morgan on
the 9th inst.
Barber county farming is no expert
mcnt; but as certaina success as in any
eastern county.
Mr.. Purdy, railroad agent at this
place, sells coupon tickets to any part
of the civilized globe.
old baled hay, at 10 cents bale, is
being used to iill up the washed out ap-
proaches TO the bridges in this city.
Bobt. \. Nen, of The sun City Union,
is the latest republican candidate men,
tioncd. lie wants to be probate judge
The corn crop in this section Of the
country will now make fair average
yield, whether we have any more rain
ornOt.
Ground was broken on Tuesday for
Tie foundation OF The Wood n Vincent
building and it will be rushed to com
plction.
The coal prospecting west of Sun
City has been abandoned for the pre-, =
cut, at least, after hole had been
drilled SEQ feet.
Allpersons who have subscribed to
the city Library will please call at the
l.. O. Book Store and get their ccrtii
Gates of membership. .
l.. ). smith, prosperous farmer in
the east part of Che county, was here ON
business Wednesday. lie reports that
crops iu his section will be very fair.
win Cook, Lutte Ely and two others
went out tO the Wisuer ranch Saturday
evening tO hunt coOns. They took
along bird dogs, only, and did not get
coon.
Mayor lngraham has purchased the
house and lot on the west side of Main
street, now occupied 10y W. II. Nc
Cague. Judge Hess the owner receiv-
ed 81 800 for 1t.
The Hood of last Friday night washed
out the approaches to the bridge in the
north end Of town. Mr.. II. .Wheelocb
went to work at the place Monday, and
fixed Il, for which the whole neighbour
hood thank him.
The willing workers met with Mrs
Ely Wednesday afternoon and elected
officers for the year as follows: Presi
dent, Mrs. Mulkey; secretary. Mrs
Rouse; treasurer, Mrs. McClearey
Next Thursday evening. August 5th
they will give lunch at the church.
The advantages of getting n faru
loan from the First National Bank oil
Medicine Lodge are, that there Is nc
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
IL. n. Burner, who has a )od farm
west Of here six miles, south Of tn,
river, brought In this week great arm
full of corn stalks, every one bearing
two sound ears. 1t was, he said. an av
erage sample Of an entire field full, ant
that being the case, he Will not know
that drouth was ever talked of il
this county.
Judge Nelson Case, Of Oswego, is her,
in the work Of organizing a county Sun
day-school association. lie is the dull,
appointed general secretary Of the stat
association and has the general super
intendency of the work In the state. an,
we hone hp will t,,aat NTH c,.c,,-,,.,
ment from our people. There are per
haps twenty SundaY-schools in Ia,
county and by organizing into a count,
association, much more satisfactor,
work could be accomplished. Judgr
Case will be here until after Sunday
AS will be seen by his notice i'm thi
issue the meeting for organization vii
be held tomorrow afternoon.