Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-06-04

1he pest cigars Tor the money are the
INDEX brand, at Poole's.
The Christian Sunday School has a
picnic at the grove to-day.
esS- Three houses TO rent. Inquire of
Shannon, Shannon & Burney. 90
After June 9Th the barber shops of
this city will be closed on Sunday.
Mulkey & Hull, new firm and new
goods. Call and examine our stock be-
fore purchasing. l
Spring chickens were i'm the market
this week, selling for Is cents. They
were not really ripe.
/. =. Campbell. formerly OF Harper.
but now of Wichita, was here this
week attending district court.
Will VanSlyke will soon open n gro
Gerry store in the Thompson building,
lately vacated by W. w. Robertson &
Co.
The Willing Workers society have a
called meeting at the church next Mon
day. Important business and all are
invited. Mrs. BEEsoN, Sec.
Mr. III. G. Thompson left for his
home in Virginia City, H.. last Thurs
day morning. lie will return with his
family in about two weeks. and engage
in business here.
B. f. Smith and J. Ed. Allen returned
Saturday from their three weeks trip
to the Panhandle, No-Man's Land, etc.
They report having seen good coun-
try, hut neither male any investments.
The first real live circus TO visit this
city will be here on Wednesday. June
9th. Read the flaming posters and the
small bills, and make every arrange
ment to take in this the last show of the
season.
Postofice moved? Yes. Book and
news store go too? No. But there is a
complete new stock Of books, stationery
news, notions, etc, in the postofIice
building bought for cash and sold at
living prices. /
Owners Of dogs are notified that their
pets will positively be killed this week
If they are not provided with tags from
the city marshal. The law gives the
marshal this authority, and lie has the
backing of the city council.
Halls circus. which is TO be here on
next Wednesday, the 9th, is receiving
good words from the press generally.
At Wichita, where it remained several
days, the tent was crowded. At King
man, last Monday, it was a big success.
We have tried to stimulate our citi-
Zens into some action i'm regard to eel
ebrating the Fourth. So far we have
heard no response to our articles. 1t
will not do to put the matter off any
longer if we are going to do anything
at all.
The rain has made everyone feel rich
or, and il is expected that the entire
county will turn out next Wednesday
to see Halls circus in this city. 1t is
as far ahead of Johnson's outfit as the
latter is ahead of a Punch and Judy
show.
wednesday evening, George Lewis of
COldwater and Belle Pearson from Indi-
ana. were united in marriage at the res
idence of J. G. Morgan, Rev. Gillian of
the NJ. +. church, officiating The bride
arrived on the train ouWednesday from
Seymour.
Pianos and organs tuned and all kinds
of sewing machines repaired 10y an ex-
perienced man from the east; also
pianos, organs and Domestic machines
for sale on monthly payments. Old
machines taken in exchange. Leave
orders with y. ;. McClearey * Co., at
the pOstollice. /
Persons desiring farm loans will find
1t TO their interest to call at the First
National Bank of Medicine Lodge. They
write their own papers, and pay the
money on the day the application is
made. Interest is payable at their of
flee, in Medicine Lodge. l
Mr.. Stephen T. Dickerson dropped
IN To see us Thursday, and slapping a
quarter Of a dollar down ON our table,
said: want you to say Glory, glory
we had good rain at Elm Mills" lie
turned and left before any body could
catch him to jam the money back in
his pocket.
The advantages of getting n 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 70 loan. and they
have rates as low as any other firm.
r. NJ. Williams, from Fairville, Sa-
line county, Mo-, was here this week as
the advance guard of quite n colony
from that county, who want to locate
i'm the west. Mr.. Williams is well pleas
ed with Barber county. lie was ac-
companied 10y W. T. Williams, ESQ.,. of
Sharon. formerly of the same section of
country.
At their regular meeting last Monday
night the X. of p. of this city elected
the following officers: J. r. Fleming.
G. c.; Harry a. Brown, V. c.; Philip
Frech. Prelate; G. V. Sample. K. of r..
and s.; julius Goldsmith, NJ. F.; James
Rardwell, NJ. E.; J. NJ. Bundy, NJ. A.
The installation will occur the first
Monday in July.
People ought to be careful about leav-
ing their houses unguarded on the day
OF the circus. A crowd Of burglars.
pickpockets and professional thieves
generally follow circuses, and when the
people leave home it gives n chance for
burglary to be successful. II you have
chance at n burglar do not forget to
use your gun.
One day this week twenty-one mem.
bers of the town mob were bathing nj