Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-05-14
Harper and Western Railroad Time Card
GOING EAST.
LOCAL NEWS.

FoE Resi- \ new two-room house.
Apply to II. burst. A
r.. L. Whoelock, Esq, has added a
kitchen 10 his residence.
W. \. Schuler and wife are at home,
from their eastern tour.
'Two-horsc rotary drop planters for
$50, at II. T.. Noble X Co.'S. As
Public school will close here on tie
18th inst, two weeks from to-day.
H.. II. Jenkins, county surveyor Of
Harper county, came over last night.
County democratic central committee
next Tuesday, May 18th, in this city.
JAS n. Fleming and ID. W. Wing re-
turned from the Hot Springs last Sun
day.
III Kalkiosh has quit Etna and
taken charge of the Globe Hotel at
Sharon.
a 1at store key, lost by some one,
may be had ut this Office, by paying for
this notice.
The Sun City bridge is to I've built by
the BulIen Bridge company, of Leaven-
worth. ut cost of S2,l27.
Next Monday, May 18th, is the day
set for letting the contract for building
four bridges in this township.
J. l.. Rochelle, of Defiance county,
Ohio. has located here with his family
and is looking for a good farm.
J. w. Lappan left this week to look
after his cattle in Colorado. lie is
holding 80 head out there and they are
doing well.
Parties were here this week collect
ting Information for a state atlas.
showing correctly every county and
town iu the state.
The stock ordinance, though n new
broom. does not appear To have swept
clean, for horses and cattle are yet to
be seen running at large.
Barber county will be- entitled to two
delegates ana two alteruates in the re
publican state nominating convention.
at Topeka, July 7th, next.
The Willing Workers have requested
us To- return their thanks TO Capt. y.
l.. Freeman for most substantial do
nation To their general fund.
DR.. Gillette was over at Sharon yes
terday in consultation with DR.. Brown
over the case of Mrs. Ncwsom. who is
dangerously IN with malarial poisoning.
with its accustomed enterprise, the
INDEX this week publishes the district
court docket in full. Lawyers and all
others will find the INDEX reliable AT
all times.
Eldred Post. G.. \. r., will conduct
decoration ceremonies on Monday, May
3lst, the 3Oth coming on Sunday. a
full programme will be published in
due time.
II. II. Richards has sold out his
ranch aud cattle interests in this county
To his father-in-law, .. Rogers. Mr..
Richards yet owns his old home place
and, besides, n good lot on Main street.
James T.. Fillmore brought here from
Lafayette county, Mo, this week a ear
load of Jersey cows and stock sheep.
II. NJ. Sparks purchased the cows for
his Cedar Grove dairy, and will here
after dispense pure cream to his Gus
toners.
Uncle JOHNNY Roe and family started
Monday for No-Man' s-l.and, and car.
ried with them the best wishes of theii
many friends in this community who
have known them ten or twelve years
Albert Aber went with them and will
engage in surveying in the new country
The directors of the Medicine Lodg,
Savings, Loan and Building association
at meeting this week elected the fol
lowing officers for the ensuing year
President, Henry burst; vice presi.
dent, DIR. b. II. Burney; secretary, ;
l.. Shreaves; treasurer, J. W. McNeal
The articles Of incorporation have beer
forwarded to the secretary of state.
The work of canvassing the county
for petitioners for the new court hous,
and jail is now progressing with the
most satisfactory results. II there IL
any opposition to the proposition 1t il
10y no means formidable, and the indi
cations are that more than one thouS
and electors will have signed the petit
tions this week. "IIow good and pleas
ant il is for brethren to dwell togethe
in unity
The Sun City Union lies when it says
"a number of cattle recently died il
the vicinity Of Kiowa from the effect
Of drinking the Medicine river water
1t created quite sensation at first, bu
when 1t was learned that a Mediein
Lodge man had been taking his annua
bath in the river the excitement sub
sided, and measures have been take
~ TO purify the water. We desire to eau
ton our Medicine Lodge friends a
there is number of them who insis
upon bathing once a year, whether the
need II or not" The real truth of III
matter is that the trouble originate
further up the creek-at Sun City, i
fact-when the Union editor unwit
tingly washed his office towel in tn
river. So bad was the wateL pass.n
here that the city council passed a
ordinance prohibiting live stock fror
running at large.