Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-05-14


improve them is the way 10 build up a
town.
*II. f. Noble s. Co. have few more
Bradley listers and drills that they will
close out at reduced prices. As
On Tuesday evening last, Rev. McEl-
roy was installed as pastor Of the Pres
byterian church in this city.
Every owner of an addition to this
city, who has lots for sale should take
stock in the building association.
J. Ii. Lyon, western passenger agent
of the Missouri Pacific, and a promi-
nent X. OF r., was here yesterday.
UWe can print you elegant sta
tionery at less cost than the blank
paper will cost you. The INDEX.
All of the Harper citizens over this
week extended special invitation to
our people to visit the races next week.
They promise rich programme.
The Willing Workers will meet with
Mrs. J. W. Wiltshire, Wednesday after
noon, May 10Th. All are invited.
Mrs. T. NJ. WARD, Sec'y.
+. J. Sch artz, general manager of
the Badger Lumber company, was mar
ried at Trenton, Mo-, last week. The
supposition Was that he was confirmed
bachelor.
ii, \. Beals, of Sharon, sent us, Mon
day, a bunch of red clover which he had
raised OH his place. lie has quite a
patch growing. The specimen sent us
Is - inches long.
J. o. Martin, one of the cleverest mail
agents on the ). h. railroad, was a call
er this week. Like all officials who
make this their stopping-place, he is
well pleased with Medicine Lodge.
The town was full of people last Sat-
urday, and all our merchants seemed to
be doing lively business. Fencing
wire was especially active, and nearly
every wagon carried off from one to half
a dozen spools.
Prof. Kociell's new tonsorial palace
has been reftted and refurnished, and
the public is invited TO call in and en-
joy the luxury of first-class shave, a
stylish hair cut or an invigorating
shampoo. Clean, cool, silent. so
j. w. Hayden, of the firm of Hayden
Il Lyle, was very sick for several days
this week, but is improving. His sister,
Mrs. w. G.. Welch, of Stanford, KY.
and his brother, L. b. Hayden, of
Springfield, Mo-, arrived Wednesday in
response to kilograms.
On the eth inst. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Higgins celebrated the 18th anniversa-
ny of their marriage. \ number of
their friends we're present, and enjoyed
a good supper and a pleasant evening.
Mrs. Higgins had arranged the affair
without the knowledge of her husband.
The new bell, recently purchased by
the ladies of the Presbyterian church,
and of which they were quite proud,
was placed in position, and then it was
found TO be so badly cracked that its
sound would drive people out of town.
1t has been shipped back to the foundry
from whence IT came.
y senseless rumor was circulated this
week TO the effect that the courthouse
would be built somewhere up north,
near the cemetery. OF course such an
idea could only emanate from the mind
Of m enemy of the courthouse propo-
sition. The county Owls the lots on
which it is proposed to erect the build
ing, and they are located within one
block of the center of town, on Kansas
avenue.
If the savings, loan and building asso-
citation, now being organized in this
city, is properly encouraged it will prove
of great ADVANTAGE in building up this
place. The hundred thousand dollars
of stock should be taken without delay
and no extensive city real estate owner
should be without stock. Every city
that has tired these associations has
prolted by their existence.
Marrled-At the residence of the Off
ciating magistrate, in this city, Sunday
evening, May 9th, 10y ID. y. McCandless.
j. T., assisted 10y Rev. McElroy, pas
tor of the Presbyterian church of this
city, Mr.. James 5. Anderson and Mrs
Laurie Weidner. They left the next
morning for their future home in Co
manche county. The INDEX extends
its congratulations and good wishes
The bride is daughter of Judge D.
Updegraff, of this city, who is well and
favorably known to all old residents.
If you wish to realize fully the great
geographical changes, the immense in
crease of population which have taken
place in Kansas, Garden of the West, .
do not fail to secure a copy of the New
Sectional Map of Kansas, just issued by
Rand, McNally 81 Co., the noted map
publishers, 1854 Monroe St. Chicago
New railroads, new county lines, COM
plete index of cities, towns and villages
and as far as possible their population
at the present time, all have faithful
attention. We would advise some wide
awake salesman to supply the demand
for the map in this vicinity, and pre-.
dict for him pecuniary success.
Nearly all of Hazelton was here last
Friday in case instituted under the
prohibitory law by the county attorney
Judge Howe, against S. L. Pool, g
druggist of that place. a temporary
injunction had been obtained enjoinine
the druggist from selling intoxicants
and it was on motion to dissolve thi:
injunction that a dozen or more wit
nesses appeared before Judge Ellis, a
chambers. The complaining witness
in the original application for an in
| junction, was Rev. ii. G. Bosley, whC
appeared for the Law and Order League
lie was backed by one portion of TIT
town company, while the banker, Mr.