Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-11

Shannon Il Shannon want all the
good farm loans they can get. 80
Z. G. Pollard, Of the Chicago Lumber
company, was at Wichita last week.
HOTEL FOR RENT.-The Avenue
house. this city. Call on S. z. CoAN
for particulars. 81
The latest, tenderest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
LIST National bank.
w. J. Ewart. formerly of this city,
now of Meade Centre, came in Friday
TO see his old friends.
Miss Abbie McElroy gave birthday
party yesterday to a number of her lit
tie friends. She was ten years old.
The Willing Workers will meet with
Mrs. Drysdale Wednesday afternoon,
April 18th. Mrs. Waldron Chase, Sec
rotary.
X. NJ. Woodward has been appointed
and commissioned justice OF the peace
for Medicine Lodge township, vice L.
b. Macdonald, resigned.
20. b." and Homo Flour; superior
to any in Kansas. Satisfaction guaran-
teed or money refunded, sure. Standl-
ford, Youmans Il Eldred. 46
We are requested by the church or
CARNATIONS that received donations
from the Dung Ladies' Dramatic Club
to return their thanks for the same.
Our stock of spring dress goods, in all
the latest patterns, is now open and the
ladies are requested to come III now and
make their selection. Davis Il Davis.
The sale of D. Vanslyke's live stock
and farm implements was started last
Saturday, and all of the stock was dis
posed of. Part of the goods will be
sold to-day.
Remember that Marquand's meat
shop is in the gypsum building, Main
street; that he has the best, tenderest
and latest meat the market affords,
and that he is satisfied with reasonable
profits. 46
The INDEX Office is being almost sur
rounded by public institutions. 1t has
a school, a Justices Office, the court
house, and the city council almost sun
der its very nose" We should be smart,
if we are not.
w. l.. Cox and wife were down from
their Turkey Creek ranch, Saturday
and Sunday visiting friends. While
here, Mr.. Cox bought span Of mules
of r. L. Lee and fine yearling colt of
ID. VanSlyke.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the NJ. E.
church meets Friday afternoon with
Mrs. Hubbard. A good attendance is
desired as this is the time for the
annual election of officers. Mrs. A. NJ.
HOuchin. Sec'y.
The "Y's" will give an entertainment
at the Thompson opera house, next
Tuesday evening, April 18th. Vocal
and instrumental music, recitatiOns and
"livlng pictures,p viii constitute part
of the programme. Admission Is cts.
A car load of salt received this week
and to be sold at reduced price. A
car load of eating potatoes, sound and
good. A new line of seeds, A big lot
of fresh groceries. The headquarters
for farmers supplies. b. X. Harrington,
the Ped Front. Is
The two Hanks nsge formed a CO.
partnership In the loan and abstract
business. That IL, II. II. Ingraham
and Henry O'Drian, two experienced
lard men, have pooled their issues, and
will BsAs sEaSisliy of loans and alb
stracts. Their Office Is sn lRp east side
of Nt~in street.
The county commissioners will nfHet
OH the first Monday in June as board
of equaii1atIOS. snd AL appeals from
the assessors valuations should then
be made. The commissioners and the
clerk are getting most awfully tired of
hearing complaints after the taxes have
been eslPpled and even collected.
Eli Benedict came near meeting with
serious accident last Saturday. He
started 10 lead in from his farm. two
miles west of town, his llolstein bull
KaloFasaS is2g. ta exhibit him ut the
stock slow. When DaaF Jnder Ellis
l, the bull became uDrnly, and attacked
his M: ster Yiciously. They fought for
twenty minutes, and finally the power
full brute wrenched the iaadiDg-pole,
fastened to the ring in his nose, from
Mr.. Benedict's hand. aud knocked him
down. land made several attempts to
gore him, and then broke away from
his PROSTATE toe. The bull was corral
led with bunch of cattle, and later in
the day Marshal HOrney. Roll Clark
and Tom. Doran, mounted on trusty
COW ponies, with stout ropes, took the
| animal baek to bis stable. Mr.. Bene-
dict was severely bruised about the
body, his shoes were torn Of, and he
was generally shaken up. Not until
night was 1t known how badly he was
injured; but then lie became uncou-
scious, and required the services of DIR.
Moore, who was called out after sup
per. No bones were broken, and Mr..
benedict Ees able to come to town on
Monday,