Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-05-02

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ton. EHONsoS & HOUcmN. 40
Democratic convention Saturday
May 9Th.
l.. F. Pearson has traded off his big
grey team.
The peaches were not killed by the
frost OF Monday morning.
Shannon & Shannon want all the
good farm loans they can get. 80
Five pounds of Arbuckle's coffee for
S1.o0 at Standiford, YOumans & Eldred.
Stock bills. Of any description print
ed at the INDEX Office, on short notice.
Cultivators, the Balance Frame and
Parallel Beam, are the best. Morris
Bros. 40
Geo. Southworth has applied for a
patent on u cure and preventive for
rheumatism.
Attorney Sample went to Kansas City
Monday. to take dispositions in the
Geppert & Stone cases.
Farmers will find everything in the
line of merchandise at prices to suit
the times at w. J. Milligans. 40
One more car load of choice northern
grown seed potatoes, Sl.5s per bushel.
Stamford, Youmans & Eldred. 40
Mrs. Mary Fowler. of Arcadia. Kan
sas. is here visiting her sister, Mrs. Il.
Il. Grant, and will probably remain sew
eral months.
Mrs. AIbee, of Aurora, Illinois, who
has spent the winter with her son, in
this county. went to Nebraska, last
week, to visit another son.
Judge Ellis last week appointed G. 7.
Rigg, Jason Wadsworth and NJ. Il.
Gilbert commissioners to condemn the
right-of-way for the water ditch.
For SAIE-All of my household and
kitchen furniture at private sale, cheap
for cash. Must be sold at once. l.. f.
Hubbard, at residence on Walnut street
The Baptists of this city organized a
Sunday school. last Sunday, with full
corps OF officers and teachers. Sunday
school at the courthouse at 10 o'clOcR
every Sunday morning.
a new and stylish line of spring and
summer hats, on entilely new blocks; a
specially selected stock of boots and
shoes. and a car load of groceries, fresl
and seas0nable. Davis ~ Davis. 40
An exhibit of the workings of the
celebrated White sewing machine viii
| be made at the store of Miss Della
Moore next Wednesday and Thursday
May 9th and 10th. y skilled operator
will be present. 40
viii, Aus. and Rye VanSlyke will
not go to Washington Territory at pres
ent; but Mrs. w. ID. VanSlyke. Mrs. l.
Z. Hubbard and Lee VanSlyke will
leave for there to-day. Their destina
ton will be Chewalah.
The public school will close Frida.
and an exhibition will be given a
Thompson's opera house IN the even
ing. Every parent and guardian shoult
try and be present To encourage tn,
young people in their efforts.
NJ. l.. Wilcox has moved his head
quarters to Pratt, Kansas, where III
will continue in the farm loan and rea
estate business. He has not disposed
| Of any OF his Barber county real estat
interests and will eventually make thi
his home. Mr.. Wilcox is a good either
in any community.
III. ID. Thompson, of DesMoines
| Iowa, came in last Saturday to lool
after his Barber county interests. III,
| had been through the greater portion o
western Kansas and said that he saw
no county that appeared more prosper
Gus than Barber and in 10 county wer
the crop prospects as good.
Last Sunday night was cool, and PEG
pie about town feared their garden
would be frosted. One lady sprea,
newspapers all over her garden, ant
saved it; another lady carefully covered
! her beds of onions, radishes and peas
which are frost-proof, and left her bean
ami sweet-potatOes exposed. They al
know better now.
ID. ID. Leahey was up from Kiowa las
Friday to hear his friend Judge Grid e
talk. Dave is not in the newspape
business now and says that he has no
written a line for the press for weeks
lie is police judge of Kiowa, but say
that town is so quiet and so law-abid
ing that the fees Of bis office do not sup
port him in any very great luxury.
Mr.. Henry O'Brian and Miss Stasi
DOran were married at the home of tn
brides mother, in Medicine Lodge
Thursday evening, at $50 o clock, Apr
20, 1883, Rev. Bitter, of Wellington
officiating. Only a few of the intimat
friends of the family were present. Mr.
and Mrs. O'Brian at once took posses
sion of their coy home on South Oal
street where it is hoped they will enjo
all the pleasures and blessings vouch
safed the good and the true. They ar
popular young people, deserving @
happiness and prosperity and their well
wishers are numerous in this commun
ity.
Hon. J. l.. Order, county attorney o
Sumner county, by invitation, arrives
here last Friday ard in the evening
! smoke briefly tn n srOod sized audianc
at Thomps0n's opera house on the pc
litical issues Of the day. \ short tim
before the speaking. Judge Order tool
a drive around the city in an open car
riage, with several friends, and tn
damp air had most disastrous effec
on his voice, he becoming distressingl
hoarse before be had spoken five min
utes; bat he continued for about hal
m, i,s,r. 81 tl,a,, ,,.ao ,,na1Io1 70 olOpo