Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-01-18
W. NJ. Wheeler came in from wichita

ii. NJ. Ingraham is again making
farm loans. 20
Hank O'Brian came over from Anth-
ony Sunday.
Best meals in the town for % cents,
at the Cling Hotel. 81
The Cling hotel is clean and neat, and
In this town it can't be beat. 80
Shannon & Shannon want all the
good farm loans they can get. 80
Gus. Schmidt has retired from the
the tirm Of w. 5. Watkins & Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. IL. Nixon are parents
of girl baby, born ON the 18th inst.
Pratt county will soon vote again on
the question Of locating the county
seat.
The best beef to be had I'm to wn is a
the Central meat market, opposite LIST
National bank.
FoR SALE-A base-burner, used but
one winter, and as good as new. HUB
BARD, the jeweler. 1922
II we owned an ice house We would
not be scared about the ice crop till
after the middle Of January.
Mrs. G.. W. Vickers returned Monday,
with the children, from a visit TO her
parents in Sedgewick county.
LosT-Plain gold ring engraved OH
inside &. w. NJ. TO A. b. r., will pay
50 for its return. w. s. DENTON.
For tender steak, a juicy roast, or
any kind of smoked meat, fresh and
good, see Marquand, next door to the
postofiice. 81
The four prisoners in the Jail think
they have the warmest quarters in the
city. Water did not freeze in the cells
during the cold same.
The Willing Workers of the Chris
tan church will meet with Mrs. f. u.
Caruthers, Wednesday afternoon Jan.
18th. Mrs. Waldron Chase, Sec'y.
DIR. Dunn has pure vaccine virus, di-
rect from the government farm, and is
prepared TO vaccinate all who may de-
sire it. Call on him at SouthwOrth's
drug store, "a
The gentlemen Of Kiowa will give a
grand bail at Campbell's opera house,
Friday evening, 10th inst. The INDEX
acknowledges the receipt of an invita-
ton TO be present.
Your interests now demand that YOU
buy close and save money. Davis IL
Davis will convince you that it is to
your interest to trade with them now if
you will but step in and see them. 81
The contest court has decided that f..
Is. Peck was elected county treasurer
by plurality Of eight votes over his
opponent Jas. +. Bryson. The case will
now go TO the district court, we under
stand
w. r. Berry, Lee Bradley, w. ID.
Van Slyke and John Hall returned from
their hunt in the Territory, last Thurs
day, and report having killed about $50 !
turkeys, and other game. They had a
cold trip.
The announcement is made that |
Harry V. Alexander, at one time typo |
In this Office, was married in Kansas
City, December 18th, to Miss Effie |
Burke. His present home is at Rocky |
Ford, Colorado. Our best wishes are |
with the happy couple.
Last Saturday, Judge Ellis, at chamb-
ers heard the application made by some
of the creditors of Ramsey Il Sheldon |
for the appointment OF receiver. and |
appointed Il. A. Simmons to the posi-
ton; but later in the day, he revoked |
the appointment aud postponed the |
hearing Of the application until Feb
ruary 9Th.
Kiowa does not run along without its
business reverses. Last week the gen.
eral hardware and implement stock of |
Culver & Smith, of that city, was at
tached by eastern creditors. who held |
claims TO the amount Of about $500. |
IL appears that the firm had given a
chattel mortgage to one of the banks Of |
Kiowa, and this alarmed the creditors. |
The sheriff is in possession of the stock. |
Mr.. Frank Shannon will move into |
his new house this evening. lie has
already prepared bill of fare for sup
per TO night, and has invited company
to the house-warming. The supper is
to consist of four courses; the first will |
be bread and butter and coffee; the sec
ond will be coffee, bread and butter;
the third and fourth will be served at /
the request of the guests. 4 complete |
change Of napkins will be given after
each course.
W. W. Standiford came in last night |
from six-days' riding on the range, and |
reports cattle in the southwest part of |
the county in good condition. lie gath
cred 800 head of the firms cattle in the |
Salt Fork country and drove them to |
the southeast part of the county to be |
fed. These cattle had been running on
the range without feed and Mr.. S. says
thay they were fat and strong and
looked equally as we'll as punches that
he saw that had been fed all winter.
Louie Eckert came proudly into town
one day last week, from hunt, with
what he supposed TO be Russian wolf,
dead, and strapped to the back of the
saddle on his pony. His game was a
grey-striped animal. that did not ap-
pear to be an ordinary dog, but such it
proved to be. Louie was down the riv-
er hunting, when lie saw the wolff
running through the woods. IIe fol-
lowed at full speed, and soon freed his
game in a hole in the river bank, and
shot 1t in the rear and then in front
and then strapped it to his horse and
came to town. 1t turned out to be a
stray dog that Marshal Horney had