Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-25

The city council will sell the water
ditch bonds saturday, May 10th.
Shannon & shannon are prepared to
loan $4,000 in t. Ne next sixty days. Al
Jas. Bardwell wa down from Green's
burg last Saturday a I'd Sunday, on his
way east.
Geo. q. Nj. Buckner vas down from
Wichita, last week, loo. Gng after bis
real estate.
The closing exercises Of the public
school will be held in ThOmp sons opera
house Friday evening, May Al
The Ladies' Aid society of tive NJ. 4
church meets Friday afternoon with
Mrs. T. L. O'BYan. Mrs. n. NJ. hOnch-
IN, Sec'y.
Elder Embrey, pastor of the Christian
church, will reach here this week With
his family. Preaching Sunday NOM
ing and evening.
The Baptists have organized a SUM-
day school, to meet every Sunday morn.
ing, at 10 o'clock, over the store of By
erleY, Dark a. Runyan.
30. b." and Homo" Flour; superior
to any i'm Kansas. Satisfaction guaran-
teed or money refunded, sure. StandI-
ford, YOumans Il Eldred. 46
The interior of the Christian church
has been repaired and renovated, the
walls tastefully papered and now it is a
comfortable place for meetings.
o. J. Gould, representing the Arkan-
sas City (KaHs.) Daily Traveller, was
here this week introducing that paper.
1t has the full associated press report.
Our dry goods department has always
been the best In the city. More choice
goods and better bargains than ever.
Call and get them. Standiford, You
mans II Eldred. As
Medicine Lodge needs protection from
fire; but 1t is question If it needs a
chemical engine. AS several times sug-
gested in these columns, this city is not
overlooking in wealth.
Choice Northern grown seed pota-
toes; no shrunken southern stock. that
Is dear at any price. Best we ever had.
Only "Northern-grown'' stock i'm the
city. See them. Stamford, Youmans g.
Eldred. 46
Remember that Marquand's meat
shop is in the gypsum building, Nam
street; that he has the best, tenderest
and latest meat the market affords,
and that he is satisfied with reasonable
profits. As
Miss Ada Lawrence's school four
miles north of town, closed last Friday.
On Monday she began a three months
school two miles northwest of the one
she had just closed. She is a popular
teacher.
Scott Rubert this week purchased l..
L. Hubbard's elegant house, on Wal
nut stryet, and, in the course or a few
weeks, it is said, will occupy the same.
Scott will likely engage in Merchant
lZing.
Some time early i'm May a dramatic
entertainment will be given in this city
by the friends of the Baptist church.
In next weeks INDEX the exact date,
the name Of the play, and the cast of
characters will be published.
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. Ii. X. Harrington,
the Red Front. 45
Davis Il Davis are making n specially
Of wholesaling to country dealers, and
can offer extraordinary inducements
from their general stock Of dry goods,
IclOthing, furnishing goods, groceries,
1our and provisions. They get carload
rates on freight and can make it TO the
advantage Of smaller dealers to trade
with them in preference TO going east.
They have an immense new, fresh stock
to select frUIn. ~
1t appears that Ed. Payne, the sup
posed murderer of Ellis ID. Vroom, who
was found dead near Hardtner, in this
IeOunty, has been located. County-At-
tOrney shannon received a dispatch
from an officer at Arkansas City, yes
terday, to that effect, but the officer
stated that n requisition would be neo-
essary. The probability is that Payne
is in Missouri. The governor has offer
cd reward Of $500 for his capture and
conviction.
The INDEX was not Ia the city print
ing fight and therefore has no enemies
to punish. We believe that the laboreI
is worthy Of his hire and that a news.
paper is as much entitled to the legal
and statutory rate prescribed for publ.
cations as the witness. the juror or the
public officer Is entitled 10 the fees Oh
salary prescribed by law. There sfr
linen who would agree TO Gil any pS'liC
Office for one dollar a day: there are
men who would act as jurors the year
through for fifty cents a day; but that
is no reason why they should be em-
ployed. In self defense, IL may some
time become necessary to cut Rates. but
lthe INDEX win not lind 1t necessary
this year.