Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-06-13

printed last week
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Roll Clark and Tom Doran started
TO Colorado last week with Clark's
bunch Of horses.
Mrs. Beeson entertained number Of
friends at tea last evening in honor of
her mother, Mrs. Smith, who is here on
a visit.
Aprogramme Of the closing exercises
oi the Canenla school appears in the
INDEX to-day. Il was received too
iate for publication last week:
L. 5. Updyke came over from Ash
land Friday after his wife and baby
who have been visiting Mrs. Geppert
and the Messrs. Stone for seyeal weeks.
The new town of Liberal. in Seward
county, is oyerdcne badly, and IN less
tLan three month it will be as dead as
any sudden boomer in western Kan
sas.
DIR. Kari, of Sun City, and his brother
DR.. Karr. Of Sharon, VIII locate here in
the practice of medicine right soon.
They will also open drug store in the
Wood u Vincent building.
The council will re-advertise for bids
for the construction Of the fumes and
headgates of the water ditch. Only
one bid for the work was put in last
Wednesday and it was considered too
high.
Mr.. Graham, Henry Morgan's new
partner, is an active young democrat.
His father was n Union soldier and
therefore the young man, like Judge
Order, has a right to express his poll
teal sentiments in any crowd.
The Sabbath school of the Christian
church has arranged TO have a picnic
in bursts grove next Wednesday, 10Th,
inst. and the other schools have been
invited to take part. We believe that
the Presbyterian and Baptist schools
will join III the picnic.
Bids for the erection OF the new
school building will be opened by the
school board at O'Clock Friday after
noon. 10Th inst 1t is expected that
work will be commenced about July list
and that the building viii be ready for
occupancy November LIST.
1t appeared in the Lexington, Mo-,
papers that W. G. Musgrove last week
put himself up as an expert on the
make, lit and general appearance of cal
leo dresses hung on pretty, young sem
mary graduates. We wonder if those
dresses looked like silk 10 him?
Miss Minnie Shoekley, of Carrollton.
Mo, is here visiting her friends the
Misses Buthyen and she may remain
during the summer. The editor of this
paper knew Miss Minnie when she was
the brightest little Sunday school
scholar in Jefferson City, Mo, twelve
years ago.
L. NJ. Smith, of EldOradO, a republi-
can candidate FOR attorney general, was
here last Friday making the acquaint-
ance of the Barber county delegation
to the convention. There are candi-
dates for state Office all around him;
bat he thinks he stands Il good show
for the nomination.
Mrs. j. w. Howard sent the INDEX
very fine mess of homegrown potatoes
tins week, the best lot we have seen
this year. Just about the time we
think our family viii have to come
down to q strict water diet, the neigh
bOrs send in something and we are able
to run awhile longer.
OR old friend r. Y. Bloom was
thrown down by calf last Wednesday
and got his right arm dislocated. DR..
Gillette went ont and Strengthened out
the refractory member and soon Mr.
Bloom will be himself again. lie is
past the age when he should enjoy
wrestling with yearling calf.
L queer case came up before a JUS
tice in this city, this week. An ex-con-
fcderate soldier was arrested on a peace
warrant sworn out before an ex-confed-
crate soldier, a justice of the peace, the
complaining witness also being an eX-
confederate soldier. so it cannot be
said that there was any politics in the
case.
In making up the panel Of petit jur-
ors last week, Judge Ellis endeavored,
as far as possible to get men from
around the towns, merchants and others
who are not busy. as the farmers are at
this season. Every industrious farmer
considers it Il great hardship to be
caught on a jury during the busy
months.
Fred. f. Graham, very bright
young man from Fort Wayne, Indiana,
arrived here last week and at once went
in as a partner with Henry Morgan in
the real estate, loan and insurance bus
mess, the firm being now Morgan &
Graham. Mr.. Morgan has been a sue
cessful operator here for several years
and the new firm viii more than likely
do a good business.
Many OF our people VIII remember
the pretty, little Haddie Fisk, who VS.
tied her cousin, Myrtle Cook, last sum
mer, during several months. y tele-
gram was received here from Atchison
last Wednesday announcing that Had
de had died of diptheria that morning.
Her grandmother, Mrs. Cook, at once
took Tie train 70 attend the funeral.
Mrs. l.. Norris, OF South Bend. In
diana, q sister of DR.. II. Yant, ar
rived here last week on a visit. Her
brother had not seen her Tor ten years,
ana when she went INTO his Office and
asked him il le could perform some
dental work for heryit TOOK him great
~ by surprise. Her coming had not