Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-01-25
Chapter tomorrow night.

Considerable fear is experienced here
over a mad dog scare.
Mrs. \. l.. Freeman is spending a
week in the country with her sister,
Mrs. Graves.
Geo. Conlisk has moved his stock of
goods into the Day & Records room,
Citizens bank block.
Joe. T.. Gibson took an INDEX repre-
sentative pleasant drive last week be-
hind one OF his trOtters for which we are
much obliged.
DIR. KOciell, has just received lot of
pure fresh bovine vacciHe virus. Those
wishing to be vaccinated will do well
to call on him for that purpose. S5
Your interests now demand that You
buy close and save money. Davis Il
Davis will convince you that it is to
J your interest to trade with them now if
you will but step in and see them. 81
Harper Sentinel: The test of the
waterwOrks, which was given by the
contractor yesterday, did not prove
satisfactory to the council and as a con-
sequence the works were left upon the
hands of Mr.. Hill"
a letter from Eli Smith, dated at
kremmling, Colorado, January 18th
says that 1.-THE mercury has been monk
eying around the fOTtys for about a
month, frequently going into the hole
out of sight, entirely; yet the cowmen
ride every day and hear no complaint
of freezing, and have enjoyedthe WIN
ter very much, SO far
Attorney y. J. Jones started last
wednesday OH a visit to his old Ken
lucky home where he had not been for
six years. Since he left there a mere
boy he has become a lawyer, he has
taken the responsibilities of a married
man and has made good start toward
raising a family. He will visit New
Orleans before his return.
Mr.. Perry Stewart and Miss Lille
Dewitt, of Elm Mills, Barber county,
were married Wednesday evening Jan
uary 18th, 1883, in this city by Rev. r.
SandersOn, of the Nj. +. church. After
spending week visiting relations and
friends in this county, Mr.. and Mrs.
Stewart will take their departure for
California, where they expect to estab-
lish their permanent home.
The cash system promises to be
adopted by many business men the COM
ing season. The well-known firm of
StandifOrd, Youmans 81 Eldred have
given notice that or and after February
LIST, they will sell goods for cash only
and discontinue the credit system. 1t
would be a good thing for customers
and merchants if every firm in the
county would make a similar resolu-
ton.
An INDEX.reporter visited the Med
icine Lodge stock farm, of Miller Il
Benedict, two miles west, last Thurs
day and there saw more feed, fatter
cattle, horses and hogs than at any
ranch he had ever visited in the county.
Mr.. Benedict is giving his whole time
and attention to his stock and has the
satisfaction of seeing it prospecting
Their IIolstein herd could not look
better.
In the last few days we have received
live turkeys. dressed turkeys, venison,
stove wood and money on subscription
accounts. Bring them in. Anything
that has value goes with us. Butter,
eggs, chickens, county or city warrants, |
gold, silver, greenbacks, skunk-skins. |
school warrants. town lots, coal, lum-
Der, fence posts, mules or cattle. Any
thing to get you square, and let you
read the best paper in the county.
y contracting firm in Hutchinson is in
correspondence with our people on the
subject of sinking a prospecting hole.
Wiser u Co., Is the firm. They are
from New York where they had extern
siEe mining experience. Mr.. r. L. |
Wheelock, of Nauvoo, ILL.,, formerly of
this city, also has machinery ready to
move here in the event of the contract
being awarded to him. Something will
be done soon towards starting a hole.
The Kiowa Journal states that Nj. |
O'Shee almost persisted with cold on
his return from Medicine Lodge on the
18th inst: that f. Sample and G. l.
Long, of this city, will form partner
ship; that the pipes IN the steam heat
ers of the public school building froze
and burst last week and prevented
school being held several days; that
Col. L. y. Thompson is in very poor
health and will be taken to st. Joseph, |
Mo-, for treatment.
Pratt County Republicans: "Our
readers will doubtless remember that |
last fall one Johnson came to Pratt with !
tent show, and that during his stay
here it was alleged that his wife skip |
ped out with another man. The last |
number OF the Police Gazette contains !
portrait of Edith Johnson, with this !
inscription underneath: 1.-The well |
known Kansas lady who is said to have
sLisped Pratt to a lively place in Colo
RADIO" ttatt is not caring for any |
Police Gazette Advertising and it is but !
justice to say that the woman Giid not |
belong to Pratt any more than she did |
to any other town the show might have
struck.
There saS Semall fire at the residence |
of u. ). Aber. eli sonth &alElt street !
Monday. Little Carl, fopr years old,
was keeping house while his mother
was calling ut a neighbours. iIeFt. the
eldest son was in the room adjoining |
the kitchen. With wooden poker the /
yOasgSteT began to stir the kitchen fire
and seOa aSa Il seattered on the carpet.
He seized the bfooHa ai.a Ssi99 70 extin-
guish the flames and only made matters /
worse I'm his excitement he foront n