Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-24
Good morning Mir. Hudson.

Ed. Payne will be back here in less
than a month, for money, marbles or
chalk.
Mrs. Otis LOrton returned last Fri
day from a visit to her old home at Lon
don, Ohio.
Waldron Chase Is able to be out after
being confined at home with spell of
sickness for a week.
The city council chamber and the DO
lice court room have been removed one
door west, next to the INDEX Office.
Miss Sadie Richie, OF Monitau coun-
". Mo, come out last week with her
uncle. +. II. Howard, and will remain
here this winter.
Delta lodge, No. "a, conferred the NJ.
NJ. degree last Saturday night in most
satisfactory manner. Two more "rais-
ings" will occur right soon.
Ebey was not full at Attica, as the
Republicans reported last Saturday.
lie did not leave Wichita. Then, an
other thing, Ebey never drinks mtoxi-
cants.
Rev. II. Hahn will occupy the pulpit
at the Presbyterian church, next Sun
day, October -, morning and evening,
Rev. y. Axline in one week from next
Sunday, Nov. 4.
Jas. Dobbs left here yesterday for
Topeka where he will engage IN the
wholesale fruit and vegetable us.iness,
he having formed partnership with
an established firm up there.
j. Il. Peoples, who has been visiting
his brother-in-law, ID. j. Aber. for four
weeks, started OH his return to Decatur.
Ind, Sunday. Mace Aber accompanied
him and will remain during the winter.
The skating rink, under the manage
ment of the G.. a. II. band. is becoming
"A popular resort. The managers will
see that perfect decorum is preserved
and that improper characters are not
permitted there.
&. q. Chandler, of Elk City, member
of the state central committee and a
stakeholder in the Citizens National
bank. of this city, was over tins week.
He says that the Democrats of Kansas
were never feeling better.
There is no reason why the good feel
ing that now exists between KIowa and
Medicine Lodge should not continue.
Each town can be Of great service to
the other, and there is no occasion for
jealousy. All that this end of the line
asks is fair treatment.
At the Democratic township conven-
ton, held at Deerhead, Tom Stuart was
nominated for trustee, L. |. Cooper for
treasurer, l.. G. Drury for clerk, James
Litz for justice. James Snearley and
Pat Larkins for constables and John
Larkln for road overseer.
G. ID. Currie warns all persons not to
hunt or trespass on his premises. He
says that the hunters, men and boys,
are up OH the lakes i'm droves and that
they are very reckless about shooting.
lie has lot of fine stock that he does
not want TO lose.
Read Mrs. Van Sykes advertisement
in this issue. This lady is we'll ac-
quaInted with the wants of this commu-
nifty and she has taken pains to put in
"A stock that was selected especially for
this market. Remember her place, four
doors north of the post office.
w. IL. Embrey passed through here
last week with a big bunch of cattle
that he was driving from his Harper
county farm to his ranch i'm the south
western part OF Barber county. His
family visited friends here last week
and this.
Messrs. Carr n Cutlip have fitted up
and moved into "a suite of rooms in the
Sherlock block, and are now as COM
fOrtably located as can be. Persons
having business with them will notice
the change, room No. !, Sherlock build
ing, second stairway, first door to the
right.
The Citizens Silver band went TO
Kiowa last Thursday night, in wagons,
arriving there at two o'clock. The rain
storm caught them at John Sparks,
and they found shelter i'm his corral
The boys struggled back and all were
here by sunday night. They were well
pleased with their treatment at Kiowa.
The name of Reub. Marshall, of Sun
City. one of the most uncOmpromising
Republicans in this county, was pub
lished last Friday by the Wichita Eagle
as one of the delegates to the Wichita
convention OF 'Videttes," the alleged
anarchists organization. There is not
a sane person in Barber county who be-
neyes that Reub. ever heard of the or
ganization.
The Democratic county central conf
mittee met here last Saturday and
transacted some important business.
Among other things, it was resolved
that each precinct committeeman
should come for or send a written order
for the election tickets. Every com
mitteeman should make note of this
and try and he here the Saturday be-
fore election.
Kiowa Herald: "The Medicine Lodge
Military Band is one of the leading at
fractions at the Fair. They arrived on
time with fine outfit of silver instru-
ments and are nicely uniformed. They
admirably render the highest grades of
} music thereby entertaining and attract
ing large crowds who listened. Is is
rumored they will remain and partici-
pate in the grand ball Saturday even
ing"
\ notice is posted at Howard & Sim
mons store that reads like this: "Wall