Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-03-21

Vindex, the best ct. smoke at Day
Il Records. 43
Shannon & Shannon have an abund-
ance of money to loan on land. 80
II. l.. Shannon. has a good wagon,
harness and team of mules to sell. Al
Our spring goods are open and we
can'tb be undersold. Davis g. Davis. AZ
Leave your orders for alfalfa seed
with Noble & Nixon before April 18th.
Stock bills, of any description print
ed at the INDEX office, OH short notice.
y cold-wave signal was displayed last
Saturday, but the wave failed to reach
here. Saturday was lovely day.
For SALE-A lotof "a sc and 24xSO
window screenes for full windows. En-
quire of Waldron Chase or DR.. Gillette.
Through railroad tickets to all points
east, north, south or west may be had
of Ii. ii. Case, railroad agent, Medicine
Lodge. AZ
Before purchasing a sewing machine
call and examine or have a Domestic
sent to your house for examination.
For sale by y. S. McClearey & Co. A
John DOhrer, Conductor Phillips, Roll
Clark and Tom Doran were up on Elm
creek, at the Tom Sparks ranch, last
Thursday and Friday, shooting ducks.
The Sun City bank has closed its
doors, having transferred its business
to the Citizens National bank, of Med
/ icine Lodge. 1t was owned principally
by the Citizens bank.
Louis Nilsson is preparing to put in a
crop on his farm southwest of Elm
Mills. He also thinks of building a
house. and moving his family up there
| for the summer.
Mr.. w. NJ. Carroll wishes the people
to know that he will come to their
homes, and mend and varnish any and
all furniture, and at low prices. Leave
orders at Rigg Il JOhnston's furniture
/ store. AZ
A Harper tailor was here, last week,
soliciting orders from our people. We
have two good merchant tailoring es-
Establishments, and our people should
patrOniZe them. Home first, and the
world afterward."
c. ii. Butman came in Monday from
the east where he had been spending
the winter. He was accompanied by
his bride, an intelligent lady to whom
he was married, In New Hampshire. a
few weeks ago. They will live on Mr..
Butman's DriftwOod ranch.
Mr. burst, of this place has succeeded
in getting the Wichita board of trade
interested in cotton culture and that
body has agreed to furnish seed to plant
500 acres of cotton. Mr.. burst agrees,
if that amount of cotton is raised, to
move his gin to Wichita, the Eagle says.
At the NJ. Il. conference, at Wichita,
on Monday, the following appointments
of interest to Barber county were made:
Presiding elder, Rev. 7. s. Hodgson.
Pastors: Medicine Lodge, II. Sander
son; KiOwa, j. Click; HaZelton, n. j.
Burton Lake City, w. r. RolingsOn.
The next conference will be at Larned
At one time, in 1884, we believe, Med
icine Lodge was without mail or any
communication with the outside world
for FIVE weeks. The people were no
worse dissatisfied at the end of the time
than we're our people last week when
they had missed their mail for two days.
Mrs. w. S. Denton and Katie expect
10 start, tomorrow or next day, to
Indiana, on Q visit TO Mrs. Denton's
sister, who has been quite sick for sew
eral weeks. and is hardly expected to
live. Mrs, |, F. shannon will wait till
Mrs. Denton arrives there, and will then
start if her presence is needed.
Peter Ruling. of Woodbur, Ind, who
traded with Eli simmons for two farms.
arrived here Saturday, accompanied by
his wife and two daughters. His two
sons are on the road. with load of
live stock and household goods. but are
detained somewhere. Mr.. Ruffing will
iiye on the simmons place, southeast of
town, and will be good citizen.
Mr.. l.. C. Crabb saws that he expects
to plant corn next week. HIS ground is
ready. and he thinks the latter part of
March the time to plant corn. He says
when the ground-squirreIs leave their
holes it is time to plant. Mr.. Crabb has
broken UP large track of ground, this
spring, with yoke of steers. which
baye made their living al wiBter on the
prairie, and have not yet been fed any
/ grain.
Eli Benedict last week. for the first
time. drove to town his thoroughbred
Iambletonian horse, pride, . "A snowy
bay. not two years old until May 22nd,
next. He was sired by VIM. Tell; his
dam was Princess. by Hambletonian
Prince $50, son of HambIetopiau
AbdaIla, by Mambrino by Imported
Messenger. PRIDE is to-day one OF
the pFettiest horses ip Barber county
and though he had been hitched up but
three times, he stepped of with splen-
did STYLE and action. In two years more
he win make his mark.