Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-07-04

Call on Morgan u Graham IL you
wish TO increase your loan. 6
Cunninghams want all the yearly in
terest farm loans they can get. Il
Shannon & Shannon have an abund-
ance of money to loan on land. 80
Miss l.. NJ. Stevens has sold her stock
Of millinery TO Miss Della Moore.
The "Quick Meal" is the best gaso-
line stove. Morris Bros. sell them. 40
The county normal will meet here on
the 10th inst, one week from next
Monday.
Paymaster Brock yesterday disbursed
for Cole u Simpson, contractors, about
81 800 in this city.
Yesterday we saw a three-year old
boy on the street complacently smok-
ing a cigar. Shame!
r. j. Taliaferro and j. G.. Walstad
have purchased Murphey's harness and
saddle store and stock.
j. b. Gano had the band prancing
around town hunting Fouth of July
meeting Monday evening.
The Misses Drysdale entertained a
number of their friends Monday even
ing in most pleasant way.
Refrigerators, water. coolers and gas
oline stoves at cost to make room for
fall goods. Noble Il Nixon. 6
Get taste Of "IIigh Life" by pur-
chasing . 10 can of the finest coffee
ever sold in the town. 5. Y. f. 6
Everybody should attend the dance
tonight. The money obtained will be
spent for uniforms for the band boys.
While gathering plums Friday, with
Mrs. Stout, Mrs. Yant was overcome
by the heat, but recovered i'm a few
hours.
The Willing Workers will meet with
Mrs. Robt. Simpson Wednesday after
noon July IL. Mrs Waldron Chase,
Secretary.
Miss Leila Stevens will start TO Den
yer, Colorado, tomorrow to visit for
several weeks. She will be accompa-
MED by Miss Howe.
Don't forget that Miss Della Moore
is selling out an immense consolidated
stock of millinery, she having purchased
Miss Stevens stock.
Miss Ada Lawrence last week com
pleted her school i'm Valley township
and returned home. That was ten and
one-half months of continuous teaching
for the lady.
Miss IIermans now occupies the up
stairs of the Cook building, on Wash
ington avenue, Miss Burt's old stand,
and will be pleased to see her lady
friends there.
Barber county Will be represented i'm
the LeavenwOrth convention by j. II.
Hall, Judge Stevens and L. G. MOlloy.
Mr.. Molloy started Sunday and the
others Monday.
DIR. III. G.. Gould, Of Fort Wayne,
Indiana, arrived last week and will
make his headquarters at Southworth's
drug store. lie comes with good rec
concentrations.
Every stakeholder should carefully
read and study the building association
report in the INDEX to-day. 1t is a
good advertisement for the city as well
as the association.
Hereafter, on Sunday, the post-oflice
will no from Il 10 III
only. Remember this and don't swear
at the postmaster because he does
not keep open all day.
Binding twine is getting very scarce
over the country. Noble Il Nixon re-
ceived telegram from Kansas City the
other day from wholesale house want
ing to buy their surplus.
+. A. Gross was discharged from Jail
Monday night by order of Judge Ellis.
The judgment for costs hangs over him
yet. Gross troubles are getting thick
CT, his wife having, this week sued him
for divorce.
Granville Morris is now sole owner Of
the Morris Bros. hardware establish
ment, he having purchased Mack T.
Morris interest. Granville does not
need partner. for he can rustic with
two ordinary men, anytime.
Four years ago we had big celebra-
ton here; three years ago everybody
went to Lake City; two years ago we
hoH fxafn EOnrfhu ono har.. ~, g
and one ut KiOwa on Monday; last year
there was no celebration here.
The Youmans a. Barcley stock of
goods at Coldwater was sold last week
at Coldwater by deputy United States
marshal, under attachment of TOotle,
Hosea Il Co., for $3.50, Syms 4 Co.,
of Atchinsou being the purchasers.
The INDEX presents detailed state
ment of the assessable property i'm Bar
Der county, In its issue to-day. It may
have been noticed that this is the only
paper in the county that appears to
take any interest in such publications.
Dr. W. A.Karr was called last week to
Fred Soils miles northeast of Sharon,
where lightning had struck the house
and stunned the occupants considerably.
A lady and two children were knocked
down, but fortunately they have re-
covered.
]. 5. Tennoy. superintendent Of tele-
graph at this place, left Sunday on a
vacation of four weeks. He will visit
the Panhandle, drop over to Coffey vile
where his Sunday girl lives and then go
east. Mr.. Griffith, lately of Maryland,
will al his place.
The annual school election of this
district, No. !, was held last Thursday
afternoon. 1t was decided to have an