Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-01-11
Vaccina,e your children.

Vaccinate your children.
I. G. Cutlip went to Hamilton coun.
ty this week.
There is some talk of employir del
Embry, of Anthony. to preach n MS
city.
The musical entertainment to be CIV
en- by the Methodist church will not &C.
cur until February.
The report is that Gus Schmidt has
sold his interest in the firm of Watkins
Il Co., to w. s. Watkins.
The contest case is drawing its weary
length along and the indications point
to no sudden closing. Even the attor-
neys do not appear to know the status
of the case.
There appears to be no doubt about
there being smallpox in Wichita, though
the Eagle claims that there are but few
cases. The report that we have says
the red flags are flying thick in that
city.
~ nOnAO NC nCll kcllcldl
vaccination in this city. Not case of
smallpox was ever known here, but
there iS no telling when it may break
out. 1t is in Wichita and some of our
people are there nearly every day. The
physician who FIRST provides himself
with pure vaccine virus will make mon
ey by his enterprise.
The report of the building association
up TO November oath appears in this
issue. 1t is good showing and should
be carefully studied by every citizen
who has the prosperity OF this city at
heart. Not only is it. affording poor
men the means of getting homes of
their own on easy terms, but it Is prov
ing paying investment for the stock
holders.
The Kansas supreme court has just
rendered an important decision to the
effect that railroad company is respon-
sible for the safe delivery of the bag
gage IF Its passengers, even if the des-
tInatiOn of the same should be beyond
the line owned by the company selling
the ticket, or in other words, they are
responsible for all the baggage to the
place of destination the ticket calls
for.
Though majority of the Jews have
left the southwest part of the county
for Wichita, Kansas City, and ST.
Louis, they are generally keeping up
the interest on their farm loans. A
representative of the firm that made
most of the loans to these people, this
week stated to the INDEX that they are
even mere prompt in remitting than
the Americans who have left their
claims to seek employment elsewhere.
He said that his company did not antici-
pate that it would have to make any
foreclosures this year on account of the
Jews not meeting their interest.
A glance at the list of county expendi-
lures published in this paper to-day
will show that the poor of the county
are costing lots of money. There ap-
pears no system III vogue among the
township trustees and the county COM
missiOneTs have decided to be more
strict hereafter in allowing bills. The
trustees have been notified that they
must hereafter examine into a., c. ses
of restitution and give their v-ri en-
order for the performance of service or
for the purchase of goods for the poor
tho hillC will ho oil
great pity that the county cannot have
q poor farm.
Mr.. J. G. Walstad and Miss Eva Bell
Murphy were married last Sunday, Jan.
Sth, at the residence of the brides moth.
er, four miles east of this city, by Judge
II. II. Hardy. Mr.. Walstad has filed
the position of deputy county clerk dur
ing the past two years and last Novem-
Der was elected trustee of this township.
He is the son of Mr.. Chris Walstad,
one of the early settlers of this county.
The bride is the sister of Mrs. A.
Schmidt and A. A. Murphy, of this
city and is young lady with many
friends. The couple at once went to
housekeeping in their new home in the
the north end and they will no doubt
prove to be well-mated and happy
couple.
Twenty-Five couples of young people
met last night at the hospitable home
of Judge H. c. Thompson and enjoyed
a pleasant evening. The occasion was
a leap year social arranged by the Young
Ladies' Cooking club, this organization
furnishing the supper for the evening.
The gentlemen were directed to pro-
coed TO the house alone, this being to
remind them of the trials the ladies are
frequently subjected to three years in
every four. Once there they were seat
ed around the room and warned not to
be in anywise fresh" They were then
allowed to select one from a pile of
sealed envelopes containing handker-
chiefs, and the lady wearing handker-
chief to correspond with this would be
their partner during the evening and al
supper. The time was pleasantly spent
and an excellent repast enjoyed. When
the time for going home arrived, each
lady selected her company. Altogether,
the affair was pronounced a success.
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