Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-06-27

3 HioWul setu potatoes. Sl.D0 per DuShel.
StandifOrd, Youmans 81 Eldred. 40
Try the new Mexican beverage, Frui
Miz; everybody likes it; you would if
you would try it at Day * Records. !
The average attendance at the Meth
odist Sabbath school for each Sabbath
during the past three months was 81.
SIp't. Simmons would like to reach an
average OF 100.
Charlie Hickman, at one time a citi-
zen OF this place, is Row publishing the
I Costilla County Democrat at Coryell,
( Colorado. We believe Charles was a
republican when he lived here.
Elder Embry is preaching a series of
extraordinary sermons at the Christian
church, involving great thought and
/ study, his subject being the Anthem
ITCHY and Commences of the Bible. -
\ There is nothing sectarIan in his aTgu-
ments, but his talks are convincing TO
every nearer. He deserves much larger
audiences than he has yet had.
The Logan club was disappointed
last Friday evening in not having a
speech from Geo. w. Ellis who was
advertised to speak. 1t appears that
the boys have hard time working up
any enthusiasm i'm the club. Col.
Snoddy has failed three times to be
present, and others have failed. Some
thing must be done to keep the boys in
| line.
The Eli Smith place of 7sacres, ad-
joining this city on the northeast was
yesterday sold to Miss Kate Lammiman,
recently of England, tor So, $50. This
lady was induced to come here by Miss
Best, who was here last fall with her
brother. There are anumber of others
from the same section of England who
will come over this season and invest
ThOs. Fades, of Valley township,
authorizes us to state that he will wag-
er a quarter-sectIon of good land that
the nominee of the Chicago convention
Will not be elected president in Novem-
Der. Heretofore, Mr.. Fades has shown
his faith in Cleveland by betting 100
| acres Of land on his nomination, and
now he is willing to back up his judg-
ment OH his election.
y brother of w. :. Denton, of Ham
cock county, Indiana, arrived here last
Thursday on a visit. lie is a promin-
ent democrat of that state and says
that while Harrison. will undoubtedly
make an aggressive fight, he will not
carry the state. Mr.. Denton is also of
the opinion that Thurman Is a stronger
man for the ticket in Indiana than
Gray would have been.
1.-The wind blOweth where it listeth."
This is all proper enough, of course;
but this spring it -listeth to blOweth
very cold as a general thing which
causeth the soda water vender to la
ment and anguish, saying, Yea, veri-
ly, there is no good in this weather any
more forever" Soda is a good drink.
however, even in cold weather. Try
the new ilavors at Day 81 Records. 1
The first quarterly meeting of the
conference year was held at the Metho-
dist church last Sabbath. The pastor
preached in the morning and baptized
five persons, three bp sprihkling and
two 10y immersion. Seven persons were
received into full membership, five
from probation and two by letter and
one united on probation. Rev. Il. $.
lIodgsOn, the presiding elder, preached
a iine sermon in the evening and made
a good impression OH the congregation.
About the 9Th of June, w. II. Love
hired buggy and team to Geo. Cobb
and Bob Eckert to so to COldwater,
they said. Not hearing from them for
two weeks, he advertised for the team
and learned that it had been left in a
livery stable at Meade Center by Cobb
and Eckert who had gone on to ColOTa-
do. Mr.. Love went after his property
last Thursday, and found it with big
livery bill hanging over it. He is not
in q good humor about it and will like
| IL make it entertaining for somebody.
Two small boys-.Joe McGrath and
Johnnie Dollar-were running a race
through the streets last Sunday morn
ing when a dog dashed out at their
horses and scared them, causing the
riders to be thrown and dragged on the
hard ground of Main street. The boys
were considerably bruised but for a
wonder no bones were broken. We
keep space open in this paper every
week until the last moment in the ex-
pectation of being called on to report
a terrible death from reckless driving
or riding through Main street.
Sheriff Stevens returned from Leaven-
worth Friday. Before he left, Doc.
Ayers had been Clearly shaved and
dressed in neat suit of striped cloth
ing. The warden promised Sheriff
stevens that he would not put Doc.
down in the coal mines, and that he
would give him as easy position as he
could, he being an old man and some
what inhrm. The horse-theif, David
Cole told the warden that his friends liv-
ed in San Antonio, Texas. This was
the first time since his arrest that Cole
had ever mentioned his people.
Nothing more has been done about
letting the contract for the erection of
the new school building. The school
board DO not care to let the contract
until they know for certain that they
can sell the $4,000 of bonds, and there
is yet nothing certain about the bonds
being accepted By the state school fund
commissioners. When the contract is
let it will probably be given to 5. II.
Stewart, of Wichita, his bid, Sl5,924,
being the lowest. He did not put up a
certified check with his bid; but we I'M
laIsin mud HINT he hns rrrnishnd n hond