Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-12-25
"The Red Fox Saturday night.

Bristow's. next to Day II Records. A.
1.-The Red Fox" Saturday night.
Royal Arch election Thursday night
Hubbard the Jeweler for Christmas
presents.
Cook & Palmer give lowest rates on
farm and city loans. %
Cunninghams want all the yearly in
terest farm loans they can get. Al
Arthur Shaw and James Dobbs are
spending their Christmas in Kansas
City.
Wanted. a girl tor general Homework.
Enquire of A. S. McClearey, at the post
Office.
For want of space and time the Haz-
elton items had to be cut down this
week.
Judge Ellis is spending few days in
Topeka, Kansas City, and other eastern
places.
See L. l.. Lindley. manager, for year
ly interest farm loans; also short time
chattel loans. 3
For books, stationery, toys or notions,
with an endless stock to select from,
go to the PostOflce Bookstore. 25
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS will be
celebrated this evening at 8 O'Clock at
the home of the groom, in this city.
Miss Mile Carmichael, of Quenemo.
Kansas, is here spending the holidays
with the family of w. w. Cook, her
uncle.
The law firm of Sample & Long will
be dissolved ON and after January lst.
Each partner will continue in the prac-
tice here.
James Burns, of San Antonio. Texas,
conductor on the S. p. r. R., is here
spending IA few days with his sister,
Mrs. j. Il. Eby.
The first ditch for the mains for the
city waterworks system, was dug yes
terday. In week the pipe will reach
to Main street.
Misses Carrie Carmichael and Annie
McCanless and Mr.. II. G. Kline are
spending Christmas in Wichita with
the family of E. Dodge.
The home talent of Sharon will give
Ten Nights in Bar-room" at that
place, on New Years night. The ad-
mission fee will be 10 and Is cents.
Unity will be Elder Nations sub
ject Sunday night at the Christian
church. All those who feel an interest
in thorough discussion of that sub
ject are invited.
A boy of the regulation weight was
born to the wife of Jefferson Long, at
the house of j. M. White, Z miles east
of town. Mrs. White is the grandmoth-
er of the new born.
j. o. Clark has just completed on the
Medicine Valley Stock Farm large
two-story frame barn, 30x70 feet. Dr.
Miller, the owner. does not believe in
allowing live stock of any kind to go
without shelter.
ii. NJ. Ingraham is still in the loan
and COLLECTION business, at his old stand
and will make any kind of a personal
or real estate loan on farm or city prop
erty, and will buy township, city, coun-
ty or school scrip or orders. %
The shooting match at the Field
grove will occur on Wednesday, Janu-
airy lst, commencing at 10 O'Clock. The
committee appointed to arrange the
classes to suit the different guns is COM
posed of John Sparks. John Dohrer. A.
j. Jones, G. w. Horney and E. T. Car
! utherS.
Best Bros. & Co. have the engine and
boilers at the gypsum works i'll posi-
ton. Much of their machinery is In
position and in few weeks the works
will be ready for operation. Already
they are receiving orders for their cele-
brated Robinson's cement, the great
plaster material, and when once started
! there will be a demand for everything
they car make. This factory will be a
great advertisement for Medicine Lodge
and Barber county. Those who have
never been over there have little idea of
the size of the gypsum works.
The postoffice fight here is getting
warmer. The story now is that the
hackers of Mr., VanSlyke offered to sub
nit the question to the republican pat
rons of the office, but Mr.. Axline, after
comforting with his friends and hackers,
declined the arrangement. Senator
Long thinks Mr.. Axline will be appoint
ed; while the friends of Mr., VanSlyke
are equally as confident that he Will Sc
cure the prize. Congressman Peters
appears to have promised both eandi-
dates. So it does not matter which one
is appointed, it is safe to say that an
anti-Peters delegation will be selected
from Barber county next year. This,
with the red-hot judicial hight now
brewing. VIII make republican politics