Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-25

The school building is nearing COM
pletion.
Old papers for sale at this Office rs
for 10 cents. IL
Miss Sarah McGrath is visiting in
Harper this week.
Cook & Palmer give lowest rates on
farm and city loans. %
Rates on farm loans offered by Henry
Morgan cannot be beaten in this coun-
ty. IL
j. r. Brown is up from Oklahoma,
where he and his family have three
good claims.
7. L. Lindley has traded for a fast
trOttiDg mare and he has gone to Peoria,
ILL.,, to get her.
Neff McClearey has gone TO Kansas
City to accept position in a mercan-
tile establishment.
LOsT-A silver maltese cross with
letters 1. II. n. on it, with ribbon at
tached. Return to this Office. Is
Does prohibition prohibit in Barber
county Read the account of the death
of young Severance, in this issue. and
then say.
Mrs. Gerlie Lane was up from Kiowa
last Friday and Saturday visiting her
friends, Mrs. Taliaferro and Mrs.
Thompson.
We are taking orders now for hard
and soft coal for September delivery.
Save from 81 to So per ton by ordering
now, of Dobbs Bros. Is
For Rent-A good farm; 100 acres
ready for wheat; 1t miles from railroad
depot i; possession given at once. l.. F.
Pearson, Medicine Lodge. Is
N. Z. Merrill, president of the Ness
County bank. and largely interested in
the sorghum sugar plant at Ness City,
was here last Saturday inspecting the
works at this place.
Frank Gordon returned, Monday
night, from the Panhandle OF Texas,
where he bought bunch of 60 feeding
steers. He will go to Southern Colora
do in few days to buy others.
M. Strong is raising 100 as fine hogs
as we have seen in the county on his
ranch, twO-and-a-half miles north of
town. He has eight sows that dropped
l12 pigs during one month this season.
Editor Oldfather, of the Coldwater
Review, passed through here last week
and stopped day and night. We hap
pen to know the attraction now and ad :
mire his taste and commend his judg-
ment.
Stephens Flannels, in stripes, plaids,
and all the latest designs, suitable for
wrappers, tea gowns, dressing sacques,
blouse waists and chIldren's wear.
These goods are all wool price SO cents.
Come while you have full line to Sc
lect from. S. Y. s. E. II
1t is understood that the Geppert &
Stone stock of hardware has been con-
tracted for by II. G. Bond, of Muske-
gon, Michigan, and that he will put it
in the hands of S. E. Stone, his brother
in-law, who will reopen the store at an
early day, probably this week.
The Intelligent composition" made
another break last week. The INDEX
tried to say that Lawrence s. Garrison
did the Dlacksmithing at the sugar
works. The i. C. mentioned set it
Lawrence & Boggs." Mr.. Boggs OBJ
jects to being classed blacksmith and
Steve Garrison objects to having Mr..
Boggs' name substituted for his.
X. e. Star: There passed through
the clearing house to-day a check toI
: 100000 given by the Fidelity Trust
company of this city in payment of mu
nicIpal bonds OF Superior, Wis. Yes
terday a check for 1884, passed
! through given by the same house, il
} payment Of San Antonio, Tex, bonds
Kiowa Journal: ut would be an ex
cellent idea if the owners of some of thu
3 Out-lOts adjoining Kiowa would pillow
I. them up and SOW the same in wheat
q BY doing this they would be able to de
: rive a good revenue from them. AS il
is they are dead expense to the own
D ers." Why not pillow up the whole towI
4 and SOW 1t down to wheat
J. L. Winter, OF Bradley, H., is OF
q his way here with carload Of stations
He is the man who sold horses to G. D
: Nelson, Capt. Pierce, J. M. York, JacH
! Davis and others. He owns severa
s sections Of Barber county land, ant
!. will locate here permanently, Hi
n headquarters will be in this city for tht
fall and winter and probably all TIT
time.
J. There is no reason why there maj
o not be a big sorghum sugar plant OF
t Turkey creek-a half dozen for tina
r matter-within the pext few years
2 That is the best stream of water il
Southern Kansas and the soil along it.
Q banks is peculiarly adapted to sorghum
cane raising, The people up there have
but to wait to make themselves rich
Sun City is coming town, mark it.
I The creamery is now running salts
=. factOrily to all concerned under tn,
$ management Of c. I. Freeman. III
e started up the separator again Monday
: and it works perfectly. Ihe milk nov
: coming in is much richer than 1t wa.
during the green grass months and tht
q buttsf yield is larger. If the farmer.
g will make up their minds to stick to the
s creamery one year, they will then fine
y that it is q permanent advantage.
t Big crops and bountiful harvest'
, make the Faisers think of more substan
:. tial merchandise and family supplies
1 With the idea of outfitting half Of tn,
g population of Barber county DAVIS {