Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-10-16

Cook & Palmer give lowest rates on
farm and city loans. %
Mrs. Tibbetts, Of OssawOtomie, Is
visiting Mrs. o. T. Beeson.
Born, on the 10th, to the wife OF the
late Jerry Zeiler, son. DIR. Gould.
The McNeal Mortgage Company
makes a specially of short time loans. 3
Rates on farm loans offered by Henry
ty. II
Ask Jack Jones how Candidate Dob
son wanted him to enforce prohibition
at Kiowa.
IsArvo1r VvANTED-A Ranch of 800
to l 900 acres. viii pay spot cash. LEE
& DORIAN. q
See 7. l.. Lindley, manager, for year.
ly interest farm loans; also short time
chattel loans. 3
Flnney will sell you No. Harness
for little money. Work warranted.
Repairing at lowest rates. II
Mrs. Chaplin will leave this week for
Oquawka, Ill, her old home, to spend
n month with relations and friends.
The ordinance of baptism was admin
istered to two ladies, last Sunday, by
Rev. Cain, OF the Baptist church, at the
lake.
Thos. George, Of Cass county, Mis-
souri,, brother-in-law of the Messrs.
TaliaferrO, is out here looking at the
country.
The Willing Workers will meet with
Mrs. A. S. McClearey Wednesday af-
ternoon, at two O'Clock. Mrs. H. G.
Thompson, secretary.
STEERS For SALE-lOO head Of g.
year-old feeding steers, in good flesh.
Enquire Of Jas. A. Lockard or address
him at Medicine Lodge. 2O-4
Geo. w. Stevens is temperate, law
abiding citizen and he makes an honest
sheriff. 1t will not pay to swap off a
certainty for an uncertainty.
The father and brother of B. F. Teal
are out here from Indiana on a visit.
They will assist Ben. In building a
house on his claim, south Of town.
J. b. Gano is recovering slowly from
his severe sickness and soon will be at
his post Of duty. The bus and transfer
line without Jim is lonesome affair.
Our store is full, our trade is increas-
ing, everything is damned and rushed
and still we can accommodate all who
want anything in our line. Davis &
Davis. Is
G. Is. Sullivan, Of White Cloud, Kan
sas, a friend of J. II. Smyth, is here
looking at the country and thinks may
be Ire will locate here. He is a saddler
and harnessmaker.
Eli Simmons writes from Kansas
City: ~ find that cannot digest my
food without tirSt reading the INDEX.
Send 1t to me including the last three
issues to address below"
The Geppert & Stone hardware store
is again open. Everybody knows what
. complete stock they had. 1t is all
there yet; but it is going cheap for cash.
II you don't find what you want, we
will order it for YOH. II. G. Bond, pro-
prIetOr. 20
Honest little Louis Bissantz IL in ev'
cry way competent for the Office OF
county clerk and as he has never before
asked for a taste, even, OF the loaves
and fishes, his demands this year are
reasonable and just. Remember Louis
when making up your ticket.
A rather interesting game of poker
occurred here Monday The winning
hand was four aces, a queen and a six
shooter, while the hand that cost its
holder about $3.50 was four kings and a
queen. Monday was very cold, damp
edisagreeable day, but an awful good
day for suckers.
Frank Gordon is just as honest, Just
as competent and just as accommOda.
ting as Mr.. Peck. The county funds
will be just as safe in his hands. Mr.
Gordon Is a large taxpayer and every
dollar he owns is invested in Barber
county. Let the democrats have a look
at the treaSurer's books once in fifteen
years anyway, and vote for Frank Cor,
don.
a Sunday School county convention
will be held at the Presbyterian church
in this city, beginning Saturday night,
Nov. 2. and running over Sunday, and
till noon of Monday. The programme
will be published next week. 1t is de-
sired that each of our home congrega.
lions make it point to be well repre-
sented at each meeting. Delegates viii
be here from every school in the coun-
ty, and our citizens will be called on ia
keep them while they remain. BE sure
to attend the meetings.
The state sugar inspector, Mr.. KEEL
logg, was here last week and officially
inspected lot more sugar made by
the works at tbis place. None of il
polarized less tran VI per cent. and
some of it ran as high as IS per cent.
lie pronounced the Medicine Lodge SUI
gar the best he had inspected, aid,
what was still better, he said the works
here had made more sugar than any
other plant in Kansas, excepting the
Fort Scott works. There were $50 bar
rels OF sugar inspected and ready for
shipment from the Medicine Lodge
mill last Saturday and more than 100
barrels in the sugar wagons and strike
pan. The works here this season will
turn out at least 100000 pounds of SUI
gar; Notwithstanding the late start and
many annoyances or delays on account
Of the machinery.